SnowGhost Music

I don't mean to be a music snob, but I'm not that into cover bands. I'm not intrigued by anyone's My Sherona/ Green-Eyed Lady medley. I don't feel the urge to dance to Angel in the Centerfold, and I don't get pumped to see a Sublime tribute band. In fact, I'm liable to walk in a bar and turn straight around if there's a cover band that's going to come between me and the loving conversation I plan on having with at least two adult beverages.

But the existence of live music, even in it's most irritating, soul-wrenching, tasteless form, is a necessity. A blessing even, because for every 50 renditions of Margaritaville you might be subjected to, you might get one creative Martin Sexton cover. It's our right as Americans to fr... read more >

Ladies and gentleman, I'm here to openly admit that I pulled a Britney the other night. It was my first time, but oops I'm going to be doing it again and again. I played along with recorded music during a live performance. I didn't do it because I had a vocal chord problem, or because I needed to conserve my breath for my huge dance moves, or because I was trying to fool anybody. I did it because I was lonely. And afraid. Afraid of becoming repetitive and boring.

I've been playing on a stage the size of a deluxe outhouse for three hours every thursday. I set up my PA, sit on a tiny stool squeezed in between my amp and a wall, and I sing along with my guitar. Things get really interesting when I whip out my electric ba... read more >

A few months ago I got an email from a friend of mine who was going to Bonaroo. She attached a link so all of us jealous friends could go to the official festival website and check out the lineup of bands scheduled to appear. It might have saved time if they simply had a list of bands that were NOT going to play. Now I've seen plenty of mouthwatering festival lineups over the years, and I've always been a bit envious of the people who got to go, but this lineup really hurt. I still haven't seen The Flaming Lips or Wilco. Bummer. A super jam band featuring John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uestlove. Ouch. And The Police, who I wasn't allowed to see on their farewell tour 20-something years ago due to my young age. It felt like ... read more >