Recovering from another injury

I had an extremely short fall season with the Saratoga rugby club. Five minutes into my first match, a tackle went badly and I broke my collarbone. (I was the one doing the tackling, hence the "badly.") So I may well be hanging up my spikes and retiring for good. We'll see how I feel about it in the spring after I've mended.

My blogging will be somewhat limited this fall as I work on my thesis, but I seem to be wasting plenty of time over at myspace. Click the image below to see what nonsense I've been up to there:

 

The Boss Goes All Folky Again

Anyone who's heard me perform in the last two or three years has probably heard me sing "Pay Me My Money Down," a tradtional song from the Georgia Sea Islands that I learned from a Dan Zanes CD.

Bruce Springsteen's new album, a Pete Seeger tribute disc, includes of version of that song that's pretty sweet. He adds a verse about Bill Gates, which was cheeky of him.

There's are audio and video files of the Springsteen performance at the following site:

Springsteen Clips

 

Moon & River Gig Photos

A few pictures that Jen shot at the Moon & River Cafe last week. Thanks to Sandy (at left) and Roland (center) for sitting in with me, and megathanks to those who showed up to listen.

P.S. I now have some .mp3s available for free downloading (free is always good!) at www.nowhereradio.com/smokinbill

Cape Cod Trip Pics, and a Song

I've been neglecting my blogging duties lately. The photo gallery at left has some shots from our Cape Cod vacation.

And for your multimedia enjoyment, I've posted a new recording below. It's the old blues favorite "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," on which I play an old nylon string guitar and sing in a slightly nasal voice because I did the recording right in the middle of an allergy attack. 'Tis the season. I recorded it using my wife's iriver .mp3 player, which is pretty cool because it has a built-in microphone and it's smaller than a Zippo lighter.

NobodyKnowsYou.mp3