Accordion, Instrument of the Gods

Tell your kids this was Parliament/Funkadelic

Tell your kids this was Parliament/Funkadelic: ...and tell your kids this was Bootsy Collins: (Actually, it’s me and the band…

4 years ago

Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway 2022 (or: Birthday stretch 2.0)

Last year, the Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway (TBUG for short) took place on my birthday. The 2022 edition happens this…

4 years ago

I’m playing at Bayou Bistro in Tarpon Springs tonight!

I’m playing with the house band — Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons — for open mic night at Bayou…

4 years ago

Scenes from last night’s gig

I arrived a little early for last night’s gig with Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons. We were the house…

4 years ago

Linus Akesson’s “Commodordion” — an electronic accordion made with two Commodore 64 computers and floppy disks for bellows!

Leave it to Linus Akesson, 8-bit music maker extraordinaire and creator of other retrofitted instruments such as the  Sixtyforgan and Qwertuoso to…

4 years ago

Playing accordion at ng-conf’s first karaoke night

Here’s a photo of Yours Truly playing AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long at the first karaoke night for…

4 years ago

If you go out drinking the night before and call in sick the next day…

And hey, you have even less of an excuse if you can work from home.

4 years ago

I’ll be playing at Clearwater’s Ukulele Fest in the District on Saturday, April 23rd!

Two Saturdays from now, I’ll be the one of the distinctly non-ukelele players at the Ukulele Fest in the District,…

5 years ago