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Answer it?

Sometimes in life we have a sense of foreboding, a phone rings and we know there is bad news on the other end of the receiver. Do we pick it up and find out the feeling is true? If we don’t, we will never know. If we do and it’s not what we expected, we […]

Mountain Sounds from Ralph Stanley II

The sounds of banjos and fiddles have kept my heart singing since childhood. From jam sessions to stage shows entertaining thousands, America’s music has charmed people around the world. One of the greatest stalwarts to forge the genre was the late Dr. Ralph Stanley, who I had the great honor to perform and record with. […]

Strengthen the day

Click, click, click, click, emanates from my sneakers as I walk along the hiking path ever hopeful that with each passing mile I am a little more fit and well on my way to losing the few pounds I am seeking to shed. After opening boxes, and pulling jeans up only to find they will […]

Are you the player or the pawn?

Through out history people have often enjoyed classic games of thought and strategy such as chess. It was one of the many games that fascinated me as a youth and how many hours were enjoyed with fellow enthusiasts in competition with each other. It was a good training ground for many of the experiences which […]

I walk behind the mower, therefore I am

When I began my working experience, I always looked forward to the arrival of warm weather. I could hear my wallet growing exponentially with each inch rise of the green, green grass of home. Well, maybe more like the neighbors’ grass since I didn’t get paid for mowing our yard. When I was about 10, […]

When life hurts

When life hurts, how do you find your way to around the pain? I have communicated with numerous friends of late who have expressed that they were going through some painful moments in their life. Some moments were personal emotional issues, some were related to career elements, some were relationship connected, and some were rooted […]

A view from on high

I slid around the edge of the roof of the house removing the gunk that had collected in the gutters. Being a musician my hands were such a vital part of my life, I always came away with them skinned up from the adventure. Cleaning out gutters didn’t phase me at that time and I […]

Randall Franks and Wesley Crider set tempo for new film

American Actor/entertainer Randall Franks, “Officer Randy Goode” from TV’s “In the Heat of the Night,” recently joined internationally known finger-style guitarist Wesley Crider, both of Ringgold, Ga., for a recording session. The duo was creating original music for Randall’s short film “The American’s Creed” in Tim Witt Studios near LaFayette, Ga. “I am looking forward […]