Over 50 years ago, I embarked on a cross-country adventure, starting in Nashville and ending up in California. I got a lot of stories and songs out of that trip, including this one that I wrote in LA: youtu.be/z_pzJ6BJr40

Here's a song I wrote from the perspective of Dennis the Menace's next-door neighbor, the long-suffering Mr. Wilson: bridgital.com/WickedChild.mp…

An update on one of my old Record World cartoons...

Go, BIG(ger) ORANGE. Great win today!

I recently wrote a song using several "Johnny's Gone for a Soldier" themes (including "Banks of the Nile") creating a "Folk Smoothie" This time the man cuts off his hair to join his girlfriend on the frontline youtu.be/6ciuVhl_6Jg

Here's my dad and me playing together on my 40th birthday, back in 1992: youtu.be/Rl2dHU0rb_g

Here's a song I wrote about growing up in the Nashville of the '50s and '60s during the rockabilly craze: youtu.be/u7jwdCnAbKQ

Here's the link to the video of the song I wrote in 1974 about Robin Lee Graham, who as a teen, sailed solo around the world: youtu.be/c0FcKSX_ebA

Fall of '77, I drove my old VW van up to NYC to work at Record World Magazine. in'78, I started drawing a weekly music cartoon. This continued until April 1982. A few years ago, I scanned some and put together a flipbook. Here's the link: rwcartoons.com/

Just in time for the end of the Madness in March, we've released the 2025 Spring/Summer issue of SouthernReader (southernreader.com).

Here's the link to a song that I wrote about The Lone Star Cafe, which was a great listening place in NYC in the 70s and 80s: youtu.be/cDaFoBV8D6g

My 1st cousin, Gary, and I were born 10 days apart and growing up, he was the closest I had to a brother. When Gary was 12, he won the Soap Box Derby in Camden,TN. We had a real celebrity among us grandchildren. This song is about those days: youtu.be/HMeMDzDsn7Q

This year's Grammys make me long for the goodle days. Here's my Record World cartoon from February 28, 1981.

To all my current and X friends (pun intended)...I'm glad we crossed paths sometime over the past decades, whether it was in Nashville, Carson-Newman, Sevier County Tennessee, New York or Atlanta. Wishing you and your friends and family a very Merry Christmas!

Had a great time this past weekend attending our 50 Year Reunion at Carson-Newman. Saw a lot of friends I hadn't seen in five decades. It made me wonder...what would Owen Bee have done? owenbee.com/NewOwenBee/novem…

We held my brother-in-law, Lance Marthaler's Memorial Service on October 6, 2024. Here's the link to the song I wrote about his ministry, "Chaplain of the Church Behind the Walls": youtu.be/Qef1iUfk1F0

I just posted the Spr/Sum 2024 SouthernReader issue. It's full of interesting stuff. Here's the link: southernreader.com/

I'm not posting this to be funny...just to point out that we are living in strange times. I find it to be more than a little bizarre that the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore's Key Bridge was called "Dali."

What about that Nico?