Another Installment in Road Stories and Experiences New musicians are “born” every day, either created or inspired by television shows like “American Idol” and “The Voice”.   Most are young people, inspired by lights and music, driven by the promise of money and fame.   I know these young upstarts are going to want to take advice [...]

So, who is helping who? When we were kids, my brothers (3 of them) and my sister and I all spent many hours reading Peanuts comic books.  We loved the characters, Charlie Brown with his bad luck, Lucy with her bad temper, Linus and his blanket, Pig pen in his cloud of dust, each one [...]

  Anne Begins the First Episode in a Series of Road Stories and Experiences It is so strange to be writing about my travels now, since I have never had the desire to travel.  I have always been perfectly content at home; and didn’t know what I was missing!  Then, when I learned that I [...]

Every day I get asked, “When are you coming to MY home town?”    and there is no easy answer.  Of course we want to do a show in your home town, but it isn’t easy or cheap to travel the world with a band and gear – it’s very complicated and expensive.  You don’t just [...]

Here we are at the end of another eventful year, and the beginning of a new year full of promise. As most of you already know, the end of the year also means another year older for me.  December 31st is my birthday, so the last day of the year is a double-dose of retrospect:  [...]

Resting and relaxing is simply NOT on the agenda. We are usually working on some kind of home improvement project – or watching someone doing home improvement on television.  Jim loves to fix things, and he’s good at it.  Our very old house keeps him busy most of the time, and there is a kitchen [...]

It was Glorious and Bittersweet. The 15th (and final) Annual Musical Tribute to John Denver at the Wheeler Opera House, came to the end the weekend of October 13, 2012.  After 15 years, the memories are still warm. From left, Chris Nole(played keyboards for John Denver) Bill Danoff (wrote “Country Roads”  and numerous others) Alan Deremo (played Bass [...]

Bring in the Harvest! We’ve spent the better part of September driving through the Midwest on our fall tour.  For a city girl like me, the rural panorama is never boring.  Every barn, every tractor, every piece of machinery and secluded farmhouse has story and a purpose, and I am so intrigued by everything I [...]

We are called “Guest Entertainers” Jim and I have been performing our show for Holland America Cruise lines for more than 10 years now.  I guess you could call it working.  Technically, we are “on the job” but it’s just so much fun it’s hard to remember we are working.  The first time we set [...]

A Water Bottle Debacle So, you might have gone to see our concert at Red Rocks, in Morrison, Colorado last month.   Perhaps you were thirsty and you made the climb up (or down) to the concession booth to get a nice bottle of water.  The concession person takes the lid off the bottle and hands [...]