Welcome to Something Blue After Hours, the internet only extension of the Something Blue podcast where I can get more personal and play a wider variety of music than I do on the air.

I'm about to get as personal as it gets. My friend, Mark Sallings, who you just heard, was killed in an auto accident on the way to a gig. Mark was a great performer and a fantastic songwriter. 

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Then my friend, Bix Smith died in his home. Bix was an outstanding Jazz guitarist and used to be a Blues Alley regular. He was also an accomplished artist and we hosted his paintings at the Blues Alley Gallery.

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The hardest thing about being a Bluesman is knowing that you'll never be able to jam with a good friend again. At least we can still play their music. So I'm starting off with Mark Sallings "Mighty Oaks" and "Unprotected Contact With The Blues" and then with Bix Smith playing guitar on Will Riley's CD I'll play "Rockabilly Shoes" and "A Whole Lot Of Love In His Eyes".

I cowrote the "Rockabilly Shoes" lyrics and I'm singing back to Will on the second verse. Now that I'm back in school I've been writing a lot of songs in a lot of genres. I'll close the After Hours segment with three  of my recent recordings, "Younger Days", "Shoes On Backwards", and "Can You Really?". I hope you enjoy them.