OMG it's been wayyy too long. So thanks for keeping up with us... what's new? Or semi-new... we had a great time playing in Des Moines at Gas Lamp. Like awesome, thanks so much folks for coming out during a tornado weekend! We're working on a new CD, first the "EP" will have Memphis Blues, What Kind of Love, and Love is a Word. Memphis Blues is an early piece by W.C. Handy, though some say he more appropriated a popular tune, either way, it's fab, we are doing an original version...i.e. not the one that was written after someone tricked him into selling the copyrights. I put together a really nice arrangement based on a lead sheet, it gets folks up to dance all the time, so I'm lookin' forward to putting it out on the street... next What Kind of Love is from a musical I wrote called Green Fence; what does it feel like to love someone who probably can't love you back, or won't love you back, or either way... it's never a great feeling to have so much emotion put into something that can only take... it features some nice wind duos/solos and a "bello" which is a cello strung like a bass. and Love is a Word, old style country from a play called Love of Last Resort. we'll be heading back to Iowa to play live in KRUI, a radio station at the U of Iowa, and then up to Minneapolis to play at the Twin Cities Deep Roots Rock & Blues Festival. We've been fortunate to walk into a few high profile gigs, plus get a good reputation for playing ragtime and music of that era... original music and obscure rag tunes can be a hard sell, so I am grateful for the reception. So our EP release party is June 30 at Stone Spiral. see ya there! or somewhere.... or just keep listening, thanks for your support!!