One of the returns from learning to play music comes when you have a chance to play, even informally, for people you have recently met. My wife Linda and I recently returned from a SeaDream cruise. SeaDream…

Johnny Catena, the much loved owner of Café 290, Atlanta’s premier music venue for more than 30 years, passed away on November 15, 2024. More than a club owner, Johnny was the quintessential bigger-than-life character, a lover…

In my novel, The Musician, my protagonist, Tom Cliffe, argues with an old college buddy named Stecky that his life as a musician requires him to be more responsible than Stecky who took over his dad’s real…