My friend Jason Miller just released a CD, “The Road To El Vado”, that I played on. His music reminds me of early Country – real country – like Merle Haggard. He’s a great poet and songsmith, and it was an honor to be part of the project. The CD release show was a huge success, with lots of special guests, including members of The Haunted Windchimes and Grass It Up. I was there fiddlin’ as a part of his acoustic ensemble.

Cruise on over to his website to scope it out.

I’ve been working a lot with my Old-Time band, Stolen Thyme. We were recently featured in the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society’s newsletter, Pow’r Pickin’. Cathleen Norman’s interview with us for the March issue did a good job of exploring the underpinnings our “neo-traditional” music.

We’ve booked a number of new shows for the summer, including the Rocky Mountain Old Time Music Festival in Berthoud, CO, where we’ll be a featured showcase act on Saturday, June 2nd.

Visit the Croma Website for more info.

I’ll also be playing at the Meadowgrass Festival in Black Forest, CO over Memorial Day Weekend, as a guest with the J. Miller Band and with Grass It Up. I can’t wait to hear Son Volt and Jake Schepps (with Grant Gordy!) at this festival.

Here’s a link to the Meadowgrass site.
Stolen Thyme is also playing at the Colorado Planter’s Moon Festival on May 18th-20th, 2012 in Gold Hill. Looking forward to some great dancing and Old-Time pickin’ at this one.

I’ve got a bunch of other great plans in the works. I won’t spill the beans too much for now, but suffice it to say I’ll be heading for more avante garde territory in the near future. In the meantime, thanks for listening!

-Blackbeard

Just found out that my CD, Blackbeard’s Dream, was reviewed by Cathleen Norman in the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society newsletter, Pow’r Pickin’ back in November. This is not the same article I was talking about yesterday. A couple of nice tidbits:

“good listening for mellow times…laced with evocative lyrics…[a] unique and progressive sound”.

Sweet! Thanks Cathleen!

I’m excited to be featured in an article by Cathleen Norman in the next issue of Pow’r Pickin’ magazine. Stolen Thyme and I were interviewed a couple weeks back for the March edition. The magazine is only available to members of the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, so you have to go to www.coloradobluegrass.org and join if you want a copy.

If you didn’t catch the interview I did last week with my cousin Becky Buller for Thunder Radio in Tennessee, you can download it from their archive page here: http://www.thunder1320.com/?page_id=19. The date was February 18, 2012 and the show was Bluegrass Crossroads.

The latest news: I’m continuing to work with Stolen Thyme, playing Appalachian style music. We’ll be playing a number of upcoming shows, including the Black Rose Acoustic Society downtown series and the Planter’s Moon Fest  dance in Boulder. Check out www.stolenthyme.com for more info.

I’m being interviewed today for an article in an upcoming issue of Pow’r Pick’n, the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society’s newsletter.

I’m also looking forward to doing a radio interview with my cousin, Becky Buller, who is an excellent fiddler and songwriter that lives in Tennessee. She has a radio show on WMSR Thunder Radio 1320 AM and 107.9 FM, Manchester, TN.

Go take a gander at what I’ve got coming up for next year! Some very old tunes arranged in very new ways. Check out and like Stolen Thyme on FB and www.stolenthyme.com on the web.

After much thought and deliberation, I have decided to leave Grass It Up. As the band prepares to tour the Midwest this summer, I will be focusing on other musical projects here in Colorado, and more importantly, on spending time with my family. I may still play with GIU occasionally as a guest in the future, but at this point I am no longer a full fledged member.

Hey,

Check out this video of me playing with the J. Miller Band. We just successfully wrapped up a Kickstarter campaign, so be on the lookout for our new CD The Road To El Vado, coming soon! Check out the other videos of us on YouTube, too.

Happy Holidays!

Looking for a gift?

From now until December 31, I will be selling Blackbeard’s Dream CDs at a discount.

Physical CDs are only $7 plus shipping. Or you buy one from me in person and there won’t be any shipping cost.

Or you can download the album for just $6 on CDBaby. Or you can buy a download card from me in person for only $5, which comes with a sticker of the awesome album art by Jon Orr.

I’ll be playing a fiddle version of the duck’s theme at this concert tomorrow at the Pikes Peak Center. Come on down!