Blogs

   I've got an ocean of gin to the right of me,   I've got a river of whiskey to my left,   And just like a donkey, for the life of me,   I can't figure which one is best.   I feel just like a stubborn donkey,   Stuck between two bales of hay,   No matter which way I turn my head,   I have to let something sweet slip away.

• a tack-head banjo, built on half of a straight-sided salad bowl I found at a thrift store
• a round-bodied reso, using the other half, along with a cool tin bowl I found at the same thrift store;
• A baritone ukilele (with my son), with a salvaged neck and a small but beautiful box he found while we were on vacation;
• a nearly-finiished fretless four-stringer, which is pretty, but not quite sounding right yet.