One thing I can say is what Dave Prewitt does for the music community is second to none. He is out every day filming official SXSW Showcases, as well as filming almost every band that hits the Adam Brewer's Texas Rockfest stage. To say that I am proud to be a part of Dave TV is an understatement. There is no way I could keep his pace. After just one day of traffic, finding and the expense of parking, walking a mile uphill both ways and then the actual performance, I am cashed

This little thing called Texas Rockfest started as The Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass 17 years ago. I was fortunate to be able to do every single one of them, YES every single one. Usually my sets are early in the festival season and I get to leave the madness and go to the coast and visit family. All the smart musicians leave for the week or schedule gigs out of town as there is NO MONEY to be made because all the clubs are taken over by the dreamers. But this year we staye

So with all the festivals coming up, I have been looking for a new direct box. Something I can roll in with, plug in and BOOM!!! Tone in a box if you will. There are a lot of boutique DIs out there as well as the ones that are the big names, Fishman, L.R. Baggs, Sansamp. Behringer even has a great sounding one for the money. But in this game of rock n roll, it's not how many flashing lights there are or the name on it, the thing that matters is tone. After shopping around and

STUPID DRAMA has been doing a couple of residencies for sometime now. One is up in North Austin on Sundays at the Anderson Mill Pub. For me it is a place where we get to work on the shows production. Daniel and I putting up the stage and then rolling out the merch with Tony and I working on vocal parts and new riffs. I admit, I take this show a little lighter, as to me, it's just a few of our closest friends and people who come to see the banter between them and myself and al