Writer of story songs from dreams, his personal life, and the troubles of others in the tradition of John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earl, Lyle Lovett, Tracy Chapman, Marty Robbins, Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Goodman, Stevie Nicks, Loudon Wainwright III, and Arlo Guthrie.
3am crossing columbia river mouth bar. pitching and rolling. warm and wet. clouds and stars too. beautiful. But, as the camera tells it, there everything else was black. [Post from cell phone.]