JMBLYA Festival – Dallas & Austin – May 2017

I have learned over the years that when you get the call from Ed Gregory, you say yes! Diving with sharks, death rides through Bangkok and chartering small planes in Mexico are just a few of the countless adventures we have had over the years. So when he asked me to go to Texas with […]

Blue Man Group Tour 2016 – Austin, TX

City: Austin, TX Distance travelled: 1592 miles Total distance: 5,984 miles Theatre: Long Center for Performing Arts This was my second time in Austin in the last year. We played at the Long Center in February 2015 and I had just as much fun this time around. This time we got to spend Christmas there. […]

Collins Factory – Austin, TX

I have had the good fortune over the years to be able to play a Collings guitar on occasion. My good friend Phil Burchell has one and every now and then I would pick it when when I went round to see him. They are truly beautiful guitars to look at and to play. I […]

Blue Man Group Tour 2015 – Austin, TX

City: Austin, TX Distance travelled: 319 miles Total distance: 10,112 miles Theatre: Long Centre for Performing Arts I had a feeling that Austin would turn out like it did. Everything I had heard about the town being a fun place to hang out and the fact that a bunch of us knew people in town set things up […]

The Cathedral of Junk – Austin, TX

Just south of the city of Austin, tucked away on a side street is something that you don’t see every day. As you walk from the street into the back yard of Vince Hannemann’s property a strange structure comes into view. A structure which wouldn’t look out of place in a sic-fi movie or alien planet. Vince […]