The more time we spend practicing, the more time Jack spends creating!  It seems like every afternoon this week he had to teach me a new rhythm, and they are really good songs!  One of them he has partly completed the lyrics on, and he's going to save the remainder of it to complete while we're playing on the street in Helena.  Another of them he and our ten year old son, Wade, are working out the lyrics together in the afternoons.  These songwriting sessions invariably lead to the guys singing and playing Robert Johnson songs, it is really a wonderful thing hearing my son progress along the musical highway!

Jack has always taken passing along his gift seriously, and has taught quite a few young men how to play, not only the blues, but also quite a bit of country and rock.  One of these is of course, our son, and another is young Jeff, the youngest member of our band.  He's also agreed to teach our niece how to play the piano, but since she's only 8, she has the attention of an 8 year old, so lessons are brief and basic, but I'll bet at some point we'll be able to put her and her cousin, Wade, on dueling pianos throwing that boogie woogie around!   Jack has always said he learned so much from others, he has to pass it down.

Tomorrow night we are playing another show at the Blue Armadillo Winery in Princeton, TX.  This winery has a very friendly atmosphere and a nice selection of frozen drinks, texas wines, coffees, sandwiches, and desserts.  It is casual with a flair, and has a really nice vibe going on in Princeton.  We'll most likely unveil one or two of Jack's new songs...come join us and be the first to hear them!  We go on, out on the patio, at around 8:30.  We're looking forward to another great gig in Princeton!

Some pictures, first of Jack and Jeff in Helena last year, then one of Jack with a 15 year old guitarist we met while in Helena last year, who we'll be hooking up with to jam again this year and another friend on bass, and finally, a picture of Wade working out that piano boogie.