A Vlog for Gene

Gene Wolden, known as GeezerArt, was one of the original YouTube vloggers from the class of 2006. He was also a wonderful artist and a great and funny man. Gene passed away on Easter Sunday after battling cancer for several months and having a stroke, but was home with his wife, Freida, at the end. He will be missed.

Guitar Show Blues

Yesterday I went to the Bay Area Guitar Show up in San Rafael with my wife and brother. Today I made a little song and video about the experience...

Woody 100: This Land Is Your Land

2012 marks the centennial of Woody Guthrie's birth. Woody was an author, a singer, a dustbowl refugee, an activist, a radio performer, and the composer of some of America's best known folk songs, including Do Re Mi, Grand Coulee Dam, Union Maid, Deportee, Biggest Thing, and the iconic This Land Is Your Land. To honor Woody's 100th birthday, PBS American Masters, with the support of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, is creating "an interactive documentary to record us all singing Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land.'" This video is my contribution to that project.

Hannukah and Advent Time

My YouTube friend, Martin (aka theSwedishLad and PrinceWord), does an annual Advent video series with a different guest vlogger each day leading up to Christmas talking about their holiday traditions. This year Martin asked me to participate, and this is the result: