Hogan's House of Music - Day 1 in the Studio

Jul 31, 2015

Stories from the Studio (New Wine Studios, High Desert, Southern California)

After four and a half days of mixing eighteen tunes Eric Uglum and I are basically finished excepting minor tweaks that come up in the next few days.

I’ve known Eric Uglum since the early 1980s when we played a…Read more

Jul 24, 2015

Stories from the Road (Berkeley)

The bus was parked yesterday in the hilly parking lot at the side of the Greek Theatre. The morning had fairly dense cloud cover but thin enough to still allow a lot of sunlight to pass through.

Playing show after…Read more

Jul 23, 2015

Stories from the Road (Santa Barbara)

Today I didn’t wake up at the venue. We were out in the central California countryside, down a dirt road, overlooking miles of short brown grasses, blue skies, and oak trees bent and gnarled like 200 year-old men. I had…Read more

Jul 22, 2015

Stories from the Road (Paso Robles)

I did my usual wake-up-for-no-reason at 4:30am and laid there awake for an hour. You know how sometimes your brain kicks in right away? Mine does that a lot. I decided in the end to read George MacDonald. MacDonald was…Read more

Jul 20, 2015

Stories from the Road (Day off in Ventura, Paso Robles)

Today was a day off. I woke up in Ventura, near the beach, and went with Ethan and Alison to meet a man who is one of the best in the field of making gear that translates the actual sound…Read more

Jul 20, 2015

Stories from the Road (Costa Mesa)

After a sufficient night of rest I woke up on the bus parked at the fairgrounds here in Costa Mesa. I decided to make hot chocolate since I don’t make it very often. I can quit anytime. When Ethan and…Read more

Jul 19, 2015

Stories from the Road (Los Angeles, the Greek Theatre)

In contrast with yesterday’s fortunate series of events, today was much more ordinary. It started with waking up way too early for no reason at all. I read for a bit, hopped out of my top bunk, drank a bottle…Read more

Jul 18, 2015

Stories from the Road (Lincoln, Smartville, Auburn, Grass Valley)

Yesterday my son Ethan flew with me to California. He’ll be with me on the rest of this tour. Today was a show day but since we were only an hour from Smartville, Grass Valley, and Auburn, I wanted to…Read more

Jul 12, 2015

Another incredible addition in the studio

Today Alison Krauss put down twin fiddle parts to Stuart Duncan on two tunes - a traditional old-time tune, and an original called Mooney Flat Road. I’m thankful to have been a part of Alison Krauss and Union Station for…

Last day at Southern Ground

It was the fourth great day at Southern Ground’s studio, the last session for the new bluegrass instrumental record, "Hogan’s House of Music".

Brandon Bell did a great job with the tones. Dan Tyminski, Sierra Hull, and Mark Fain…