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“Love is wonderful the second time around.” – Sammy Cahn ******** Just Married On October 2 at 6:00PM, Barry Walsh and I affirmed our longtime relationship before family and friends in a beautiful ceremony in a churchyard near our home in Nashville. Rodney Crowell … [MORE]

“yes I said yes I will Yes.” – James Joyce Some personal news On October 2, Barry Walsh and I will be getting married here in Nashville. We’ve been friends and musical partners for 20 years. We’ve traveled thousands of miles together, shared impossibly … [MORE]

“The English summer – three fine days and a thunderstorm.” -Charles II We are back from our second trip to the UK in as many months. Re-entering the sweltering South was a rude awakening after spending ten breezy seventy-ish degree days in England, Charles … [MORE]

“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon;to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James As I write this it is a summer afternoon in northwest Florida, where I am holed up writing songs for what I … [MORE]

“Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.” – Lawrence Ferlinghetti We are home from England, happy to be back but still … [MORE]

Complete list of set lists for the Circus Girl – Without A Net UK tour. Last minute changes may have been made after these were printed. ROBIN 2 – BILSTON 12 MAY, 2010 1. Waiting For The Light To Turn Green 2. Let That … [MORE]

I’ve always struggled with the question “where are you from?”. For as long as I can remember I’ve never felt I had a home town in the sense that most people do. I never felt a strong sense of rootedness in any one particular … [MORE]

“Crash on the levee, mama Water’s gonna overflow Swamps gonna rise And no boats gonna row” -Bob Dylan, “Down In The Flood It’s been a rather eventful weekend in Nashville. The worst flood in the city’s history, 15 inches of rain in two days, … [MORE]

an iPod playlist I made recently for a trip through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Sylvie – Sweet Honey In The Rock Father, I Stretch My Hand To Thee – Rev. C.L. Franklin Son Of A Preacher Man – Bobbie Gentry Two Little … [MORE]

“Give the people what they want.” – The Kinks Next month I’ll be heading back to the UK for a tour that’s been in the works for almost a year. The idea for the “Circus Girl – Without A Net” tour grew out of … [MORE]

The news of Alex Chilton’s death has hit us hard. It was 9 years ago, on a cold January morning in 2001, when I first got a call to play a string of dates in Canada with The Box Tops. I met Alex that … [MORE]