This blog was created to give a glimpse into the various and sundry spectacular shenanigans of the community of musicians/supporters of Slingshot Records, LLC.
I put my garbage out tonight for pick up tomorrow morning. I still get the same twinge that I got when I was a teenager in SC… that wild dogs are going to come over and rip apart my garbage. Throw it all over the yard/street. Not so much “wild dogs”, but local dogs roaming […]
I was stretching one day, laying flat on my back with my legs up and feet together in the air. My 3 year old, being so doggone cute walked by, stopped, looked at my feet and said, “Hello, Mr. Giraffe.” Something told me that day that she’d have quite an imagination. And she does!
One night, my friend, Sherry, decided that her son William, then about 6, should say his prayers from the heart instead of the standard child prayer “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep…” She said, “William, you need to say your prayers yourself, from your heart.”
He said, “What do you mean?”
“Well, you thank God […]
My sweet little niece is going through the early stages of puberty. My mom said she had started acting up a little, being very moody, crying and all, and not really keeping up in school. Which is unlike her. An aunt, who lives with her was concerned one day when my niece had […]
“The thing crumped right up.” My cousin’s husband was not referring to the dance – he was talking about a car that he could not get to crank… that is until my uncle, who apparently had the “good wrench” touch came along and did his magic. Then all was right with the world again. […]
Tim and his family have had several Yorkies over the years. I’ve often joke with him that they aren’t really dogs… more like living, stickless mops… or mutated, furry hamsters. On the other hand we have a Boston Terrier. Part terrier, part bull dog… total energy. If you don’t have room for a big dog […]
The wife and I were browsing You Tube the other day and ran across clip of Carrie Underwood singing Skid Row’s “I remember you.” Dang, she sings it a little better than Mr. Bach. No disrespect to him — his voice is an amazing blend of whiskey throated rocker with clear as […]
My step father shared this gem with me last year. In his own words… ENJOY!
The event took place many years ago when I was a young man. During the time when, in this part of the country, side-shows traveled around and would set-up in any available vacant lot to carry on its activities. […]
Earlier this month, my buddy Jim Hayslett, who co-wrote that last song on our CD decided to come the Nashville to get baptized. The song is titled “A Better Place”… It was originally titled “Alcohol” because that’s what Jim used to “self medicate” the pain of the last 12 years of his life. […]
We were down in North GA a few weeks ago visiting my wife’s side of the family. Her uncle, Reginald (the pastor that married us) was talking music shop talk with me. He said that he’d found an old upright bass (in his church storage… I think?), and started plucking around on it. Wasn’t long […]