Turning Stones

Give a Damn

Give A Damn

Music fan and hobbyist musician.  I love to listen to everything and there isn't enough time in the world for all the music there is to hear.

Christopher Shayne is bringing rock into the modern era—not from Georgia or Nashville, but from the dry, sunbaked heart of Arizona. This is music for open highways and hard truths. With roots in blues, country, and classic rock, Shayne’s sound has one boot in tradition and the other stomping into the future. Their new record—produced by outlaw royalty Shooter Jennings—is a revival and reinvention. Southern rock, but with a wild west twist.

Having played a bunch of pretty different instruments but mainly the piano for some decades, I luckily  took up the English Concertina in the summer of 2011 out of instant inspiration and can't get my hands off of this great little box (which is such a fine solo instrument as well as allowing some modest self-accompaniment when singing songs). Find more content at concertina.net.

Update: After a  hiatus due to technical failure of the beautiful instrument shown on top of my page I resumed my playing in October 2017 following the acquisition of my "new" Wheatstone model 24 (while the Lachenal Excelsior is awaiting some future restauration)

Update II: Having finished my denying the need of a Tenor-Treble to myself, I now own and am playing a beautifully (looking and) sounding metal-ended Aeola as well, which happens to be my main instrument - however the ET is still not being neglected...

Update III: Happily added the 20b Anglo (Lachenal and Crabb) and Crane Duet (again Crabb) to "my" instruments as of October/November 2018 :)