The Sea, the Stone, and the Song
For the past six years now, I’ve been living right here in the middle of history in Palos de la Frontera.
John’s Substack
My personal Substack, as a recording artist and world touring musician
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Arrivederci, Texas: From the Shadow of the Colosseum to the Maharajah’s Keys
~The Sacred Dust of Italy and the Crescent City Soul
A Highway of Light and Shadow: 52 Cards, St. Louis, and Saying Goodbye to Gladys
I spent the autumn of 2003 split right down the middle—half of my heart tethered to a fading light down south, and the other half carrying a heavy rhythm across America’s highways on a tour that would stretch well into the new year of 2004.
Cosmic Vibrations: The Story Behind "Flight of the Angels" and the Album Artwork
The Story Behind “Flight of the Angels” and the Album Artwork
Surreal in Denton: Living with Dika Newlin and the Ghost of Mahler
Looking back, that wild season in Denton didn't just teach me how to play music—it taught me how to live inside it, oddities and all.
The Artful Dodger, The Dog, and The Tenor Sax
Beyond the Curtain: Memphis, Monroe, and the Music In-Between
The Night I Sang with Diana (And Brought the House Down with a Hand-Fart)
And that’s the beauty of Vegas—you go looking for a show, and sometimes, you end up becoming the headline act your mother never expected to see.
The Gospel According to Mozart (and Me)
"Why I Had to Write "Preaching to the Choir." A Sunday School Boy’s Reckoning in a World of False Prophets
The View from the Porch: A Story of “Sundown Town”
An American Reckoning in Song and Memory
The Canvas and the Crescent: Painting the Soul of New Orleans
From the neon streets of the Crescent City to the canvas of my own life, join me for a deep, rhythmic journey into the heart of the music that defines us.