Had an unexpected show last night at Pat’s in Aggieville. Ryan Tittsworth came up from Wichita for his once-a-month show and he let me sit in on lead guitar. It was the first full show I’ve ever played without a microphone and it was one hell of a good time.

Looks like I’ll be headed to Oklahoma next Saturday. The Ranger Rodeo is going to be at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and the after-rodeo party will be at the VIP. It’ll be a solo acoustic show. See you there.

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I’m going to throw a video from the Plum Thicket show we played in September. It was a great show, and the rest of the videos will be coming soon.

One of the locals asked when we were setting up last time we played this Plum Thicket bar, “Are you going to play the John Deere song?” “Yes,” I answered, while wearing my Massey Ferguson shirt.

Here’s 24 Feet at a Time.

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Folksingers’ Defense is a song that was written in frustration of the popularity of music with words that are either unintelligent or not understandable. Prioritizing the music over the words is something I could never understand. Sure, there may have been a girl who prompted the song, but it’s about the words to the story.

Here’s Folksinger’s Defense from August.

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I had an old friend I hadn’t seen in a while come up to me the other day after a show and tell me how she thought this was a good song. It’s rare that anyone notices this song, much less comments on it. We laughingly refer to this song as the self esteem song, and it’s not very long, but I do like this song. I hope you do, too.

This is Mirror from our August Bobby T’s show.

This song was actually inspired by some Counting Crows bootlegs I found when I was in college. The girl in this song rises up above her origins and sets sail while the boy is left on the shore. It’s Archipelago from our Bobby T’s show in August.

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