Actually this is the first Road Trip Chronicle I’ve written titled as such, and #47 is probably an underestimate. It all starts out innocently enough. I get home from a trip somewhere and I need to keep it going somehow. In this case, I was recently back from a fabulous trip to Thailand, and as soon as I dusted off, I thought I'd drive up to British Columbia, have a drink or two with my dear friends, Mike and Melissa Wilson, and then head back via a different route. A Journey

I’m back in LA after an amazing trip east to Buffalo where I played with my new band of ebbing and flowing misfits, the Gatos Malos at Sportsmens on November 22, and immediately followed that with going into GCR Audio with the amazing Nick Blagona where we recorded 11 songs live off the floor for the Herding Cats record. Horns were recorded on the last day. I then went up to Nick’s place in Hamilton, Ontario and recorded my lead vocals on all but one track for which I still n

Yosemite (©2015 mlj) I’ve always been in awe of Yosemite, which until I visited last year I only knew from Ansel Adams’ incredible photographs. It’s paradise, and I can only fathom how incredible it must have been before it was so popular. So, when my friend Michele invited me to come up for a visit last year before tourist season makes it unbearable, I was happy to accept. It was chilly there when I arrived, and they predicted snow in the valley as well, which doesn’t happen