Three exciting performances this weekend. Friday night at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Durham come hear two of my favorite vocalists in recital. I'll be playing viola da gamba and baroque cello with Kristen Blackman and Erica Dunkle along with Scott Hill on harpsichord, John Orluk - lute, Sarah Griffin - violin, and Jane Lynch - organ.

Erica and Kristen are well known for their solo work with several of Rodney Wynkoop's fine choral groups and are presenting this recital of works by Bach, Purcell, Monteverdi, Schutz, Dowland, and a beautiful new work by a composer friend of theirs - Paul Leary. The acoustics at First Presby are perfect for this music - it's a wonderful room and we're so lucky that the church is supportive of having concerts there. The recital is free and open to the public. 8:00 pm Friday the 23rd.

Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon I'll be playing bass, cello, and bouzouki with Jim Crew and John Hanks accompanying the spectacular tap dancing of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. If you've never seen these young people dance - well - you really need to come out and see and hear them. VERY fine group of young people that I have been working with for many years now. Carolina Theater in downtown Durham.

For more details click on the calendar listings on the right.

Tonight (Saturday) - 9:00 - 12:00 at the Beyu Caffee. This will be our first time there. Hope to see some friends show up since it looks like we won't be at our regular General Store Cafe gig again until June.

Apologies to the two folks (and any others) who went to the Kenan Music Building on the UNC Campus today instead of the Kenan Recital Hall on the Peace College Campus for the North Carolina Master Chorale performances. I just clicked the first "Kenan" on the venue drop-down list on my calendar program forgetting that UNC now has a music venue named Kenan, too. To the person who said "you owe me a cup of coffee" - you're right.

My monthly jazz outing, playing with my favorite guitarist, Bernie Petteway, and the Triangle's most tasteful drummer, Ed Butler, down at the Pittsboro General Store Cafe 7:00 - 9:00.

We've also got a house concert coming up. See the notes in the listing for details. Hope to see you at one or both events!

Got started on putting together a list of recordings I've played on over the years. Just scratching the surface so far. Here's the "discography" so far.I don't have any recordings of my own. Home recording projects and gig recordings I plan to put on the "listen to music" page and there are a few things there now but not much. But I've been playing on other people's projects since the early '70's and it's been a lot of fun. Hoping to find most of them over the holidays but there are a few like Bill Wilson's "Lighthouse" and whatever they ended up calling the album I did with Caroline Peyton and Mark Bingham back in '75 - well - I never got to even hear that one and I doubt you did, either. Been a lot of singer/songwriters over the years.

If I played on your recording and it's not listed it may only be that I haven't gotten that far into the stacks yet - but drop me a line and refresh my memory. And if I listed your recording and you want more info added let me know that, too. I'll probably come back and add more details to everything once I get the basic list done.