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Curtains and Chameleons A Love Story in Motion What a moment in this wild, crazy-hearted ride. Last night, Nashville Ballet dropped the “Crazy Hearts” video right before their Dracula ballet at TPAC—couldn’t have been a better stage. The crowd had no idea it was coming, just sitting there, waiting for curtains to rise, and boom—there […]

The sun was warm on a Nashville afternoon. The world moved slow, like it does on days like that. I was on the porch, guitar in hand, playing something between a memory and a dream. My neighbor Evelyn, a dancer herself, wandered over, drawn by the music. Out of nowhere, she asked if I’d ever […]

Beaver Creek, piney lakes, high up in the Colorado mountains. Played a gig for the altitudes with country stars whose boots carry the gold dust of the season. But better than that, I showed my kids what I believe is a major part of the soul of this land, something ancient and untouchable, a place […]

Tonight, I’m heading to the Nashville Symphony. Rachmaninov and Mahler—men who lived with conviction. Every note they wrote drags you in, holds you tight. There’s a madness in their music, a fire that burns steady. Feels fitting for 42. After, I’ll find a place with low lights and a good bar. Maybe order a dirty […]

Australia, the motherland, has a way of wrapping you in its embrace—rough and wild, yet comforting. We spent two months there, while the American summer blazed, we found solace in the Australian winter sun. It had been 3 1/2 years since we last touched its soil. Time, that elusive trickster, had slipped by like sand […]

And across the 66 we rode… Hearts full from a great break in Santa Fe. Everyone’s creative juices were flowing. We captured two music videos and were armed with a bunch of really cool looks, perfect for all the music videos we were about to create on our Crazy Hearted Adventure. On our way to […]

Sorry it’s been a few weeks Crazy Hearts, thank you for all your kind messages and I’m so glad you’re all enjoying the Crazy Hearts adventures so far…it was one wild ride! This week we travel through Route 66. With a new generator in tow, but still the air conditioning was struggling in the excessive […]

Sedona—man, that place is like a dream, like you’ve wandered off the road into some kind of mirage, but it’s real, all right. The red rocks rise up out of the earth like ancient spirits, and you can feel the energy in the air, like the universe is holding its breath, waiting for something to […]

Lubbock to Amarillo, the road stretched out like an endless ribbon of dust and sun, a journey through the heart of Texas where history and memory collide on the highways of our minds. I couldn’t help but feel the ghosts of the past hitching a ride with us as we rolled down that lonesome road, […]