Meagan Tubb CD Shoot

It’s been a heck of a year. I’m closing out my 2007 blog entries with these photos from yesterday’s shoot with Meagan Tubb & Shady People. Johnny Duran (drums) & Meagan Tubb (guitar, vocals). Wilson (bass), Meagan, Johnny, and Jason (guitar). Wilson, waiting for the band to assemble around the pool table.

Suzanna Choffel

A quick walk-around session in downtown Austin. Suzanna Choffel is one of my favorite musicians.        

Asleep At The Wheel: New CD

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Ray Benson’s Asleep at the Wheel came together to produce a terrific new CD recording. Under the orchestra’s musical direction of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the collaboration provided what Benson says is “the best 63-member back up band a musician could ever ask for.” This really works, and I love it! [...]

Austin Music + Entertainment Magazine

The new issue of Austin Music + Entertainment magazine is out, so be sure to pick up a copy. The November/December issue features several great articles. As mentioned in a previous post, Jimmy LaFave graces the cover. Our editorial shoot yielded several great shots and you can find more of them inside!

CD News: Carolyn Wonderland

The other day, Carolyn Wonderland sent me a note to give me the good news: My photography was chosen for the cover of her new CD! It’s a live shot from a show at Antone’s here in Austin. That series of pictures was one of my best of her. As I explained it to the [...]

Jimmy LaFave

Cimarron Manifesto is the latest release from Austin’s Jimmy LaFave. I had the privilege of spending some time with Jimmy while on assignment for Austin Music and Entertainment Magazine this month. One of the nicest and most candid guys you’ll meet, Jimmy was a pleasure to hang out with. He schooled me a little on [...]

A Personal Weekend

This past weekend, my family made one of our infrequent trips down to the Rio Grande Valley. Dedra and I grew up there and our parents still reside there. It had been about four years since we last visited, so we were long overdue. We had several items on our agenda, including visiting my mother’s [...]

Chris Masterson & Eleanor Whitmore

Last night was a busy one. We went to Momo’s to hang out with friends and see some good bands. Then went to Flipnotics to catch Chris Masterson & Eleanor Whitmore do a very intimate set of great original music. Then back to Momo’s to see Drew Smith who put on an absolutely incredible show, [...]

Miss Westlake, Sheena Simmons

The Miss Texas USA pageant is being held soon and will be airing July 1st on NBC. Our own Miss Westlake, Sheena Simmons, will be one of the contestants . Sheena’s been at this for 8 years and is very excited about competing in this year’s pageant. Each contestant needs a set of 5×7 prints [...]