The site updates continue apace: for anyone who remembers the old site, I devoted a couple of sections to my book, UNFINISHED BUSINESS: THE LIFE & TIMES OF DANNY GATTON (2003). Here they are again, in all their Tweed 'n' Twinned glory -- frequently asked questions about the book, plus readers' comments. I've had a couple more ones, as well, which I'll put up when the mood strikes me.
I've also added a "Press" section, with an economy tour of newspapers that have covered my folk-punkin' doings. Pay close attention to the section on "Budgie's Nest," the art/music show and multi-media party that featured acrylic and oil paintings, drawings and sketches done by my wife, Lisa...who sold six of them for about $120.
The success of those opening and closing receptions (known as "Budgie's Nest," and "Budgie's Nest: Unraveled," respectively") in September and October '06 represent some of our fondest memories. Click on the photos accompanying the headline ("Recent Exhibit Is A Feather In The Cap For Bird-Themed Artist") to get a taste for yourself.
Words From The Front: Danny Gatton Section Added
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Chairman's Peace+Music Festival Report
Well, it's been a week, and the dust has settled on another Hillsdale County Peace & Music Festival: I enjoyed catching up with old friends, and sharing a bill with Hillsdale's acoustic guitar blaster, Steven Tangent, for the first time in three years. I also enjoyed Toledo, Ohio's husband and wife duo, Marty and Yvonne Danekind (The Should Be Banned), as well as The Lone Rider, whose mixture of classic rock, country and boogie-flavored originals must really be heard to be believed! And that was just half the lineup, which marked the strongest one yet.
This year's theme and displays focused on "The Cost Of Empire" -- how much we've spent keeping this never-ending war in Iraq going ($600 billion, and counting). For me, one of the more sobering moments came when Doug Baker, of the Hillsdale County Green Party, showed me a folder containing some 32 single-spaced, double-sided pages of all the US troops who've died so far. Seeing those sorts of things is when the war really hits home. (To see the display -- and other photos that Doug shot -- see this link here: ttp://picasaweb.google.com/volume1books/PEACEFEST2008FOTOSFROMDOUG?authkey=rL300RwAKG8. I've also uploaded some of them above -- just click on the photo of me, and go from there.)
This year's theme and displays focused on "The Cost Of Empire" -- how much we've spent keeping this never-ending war in Iraq going ($600 billion, and counting). For me, one of the more sobering moments came when Doug Baker, of the Hillsdale County Green Party, showed me a folder containing some 32 single-spaced, double-sided pages of all the US troops who've died so far. Seeing those sorts of things is when the war really hits home. (To see the display -- and other photos that Doug shot -- see this link here: ttp://picasaweb.google.com/volume1books/PEACEFEST2008FOTOSFROMDOUG?authkey=rL300RwAKG8. I've also uploaded some of them above -- just click on the photo of me, and go from there.)