August 29, 2010
Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
Nashville, TN

I gave a speech! To many, that is probably not a big deal, but to me this was a spectacular honor. I was privileged to stand in front of more than 900 music industry executives to tell them about my friend and client Kris Kristofferson and then present Kris with the 2010 Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award. Kris and I have worked together for nearly a decade and this was my favorite moment with him.

September 22, 2006
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN

With Phil Madeira and Alejandro Escovedo

I spent a few years as the producer of the annual Americana Honors & Awards at the Ryman Auditorium. This photo was taken after the show, in which Alejandro had received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing. Alejandro’s performance of “Baby’s Got New Plans” from this night ended up on the album ‘Just One More: A Musical Tribute To Larry Brown’. The late Larry Brown was a great American author who also wrote for the music magazine ‘No Depression’. It is a thrill for me to have a production credit for this work.

February 13, 2005
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
With Steve Fishell and David Macias

Steve Fishell, David Macias and I co-produced a little folk record called ‘Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster’. The fact that we won a GRAMMY for Best Traditional Folk Album for our project still blows me away. I tried not to cry but this photo shows the truth of the emotion of that incredible night

October 18, 2010
Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, TX

From left: Lloyd Maines, Verlon Thompson, Jen Gunderman, Joe Ely, Tamara Saviano, Glenn Fukunaga and Shawn Camp

Producing ‘This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark’ has been a wonderful journey through Guy’s storied catalog of songs with a group of amazingly talented artists and musicians. This photo of Joe Ely with me and the band was taken at the session where Joe recorded “Dublin Blues.”

July 20, 2009
Exit In
Nashville, TN

When it comes to artist management, I consider myself the luckiest artist manager in Nashville. This is in no small part because I get to work with Radney Foster, one of the most talented and hard-working guys in Americana music. Truly, working with Radney is what keeps me in this part of the business. This photo is backstage at Radney’s 50th birthday concert when we were discussing the set list. Other artists who appeared with Radney that night included Vince Gill, Darius Rucker & Dierks Bentley.

May 10, 2008
Nashville Public Library
With Steve Fishell and Steve Wozniak

My friend Steve Fishell and I were on the closing retreat committee for the Leadership Music class that graduated in May, 2008. It was our job to get a keynote speaker for the event. Little did everyone know that we had a secret weapon: Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple Computer. Woz and Steve go back many years and my friendship with Woz came about through Fishell and then grew when Woz joined the board of directors for American Roots Publishing. It was fun to introduce Woz to our Leadership community. He is an engaging, lively and fun speaker and I think we set the bar pretty high for future LM retreats.