Turn Your Radio On

dug out and been listening to my old John Hartford LPs. John has always been a favorite of mine, what can I say. Lucky enough to have written Gentle on My Mind, it gave him the money to not really care about recording music that may or may not sell. I was lucky as well once, when I met John when he played in Reno some time ago, he was interested in me being from Pittsburgh since he was a riverman himself. .We talked about barges, tow boats and rivers more than music. As always he put on a great show, though later we found out that he was probably in a bit of pain as he was pretty sick towards the end. I know where I was when I heard that John had died, sitting in the Duex Gros Nez listening to the Risky Biscuit Hayseed hoot, I admit I cried right there and then. So I couldn't find a good version of Turn the Radio On, but this is pretty good too. On the night The Boy was born and nothing was right I sat there with him in in ICU singing to him, I know I sang him this one a couple times

As it turns out it was one of the first songs The Boy sang as well, along with Give Back The Keys To My Heart, but we will leave that for another time.

so we went to Pittsburgh for a spell were we stole wi fi from McDonalds

went dahn tahn an at

went for a walk along one of those rivers John and I loved, this one being the Allegheny 

ran into Pine Top Perkins at the museum 

we will get to him and the rest of the Blues Fellas

Saw a ball game

the Buccos lost but played a good game and what a ball park they have now. My old friend Steve W came down outta the hills to see it with us ending his boycott of all things owned by the Nutting family. Drank some good beer by Penn's Brewing and Yungling didn't drink any Iron City though don't know how that happened.

But anyways back in beautiful Reno again, don't laugh after the humidity of Pittsburgh the 90s round here feel like spring time. I love Pittsburgh but honestly have no idea how I put up with that. Anyways we updated the Boy's bike, new bar, stem, seatpost and even some STI shifting for him. Just about out grown the old Trek but he's not ready to give it up quite yet.

So it is Hot August Nights round these parts this week and if you don't know what that is (if anybody is actually reading this) one word "google". But that also means Hot August Bike is happening tomorrow evening as well so hold on with baited breath, what ever the hell that means, for a full report