My father said that part of his encyclopedia of folk music was burned in a fire, and that he'd have to start all over. Was it true?

Another half-brother.

It's Sunday, November 1st, 2020. It's Daylight Savings Time, even though no one I know understands why we still do this. The presidential...

I would compare my "knowing" to how a smoker "knows" that smoking causes lung damage and even cancer, and yet if they really knew...

As a kid, I called my father "Riley." I was allowed to call my parents by their first names, or Mom and Dad. Sometimes in this blog,...

Years later, when my father died in 2009, I was contacted by Dave Sichak, who wanted to write up an obituary for a Hillbilly music website.