Live Shots
March 16, 2013: With Suzy Bogguss after her performance at the Fox Theatre, Tucson, Arizona. Our conversation led me to write You Were the Best Part (Ode to Suzy Bogguss) (Ordinary Time).
May 16, 2014: Small world: Kathy Mattea's husband, songwriter Jon Vezner, graduated from Southwest State College in Marshall, MN, where I lived from age 11 and graduated from high school. I recorded one of Jon's songs, A Few Good Things Remain (Ordinary Time). From left to right: Teri, Kathy Mattea, Kristi Thayer (Teri's cousin)
April 5, 2015: With Aoife O'Donovan at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. I covered her song, Red and White and Blue and Gold (Ordinary Time).
November 11, 2015: With the vocalist from the United States Army Band at the National Veteran's Day Observance at Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC. President Barack Obama spoke and then VP Joseph Biden was in attendance.
April 22, 2017: With Suzy Bogguss at the Berger Performing Arts Center in Tucson, Arizona. I gave her an early mix of my composition, You Were the Best Part (Ode to Suzy Bogguss) and shared that our 2014 conversation inspired the song. The next photo was her reaction (caught in a blur).
April 22, 2017: Suzy Bogguss' reaction upon hearing the inspiriation for You Were the Best Part (Ode to Suzy Bogguss). She hugged me so fast, all we caught was a blur.