Yesterday I was hanging out at a friend’s place on the Medina river…
My friend Wendy Sue from California offered me a Teddy Graham cookie, but I declined because I couldn’t be sure I could finish a whole serving of… 47 cookies?!?!
I spent part of my time there working on a new song, too. I’ve [...]
Almost every year for the last dozen or so I’ve made an annual pilgrimage to the Kerrville Folk Festival, an eighteen-day long music festival in Kerrville, Texas. It’s holy ground for me. Hot, dusty, chigger-ridden, sweaty, holy ground.
There’s music on the stages each night and it’s wonderful, but the real magic happens in the [...]
I’m heading back down to Guatemala next month with Caroline Proctor, who is going to be the new director of PEG. I’ll post pictures from there.
The two cyclists who are raising money for the retaining wall and new school construction in Chacaya are doing very well. We tallied up some numbers the other day [...]
My friend Stephanie Winters sent me this link as a P.S. to a note about some other stuff.
She and Walter Parks were accompanying musical legend Richie Havens performing in Cannes at the Film Festival this year, apparently at an event honoring Sean Penn.
Stephanie is the cellist who plays all over my most recent record, [...]
Coppell, Texas
I left Asheville at 3:30 in the afternoon on the day before yesterday, and last night played a house concert near Dallas with my long-time friend Beth Wood. What a treat to see and hear her again. She’s getting married this fall, and moving to Colorado, so you Coloradans keep an ear out for [...]
For my birthday, my parents took a picnic basket to the Veranda, a wonderful soup and sandwich place in Black Mountain owned by an old friend of mine. They paid for lunch for two and let us know it was there whenever we wanted it. All we had to do was call in our lunch [...]
Well, here goes — might as well just spill it:
We’re going to have a baby.
Deanna’s due November 20, and we couldn’t be happier. We went for our second ultrasound this week and crossed the twelve week mark, so it’s time to share the good news!
Looks just like me, huh?
Answers to most common [...]
I spent a few hours canvassing on election day. Did a little door-knocking in my own neighborhood and then made some calls from the back deck.
My rough script was “Hi, this is David LaMotte calling and I’m volunteering for the Obama campaign, just checking in to make sure you got a chance to vote and [...]
Columbia, MD
Friday night there was a little surprise 40th birthday party for me at my house. I was out for the early evening hearing Michelle Obama speak at UNC Asheville. She was absolutely amazing, and I was pleased that my friends were able to get her to speak in honor of my birthday. [...]
