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Scenic San Francisco
The group that invaded Nocona
If I ain't happy here, I ain't happy nowhere
Tom Faulkner, Heather Stalling, Bill Hearne, Travis Hearne, Michael Hearne, Bonnie Hearne, Doug Floyd
Brandy Zdan
Lawrence and Jennifer watching the sunset through the Window
dave@thehensleys.org
California
Josh Weathers
Paul Thorn w/ Josh Weathers and the True Endeavors opening at the Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff
You are unique and special, just like everyone else
Slaid Cleaves
Slaid Cleaves and band - CD Release party for Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away at the Granada Theater, Dallas
Canoeist on the Rio Grande - Big Bend Ranch State Park
Synchronicity
Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
Rio Grande Village overlook
The dungeon-like entrance to Smitty's Barbecue, Lockhart, Texas
Tommy Alverson, Dave Perez, Randy Brown
Texas Independence Day celebration at Love and War in Texas, Plano, TX
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School Colors
I pass this scene almost everyday while walking my dogs. On this particular morning, it popped out at me.
Oceanside, CA
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Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" [Explored 11/15/11, #495]
In 1969, the Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and a three-cord pickup electric guitar, that Nelson played with such intensity he broke it. He sent it to be repaired in Nashville by Shot Jackson, who told Nelson that the damage was too great. Jackson offered him a Martin N-20 nylon-string acoustic and, at Nelson's request, moved the pickup to the Martin. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for $750 and named it after Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger". The next year Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch. Constant strumming with a guitar pick over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the sound hole—the N-20 has no pick-guard since classical guitars are meant to be played fingerstyle instead of with picks. Its soundboard has been signed by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and associates, ranging from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches. In 1991, during his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit". He asked his daughter, Lana, to take the guitar from the studio before any IRS agent got there, and bring it to him on Maui. Nelson then hid the guitar in his manager's house until his debt was paid in 1993. (Wikipedia)
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San Antonio Riverwalk with holiday lighting
Rocky Rapids on the Colorado River, with the buttes of Professor Valley in the background
Slaid Cleaves
Slaid Cleaves and Michael O'Connor at Clubhouse Concerts at Mambo's, Fort Worth
Texas Sunset
Michael Hearne
Shake Russell, Michael Hearne, Doug Floyd
Deb and Mila
Sangre de Cristo Parish, San Luis, CO
Mule Ears, Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park
Oceanside surfer
Band of Heathens
The Trishas, Bruce Robison, and Band of Heathens show at the Granada Theater, Dallas
Wild turkey
Hagerman Wildlife Refuge, Lake Texoma, Pottsboro, TX
Black bear cub, Big Bend NP