I was feeling like a has-been, a used-to-be, in 2001. My band, The Verve Pipe, had failed to regain the success we expected after...

When The Verve Pipe albums were released into the mainstream, we would get pretty good reviews. Don't ask me what they were, I don’t...

When I got off the plane in Denver, I knew that on the flight home, the aircraft would be lighter. $5000 lighter. I was losing money on...

I’m an alcoholic? Me? A high-functioning, highly motivated, high-fiving alcoholic? You tell me. I mean, that pandemic thingy was a pretty...

The punk beauty rarely ever took advice, yet she considered the salesman’s pitch about what could potentially be the gift of a lifetime....

I was thirteen in the summer of 1977 when my mom, my aunt Esther and me were sitting at the kitchen table, all of us with our hair in...

At the risk of sounding cliche, I confess my song “The Freshmen” came to me like many other songs at the time; while taking a shower....

The year my brother was a senior, and I was a sophomore, he often let me catch a ride with him to high school. It was a 20-minute drive...

In 1995, The Verve Pipe signed with RCA, and a few weeks later, I deposited over $300,000 into my savings account. I’m sure it triggered...

“No more washing my hair with hotel soap!” I exclaimed to the crumbling tile and shower curtain, stained brown at the bottom just above...

Among the cold, the dark, the damp—steal the warm wind while you can. It’s an excellent reminder to concentrate on the many sunlit moments.

Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches, reminding us of some of the greatest songs; soundtracks to our loving relationships....

It was the spring of 1990 when I finally said enough is enough. Less than a month ago, I had performed at Farm Aid IV at Willie Nelson’s...