• Smiles and Miles Mugshot Tour UK 2017- Part 3

    Here we go with the third installment of words and pics from my Smiles and Miles Mugshot 2017 UK tour in Oct and Nov. I’m writing from Nashville on an early Spring morning, having just finished some yoga. I’m sipping some Guayusa tea to get my motor running, sitting on the futon watching the change of…

  • Western Two

    Western Two

    Friday, April 6, 2018. Sue and I arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico to stay with Sue’s Aunt Jane. Jane is Sue’s Mom’s sister. She lives in an adobe style home just outside of the city. It is Friday night and we have driven from Ft. Stockton, Texas. We had dinner and great conversation as…

  • Dusty, Flat and Wind Blown- Journal from the West…

    We’re twenty seven miles from Roswell. We’re either gonna fill up or beam up. The state roads heading north and south are straight and long. Towns separated by thirty or forty miles. In Red, our Volkswagen, we are a minority. The road is traveled by mostly trucks, semis and pick-ups.

  • Smiles & Miles Mugshot UK Tour 2017- Part 2

    Pub singing in England is the combination of song and/or tune and ale consumption. It truly lifts the spirit whether you partake in the ale or not. The Mortal Man is typical in that the ceilings are low with exposed beams, a stone floor and mahogany everywhere including my guitar.

  • Smiles & Miles Mugshot Tour 2017 Part 1

    It has been over two months since my last blog and it’s hard to believe. When I last wrote I spoke about tea arriving at my Dad’s and how I would be taking mugshots along the way on my travels. My UK tour finished on November 19 and it was a fab time indeed. Funky…

  • Mug Shot at the Folk Alley

    Greetings from Baltimore. I’m heading “down the ocean” as we say here in the Land of Pleasant Living. I’m playing a few shows this weekend with my good friend, Troy Hanna. It’s always fun playing with Troy because I get to play a lot of banjo. I’m also excited because when I get back to…

  • Mug Shot From Baltimore

    Greetings and welcome from Baltimore. I’m writing from my Dad’s apartment, not far from where I grew up. I’m having a mug of green tea this morning and staring at a peach and deciding on whether to have that with my cereal or a banana. Maybe I’ll have both. There are locally grown tomatoes on…

  • Another Life Release

    I am so thrilled to announce the release of my latest album of originalroots songs and tunes called Another Life. It’s been months of hard workwith a finished product I am so excited to share with you all. My last solorelease was in 1994, many lives ago. This project was born out of manychanges just…

  • Mickey at Artland

    Back in February I had the one of the world’s greatest harmonica players over to my studio, Artland, here in Nashville to do some recording. Mickey Raphael, born and raised in Dallas, Texas, has been performing and recording with Willie Nelson for over four decades.

  • Welcome to Billy’s Blog

    Welcome to my blog. I am excited to announce that I’m working on a new solo recording project that will be released in the summer 2017. The working title of the project is Heart and Home. The album will feature new songs and tunes that include stories of the heart and tales from Baltimore. Sign…