My Music Stories & Memories

Welcome to my collection of true stories from a lifetime of playing accordion, teaching students, and performing. These pages hold real moments from the road and from the classroom. Some took place on busy Texas stages like the Broken Spoke.

A few stories involve musicians I was lucky enough to share a stage or a conversation with over the years. I never set out to write a blog. I simply started writing down things that stayed with me — the funny mishaps, the unexpected kindnesses, the nights the music felt bigger than the room, and the small teaching moments that still make me smile years later.

Stories from my years in Austin with The Love Saints

From accordion conventions and workshops, from early days in Canada, and from the long, winding path that led me to keep playing and teaching all this time. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed living them.

True Stories

If you’re an accordion player, a student, a fellow musician, or simply someone who likes a good story about real people and real music, I hope something here brings a smile or a memory of your own. Thank you for stopping by.