Moved
from commercial photo to high tech digital photography (satellites!)
around 1976 and poured all my energy into that for about 23 years.
Unfortunately my guitars (and voice) gathered a bit of dust during
that time. Also sliced my left hand fingers badly which precluded any
playing for about a year and a half.
Reunions
with my college music buddies in the late 90's got me musically geeked
and, after retiring from the photo work in 1999, I picked up the guitar
again. Pretty rusty, and couldn’t sing those clean high notes any more,
but kept at it.
My
wife and I began supporting the Michigan Opera Theater and new Opera House
in downtown Detroit.
A
few years ago I went to Flint to see Joel Mabus. Liked the show and really
liked the art galley atmosphere and the people at the Flint Folk Music
Society so I joined up and have been a member since. Although I have later
joined other organizations - (Bluewater Folk Society; Michigan Fingerstyle
Guitar Society, the Ark, and other folk venues), Flint Folk is still my
musical “home.”
Currently
I support folk/acoustic music in about a 70 mile radius of my hometown
Detroit any way I can :
-financially through membership dues, some donations, concert admissions , and CD purchases;
-labor-wise by helping set up/tear down for concerts; mixing sound,
and recording
-creatively (although I’m not really a songwriter) by singing and
playing here and there and working with some local writers.
Music
people are good people so associating with them is an enjoyable retirement
pastime, I must say!
- -CU,
Jim B.
Listen
to Jim! (mp3)
How
Great Thou Art (instrumental)
Love
City
