Apostle David Johndrow - Fire And Grace

Vehicles are a part of life, and this week my life is characterized by three. As you are probably aware, Scott Brown, a candidate that I supported for Senator, was elected yesterday. He drove a pick-up truck which was part of his campaign commercials; one that became the butt of Democratic jokes. He showed real character and passion during his campaign. We'll see how that translates in Washington. My friend Tony C broke the STORY in Blogville earlier today, so check it out. We think alike; he just does the thinking faster than I do. Today I am working and then off to practice with my new band, Up Country playing the likes of Big Green Tractor and Sounds Like Life to Me . It's been fun playing with real people. I'll get some MP3's posted eventually so you can judge for yourself. The third vehicle is an Accord, but not a Honda. It is something in the church that I have been talking about on-and-off for 10 years, but I wrote about it again last week. Acts 2:46 So conti...

Well, old age seems to have taken it's toll on my musical sensibilities! Those that know me have often caught me wearing Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin t-shirts, along with a few from ChristianRock.net and ChristianHardRock.net . They probably think I've flipped out or that I am having hallucinogenic flashbacks from former drug use. Who knows? Recently a couple of guys from my church asked me to audition for a band named Up Country . That's right and I said: "Sure, I'll give it a shot." Before you get all widgy about your own musical tastes, giving this post a thumbs up or a thumbs down, let me explain. In August of 1978 my friend Dennis and I went to Guitars Unlimited in New Haven and bought our first guitars. I bought a used Yamaha electric, and he bought an acoustic. He wanted to be James Taylor, and I wanted to be Jimmy Page. Fall of '78 came, and we went off to different colleges. I started to play every day - became a music major - transferred to a rea...