Could Be Me...

(I’ll give you fair warning, constant readers; in this blog entry I aim for artistic pretensions…)

Could be you… or it could be Michael Perry and the Long Beds (which, by the way, is a great name for a band, as Dave Barry would say). I caught their act at a local venue this past weekend. Mike is an author from New Auburn, WI, whose book, “Population: 485” has been featured in a promotion at our local library. I’m a fan of his literary work, and it was an added bonus when I found out he was a singer/songwriter as well. I did some checking on his web site (www.sneezingcow.com - as an Iowa farm boy, I know full well what happens when you stand behind a sneezing cow!) and bought his latest CD, “Headwinded.” He started out by reading from some of his works and telling some funny anecdotes about his interesting life. After a break, he came back with his band and played an egaging set of country-flavored songs. Mike turned out to be an accomplished singer who accompanies himself on guitar, with a crackerjack band to back him up. So it was pleasant surprise. Be sure to catch his act if he comes to your town, check out his website, and watch this vid of him promoting his latest book, “Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting.” Keep on rockin’, and we’ll catch you later!