Rob Lifford

Good weekend so far… did the Ty Hager gig at the Hideout last night as a duo instead of a full band, which lent a good opportunity to work carefully on vocal harmonies. Man, it’s fun to sing sometimes. Other times it’s mortifying. Anyway, I had another gig, this time with Lazy Fingers, this morning […]

The Central Texas Bluegrass Association had its annual band scramble at Artz Rib House tonight. Check that link if you don’t know what a “band scramble” is. I wound up in a band that we called the Cliche Mountain Boys and got to play with a truly phenomenal banjo picker, Rolf Sieker from the Sieker […]

As I recall (from countless other attempts to quit smoking), the second day is always harder than the first. Much harder. I’ve been up for about an hour and my recollection is definitely true. Dunno if I’ll make it through today. Here we go again… In better news, just got a call from Rich, who […]

I’ve got a sore throat and shredded fingertips this morning, but it was worth it: went to a pickin’ party in Hyde Park last night for my local bluegrass hero (happy birthday Mike). Played a lot of bass, a few really nice guitars, and really freaked out over our host’s amazing Gilchrist A-style mandolin. Could […]

The Ty Hager gig went great. Not that we brought in a ton of people, because we sure didn’t, but we actually played well. Not that we haven’t played well before, but tonight things were clicking in a way they hadn’t at the last few shows. Damn, that’s gratifying. It reminded me why I play […]

Finally finished a freelance project that had been keeping me real busy – about a week’s worth of ten-hour days. I suppose I did a pretty good job. Tonight, I’ve got another gig with Ty Hager, the first in what will be a weekly engagement at the Hideout on Congress Ave. This weekend? Working on […]