HazyShade Productions

Sometimes we do nutty things like accept two gigs for a single date. And then months later, when that date rolls around, we look at each other and say: "This is insane. What were we thinking?"

So Saturday, Sept. 4…

We were honored to be one of five musical acts selected this year to play as part of the American Roots Music Concert Series at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. 

Karen Jonas is my local indie singer/songwriter idol…

When I started writing this post, it was about 8:30 Saturday night, I was sitting in front of a campfire, a screech owl was whinnying very close by, the katydids were chirping, and I was kinda drunk off a beer…

On the way from Brattleboro, VT to Yorktown Heights, NY to see my godparents, we stopped in Northampton, MA to have lunch with my sister Elizabeth. We had not managed to overlap in our visits with Dad, but at least…

From my dad's place in Cumberland, ME, we drove to Brattleboro, VT. John had planned this segment of the trip because he wanted to see one of his favorite bands, NRBQ, in concert at the Stone Church. In the early…

Our goal was to leave New Paltz by 10 am, because we had at least 5.5 hours ahead of us to get to our next destination: Bradbury Mountain State Park, where we would be camping just north of my dad's…

On Tuesday, June 29, we picked up breakfast sandwiches to go, and hit the road from Milford, PA to New Paltz, NY. Before leaving Milford, I snapped a pic of this festival poster on which the designer seemed to have…

John took his son to the Outer Banks for the weekend, to celebrate his graduation from college. It seemed like a good time for me to try out hammock camping, in which John has no interest. But I have this…

Monday morning, June 28, we woke up after not a great night on not a great bed, noting to ourselves not to stay in that hotel again. I was hungry and scarfed down the cold pizza from the night before…

Neither of us had been able to see our dads in over a year and a half. So we picked a week when we could make the long drive from Virginia to Maine via New York to see them both…

For Father's Day, we were hired to play for the brunch guests at Ditchley Cider Works near Kilmarnock. It's an hour and a half away, and we had to start playing at 11 am, so we left at 8:30 in…

Last summer, I decided to get John a kayak for his birthday, which is in August. What better way to social distance during a pandemic than to get out on the water? But, I guess everyone else had the same…

Spring has flown by, and somehow it’s summer already. The older I get, the faster time seems to pass, which seems patently unfair. I want things to slow down! But anyway, this past weekend we got to chill out at…

Last Friday afternoon (March 26), we hit the road again for our first gig of the year. We love driving out on those scenic country roads. Every time we do, if it's been awhile, I have the urge to sing…

A year and a day ago, I left Dacey behind to play a solo gig at Willaby's Cafe.

We had been booked as a duo, but Dacey was coughing, and we made a hard decision. I remember talking with…

Yesterday, we took the first hike of 2021 at Pandapas Pond Recreation Area. There is a cluster of intersecting trails in the area, so you can customize your own loop.

Our 5.1 mile loop was comprised of…

It's the first day of 2021. It's been cold, wet, and dreary all day, but I don't mind. Claytor Lake is beautiful in the fog, our state park cabin is warm and cozy, and a rainy day lends itself to…

We're still in the midst of a pandemic. We still have the worst "president" the U.S. has ever seen (although he'll be gone soon, praise be). And yet. There are silver linings.

A silver lining of having the worst president…

We didn't have to travel far for this one... just out to my backyard!

Like many gigs in this Year of the Plague, our concert out at the historic Appomattox Court House, scheduled for Thursday, August 27, was cancelled. However…

We had already been looking forward to playing at the Irvington Farmers Market on the Saturday before Labor Day, but we didn’t have any plans beyond that. Then on Friday, out of the blue, we got a call from Cathy…

It’s a rainy, rainy day here in Richmond, Virginia. The rain shows no sign of stopping. And we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, so it’s not like we can entertain ourselves by going to a movie or bowling…

2019 has been a great year!

We had 39 gigs in 6 states, mostly in Virginia, of course, but also in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and North Carolina.

Grinchin' it up on Christmas Eve by making a live video in the living room...

Our good friend Jolie jumped up on the (very bouncy) stage to sing some songs with us at the Goochland Rotary Oktoberfest.