Friends and neighbors drinking hurricanes at the annual Parrothead Party! Snow and ice can’t stop the Buffett tunes and tropical wear on Buckeye Lake. Spring can’t wait!
Parrothead Party – BLYC 1/11/2025
NYE and Headed Into 2025
NYE: If you love country music, come hear Conway Turley at Townz Family Billiards and Beverages. I get to spend some well needed time behind the pedal steel!
Friday is FIRST FRIDAY in Zanesville, and I would love it if you come to our Songwriter Showcase at BunkoJess, Friday at 6pm! All original music performed for you, as you enjoy our art gallery and some choice works of Paula R. Lively! The performing writers include: Taisha Holland Hina, Jen Richardson, Mike Bowman, Paul Mainini, Makenna Miller, Michael Rawlings, David Cooper, and I. Spend First Friday with us!
Dad’s “Ol’ Guitar
NEW MUSIC!
This song was born from an Object Writing exercise I brought to one of our Songwriting Workshops. We each picked an actual item from our lives that had personal meaning, and wrote from there. Here is what I came up with:
Growing up for me was being immersed in Dad’s music studio where he taught thousands of students to play, and nothing symbolized that for me like Dad’s “Ol’ Guitar”. It was a vehicle for so many of life’s lessons, and I hope it will be for my son too.
I’d love it if you gave it a listen:
Go Lakers!
Charlie’s first real basketball game today! He’s excited to play on this team with his school buddies, and he gets to sport Jessica’s school basketball number 54!
Songwriting Workshop
BunkoJess Gallery is a wonderful setting for the Songwriting Workshops we’ve been working at for over two years. We start the new year strong with our Show, Songwriter Showcase on January 3rd. Come and enjoy the songs these writers have been working on, and view the amazing gallery of art that Jessica curates and champions (you’ll find HER art there too!). Thanks again Paula R. Lively for the lovely photos!
Come see us this FIRST FRIDAY – Holiday Art Party at BunkoJess Gallery! (Music by David & Charlie!!)
Photography by: Paula R. Lively
Michael Rawlings in the Studio
Holiday ArtFest in Zanesville
Come out, and get your shopping started! Singing Christmas tunes – starting at 11am!
Buckeye Lake Winery
Ohio Valley Opry – Get Those Tickets
Saturday brings: Grand Ole Opry Star- Ricky Skaggs and his great band, Kentucky Thunder at the Ohio Valley Opry! Shows at 4p and 8p.
Mr. Skaggs wants to add a few songs from his Country era, and it looks like I’ll get to join in and play a handful of his hits with him. It will be a true honor to make some music with him.
7/3/24 Tune into Kool 101.7
Thank you Casey Oddi Clark & BLASST for asking me to bring together the “Voices of Buckeye Lake” to help kick off the celebration with our version of Happy Birthday to Buckeye Lake State Park. Listen in to KOOL 101.7 FM on July 3rd at 9:45p!
My thanks to the voices! These musicians account for over 350 years of performance, many of which happened right here at Buckeye Lake.
Charlie Spires
Randy DooRag Doorag Cobun
and me!
Happy Birthday Buckeye Lake!