Assoc. Prof. of Journalism, Washington and Lee Univ. Documentary producer & YouTuber. 2-time news director, journalist, music and movie fan, erstwhile sailor.
Lexington, VA, via Indy
Joined October 2010
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So, when ESPN and Fox Sports cover this inevitable scandal today, will the segment be sponsored by Draft Kings or Caesar’s? usatoday.com/story/sports/nb…
Great to see recognition for Sally Mann's new book, Art Work. I produced the audio version of the book, with engineer Graham Spice and tech mgr. Michael Todd. Thanks to Sally for a great experience again (same team for her 2015 audio book of Hold Still).nytimes.com/2025/09/07/books…
An affiliation switch announced while I was in Atlanta and a station group mega-deal announced several weeks later. Here's the story of one station's newsroom early in a consequential summer for local TV news. rtdna.org/news/in-the-middle…
When your neighbor also turns out to be the guy who gives you your first break in music: Bass-baritone jazz singer Everett Greene remembers the impact Wes Montgomery had on him and on music.youtube.com/watch?v=O2fxBEzm…
Recording sessions used to involve the full band or orchestra recording together. When there was a mistake, EVERYONE had to start again. Wes Montgomery's nephew, Mike Montgomery, tells the story of one such recording session and how Wes handled Take 2. youtube.com/watch?v=La_No0OL…
Releasing a new round of videos on our YouTube channel Further Wes Bound--material that didn't make it into the film documentary Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery. Today we offer 20-time Grammy winner Pat Metheny on how he became a jazz guitar player.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_r1CR-…
Great news today for our Journalism Dept., Washington and Lee Univ. and our students. Welcome, Eric Deggans: columns.wlu.edu/eric-deggans…
Great job by Kyle Long in his interview of one of my heroes--Carlos Santana--talking about another hero, Wes Montgomery. Happy 102nd birthday, John Leslie Montgomery. wfyi.org/news/articles/carlo…
Platinum and Gold Record jazz guitarist and singer George Benson, a 10-time Grammy winner, talks about Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, and what it was like to open for Thelonious Monk. Check out our YouTube channel, Further Wes Bound. youtube.com/watch?v=5iBLJVmm…
This marks the 40th Election Night I have supervised--28 primaries and general elections in Indianapolis TV and 12 Novembers in academia at Washington & Lee. I learned from John Paul at WCIA, Champaign in the 80s that months of prep is involved. Hoping that prep pays off tonight.
What's happening, X asks? How about talking a little music instead of politics? We do that with the great Chicago trumpet player and recording artist Pharez Whitted about his Hampton family roots and connections to Wes Montgomery. youtube.com/watch?v=7XY9ZL2P…
What's this about Wes Montgomery not "reading music?" Grammy-winning rock guitarist Eric Johnson says Wes understood music theory even without any classes. He's our next video on Further Wes Bound. youtube.com/watch?v=4ClpS4J9…
Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane. What did they have in common ... besides playing together (even if no recording is known to exist)? Drummer Billy Hart talks about the 2 and also how Wes had his brothers and Billy tour with 5 coordinated outfits. youtube.com/watch?v=MAzAMz28…
Happy to see "An Exhibition of Malice" is now in print, as well as Kindle. It's Emily L. Finch's 3rd historical mystery novel in the "Samantha and Wyatt" series. Soon: Audio book. Check Amazon to purchase. I ordered mine today. Very proud dad.
Wes Montgomery wasn't just a great guitarist. He was a band leader who focused on every detail, as NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart learned when he was on the road with Wes. Wes didn't like the sound of Wes's cymbal. See what happened next on Further Wes Bound. youtube.com/watch?v=bcrY6fPD…
What great musician would you like to hear from next with another story about Wes Montgomery? Vote on Further Wes Bound, on YouTube.com/JukeboxerWes
We re-launch Further Wes Bound, our YouTube channel with great interview clips that could not fit into the original Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery film doc. Getting started with Lee Ritenour. youtube.com/watch?v=hJwZqJjN…
teapawt.net/GreatLakesEmmys/status… Nice news from this weekend. Congrats to @wtiu for Wes @ 100 and other Emmys.
Celebrating ‘Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery’ with an Emmy® for the Documentary Cultural category. Congrats to Kevin Finch & Jim Hall with Jukeboxer Productions for the win! #GreatLakesEmmys
Want to understand the role of a working journalist in a world where everyone can publish? This "story" went viral last week. Guy w/ a suspended driver's license who had the audacity to Zoom into court from front seat of his car. But wait, there's more: msn.com/en-us/news/crime/sus…
Heard in the lead story (Iowa tornado damage) on #CBSEveningNews: “The storms are part of an ‘unrelentless’ season of severe weather …” Doesn’t anyone check package scripts anymore?