Obsculta is the fifth CD offering from the group Haywire, 14 tracks of original tunes. The group, based out of the lovely mountain town of Julian,...
Haywire is a popular band name, and the Julian band is one of several in multiple genres on the web sharing the name, from cover bands...
Julian’s Haywire made an impression with 2017’s Time Songs, as the songs of writers Jim Lydick and Kathleen Beck made good use of flute, violin, and...
From the county’s back country near Julian, the band Haywire has a new CD, Time Songs. Billing itself as an “eclectic folk band,” with sources as...
“After the Pandemic I really thought things were going to be over for me.” Billy Watson says. “I didn’t want to cut another record, with hiring...
Hello Troubadourians! It is late October as I write this column… there are so many things on my mind it is difficult to focus. A couple...
As I was meandering down Adams Avenue during a weekend of the Adams Avenue Street Fair, I found Sky Ladd. His A-frame Sky Blue Music stand...
It was that big pile of 78 rpm records my folks had that started things off. Both Mom and Dad liked country and western, and I...
My dad was 14 years old when he hopped the Great Northern Freight Train, determined to see the world and work his way doing it. In...
