Uncle Mott

Uncle Mott is singin’ the blues as he has been without power (so no heat) or Internet for more days than he can remember. Because of that, he’s unable to provide our readers with his pithy words this week. When services are restored, we will publish the column he...

              Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott It Never Rains in Southern California Man, that sure was a humdinger of a rainstorm we had back about a week ago, before the blizzard showed up. It was raining cats and dogs and I happened to step in a puddle, which got...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott My Funny Valentine I guess I don’t have to tell you that I’m a little late for this week’s Valentine’s Day musing. Yep, as usual, I’m a week late and a dollar short. However, I did get the Missus a giant, heart-shaped box of dark...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott   So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star   Being a skeptic, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to watch this year’s Grammy Awards presentation on Feb. 5, but now I’m glad I did. I figured they would mostly be honoring a bunch of...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Lost Another One A few weeks ago we lost Jeff Beck and Lisa Marie Presley and now David Crosby has taken that long journey away from Planet Earth, over to the other side of the Universe. I pray it was a safe journey for “Cos,” as he...

For Your Love Last week’s musing paid homage to Lisa Marie Presley, whose untimely passing on Jan. 12 came as a shock to millions of admirers, worldwide. Sadly, Lisa Marie’s passing was preceded by the timelier passing of guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck on Jan. 10. I don’t...