by Leo | Nov 26, 2013 | Music, Wandering in the Spirit
My friend Randy Cobb invited me backstage to a show he opened for Bonnie Raitt. I sat on a road case drinking a beer hoping she might come sit next to me. She walked over and put her hand out for me to help her up, knocked my beer over and said, “Oh, sorry did I...
by Leo | Oct 30, 2013 | Wandering in the Spirit
‘The Blaeberry Valley’ It feels so wild down there, where the Blaeberry river runs through the ranch. In the winter when the whole landscape is covered in snow there’s hardly a sign of man except for a few ski and snowshoe tracks. It’s a silent corridor for all the...
by Leo | Jul 30, 2013 | Wandering in the Spirit
The Beauty of It Excerpt’s from “Wandering in the Spirit” Leo Downey 10/12 It was 1968, I was 8 years old in Monterey, California. It was night. My sister Jean and I were home alone. There was a knock at the front door. I answered it. Three bloody Hells Angels stood...
