![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQq2XLS94XQQ-6HObT3al8SZrkr2K8Ih_4ubB3sLn6qUHTGPpwXg1xaC6L_1mrc7dsK8b7fwudeWHCrQMOdaSSQ2DsPuYofNj5TSWTl0UnkkekZ-HplQzn-7vwq2nLQonjHiBCA/s320/220px-James_Talley_Tryin%2527.jpg)
After the first set, Hana and I walked down Main Street to check out an antique car show. By chance we saw a flyer advertising a James Talley show--that very night, at a barn only five miles away!
James Talley, in case you don't know of him, is a great American songwriter. My dad often played his Tryin' Like the Devil album back in the mid-70s, and I used to perform his song, "Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again?"
We made it to the show, which was terrific, and afterward we struck up a friendship with him and his wife, Janice. Wonderful people. I bought three of his new CDs (Happy Father's Day, Dad!), and received a fourth, a Woody Guthrie tribute album, in trade for one of mine.
I look forward to corresponding with Mr. Talley in the near future. I'll need a mentor if I'm gonna keep troubadouring, and he'd be a dandy one.