The Ranch's Sister Site: Archifects

The Ranch is for fun and to flex my graphic muscle. But for business, visit my work site Archifects. I specialize in presentation and marketing material for the built community. What is the built community you say? It's architects, engineers, land developers, land attorneys, land planners, etc.

In my opinion, the greatest lyrics in a song:

John Hiatt (A great musician, check him out) has a song Buffalo River home. In that song there is a lyric that goes "Now there's only two things in life but I forget what they are". You just cant make that up!

What's the Ranch Man been listening to lately?

Soulstance is a downbeat acid jazz style band with a tremendous soul. The band has such a solid groove and an airy feeling.

When the Ranch Man needs a soul cleansing these are the cats I turn to. Really is nice with a great set of headphones, low lights, and a good glass of wine.

One of the all time best musical quotes

If you don't love the blues, You have a hole in your soul

-Albert King

You have to check this cool video out! It Rocks.

This is a goose bump music video. Excellent job to whoever produced it.

The Crossroads Blues Society.

Even though the Ranch Man is in beautiful Colorado, I keep my membership to a wonderful blues organization in Rockford IL., the Crossroads Blues Society. Great bunch of people and the best thing is their BITS program. Blues In The Schools. They expose kids to the blues, the best form of music in the Ranch Man's opinion.

James Brown is Back

Holy Cow, run (don't walk) over to youtube and search for Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. This is some mighty hot funk with a fabulous influence from the "hardest working man in the business", Mr. James Brown. I recomment "Sugarfoot" or "I'm Broke". Hope to see this guy skyrocket!

Music

I was brought up on music. Had two parents who were musicians and we spent alot of time listening to music. The Ranch Man loves lots of styles, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, World, New Age, Rock, and alot of other eclectic styles. So come back often and check it out because there is alot to talk about in the world of music!

Lets start this page out on a very positive note. I always like finding a great band and I heard this duo one evening while browsing thru a local media store. Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Dublin-based duo originally from Mexico City. Incredible guitar riffs from Rodrigo and amazing rhythm and percussion talent from Gabriela make this a feast that the Ranch Man can't get enough of. Wicked speed and phrasing go into each song making it some of the tastiest licks you'll hear. It's nice to see talent like this get recognition and recognition is what they are getting world wide. All shows are sold out according to their website. If you dig spanish flamenco style you gotta check them out.