Most people remember the scene from the Blues Bros. movie with the band playing in one of those bars with the chicken wire in front of...

I started hating school shortly after puberty. It was repetitive and not very interesting. If it weren't for hooking up socially I'd had...

The kiln door opens and the art teacher screams with fright at the shrunken heads with toothy grins staring at her through twinkling...

After my first time busted https://www.lukesommerglenn.com/post/first-time-busted I had to travel back north to face the music. I...

The show must go on! New Year's Eve 1989. A bar in Kissimmee, Fl on what was the outskirts of town. The Brass Rail or Oak Rail, no...

I had come off the road with the Photons leaving half the band in South Dakota to have fun with the winter, I am DONE with being cold if...

Space 1999...could've been '96...I suck at time but it was Windley Key not actually space though you could still get there from here, the...

I get asked quite a bit about how I'm feeling and I usually say, "With my hands". Some of you might remember that as a three stooges joke...

The band was on I-90 between Sioux Falls and Rapid City, South Dakota. As a soul travels on I-90 you can't help but notice all the...

When I was a kid, every time a commercial would come on the TV, Dad would command me to turn it down. When the commercials were over I...

Life is a roller coaster ride of twists and and turns, ups and downs, bumps and sudden jerks. Just like the highs and lows of playing...

Since I'm writing this at the slowest time of year I'll start there. It's hot. A lot of businesses have shorter hours, open less days a...

While setting up to play on a packed Friday night at the Big Chill we were attacked by a negative entity known in today’s parlance as a...

Peggy Caswell was the first victim of breast cancer that I knew personally. She played the piano/keyboard in one of the very first bands...

I had played in the Keys with a different band previously but for “The Photons” it was our first gig ever at Holiday Isle. We only got...

Everyone has their bummers in life, serious shit that ruins plans, relationships, lives… It amazes me how much bitching, whining, pissing...

The band was booked to play the infamous party spot Holiday Isle in the beautiful Florida Keys. We had been playing high out in the low...

I've stated many times that I don't enjoy doing solo shows as much as I enjoy band gigs. I have always preferred the camaraderie and...

Summer is right around the corner and I'm just not prepared for it as this is my first year of trying to plan around the summer heat....

The wife and I were sharing her car because my van had the steering box break off from the frame due to excessive rust. Luckily this did...