Hi Guys,

This hat you notice on me is one worn by officers in the American Revolution and was called the Jacobson Hat. In my last blog (and first one!) I meant to include the dates for the release of my latest album: SONGS OF INTRIGUE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE CD Album is in progress at this writing. I am at my own professional recording studio Back Roads Recording. I was in commercial business for about 5 years (TealMoon Recording Studio) after retiring from teaching in Marin County, California where I taught school kids for 26 years. My interest in The American Revolution goes back to my college days at S eon Hall University and Fresno State where I was in the Radio and Television Department working on my BA. I managed to produce the radio show on "Peter Francisco's Sword" which was my first song I composed. The program was aired over campus radio and one of the local stations. My television debut was "Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride" when she rode 40 miles to warn her father Colonel Ludington's men that the British were in Danbury, Connecticut pillaging and burning the town. She rode from Carmel, New York to Danbury…yes you guessed it, raising the alarm getting her father's men alerted. This female Paul Revere's statue is beautifully sculptured and you can see her on her horse Starr with a warning expression  and her stick in her hand. You would swear that she is inn the trail shouting…'The British are burning Danbury gather your arms boys and meet my father at Great Bridge!"

This CD Album was released in 2002 but has gone through a revision recently. I had to put that project on the back burner as this new one has taken precedence. I took the photo on this album when on a research trip from Barrington, Vermont to Richmond, Virginia. As to Song of Intrigue of the American Revolution Album, I hope to have a release date sometime in early 2015.

In my future blogs I will add some fascinating stories of my other CD albums, 2 of which are on CD Baby plus a single "It's Christmas Time Down In Dixie". So be looking for these upcoming blogs. I think you will find them engaging and I hope you will ask questions and I just might give you a short pop up quiz to keep you on your toes! Jus' kiddin'…that was my teacher's hat talking not my Jacobson Hat which is hopefully in control for now!

Hi Friends, This new album I have embarked on is a labor of love. Being a resident of birth of one of the original 13 aka New Jersey and living 2 miles from the Dey Mansion Hq of General George Washington it was inevitable that this album would someday come about! The titles bring the word "Intrigue" into focus. Namely: "The Culper Spy Ring", "Jin Rivington Was A Tory", "The Scarlet Fever", "The Unnamed Monument", "It's Tea Time At Greenwich NJ", "The Cedar Bridge Tavern Affair", "King George Who Lost His Head!", "The Meeting At St. John's Chirch", "Peter Francisco's Sword", "The Forgotten General of Ringwood Manor" are 10 of the 15 song titles.

Our countries heritage is always a wonderful challenge to bring forth to any audience but well worth the effort! Many artists are turning out good song after song with their personal and often universal meaning but to offer this palette gives another slice of the American pie that is delicious and intriguing to boot! Do you know of a famous American Monument that is unnamed with only a boot and an epaulette to show for it? Do you know of the other 9 "tea parties besides the Boston Tea Party? The Last one was at Greenwich New Jersey. Do you know of how a king lost his head at Princeton University's Nassau Hall? HAVE YOU HEARD OF america's first Secret Service aka "The Culper Spy Ring"? Does the "Swamp Fox of Carolina" ring a bell of one of the most daring officer's in General George Washington's Continental Army? How about "The Meeting At St. John's Church…do you know what momentous phrase that was spoken there that turned the tide of our country's thought towards the British? Nd one more…what happened at the Cedar Bridge Tavern Affair that was the last battle of the American Revolution?

Well now, don't get me wrong…I'm not spouting out or getting any bragging rights on this. I just want to give you some great entertainment American History style! Do you lie Bagpipes, Talking Blues, Bluegrass, Folk, Bluegrass, Country Western, and some good ole Dobro and Pedal Steel too. Waell here's a treat. And to top it all, you'll come out of all this with now only entertaining songs but as wealth of little known but intriguing American History. So come aboard folks…set you digital watches back about 239 years and sit back and be truly enjoying this palette of American Heritage that is a tapestry of intrigue on the American Revolutionary War of 1775 to 1783. Welcome aboard! Bernie Griff