Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted here. That's mainly because I have devoted so much time to my own Web site — — and my MySpace page .

But I realize now I should maintain this blog, as well.

So I will be adding new posts and materials here in the near future — please stay tuned.

Brand spankin' new Web site!

I finally pulled the trigger and got my own domain and Web site.

I'd like you to visit me here. Please bookmark the site, because I'll be keeping it updated with songs, photos, news and my gig schedule. It has just about everything, so I'll be using this spot less and less for music and more for other things, the newspaper column, whatever.

When you get over to the new site, please sign my Guest Book, let me know you visited, and sign up for the mailing list to get regular updates.

Heeeeeeere's the band!

The very talented folks pictured below will be backing me up at EmJay's Café this Friday, Jan. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.

You won't want to miss this special performance!

Eileen Cain and Rich Snyder

Ed McCaffrey and Greg Potter

Here comes 2007!

I'll be starting off the new year with a Jan. 12 performance at EmJay's Café.

Hopefully, we'll kick off the music at 7 p.m. I'm going to do a solo set, then some friends will be joining me behind the microphones — on guitars, bass and drums. These players are really good, so the music could sound really good — even if we don't really know what the hell we're doing!

I will be back at EmJay's on Friday, Feb. 2.

Welcome to The Roadkill Café

Wrote a new song just before Christmas that ought to be a big hit at the East Coast Vulture Festival in March. It's called "Welcome to The Roadkill Café." (You can get a preview on Jan. 12 at EmJay's.)

What some critics have said...

Back in the old days, I worked with performers such as Tammy Wynette, Mel Tillis, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tom Rush, David Amram, Eric Anderson, Livingston Taylor, John Denver, Emmy Lou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Asleep At The Wheel, Penn & Teller and Patti Smith.

Here's what some music writers had to say:

"Soon to be big Jim's folk abilities are far superior to anything going down in the area."

"The show was opened by one of the few Philly performers talented enough to open for Asleep At The Wheel."

"Jim's poignant tunes and incredible deliveries make you smile and tap your toes like no other performer..."

"Jim Six specializes in sardonic lyrics, gutsy vocalizing and witty, relaxing stage patter..."

"Jim Six is destined to make it big. He makes manifest a songwriting ability that's right up there with Willie Nelson and John Prine."

The owner of a major venue in Georgia said "Jim Six is one of the five best singer/writers in country music."

Well, that's it for this year!

Well, the last gig of the year at EmJay's has come and gone. It was a small but most loyal crowd and I got to try out a new song I've written and two new cover songs I'd been working on.

Stay tuned for a new date at EmJay's in January and don't forget the East Coast Vulture Festival on March 3 in Wenonah.

Get your tickets now!

The East Coast Vulture Festival

Going back to EmJay's

I'll be returning to EmJay's in Mullica Hill on Saturday, Dec. 9, 7 to 9 p.m. The usual fun will be had.

The East Coast Vulture Festival

Advance notice: I will be performing at The East Coast Vulture Festival on March 3, 2007.

"What festival where when?" you're asking?

Well, the Gloucester County Vulture Festival was such a success last March that the second annual has actually been moved to a larger venue and renamed. It will be the East Coast Vulture Festival and it will be 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2007.

Yes, I know that's a long way off, but the tickets orders started coming in before the tickets were printed, so it's apparently NOT too soon to talk about it.

Last year, I was invited to be last event of the evening and I did an hour-or-so concert.

This year, the nice folks have invited me to once again be the main entertainment of the evening, following all sorts of vulture-related events, snacks, serious presentations and silliness at the festival, which will be held at the Wenonah, NJ Elementary School. I gladly accepted -- get this, buckaroos and buckarettes! I told them I will do my best to bring a band with me this time.

and, another reminder...

So, come out to EmJay's on Dec. 9, get in a little entertainment before the holidays are fully upon you.

And if you need to buy tickets for the vulture festival, send an e-mail to tickets@eastcoastvulturefestival.org