In 1915 my great grandpa Eddie staked his claim on this ranch where we’re now living. He got married and headed off to war. When he arrived back in Bear Den Township he proved up his claim, pla...
Recently, on a rainy day in April, I had a chance to visit with Tisa Peek for the Dakota Cowboy show on Bek TV. We sat horseback in her arena and talked plans and inspiration, arts and music and ...
Heya! Happy Friday! I’m celebrating the weekend by watching the snow fall, practicing my set for a couple concerts across the state next week (see you in Moorhead, MN?) and catching a rodeo in ...
https://veederranch.com/2024/03/22/nothings-forever-a-podcast-interview/
Happy New Year from the ranch. And happy longest month of the year in North Dakota. Or is that February? I can’t remember. Winter up here sometimes is like childbirth, you forget the horrors wh...
Happy release day to a song that has been waiting for its time for eight years. It was this song that compelled me to work on creating another album from this chapter in my life of full-on, unfil...
https://veederranch.com/2023/12/01/new-music-whiskey-in-the-winter/
Today’s the Day! It’s all about the new single “If You were a Cowboy!” Listen to it wherever you get your music and hear Chad and I discuss our recent trip to Cody, WY for the Yellowstone...
https://veederranch.com/2023/09/11/a-cowboy-song-and-a-cowboy-town/
“Live in THIS moment.” That’s what my fortune cookie said as I finished my takeout dinner in a hotel near downtown Nashville. “Ok, cookie,” I said out loud to myself as I laid it on the...
Rosie wrote a song about spring to sing at open mic at my mom’s coffee shop in town last week. Her first experience a few months ago singing her own song in front of a crowd gave her the confid...
For as long as my youngest, Rosie, could talk, she’s been asking me when she can have her own band and perform on the stage. My answer at first was to offer to accompany her, but Rosie wants he...
https://veederranch.com/2023/02/16/little-moments-to-be-brave/
When I was a young teenager, like 13 or 14, every spare minute I had at home was spent trying to teach myself to play guitar on the pink carpet of my room. Leaned up against the frame of my … C...