The Promise of America
Over the last 40 days I have traveled across America, performing in stadiums full of enthusiastic, interested, informed, invested and curious Americans, in a capacity I never thought I would get to in this lifetime. To see people come out in the thousands in every city to listen to the opinions of patriots, journalists, celebrities, […]
Yearbook Photos Promise
Do you remember yearbook photo day? I sure don’t. This past week I have tried with all my might to recall those times, with little success, as all that lives on are the final product, which for me was never the photo I’d hoped it would turn out to be, and so I’ve hidden […]
Like a Rolling Stone
As an artist, there was always one magazine I wanted to get in someday, and one magazine only: Rolling Stone. You can imagine my astonishment when I was sent a link to their write up of my performance this past week from our Hershey, PA show, in an arena of some 10,000 people. It […]
The Promise to Spread Joy throughout the U.S.A.
The past 2 weeks have been the ultimate whirlwind to date in a 25 year career filled with incredible experiences. I have had the opportunity to perform for more than 100,000 people in that span, with dates being added as I go, flights changing on the fly, and have a week left of near […]
Tucker Carlson Tour Across America
Friends of this blog – I have a whopper of a story for you today. You may be surprised to see me posting a blog and photo with Tucker Carlson, whom I never met until a week ago, and am now going on tour with across America. Regardless of your politics I hope you’ll […]
Breaking Bad on Labor Day
For those who read this blog, you may be surprised to see me referring to “Breaking Bad”, a TV show known for an extremely heavy, and illegal, array of topics…(of which, if I write the actual words here, this blog will be flagged and banned in certain areas of the world). But you also know […]
The Final Retreat
For years, I had what was known in our home as Mentor Mondays. This was due to so many texts, emails, and phone calls from executives, hopeful speakers, and struggling entertainers to “pick my brain” over lunch. Eventually my brain had been picked, pecked, and prodded over enough soggy salads at lunches around Utah that […]
Bond, James Bond
Can you imagine meeting THE James Bond as a 7 year old, and him bringing you into his world of espionage, not just meeting him once as a youth, but again as an adult? Roger Moore delights fan Mark Haynes with this story of how, as the author puts it, “I was working with James […]
The Honor System
Just before my 2 week run of sold-out shows began at the Hale Centre Theatre I realized I didn’t have the personnel lined up to man our table and sell my book, “The Promise To The One”. My kids were all traveling, we wanted my wife to just attend and enjoy the shows, those on […]
BJ The Crab Guru
In June our family knocked off a few more states in our motorhome that had eluded us for years even though they are close to our home. Racing from SLC, UT through the scorching Nevada heat, we made our way up the California coast, enjoying the Redwoods and chillier weather, before hitting the famous […]