52: Gene Maxwell chills out with his music

Veterinarian Dr. Gene Maxwell remembers someone coming up to him after a show in his town where he’d played some easy-going tunes on his guitar, influenced by folk, country, bluegrass, jazz, whatever. And she said his music was relaxing. He was elated inside. Because that’s what sitting and playing guitar does for him today: The tones of the guitar relax him like a feedback loop of calm.  

He says everyone’s life at the veterinary hospital is better if he gets 20 minutes of guitar time in before showing up. And he’s never felt the pull to make his life all about the music. The guitars and the equipment to make those heart-pleasing tones sit around his house, and they’re there when he needs them. 

Find out what music on the side feels like to this practice-owning animal doctor. Have you neglected that little itch inside to get some deep-down healing from a strum, a blow, a hum, a chant, a thump? 

To Feed Further Curiosity: 

• You can listen to the first album from the band that included Dr. Maxwell, The Company I Keep on Spotify and other streaming services right now. If you want a physical copy of that CD or the follow-up album, they're available $10 each from Dr. Maxwell himself; email him at imbcreative@yahoo.com It would mean a LOT to me if at LEAST one listener bought them the way I did. They're some of the last CDs I bought and held onto  ...   
• Dr. Maxwell has very helpfully put his released solo stuff from the past few years on ReverbNation here.