Jim is active coaching sports and is on the board of Naval Base Little League in Norfolk. He coaches the Yankees, of course. http://eteamz.active.com/navalbase/index.cfm

He hosts a house concert series in Norfolk, Virginia. He books singer/songwriters to play in either the backyard or dining room (that's Kim Richey under the big tent at the right).

For more about the series, go to www.northshorepoint.com.

Among the artists who have played at the more than 30 shows over the past four years are Dave Alvin, Eliza Gilkyson, Marshall Crenshaw, Garland Jeffreys, Jeff Black, Don Dixon and Marti Jones, Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell, Jim Lauderdale, David Olney, Jessi Alexander, Peter Case, Chris Smither, Greg Trooper and Garland Jeffreys.  (That's Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell below).