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I put up 9 songs in December 2020; a couple of old ones, and a few I wrote the same month. Almost enough for a CD. That feeling you get, when you’re recording on your own, and you’re getting warmed up, and it’s going well (you hope), and you’re thinking: “Yeah – strike while the…

A mixed bag. I’d gotten a new guitar (a beat-up Strat), and it had inspired me to write some music for – beat-up Strats. I”d held three tunes back at the last open mic – here they are now: “The Big-Time Blues,” “Economic Hits”, and “Beer, Cars, God, Sports, and War.” Not love ballads. I…

I’m not sure why I got going so well here. I had some nice experiences with the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) and the Philadelphia Area Songwriter’s Alliance (PASA) – thanks everyone. I guess I just needed to get out and play a little more. People liked “Step By Step”, an old peace march, and “Love…

I worked out an arrangement for “I Found An Arrow”, a doo-wop tune I wrote a while ago but never recorded. I realize the backup vocals sound pretty artificial, but they were the best I could do under the circumstances. Don’t you think the sax sounds nice? Finale software – sometimes it gives you good…

A song about going back to a secret world in the past. A little too fast to be a tango, but has that tension and seriousness, I think. I’d been listening to a lot of international music, wanted something not-American sounding, but with a few traditional chords. Because of the content, and the tango-like style,…

“I’d Have Done Anything.” Coffee and the sun / Perfect morning light / Now I can remember / All the pleasures of that night Soon as we met, right then I knew / Moments like that are far and few I never thought I’d feel so blue / I’d have done anything for you Here…

January 2020 – Six more tunes. Life goes on, getting established in a new city, letting the time pass without trying to push the river. People. Relationships. Family. And the country. Plenty to think about. Here they are: The Old Red Flag – A march, for the cause. Under The Skin – A lounge tune,…

I just put up “A Break In The Clouds”, a jazz tune, instrumental DEMO, and “You Hold The Bus”, a real vocal, thing I started in 1967 when I lived in Montreal. The bus in the picture is about what they looked like back then. I have great affection for this old tune. My friends…

Not new, actually – I started writing it in 1977. We used to do it in the band then – great three-part vocal harmony with Bob Reitz and Nick Thorkelson. I don’t know what got me in the mood to write the lyrics this way: When we look up and wish on a star We…