Archive for August 2020
The Answer
Telling this story was easy I’ve mentioned in previous posts that lyrics don’t come easy for me. However, The Answer was the lone exception. My children grew up hearing the story of when Martha and I met, and they can all tell it (or their version of it). So, telling the story of meeting the…
Read MoreStill Chasin’ Dreams – Part 4
MY BIGGEST FAN “Thanks, Mom”, said every musician ever. Idealistic, perhaps, but I sincerely hope that’s true. It was certainly true for me. And there is no way I can tell you the whole story of this record without introducing you to my mom, Mary Lou. Mom was many things, but family was the center…
Read MoreStill Chasin’ Dreams – Part 3
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Meet the musicians When I wrote the song, it was mostly just for fun; IE, I had no intention of doing anything with it. Just something to play in the living room. But then I received a gift from my dying mother that would literally change everything – a Gibson J45…
Read MoreStill Chasin’ Dreams – Part 2
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Something has to come first. And for this record, it’s this song – Better Late Than Never. And for this song, it was the music. Actually, I’m a “music first” songwriter and the music comes first for all of my songs. As I mentioned in my first post, music is pretty…
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