Click on the image of "Life's Mystery" to the right to hear this song on YouTube. I think it might be my favorite song because of the lyrics, which came to me quickly as I put pen to paper.
Click on the image of this song, "Tears," to see and hear it on YouTube. Tears is about abuse. It's for people like me who when we feel like crying we often can't shed tears. Instead, we just cry inside. That might be a guy thing because we were often told when growing up that boys don't cry...
Click on this picture to hear this hopeful song on YouTube called "Light On The Horizon." It's the first video I made using a song that I wrote a while ago that was originally much faster. I play and sing everything as I do on all my songs, which is a lot of fun. That's Father Rosie the Wonder Cat, who I miss dearly. More about her in the next song called "I Just Can't Say Goodbye."
Click on the image of this song, "I Just Can't Say Goodbye" to watch it on YouTube. I wrote this song about the loss of a pet, or any loved one, how hard it is to see them go, and having to face that reality and the related grief. In this case I was inspired by Father Rosie (she had a perfectly placed cleric's collar), the most wonderful cat.
"Forever" is a song that I have always heard a girl group singing in my head, but since I'm a guy I did the best with what I have.
Walking Wounded is a song that I wrote years ago when I was going through an unhappy time, which I ultimately overcame because I remained hopeful. When I decided to record it more recently I was saddened by the desperate people at the border who literally were the "walking wounded." Our friend Pedro sings the Spanish lyrics that I added to the end of the song: "Somos los heridos que caminan."
Click on the image for the song "Dance Until The End..." to see and hear it on YouTube. This song is my cynical take on climate change and what's happening to our world because of it. To think that some people want to continue to deny it scares the hell out of me, with hell being the operative word. SOS
Click on the image of "JJ's Jam" to hear it on YouTube. Once I hit the opening chord of this song the rest was done in minutes. I've been sitting on it for a few years so it's nice to finally do something with it - it feels so much better to be positive and strong, especially now during these times of harsh adversity for so many. The pexels website is a godsend with all of the free photos.
I wrote "Dead and Gone" during COVID. I think it was after hearing about the bikers who went to Sturgis during that time. Many got sick, causing a serious outbreak. It's unclear how many people actually got sick or even died from Covid due to being at Sturgis, but it was a lot. In this song I've related that to other bad situations. What's new? Thanks to Rory Gallagher for the musical inspiration.
A Very Rosie Christmas was inspired by Rosie, who was very much a Christmas cat who loved opening her presents early! I may add words to it someday, but for now it's an instrumental. We plan to keep it up for the whole year since we try to put less emphasis on Christmas Day, instead hoping to split Christmas into 365 parts and having and sharing a little bit of the Christmas Spirit every day!