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Album Release: News From Terra Mojo

I am very happy to announce the release of a new album, News from Terra Mojo. This is a Blues album, but represents a variety of Blues styles. The album includes some songs that have been released as singles as well as some brand new material.  As usual, I’ve written all the songs and performed all the…

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Single Release: Too Late Again

This is another blues song, in a minor key, which I love. I used a pretty stripped down guitar sound on this one, which makes any mistakes very apparent. The song is about thinking too much and how that isn’t always a good thing. And it’s about how stepping outside, even in winter, gives perspective.…

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Single Release: Forgettable

This is kind of a different song for me. Someone told me it reminded them of a bouncy little Tin Pan Alley song from the late 1950s. That wasn’t necessarily my goal, but I take that as a compliment. I think of it more as an upbeat, lounge lizard type song with wry lyrics. The…

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NEW YEAR – NEW ALBUM!

Letting everyone know that I will be releasing a new album later this month. The genre this time is blues. Previous albums have often contained material I released as singles, but the new blues album contains a number of brand new, original songs. The album is called “News from Terra Mojo.”

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Single Release: Walking on a Thin Line

I suppose this is a blues song. I wanted a certain feel, with the organ and bass guitar driving the beat, along with the drums. The song is about the small differences, the small decisions, between what we might view as success or what we might see as failure. The song is available on all…

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Single Release: Stuck in a No Man’s Land

I wanted to do a blues song with a slower feel to it. This is actually a lot more difficult to get the rhythm section in sync. The song is about feeling alienated, like an outsider. The lyrics have a geographical bent, but to me the song has broader reach. I had fun doing the…

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Single Release: Ends

This song was a lot of fun to do, but took a long time for me to get the drums in as good a shape as I could. The song is about two people in different places in the same relationship. Maybe this is always true? Anyway, I like the heavy feel of this and…

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Single Release: With Every Day

Another song from me about loss, or at least potential loss. This one came about when a close friend of mine received a cancer diagnosis. I have lost a couple of friends to cancer. It always brings to mind that empty space that was once their life can never be filled. The world goes on, of course, but their absence seems…

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Single Release: Every Moment

I can only do so many songs before I need to return to the blues, or in this case, sort of rocked up blues. This song is about no matter how many experiences we have or how many times we see something, it’s still a new experience and it introduces something new every time. To…

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Single Release: For Tomorrow

While I have been an active musician my entire life, music has not always been on the front burner. I made a choice long ago to pursue a career, raise a family, and all that sort of thing, while still performing and recording. Now, I spend a good part of each day completely focused on…

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