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34. Coda – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For…

In which your humble podcaster bids farewell to this project and hail to his 60th year.

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33. Dogs

A genuinely heartfelt tribute to the dogs that give us so much joy in our lives.  More details…

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32. Mom

A song written in 72 hours for my mom, because I had no choice. More details…

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31. The Imperfect Country Song

My least favorite song, but I tried so hard. More details…

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30. Betty and the Bear

She donated a lot of $ to the LA Zoo and got to chill with bears.  More details…

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29. My Mom, the PhD

She wasn’t even my mom when I wrote this for her.  More details…

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28. Butter Boy

That Butter Boy is a bad m*** – shut yo’ mouth!  But I’m Talking About the Butter Boy… More details…

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27. Free Beer

An epic ditty about that foamy yellow liquid that gives so many of us so much joy.  More details…

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26. The Girl with the Ruby Lips

An ode to the 80s Austin club scene, and those outrageous happy hours (and girls)… More details…

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25. Crazy Mixed Up World

Sometimes I think about my g**, and what it was like when I had ’em…  More details…

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24. A Wish and a Dream

How I lost that damn class ring that cost me a month worth of wages.  More details…

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23. The God of Noise and the Tall Dark Prince with the Rainbow Smile

A cosmic 12 bar blues tribute to the one and only…  More details…

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22. Love is Like a Roller Coaster

A song inspired by frenzied dancing in Bollywood movies.  More details…

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21. Reflections on a Dinner Conversation One Silent Friday Night

A date with a Mean Girl that didn’t go well…  More details…

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20. Onward and Onward

The dreamer meets the Dark Overlords and becomes a realist…  More details…

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19. Chasing Those Dreams With You

Somehow a very personal love song and a tribute to Ms. John. More details…

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18. They Call It Dope

Don’t tell mama, but I wrote a song about smokin’ weed… More details…

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17. Miracles

Hard rock meets Prince meets Jesus – all in one song!  More details..

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16. Men

A song written for my father, my brother, and my son.  More details…

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15. God

Your fearless songwriter tackles the biggest subject of all.  More details…

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14. City of Dreams

A sentimental tribute to the cities we always seem to move away from. More details… 

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13. Why Do We Abandon the Old People

A sentimental tribute to those people older than us  More details…

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12. The Minstrel

Let’s sing a song for that minstrel…you know who I’m talking about.  More details…

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11. Come Sail Away

A song which sounds nothing like the Styx song it is based on  More details…

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10. Women

A song praising the fairer sex, creatures which fill me with joy and terror  More details…

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09. Havoc In My Blood

Whip out that spandex because we have a head banger in the house!  More details

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08. Happiness

Whereby I introduce the musical mutt known as “Happiness”, the first unabashed love song in the set. Get out your hankies…  More details

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07. Everything That We Need

A peppy song declaring we got all we need, featuring generous amounts of accordions and fiddles.  More details

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06. The Velvet Midnight

A very sweet mini-suite. Listen to it with the amps at 11  More details

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05. Destiny

The well traveled anthem of a teenage head banger. More details

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04. Berchetsgaden

To be young and in love with a guitar in your hands, surrounded by some of the most beautiful mountains in the world…  More details

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03. I Went to See the President

The story behind why a 15 year old boy wrote a song about Jimmy Carter back in the late 70s and has been playing it ever since. More details

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02. Closing on the Mind

The story behind the jazzy, trippy ”Closing on the Mind”, written in 1977. More details

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01. Requiem for a Fly

The first musical episode, focusing on the earliest song, ”Requiem for a Fly”, written in 1976 when I was 15 years old.  More details

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00. So That’s What Was in the Box

A little background on the inspiration for the project – a humble little box I hauled from home to home for almost four decades…  More details

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