John has carried this story with him since his early days in college. He worked at a place called "Moore's Foodland and Laundromat" and delivered groceries and laundry to their customers. One in particular was a woman named Dixie. She had and…

This song is about my Grandparent's farm that was in West Virginia. The name "Naugatuck" is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "lone tree by the fishing place". The rich memories I have of the place are from when I was just shy of my sixth…

This is a song about someone John met when he moved to Arizona in 1975. A brief encounter that left inspiration for a song.

John wrote this somewhere around 1972 or 1973. This is pretty much a song about the conflict of self vs. what you think is expected of you and the casualties that are impacted along the way. There was probably a lot of James Taylor influence…

Carl wrote this song somewhere around July of 2020. Back in the 80's we had a song we wrote/performed called "Louisa". I don't know if the subject matter is related. Carl recorded the song with just him and his guitar. I imported into my Tascam…

John wrote this in 1972. 9 years earlier, as an 8th grader living in West Virginia, he knew the day would come when he would "set sail" to other parts of the country/world. That day came in 1975 with a journey that ultimately landed him in New…

Carl was inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" album and wrote this song. As with other of his songs, I imported his recording of him playing guitar and singing and then added a few other things. There is a lot in the words here.

John has carried this story with him since his early days in college. He worked at a place called "Moore's Foodland and Laundromat" and delivered groceries and laundry to their customers. One in particular was a woman named Dixie. She had and…

This song is about my Grandparent's farm that was in West Virginia. The name "Naugatuck" is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "lone tree by the fishing place". The rich memories I have of the place are from when I was just shy of my sixth…

Carl wrote this song somewhere around July of 2020. Back in the 80's we had a song we wrote/performed called "Louisa". I don't know if the subject matter is related. Carl recorded the song with just him and his guitar. I imported into my Tascam…