Lots of interesting tidbits about this song. It was the first song I worked on this year. I wrote the piano/bass/drums while sitting in the car in an Indian restaurant parking lot. It was the first time I set out to write an instrumental (fail…

A happy little ditty about flaming death from above.

I told myself that the 2013 RPM album was going to be guitar/bass/drums/vocals. Maybe an occasional keyboard thrown in as a gimmick. Yeah, this song is based around an electric piano and has a sax solo. So much for convictions.

A song about trying to do the right thing. Remixed with a little added goofiness in the fall-apart-Mission-of-Burma-break section.

A song about how hard optimism can be. Third song finished for 2013 RPM Challenge/FAWM. Might this be the album opener? I have never owned a fuzz box, but the amp simulations in GarageBand have finally corrected that stomp box oversite…

A song about sunrises. 7/8 time. Enough said. The prog side of Robbie's brain is pleased.

A song about a tough day at the office. This one turned into more of a project that it deserved. My first take on the vocals seemed okay at the time but was really unacceptable. I went back and fixed the problems and ended up clipping the…

...and we finish the 2013 RPM/FAWM bonanza with yet another big, dumb rocker. I'm finished!

lyrics are "poop" by Charles Bukowski

I TAKE THE BACK WAY HOME James Michael Taylor Great guitar and bass tracks by Butch Morgan I TAKE THE BACK WAY HOME Sometimes I drink a little. Sometimes I smoke a little Sometimes I flirt a little. Sometimes I don't Sometimes I sing…