"I got really into Lightning Hopkins in 2001. I used to listen to him when I was bottling olive in the early days at Pacific Sun Olive Oil. I wrote a bunch of songs in my head while I was bottling and labeling and dipping the bottles in the wax…

Recorded by Dave Greenburg at Boomtown in Sausalito, Ca. on 4/19/2000.

Don Bolles was a newspaper reporter who was killed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 while investigating a land deal that was closely tied to the Mafia. He was blown up in front of the Hotel Clarendon, and I had a scary experience at the same hotel…

Written in Belgium recorded in Redding. A true story in it's entirety.

Don Bolles was a newspaper reporter who was killed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 while investigating a land deal that was closely tied to the Mafia. He was blown up in front of the Hotel Clarendon, and I had a scary experience at the same hotel…

"As a result of events immorialized later, in the song 'South Street Exit,' I went through an existential meltdown after almost going to meet Elvis on 101 North of Paso. 'Exit Interview With Charlie Rose' is a song spurred Chris Bianco's recollection…

Another true tale. This one chronicling the turning point in my life: getting nearly-killed with brass knuckles on Paine's Creek Road in Red Buff. Ca. in 1992.

"This song is real. I had this nagging sense that I needed to write a song about it and I kept dragging my feet. It came out at the end of the first recording session, lyrics only. Very painful and very powerful to write: it was a cosmic moment…

This song is about a guy who every morning wakes up and writes a song. Then the zombie apocalypse bursts, and he, by the force of habit, still wakes up and writes a song every morning. The song is about all those funny changes in his situation…

This is a test recording to try out my new mic. It's an old song. I think I like it more than the original (also on this site). This version is a bit slower.