christopher t nickey

new stuff here for you . dedicated to Mikey …“bottles and throttles 4ever man!”

closing ceremony of the Yes Quest in Badger California summer 2006.
This is my Quest.

recorded in my livingroom, 2008

Thanks for listening.

Finally changed the strings on Mr. Taylor.

DGDGBD

So, I did multiple demos of this in my bathroom (for the echo) in the days before recording it. It is fun to play on acoustic. I record the real thing and it just screamed string quartet (or the Fox version of said quartet) I had never done strings before, so this was my first attempt at scoring…read more

Also recorded when I was very, very sick…I needed to get RPM 2006 kicking into gear, regardless of the state of my voice.

This song was written and recorded on the spot. What you are hearing is what I made up as I went with the record button hit. It’s the first take, first idea, first everything…read more

new stuff here for you . dedicated to Mikey …“bottles and throttles 4ever man!”

Well, what can I say here? I knew I wanted to do this one with a pseudo dark, smoky old jazz club feel. I kind of pulled it off, but not completely. The song itself was a happy accident riff. I picked up my acoustic, threw a capo on for fun and just started playing. The opening riff came out…read more

One of the songfight inspired titles for RPM 2007. This was also picked out of a hat. This one is the mother of all semitone slide bass/root note chord smashers. It’s everywhere. The lyrics are some of my favorite, though most people have no idea what I am singing about. Also, one of my favorite…read more

this is a song about the train yards in sulphur springs Ky. back in the day .

this is a traditional blues tune originally recorded 77 years ago by the legendary robert johnson . since then everyone from the stones to clapton have had a go at it ,i have tried to bring it back to it’s starting point IE: a man , an old cheap microphone , and a cheap national resonater style…read more

boy meets girl…boy mistreats girl…girl leaves boy…boy writes song about it…gets new girl!

this is a song that i wrote about my beautiful wife .she has been a constant source of inspiration to me and every word is true . this is a rough draft and i plan to record a full version with my band very soon until then ….enjoy!

this is a rock song with a message about the sad state of the world we currently live in…..enjoy silly humans!

this is a song about the train yards in sulphur springs Ky. back in the day .

this is a song about the train yards in sulphur springs Ky. back in the day .

this is a song about the train yards in sulphur springs Ky. back in the day .