"Burning Anna Rose" is a murder ballad. it's about a man who's love takes him out to get him drunk and in so doing, seals her own fate. Despite killing here on a snowy, winter afternoon he knows they'll always be together.
There was a director who was so happy to show off his lead singer to the playwrite... she was young and beautiful and a talented singer... when he finally got to present her to the playwrite... the playwrite nodded, and smiled.. he told the director…
I do three things after waking up these days: I shower. I make coffee. I play this song and drink my coffee.
Nothing complicated. Nothing fancy. Just some basic fingerpicking to test my motor skills and bring some aural sunshine into my day.
There was a director who was so happy to show off his lead singer to the playwrite... she was young and beautiful and a talented singer... when he finally got to present her to the playwrite... the playwrite nodded, and smiled.. he told the director…
"We Know Everything (A Requiem for a Rock Band) is just what it says. It's a requiem for a rock band. We all knew, and most of us were in, that greatest rock band that no one ever heard.
Those stories are full of sad clichés like the deal…
"Burning Anna Rose" is a murder ballad. it's about a man who's love takes him out to get him drunk and in so doing, seals her own fate. Despite killing here on a snowy, winter afternoon he knows they'll always be together.
...after reading John Steinbeck's IN DUBIOUS BATTLE and watching the John Ford movie of GRAPES OF WRATH. The opening and closing statements are quotes from the Preacher in the movie.
A friend said he wanted to do a video of this track. I…
I went into the studio to record something I wrote... I came out to find out that 32 students had been gunned down... I already had the mandolin song and melody with a writing direction... and this senseless evil really derailed the whole thing…
are you listening tonight?
or am i talking to a wall
a stone wall in your heart
will you talk to me?
just say anything, i will hear it
in my heart
night after night i sit here and listen to you
night after night i speak to myself
day by…
This little ragtime number began life as just a snippet, written as background music for a home movie years ago. For the hard core ragtime buffs, I know this is not quite syncopated enough to be true ragtime, but hopefully its fun and bouncy…
deeper and deeper i fall to sleep
and i am with you again
i can't wake up and face the loneliness
i won't feel love without you
hear the shattered lines, miles and days
didn't want to go away
nothing i can say
now the only way
fall into…
24 hours of music making for 2008.
Yup. This is a "Gaiman variation" which means that I stopped at 24 hours and this is what I've got. Not 24 min, but it is a "Noble Failure"
You can see my 2007 album [here](http://alonetone.com/sudara…
are you listening tonight?
or am i talking to a wall
a stone wall in your heart
will you talk to me?
just say anything, i will hear it
in my heart
night after night i sit here and listen to you
night after night i speak to myself
day by…
Recent Comments
Start to finish brilliance. I love the arrangement and your voice is wonderful - great delivery!
Your voice...oh my.
Great playing - great tune. Gave me a much needed lift this morning...rather like caffeine... :-)
Beautiful song...you have your own great sound.
Oh WOW!!!! This is wonderful!
Fantastically moody. Dark yet hopeful. Well done.
Awright yawl! JMT is here!
AWESOME!!!!
Nice guitar textures, Limbo.
So nice and relaxing... I needed that today!
Oh, this is very nice!
these songs are all cool, I hope you put more up soon.
this is wonderful.
Wow, very nice vocals on this one.
All about the festive sweetness!
hey! this is so good
very nice rag!
great atmospherics on this one!
I shall greatly enjoy playing this on my houseboat, with a beer!
Nice one!