Lyrics: Caged as a bird free will is such a bitch it's your responsibility to stay alive pay the bills etc, etc but how you enslave yourself whether or not you enslave yourself it's up to you

They were made for each other.

Written and Recorded August 29, 2009 Details: Martin D1 (DADGAD - capo V), Shure SM57, Audacity, Sound Forge. Late night improvisation in remembrance of my father.

Another quick little ditty. Wandering the no man's land between old timey and the 21st century

Another quick little ditty. Wandering the no man's land between old timey and the 21st century

Our dear friend Lynda is in hospice; we wanted to do a song for her - for all she has done for us. This is that song. k & w

From my first album of beats, "Tompkins Count Organic", this song samples the banjo and voice of Frank Profitt, from an old Folkways recording. Also sampled is a composition of mine for violin, played by Rolf Schulte.

Another one from back when I was tracking to actual tape. Was going to do a new version at some point, but decided I had lost interest. Sometimes there's no sense in recreating the past! Recorded probably the beginning of 2007

Solo acoustic finger picking thing I've been working on for a while. Sometime around 1968 I started studying with Mr. George Bennett who taught me the rudiments of finger picking. Later when we played some gigs together he also taught me the rudiments…

This song was made by two different piano samples (both from Sudara): 1. One was recorded by Sudara (and gang?) axing away at a hapless old piano in New Mexico. 2. today, I convinced Sudara to noodle on the piano and send it over to me…