from the new album "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals from Melissa Childers You see the lights in the sky of a trillion shining stars Image yourself, just one of them You see a field full of flowers and everyone's the same That's what I…

This is a song about our relationship, and about the differences in our backgrounds and our families. My better half might disagree, but there's more truth here than rumor. ER

This was written when I was spending a lot of time away from home. ER

This little toe tapper is simply a baseline of guitar, bass, and drums, with horns and guitar providing the solos. It was also a song I just couldn't find the right lyrics for. Oh well. Enjoy. ER

A cinematic, slow and psychologically charged dark ambient track, musically inspired by Maurice Ravel's noble and sentimental piano waltzes and thematically by Wim Wenders' 1984 movie Paris, Texas.

An ambient journey into our majestic neighbor galaxy.

This is a pure meditation song based on huge bell sounds that resonate and vibrate for extended periods of time. Gradually rising ethereal echoes from sacred eastern choral tradition mix with the bells to form a calm and majestic cosmic setting…

One of my first favorite songs...I had this idea floating around for years, even tried it with the band in late 98-99. This 2001 recording comes closest to capturing what I hear in my head.

Hold On- Ok, this one is really hard. Not in a rock sense, but other ways. Musically, this song really dances on the line of schmaltz, and a few times, trips over it. I had a hard time singing some of the lines, since I don’t have a pretty voice…

Summer Grass- I didn’t originally intend for this to be the title track, but since most, though not all, of the songs on this album sound like summer to me, I decided, why not? The guitar even sounds humid and warm, but in that nice July way…