I wrote this one in response to a song writing challenge from the Minnesota Association of Songwriters. The title had to be Mississippi Moon and it had to have a I V VI I II chord progression somewhere in the song. Over 20 writers have signed…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) I found this one while I was digging through the shoe-box for the 1994 songs. Apparently I wrote it on 10th November 1995. Foolishly, I thought it would only take a week or so to record... I was originally expecting…

Engine stalling Redwood falling Babies bawling Sheriff come calling Another child missing Black snake hissing Radio squawking Searchers walking Media stalking Everybody talking Mother in ruins What’s black snake doing? Fox in the…

Here is my latest Minnesota Homebrew Radio Challenge entry: Let's write scary or creepy songs for our October 29 show--songs that'll make our listeners' skin crawl! Submit by October 28 to: minnesotahomebrew@gmail.com _________________________________…

A simple one-track mandolin tune. In fact it's the first tune I ever made on the mandolin. I think it would be better with a bodhran drum accompanying it, but I don't know how to play those! Maybe someday this will work its way into something…

So, this is completely different!! In a homage to my favourite place to watch live music in the land...Ronnie Scotts....I have put together a groovin' jazz instrumental piece with a 'live' feel....!! Not really fusion as such, but added to the…

A silly, sort of dreamlike / lullaby-ish tune, about weird travels on a bubble-gum balloon. Lyrics: See one time I was chewing bubble gum and it was mighty fine I blew a bubble so big it took me up into the sky So this is the story of where…

Thanks to Bill Newbold for leaving an inspiring message on my phone faux 22 edo rock band

This is a love song for Idaho. Funny thing is I've never even been to Idaho, but I dreamed the chorus and the happy little riff some years ago, and it's stuck with me ever since. So, I filled it in with some verses and an outro that capture the…

Haven't done a lengthy experimental track in quite a while. In light of Halloween and the times we're living in i thought the page needed a solid turn.

Poor old Reg is off to rehab again ...maybe this time he'll learn Tomorrow is another day It was Wednesday in the car on the way to rehab The family they were crying in the street goodbye As the car pulled over a man in white said…

Some blues/boogie fun. Ain’t no fun It's a well known fact When you’re with the wrong woman And caught in the act Sworn to secrecy We even made a pact But didn’t matter We were caught in the act Been watched and followed Traced…

Piano & Vocal Thanks for listening …. The owl and the Pussy cat If I was a pussy cat I’d sail of to sea I’d try and find that place where I really want to be I’d find a little island out there in the sea I’d sit on my rock and watch…

WHEN WE GET TO COLORADO Capo @ 5 in C positions C G Thirty one years in this city Thirty one yers on this street Fighting in the morning Fighting at night This place has the smell of defeat…

There was an album by a Los Angeles singer/songwriter named Judee Sill that came into KINK-FM back in 1971. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/obituaries/judee-sill-overlooked.html MISSING JUDY - Capo 2 Stepping down from C C B…

But the Sun I close the curtains To shut out the darkness I shut the window To keep out the cold But the Sun is shining Somewhere, I know. (C) 2020 Royal T Music

So I had this song, not quite finished, I sort of insisted Greg Connor sing it, he also wrote the last verse. Steve Krell added the solo break. I think they helped to bring the song alive. Oh yeah, I'm in the Chorus ...... hiding Somewhere. :) :)

Found an old, old one from the vaults ....... I wanted to do a sort of call and response ..... Where was Aretha when I needed her .......

work in progress, but whatever. needs upness

Oh baby let me take you To that screen-saver dawn To Hallmark scenes On a snowy winter’s morn You can’t do this on your own You can’t do this on your own Oh baby let me take you. Oh baby let me take you Out to the windy cliff Where…

A quick bit of rock n roll................

Finally, at last... I've got something finished... Been working on this for a few weeks. A bit of a rocker... (and an aging lecherous one at that) I got it as close as I could and then mixed it loud... I've over-cooked it slightly - but…

This is more of a description than a song. It's my contribution to the Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show monthly song writing challenge: "Write a song about your first car."

Lots of modification on a tenor sax recording. Submitted to Sound-In for 1-7/10/2020.

A snippet of interfering FM radios, modified and manipulated. A dawn chorus somewhere in the ether. All of the gaps are intentional.