Getting warmed up.... Still need to work this one a bit but it's time to get the creative juices going...

Written for the January Song Writing Challenge put forth by Carl Unbehaun on Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show. "Write about something new". Inspired in part by the disruption caused by the Government Shutdown.

True story about one of the best all around singer/songwriters I ever personally knew. He was invited to play in Nashville … then decided to move there … for some reason he just disappeared … all we heard were rumors.

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…

Ok, before I go any further, I need to thank Alonetoner Greg Connor. He proposed a song-writing challenge around the theme of "Who Knew" in early/mid December. Many musicians here in the Alonetone community wrote some amazing songs around this…

Source: Guitar

Eerie, mournful, beautiful, but so, so lonely. These are the words of a friend listening to it. When you make a conscious choice as to who you should be, what you were meant to be, what you have failed to be, until now... This one is meant…

Another mix from a New Years Day ninjam with electronic drummer Ray Istorico and myself. I'm on lap steel and electronics. Ray Wave Drum.

Al : Harmonica Jess : Guitar, Vox

A Sound-In remix from our Shorty event. Featuring Kavin and Grackle Live Jam, Paul Muller, Charlene Stocker, Paul Mimlitsch, Bill Newbold and Shane Cadman. Remix by me.

Lap steel recorded in noisy ADSR patch then heavily filtered in post. Created for Sound-In ShorTY event.

When something's so crazy, it's true.

Created all in one go with nothing to write on while I walked the Hilton Head beach in the rain last spring, this gentle little song more came through me than from me. ROLLING ON BY I had an old soul when I was a young man Turning my phrases…

Well, this may be the final tweaking of this nice little sing along song... I sent this fun little sing along off to Jim of MTC fame, and once again he has outdone himself... And I can't thank him and his wife (who appears covertly) enough…

The first track from 2009's "Where I May Have Been." More uploads from this album to come!

Guitar, $300... Folding chair, $30... Firewood, free... Labor Day, priceless.

For my late son in law.

I AM HIGH ON THIS RETRO SAW TIMBRE I DON'T CARE WHAT ELSE I CAN DO OR THAT I ONLY GOT ONE VIABLE VOICE CLIP FROM SOMEONE ELSE (I asked like a dozen Discord servers if anyone would make mouth sounds vaguely in tune with 15 seconds of the melody…

This pretty much sums it all up for me I guess. STONE FROM THE OCEAN Keith Landry: Vocals, Guitar Liam Byrne: Drums Brian Martin: Bass Brian Mooney: Piano Chasing the daylight On the horizon Down to the sea The tilt of the…