This is my first collaboration with the talented SLKrell! He had a reggae song called "Rancho Raggae" posted a couple of weeks ago in need of a lyric, so I asked If I could write some for it, and poof whala!! Here it is! Thanks Slkrell for the…

Well, I'm almost on a roll now - this little love song was written, arranged, and recorded in just a week. I've been meaning to attempt something like this for years, just never got round to it. I'd actually settled down to finally record a…

So Jessica recorded this in one take. It won't be long before I'm just the guy that hits record. ...And she's already working out the harmonies.

This song's going on 32 years old... Some 12 years older than I was when I wrote it!! I borrowed the title from one of my favourite madrigals, The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons: "The silver swan who living hath no note, when death approached…

Added some acoustic hammers and harmonics to JC Combs' "Phase Study for Paul Muller"

Another vocal exercise. Bare with me. :) It's Supertramp - you know. Wanna sing it? E-mail me.

It just won't stop raining here.

This tunes was always being played around the house when I was a kid. Heard it recently for the 1st time in ages on a TV show & it sparked some great memories for me. Decided to do a cover of it. Hope you like my treatment of it :-)

The Rod Stewart classic with a bit of a twist....

A homage to the spy movie soundtracks of the '60s... twangy guitar, weird minor scales & a honky tonk piano :-)

Another slice of my jazzy side... this is inspired by John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell. Plenty of key changes - I can't stop myself sometimes :-)

The obligatory "power ballad". A guitar instrumental inspired by Santana. Dedicated to a good pal of mine who's had a rough time lately.

This is me doing my best impersonation of Danny Gatton - a bit of a foot-tappin' country guitar workout :-)

A little jazz-funk for your delectation. My homage to Jeff Beck's 1975 masterpiece album "Blow By Blow". The title is the name of a Lee Child book I was reading at the time I was writing the tune.

An instrumental jazz guitar track inspired by George Benson. Basically a posh 12 bar blues :-)

An instrumental guitar tune which combines some flashy rock "guitar hero" stuff with a strong melody. Couldn't think of a title so I just did what I always do in that situation... nick the name of an old movie from the '50s

Warming up the fingers Playing out the chords Hanging in the studio Keep from getting bored

written by Marc Poirier "I am a fool I'm afraid" RPM 2015

in my...

Lord, I am soooo tired, how long can this go on?

Lyrics, Vocals, Lead Guitar: Calvin Rainwater Rhythm Guitars: Dave Patterson & Stefan S. Bass: Paul Lennon Drums: Raul Rodriguez

Beware Of Flooding

A new one... I wrote it on 5th February, and managed to record it in less than a month (a head-cold and lack of hearing in one ear slowed the last lap somewhat). But seeing as the last one took over 8 months, I think I'm already ahead for…

A little experiment... what would happen if you took a Gypsy jazz tune in the style of Django Reinhardt & played it with a rock band type line up? I reckon it might sound a bit like this :-)

A demo recorded live for the band THE BIG BAD DOG Trevor...Vocal Jon...Guitar Gary....Drums Written by The Big Bad Dog

Something I missed for many years was singing in a choir. Now that I have multitracking I don't miss it any more. THE WINNOWING WIND I feel the wind flow thru me Oh, please, don't let it undo me. Let it level and true me The wind, the…

Hard Blues Version w/Harmonica

A demo recorded live for the band THE BIG BAD DOG Trevor...Vocal Jon...Guitar Gary....Drums written by Jerry Reed adapted & Performed by The Big Bad Dog

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You are loved, imperfect as you may be. It's easy to hate yourself, but hard to do the opposite. This song holds out that hand to pull you up.

There is no reverb on any vox parts in this one. I loved how I was able to get the tone of the voices to have that mid-60s sound. This was aided by the fact I am running through an emulation of the Abbey Road mixing desk. ;)

No offense meant to my English friends. ;) I grew up there as a kid, so we have common cause. Anyway, this song is more about the struggle between the material and spiritual, doing the right thing when you are called upon, etc. Hope you enjoy!