This track is from the 1986 Scartaglen album "The Middle Path". The first tune "Jezaig" was composed by Breton musician Gilles Le Bigot. The second tune is one of the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" and is attributed to King Alfonso X of Spain Roger…

Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad Rather than taking a nap after Thanksgiving meal I played around and came up with instead of dessert. Thanks for paying a little attention. Buck

Greg let me have another go at one of his songs and I the wrote the words and music for a bridge so that way he has to pay me some royalties when he sells a million !!! lol thanks Greg for your inspiration and great music!!

Or three or four

My attempt at writing a bluegrass tune and an opportunity to try my hand at some flat pickin' ... loosely based on a friends experiences growing up in a small town in the prairies ... where everything is flat ... you know, a place where you can…

Before the Sun

Cover of the late great Warren Zevon and his song from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School Play It All Night Long. I stumbled on to the song on YouTube this evening with a performance by the wonderful Dave Lindley along with GE Smith doing this…

best regards to the ambient-mixer community!

#RPM Challenge 2013# Written for Robert Palomo, who probably endures more winter than any of us. Check out Robert's Music: http://alonetone.com/1rubanjoguy/tracks Flowers Under The Snow - Written By Greg Connor These G late winter…

Next in the little pile of songs from the shoe-box. This one has the date 27th January 1994 written on it, but it's describing an episode from many years earlier when I was, I'm guessing, something like 12 or 13 years old. I had to go to a…

A lil rocker influenced by some of my faves, Springsteen, Petty etc.. well i left my home and family and made my way out west i lost my job at the steel mill im a hoping for the best in this life for my kids and wife just outside of Davenport…

Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad Instrumental with one guitar.

Initially thinking about sounds I was hearing from David Lindley's amazing slide work that led me to record the cover earlier. Sat down to improvise something very still with some slide though action very low on this guitar so more racket.

Country/Folk with just my acoustic guitar and my voice. An ode to my home state, North Dakota. This is a rough draft. Any helpful criticism is welcome.

a small quiet piece for a Sunday evening,, all four string sections are present here,, violin, viola,cello and contrabass,,it's kind of fun to try to mix, and pass the various themes around,,

who doesn't like pb&j?