Rock guitar. 13 lyrics with only the cadence of the rest of the melody.

Jeremy Messersmith

Del Shannon.

original by Neil Young

original by Jackie Greene

original by Jeremy Messersmith

original by Mason Jennings

Beach Boys, no?

Otis Redding

originally by John Lennon

my version is really rough. Just learned it 2 minutes before recording it ...made famous by Glen Campbell

Believe it or not, I was sitting in a hotel room reading Tolkien when I came up with this. Actually, the amazing thing is that I actually remembered enough of it when I got home a week later. Needless to say, this took a lot of time to record…

I dreamed this song, including the lyrics. Perhaps that's obvious.

Mr. Thomas Brett wrote these lyrics and challenged me to create a song around them. Tried the guitar solo a dozen times, then finally it just "came out". Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.

Another of the "Recipe Songs". Maybe not as successful as the first, but much better than the others, which I have omitted. Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.

Written and recorded shortly after the death of "John John".

The first and most successful of my "Recipe Songs". My idea was to have TRULY meaningful lyrics by making them useful as well. This cake is really really good. No, I didn't bake it and I don't have the original recipe any longer. Sorry. Originally…

One of the first songs I ever wrote, then recorded many years later when I began to be able to play guitar a little. Written before I'd ever even heard of AIDS, which is why it is not mentioned in the lyrics. Originally Recorded on a Fostex…

Written and recorded not long after the death of my favorite person ever, Jerry Garcia. Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.