from the album "ZERO" featuring Tess Savigear on vox seems like I felt this way before but my memory is not to be trusted so many things flashing through my brain was it real or a dream or something else you're staring at me like a criminal…

This is the bonus track for "The Best of GEM" playlist. APATHY AND GREED Apathy and greed is in the human seed "I need more, to Hell with you" we say so well How we live and play to get us through the day Til we hear the bell that summons…

Gary and I did something good. ONE AND ONLY How many times have you been captured by a camera With no one really knowing who you are Caught in the sight lines in the background In the corner of their eyes Never looking closely at the…

words by oldrottenhead music by hooper I’ve come this way like those before me And those yet still to come It fills me with a sense of wonder To watch the rising sun how many times how many souls Have acted out these scenes It fills me with…

Guy out on the town looking for some action. Girl out on the town looking for some action. Meet in a club where cheesy disco is playing - they don't care, it's not the reason they are there. Collab with Lady Jane. Had us both laughing - enjoy.

DOOR MAT Key - A A) My daddy treated Mama like a door mat D) Me and little brother didn't like that We E) never understood what was going A) down My daddy was the guy to fix your tv And he could fix a Fender or a Peavey (But) Daddy…

A steel string guitar improvisation I did last night before bed called “A Nagging Thought“. The piece prominently features a V+ to i (augmented dominant to minor tonic) movement. I usually don’t care for the sound of an augmented tried but in…

Johnny Stones fabulous tune was playing on the juke-box in the cellar last night and Robert got up to do his thing but Reg told him to step down and let him have a go.Reg took over proceedings and blew everyone away down the cellar with his take…

Off the Pink Floyd Saucerful of secrets album , did this one for Songcrafters

An unusual traditional tune from the first Scartaglen album way back in 1984. Going through stuff the other day and ran across the LP and couldn't even remember the tune or having recorded it. I played guitar on this track

It was a curious and wondrous thing. One night I was in my studio adding some percussion to the "Quiet Rituals" track by Barry van Oudtshoorn, when my 4 young children (with whom I was long over-due to be tucking into bed and reading a bed…

Fun with live looping and a ring modulator. E minor open tuning improv.

Fun little tune about the evils of strong drink.

Draft of first two sections... --- There's no way out of here that I can see. There's no need to fight in here. Nobody wins. Why do you want it so bad?

MN Homebrew Radio show has a monthly writing contest. This month it was to use the word "wait" or "waiting" in your song. So the hook line of the chorus popped into my head at 5:30 in the morning and the rest of the song came pretty quickly…

Thank you Greg Connor for putting his wonderful harmonica on this song. Enjoy!! My little steam train Rolling down the tracks My little steam train Going to take me back All aboard! The conductor shouts Hear that horn blow Hear…

track 1 of last days last days...

The single coil sound of my new used PRS guitar just got me in the funk. Had this partial riff on a Sony walkman from 10 years ago, decided to fill it out a little.

The chorus of this groove is in 5/4 and the verse in 9/4. You can hear me fall apart at the very end… guess I got worried. Lyrics: *Try not to get worried* *I am with you always* *Try not to get worried* *And don’t forget* *Simply…

A song about my wife. Recorded 2005. I'd just taught myself how to play piano (badly). I'd always wanted to be Freddie Mercury when I was younger... still got a bit of a ways to go. **** **Now It's Done - A A J Russe** I said it…