40 tracks by R. J. Garn
Written by Bob Greenspan. We are both playing and singing on this track. Bob is a great blues player from Chicago. He fell in love with the desert and splits his time between Moab Utah and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I'm fortunate to call him a close…
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Written and recorded on the Yellowstone River, early 1980s
Will Barcley, grandson of legendary Colorado River ferryman Arth Chaffin, plays the bouncy acoustic lead. He traveled with gypsies in Ireland for years, learning the music...
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Recorded in a line cabin in the LaPlata mtns of Colorado with my wrangler buddy Monte Risenhoover. He is a real life cowboy to his core. I wrote the song for him, so he sang along..recorded in the 80s..
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Recorded in Ed Abbeys Moab House, early 1990s. Sand Sheff and Bob Greenspan sing along..
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Recorded in the desert near Capitol Reef National park, 1980s
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Written in late 70s, recorded at Rose wood Studios, early 1980s
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Recorded this late at night while camped near Newspaper Rock in Utah. In the morning we saw tracks of a mountain lion that had been circling our camp...
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I think this was recorded very late at night under a pine tree in Torrey Utah. I could be wrong..
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Written in the late 1980s.
Recorded in Ed Abbeys old Moab house in the early 90s.
Very personal song.
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The pure joy of being in canyon country. Recorded in box canyon in Capitol Reef National Park, early 1980s
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No more kings....I wrote this song during the first Iraq war. These never ending wars that Hunter Thompson predicted after 9/11.
Not the best recording, but the only one. Recorded in Ed Abbey old Moab Utah house, early 90s.
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In the early 1990s, I was trying to start an independent record company. Desert Rat Productions. It would feature some of the great musicians I was meeting out in the desert. I met two women singer songwriters, M.J. Walker and Melissa Crabtree…
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Written in 2020 about the incredible Cedar Mesa. Recorded by my son Jim in his studio..enjoy
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Recorded in Escalante Canyon..late 1970s..enjoy
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Recorded this somewhere on Boulder Mountain early 1980s. During the song you can hear the thunder as a massive storm was approaching..enjoy
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Written early 70s. Recorded early 80s at Rosewood Studios
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Recorded around a campfire in the San Rafael Swell.
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