Solo acoustic finger picking thing I've been working on for a while. Sometime around 1968 I started studying with Mr. George Bennett who taught me the rudiments of finger picking. Later when we played some gigs together he also taught me the rudiments…

I hesitate to upload this, but there are a couple folks around who like this sort of thing. This is an edited down version of a jam I had with myself back at the end of 2007. Live to 2 tracks with the aid of the Jamman. I think it was the first…

Apparently Shreya was listening to a lot of blues when she wrote this. ORLY? Anyway, since she is a woman of mystery, she subverted the typical gender role of this dark, dirty blues dirge and then I trompled all over with my crazy additions…

A quick transitional piece - sort of a hybrid of ambient drone and louder rock.

That didn't stop her. Main vocals/bleeps by Shreya, keys and backing vocals by me. Actually, my baby daughter was in my arms while I was doing those vocals and she started crying. Even though I cropped that part, I didn't use any noise reduction…

The psychedelic kitchen sink. Shreya's understated vocals about mythological things, the sound of the aurora, a droning wine glass, understated guitar, a fretless bass solo... I had a khoomei (throat singing) bit that resonated with the wine…

Our dear friend Lynda is in hospice; we wanted to do a song for her - for all she has done for us. This is that song. k & w

Written and Recorded August 29, 2009 Details: Martin D1 (DADGAD - capo V), Shure SM57, Audacity, Sound Forge. I can't hide the fact that I've listened to Pierre Bensusan. Or that I've longed to return to Paris.

Written and Recorded August 29, 2009 Details: Martin D1 (DADGAD - capo V), Shure SM57, Audacity, Sound Forge. Late night improvisation in remembrance of my father.