Wah-Wah pedals are truly gifts from the heavens. I had the bass and the drums down but couldn't come up with a rhythm guitar part. Then Robin Trower and Jimi Hendrix appeared to me in a dream and this song took off. Formerly known as RPM 2014…

You've heard the phrase, "fix it in the mix" right? This is my attempt. I am seriously burnt out on RPM. I'm not feeling it anymore. I'm not hearing it anymore. I'm not physically capable of playing well anymore. I recorded the guitar leads…

A 70's rock type vibe.

Drum solos in five-four. Yep.

Part one of a little love story.

The Barn Storm (another band here on alonetone) is about as good as it gets. I had the fleeting idea last year that I should make an album inspired by the names of as many great indie musician friends as possible. This is the only one that…

One of my favorites from this year's album, probably because I didn't have to write the back story. Little sis wrote a novel called "The Wishmaker" set on an island off the coast of Maine. I'm betting y'all'll be seeing it on shelves soon…

THE LIGHT OF YOUR SMILING FACE I’ve been warming my hands in the light of your smiling face I never knew what I was missing I thought I had it all Summer fading in the distance I wasn’t ready for the fall Leaves turn gold Just before…

MIGHT BE A SIGN I didn’t think about you all this weekend While I was standing in the rain I didn’t worry ‘bout where you were going Or where you might have been It might be a sign I’m going insane I didn’t think about you all this evening…

When I was a junior in high school, I read the book "Illusions" by Richard Bach. It was "that book" for me and at age sixteen I started realizing what I was capable of becoming. I read it again twenty-five years later, and as the line in the…