https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWZJe7DjbZs

This is a co-write with Mark Monument, his words [with only light massaging from me] and my music. I recorded this with my iPhone for the sake of posterity. Any lags in the delivery are due to me scrolling lyrics while playing.

I wrote this based on a Facebook conversation between two music friends and when one of them lamented the state of the music industry, the other replied, "I would have told you had I known you..." The first replied, "We met in the quicksand..."

The end goal was to write a song about what it's like to be caught up in the atmosphere of Memphis. I ended up writing this from the point of view of someone missing that experience and the life they once had.

work tape song

Well, I say this story on the news the other day. A woman who was caught stealing money from a local high profile, non-profit organization. She was charged and the news got out. She looked distraught and was crying with her mascara running down her face. Not Tammy Faye Baker running, but running. And I thought of the title and worked around.



i'm not sure this is blues, maybe more folk/blues or Texas Blues, probably more.



There's a little break in the middle between 2nd and 3rd verses, a place holder for a lead or maybe bridge.



simple lyrics and progression. I'm always admiring the songwriters here at their craft. Very inspiring to me.

This is from Gary Chapman's book "The Five Love Languages". My wife hasn't heard it yet so, we'll see. Hope she approves!

I wrote this with Charley Crockett in mind, kind of an 'old soul' country blues feel. I got the idea from a headline in the Texas Monthly magazine. Very simple lyrics

Tongue-in-cheek blues.

My old personal trainer commented one Monday morning about my eating of pizza and other not so good foods over the weekend and said you're going to end up with the big belly blues. I immediately said that a song right there...and he challenged me to write it...and so here's a rough demo of the "The Big Belly Blues".