I got a little sidetracked to start off the year. Not how I expected this to go, but there’s always going to be bumps in the road. What happened is I inherited a home improvement project that’s been taking a lot of my time lately, and I hope to be finished with it soon. I need to get back to the music.
In the meantime, here’s a cover song I recorded late last year. My brother, who was a huge ELO fan, requested this one on several occasions, but I kept putting it off and putting it off. Sadly, he passed away in July of 2022 before I had a chance to complete it for him. I never usually turned down his challenges but could never find any time. Also, this is one of those songs that has a lot going on for one person to do, but I took on the challenge anyway. Dave, this one’s for you. Rock on big bro!
I wrote a Christmas song! Well…no, I didn’t actually write one. It’s more of an arrangement kind of thing, mashing up Jingle Bells, and She’s A Woman by The Beatles. I’ve been wanting to do some Christmas songs for awhile now and thought I would start out with some simple like Jingle Bells. It only needed three chords which fit in just right with She’s A Woman, but sped up a bit. And I knew people were clamoring for another version of Jingle Bells (am I right?!), so I thought I’d deliver the goods!
Some interesting, or maybe not so interesting, facts about Jingle Bells. Jingle Bells was written by James Lord Pierpont in Medford, Massachusetts in 1857. You all remember him. It was originally titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh” and was written for a Sunday school choir to be sung for Thanksgiving. It was also one of the first songs broadcast in space by astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra back in 1965. It’s all right there in Wikipedia. Go check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells
Here’s the song (and my dog). Hope you enjoy it! Merry Christmas!
Hello out there! Sooooooooooo…yeah, it’s been quiet here for a bit (years!), and I hope to change that around real soon. Like, right NOW soon. I have a bunch of musical adventures that I plan on finally getting around to. Songs that have long been recorded that I neglected to put here (and new songs), as well as other projects. I’ll have YouTube videos, and a Facebook page as soon as I can figure all that out. I’m sure I’m the last person on Earth to have any of these things. I’ll hopefully have some live shows, solo or with other peeps. I’ll show you what guitar upgrades, builds, kits and whatever else I can think of that I’ve been up to or planning. Now if only I can remember how this WordPress works. Gotta spruce things up around here.
That’s all for now. I’ll keep it short and try to check in every week just to say hi and post a song or video. I also promise not to share any Wordle scores, but there will be plenty of pictures of my dog. Here’s one right now. 🙂 Say hello to Story. We rescued her back in March of 2020.
Story gettin’ some sun
And before I leave (until next time), here is one of the songs I never put here. In the fall of 2020 there were so many dead squirrels all over the roads here. A lot more than usual. So I wrote a song about it.
I’m kidding. I know it’s February. Happy Valentines Day? Soooooooo I keep trying this and get so lazy putting stuff up here, but I’m going try to be better at this. I’ll keep it short.
Look a song! Yes it’s a cover. I’ve been getting wrapped up in covers lately. I do have new songs coming out though. This is a quick one I did of a Harry Nilsson song that I just discovered. I don’t know how I missed this one. Once I heard it, it got stuck in my head and it’s so hard to get out.
There is a great documentary about H.N. If you get a chance, check it out. Here’s his official website.
This song goes WAY back. Back to the same time when Play Pretend was written. This was when I was in a cool 3 piece band called State Of Mind :). I’m pulling this one out of the ether because it fits right on the album. So here is the new recording with an added middle. Ignore the bird staring at you and the album title. Those are all in the works.
