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fave it Country Folk | Gentle
13 tracks | 38 minutes
Released Mar 2004
on Peyton Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:55 Rain lyrics BUY MP3 01:55 Rain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:55 Rain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 The Old Cowboy's Waltz lyrics BUY MP3 03:56 The Old Cowboy's Waltz lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:56 The Old Cowboy's Waltz
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 40 Years (God Surely Smiled...) lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 40 Years (God Surely Smiled...) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 40 Years (God Surely Smiled...)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:28 Another Day, Another Debt lyrics BUY MP3 02:28 Another Day, Another Debt lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:28 Another Day, Another Debt
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:35 Hi-Tech Sheep lyrics BUY MP3 02:35 Hi-Tech Sheep lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:35 Hi-Tech Sheep
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 I Still Do lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 I Still Do lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 I Still Do
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:54 Better Day a Comin' lyrics BUY MP3 04:54 Better Day a Comin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:54 Better Day a Comin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Walkin' Down a Dirt Road lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Walkin' Down a Dirt Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Walkin' Down a Dirt Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:31 A Prayer for Us lyrics BUY MP3 02:31 A Prayer for Us lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:31 A Prayer for Us
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Sunrise Over South Mountain lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 Sunrise Over South Mountain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Sunrise Over South Mountain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:49 Cinco De Mayo lyrics BUY MP3 01:49 Cinco De Mayo lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:49 Cinco De Mayo
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Someday We'll Meet Again lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Someday We'll Meet Again lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Someday We'll Meet Again
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Hold on to the Dream lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Hold on to the Dream lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Hold on to the Dream
Singer/songwriter, and occasional humorist blending traditional folk, country and bluegrass roots.
Bio / Background
I started performing in an acoustic trio in college called The Other Brothers (you've heard of the Righteous Brothers, the Everly Brothers, the Smothers Brothers... Well, we are the Other Brothers...). We played the bar and college scene in and around Baltimore, Maryland during the late 80's. We had a small and very disturbed following. After college, the band went their separate ways, so I did solo gigs for a few years. It was during that time that I took up songwriting.
I grew up listening to country, folk and bluegrass music and all of those early influences (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Don Williams, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, Doc Watson, Flatt and Scruggs, Chet Atkins, and in more recent years John Prine and Mike Cross) coupled with a penchant for the amusing (Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, Ray Stevens, Jim Stafford) have molded me into the songwriter that I am today.
↓ more ↓In the early 90's I went to Nashville and recorded a "demo" album of my early songs called Halo Moon. The producer/talent scout convinced me that I needed to have that "Nashville Sound" to be noticed. I foolishly agreed and recorded an album full of country riffs, weeping steel guitars, driving drums and thumping bass-lines. It sounded OK - but, it wasn't me. I play acoustic guitar - in a more traditional "folk" style. Live and learn.
I took several years off from performing when we started our family. But, I never quit writing. This album is a collection of songs that I have written over the last 10 years or so. Recorded the same way they were written, alone and at home, (and generally too late in the evening), and consistent with who I am. A little rough around the edges, perhaps, but honest and straight from the heart.
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