Music

In the mid 90s, my band used to share the bill with this Sacto band quite a bit. They were great guys, and one of my favorite local bands at the time.

At some point in the late 1990s, my cousin Dean asked me to record his metal band. To date, this is my favorite recording I have ever made.

In the victorian era, music boxes were commonly made from old snuff boxes. There were personal sized pocket boxes that you carried around with you, and table top boxes for your parlor or coffee table.

An original composition inspired by Leigh Nash’s Cruel Heart (her song, not her attitude). This is totally different, though. This recording features my daughter Ella on rhythm ukulele. She is a hoss.

Hoagy Carmichael has always been a huge favorite of mine. A legendary songwriter, and under-rated performer. I have always been a sucker for songwriters performing their own songs. Hoagy is at the top of my list.

A waltz I wrote in G minor, inspired by memories of driving home from band practice in Dixon and pulling over at a dark sky spot beside Putah Creek to look at the stars. We were playing Lonesome Moonlight Waltz a lot at the time.

Another bluegrass waltz, this one in honor of the fall equinox in the northern hemisphere, a lovely waltz about the end of summer and walking in the moonlight.

I’d been working out ukulele arrangements of some country and bluegrass waltzes, when I stumbled upon this in a songbook my wife picked up. It derailed my waltz project for a little bit, but I like the way it came out.