From the album Fantasy Life. Performed with the band Look Here Sister.
Inspired by The Beatles

Need

From the album Fantasy Life. Recorded with the band Look Here Sister.
Inspired by Gin Blossoms.

Repetition

From the album Fantasy Life. Barry Mauer composed and sang, and played guitar and bass.

Lit Up

From the album Fantasy Life. Composed and performed by Barry Mauer.
Inspired by Arkey Blue and the Blue Cowboys - also by the Minneapolis band Hookers and Blow.

Fantasy Life

From the album Fantasy Life. Written and performed by Barry Mauer on guitar, bass, and vocals.

Home

From the album Fantasy Life. Written and performed by Barry Mauer. Inspired by Nick Drake.

I Can Tell

Written and performed by Barry Mauer, with band. From the unreleased album Alaska.

You Don't Haunt Me

I wrote this song after moving to Gainesville and missing the Minneapolis music scene, which included Soul Asylum and the Jayhawks. Members of these groups (and a couple other musicians) formed a "supergroup" called Golden Smog and put out an album that I found in Gainesville. When I listened to it for the first time, it felt like a personal letter. Hence this song.
No, this song is not about heroin.

Personal Letter

A song about a relationship in which the lover has to compete against alcohol for the beloved's attention.

Still Familiar Juice

I had a Buddy Holly feeling about this one.

What It Means To Be In Love

Nothing Comes From Heaven But The Rain

Meant to be kind of Hüsker Dü. Tried it with drums and electric but couldn't get it right.

Alaska Demo

Your Words

Kind of Motown, but with acoustic guitar. A breakup song.

Take Back The Ring

Acoustic in this form. Needs a scorching guitar solo at the end. Maybe one day . . .

Apocalyptic Bad Time Blues

Worst attempt to get the words "rubber chicken" into a song.

Barry Mauer's 4th Album

Panic Stricken

I picked a bongo beat on my computer and programmed the text-to-voice to say the most ridiculous things I could think of. Here is the result.

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