These are songs written by other artists that I particularly like.  They are just one-takes on acoustic guitar.

Cover songs

This is the playlist of all of my original recordings as well as a sampling of covers that I have recorded.

Originals and Covers

Awesome Acoustic covers by other people

Mixed for Cat 17.5.23

These songs encompass anything I've listened to in the past 3 months that had so much "wow factor" that I had to immortalize them forever on my own personal listening list. These songs are in no particular order.

J.J.'s Picks March 1 2025 (Quarterly Playlist)

Dandelions

Nightingale (Norah Jones cover)

Going to California (Led Zeppelin cover)

Cover Me Up (Jason Isbell cover)

  . .. something called classic alternative 

Master-Blaster

Man Eats Bat

Dear friends,
there is a president in a large neighboring country who believes that friendship can be created through threats!  This song might be a letter to him!! From my childhood I remember a naughty boy who said to me: "if you play with someone else I will hit you" !!

Some Day

There will come a bright day if we are patient
and we shall never give up our hopes
that the sun will shine on us —— — I am sure
that the dark clouds above us will dissipate into steam
and happiness comes to us

There are babies that are born all over the world
and they deserve all security we can give 
and they don’t know anything about — — — what we do
There is one of our leadars terrorizing other folks
and we can just watch the scene

The last thing we loose is the hopes for,
it’s the eternal peace on earth
that the children can play — — — with no risk
that their life will take an end when they are waiting for the train
which may take them away from it all

I hope that some day all leaders in the world
can realize that friendship between folks
can only be reached  — — — through politeness
and that threats to other people only create hostility
take a lesson from these words

Some Day

Promised Land

The Notorious FCM

Sphere

Morphometry

Bandcamp

Alkahest

Freight Train

composition for piano: Kelly Goodwin. @auntiekmusik
Arrangement & mixing: Larengonat
Cover: ArtriOO www.artstation.com/artri00

Not so long ago, Kelly offered me a collaboration and gave me this magnificent composition on the piano, its melody made me think of a Japanese animated film that I love, and I simply dressed the piano in a light dress in order to continue the magic. Thank you very much Kelly for this moment.


NOT SO LONG AGO.  🎧✨

another from the archives.. This one has special meaning to me... Things can get very difficult.
I never played this live.....for good reason....I listen to this and it brings back pain... and anguish... tears.

Lyrics:
Lying on his bed.. his hands hold his head
He prays his house to keep and not his soul instead
for his faith was in a man who ran a good campaign
now his dreams they all are hungry
and standing in the rain he’s asking please..

Show me..   show me that you’re real
Show me … show me please .. please
please.. please… pretty please?

End of the day.. babes tucked away
she prays they wont go hungry  for another day
butn her prayers they are not answered
by the silence in her head
Kneeling by the bedside instead of counting sheep
shes asking please…
Show me… that you’re real
Show me…….

Sometimes at night..alone in my head
I pray my job to keep and not my should instead
for my faith is in the notion that someday I mi9ght see
that theres someone out there listening to the voices
As they’re asking please…..
Show me…. show me that you’re real
Show me please….. please please…
Please?
Please?
Pretty please?

Pretty Please

Winter Dreams

Nasca

Influenced by the Grateful Dead version, particularly the acoustic versions they played around 1970.

I Know You Rider (cover, traditional)

Done in the style of James Taylor in his great recording.  Dedicated to my daughter.

Oh Susannah (Stephen Foster cover)

I'm very grateful to be part of this talented and supportive Soundcloud community.  I try to write songs in a wide range of styles, including r&b, funk rock, folk, jazz, soul, alt-country, and classic rock.   My songs are written, recorded, and produced entirely by me, with the exception that my wife Joslyn provides backing vocals on a couple tracks.  I've also got some covers here just for fun.

Going to California (Led Zeppelin cover)

Brian Schaefer