Name: Willow Skye (with Pat Howell, mandolin) Updated Mix 3/14/23 by David Dunham in Pat Howell--mandolinist, and good friend--A Memorial Retrospective
Duration: 3 min 15 s
Description: Collaborated with my good friend and band mate Pat Howell on mandolin to compose this uplifting tune. We first played it as an offertory at church but wanted to do more with it in a studio setting. We like the results and hope you do too. Named in honor of Pat's new puppy, now a very energetic dog:)

What wonderful joy you express in this lovely almost poetic song. Very refreshing. ;)

This is a beautiful song with excellent chord changes. Flawless playing. Very soothing.

Like little bells ringing... or puppies playing...

I just cleared the drive of one foot of snow, this takes me to long warm summer days... Thank you!

Drew me in from the first few bars, excellent musicianship and song writing.

Awesome tune, beautifully played, sounds terrific

Not as simple as it might seem, but really full of serenity

Words are hard to come by in describing what this man meant to me.  The photo is worth a thousand words capturing his charm and personality. We began our musical pilgrimage together as bandmates at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Amarillo, TX.  He was a bit shy, entirely unsure of himself as a mandolin player, but with encouragement and practice his playing began to bloom.  We started to do brief offertories and then expanded that music into some of the tracks presented here which have been updated as noted. 
He noticed a lump on the side of his neck two years ago which became uncomfortable to the touch and started to interfere with swallowing.  He was not a smoker, but a biopsy revealed a squamous cell carcinoma.  He valiantly fought the disease with the best treatments available but succumbed to it July 17, 2023. He leaves behind a loving family, a legacy of faith and faithfulness to his Lord, and his love of music celebrated with these collaborations I was honored to create with him.  Rest in peace dear friend until we meet again at His appearing.

Pat Howell--mandolinist, and good friend--A Memorial Retrospective

March is a month of contrasts, especially on the High plains, and really anywhere in the Midwest and Southern states.  Sometimes after lamb-like weather, a lion of a storm system can form bringing a blizzard to the Front Range from Denver to Cheyenne and tornados to within a few miles of Amarillo.  Pat and I try to put a little of March's moodiness into music first inspired by his mandolin musings that also inspired an earlier track "The Return".

The Lamb And The Lion (Pat Howell; Mandolin, David Dunham; Guitars

Thinking Of You

Waken Christmas morning
Fill one coffee cup
I look out the window
Snow falls from heaven above

I think of you

Make my way to work
On the city bus
I see a loving couple
Gets me thinking about us

I think of you

Try and do my work
But your heavy on mind
People celebrating all
Mistletoe and wine

I think of you
I think of you

Yeh I'll celebrate with you
Even though your not here
I know what it meant to you
This time of year

Decorations on the Tree
Making plans for you and me
Bringing in a New Year
Still I'll do it with you not here

But I'll be Thinking Of You

Thinking Of You
Thinking Of You
Thinking Of You

This is the time
For love and good cheer
But its not the same
With you not being here

I think of you

Still I'll put your present
Underneath that tree
With all my love
To you from me

I think of you
I think of you

Yeh I'll celebrate with you
Even though your not here
I know what it meant to you
This time of year

Decorations on the Tree
Making plans for you and me
Bringing in a New Year
Still I'll do it with you not here

But I'll be Thinking Of You
Thinking Of You

Yeh I'll celebrate with you
Even though your not here
I know what it meant to you
This time of year

Decorations on the Tree
Making plans for you and me
Bringing in a New Year
Still I'll do it with you not here

But I'll be Thinking Of You
Thinking Of You

Written By Michael Duffy
credits
released December 15, 2022
Written by: Michael Duffy
Vocals and Guitar: Michael Duffy
Produced, Recorded, Mastered at Valley Music Studio with Terry McGinty.

Single

Thinking Of You - Original Song

Kompoz Collaborative

Stefanie Kisamore - Vocal
Chris Branch - Bass
Mikael Lindh - Keys
Billy Bosco - Guitar
Chris Thomas - Drums
TSTstudio- Tom Hellsten  - Mix and Master


LICENSE NO.: 1500248705

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Cover

Can't Help Falling In Love,==, Gene Jumper, Elvis, ( cover )

Can't Help Falling In Love,==, Gene Jumper, Elvis, ( Cover )

Paploviante - Menkalinan

i like to fly between the stars, but you should always keep an eye out for everyone else

all sounds: Paploviante

with the ecxeption of
clickdrums: electroHippie
arrangement: electroHippie

https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/menkalinan-paploviante-open-collaboration

Paploviante - Menkalinan (we should treat our guests of Beta Aurigae with dignity)

B-Ume Blossom Groove

Composer: JRL Guimarães
Contact information: jrlguimar@gmail.com

Green Balloon

I am flying away
In a green baloon
Looking the moon
Looking the sea

I feel so peace
I feel so love
I feel the way
We can see

The real things
To realize
That's more to see
Up and down

To live the life
To think high
Is what we do
Is what we know

Green Baloon

Four Piano Fragments :
I  - Rivages (0:00- 0:30)
II - Pop Piano Splash (0:31 - 2:27)
III - By the Lake (2:28  - 3:41)
IV - Honfleur, 1896 (3:42 - 5:32)

Piano Fragments For Liquid Abstractions

The Heart Of The World

Couples in love.  Washburn R305 Guitar, Gibson A2 mandolin.

The Lazy Waltz

Alternately titled The Dying Ground. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time!

Sol 2007

Collaborated with my good friend and band mate Pat Howell on mandolin to compose this uplifting tune. We first played it as an offertory at church but wanted to do more with it in a studio setting. We like the results and hope you do too. Named in honor of Pat's new puppy, now a very energetic dog:)

Willow Skye (with Pat Howell, mandolin) Updated Mix 3/14/23

Both Pat and I are blessed to have daughters. So when he came to me with this musical idea in honor of his daughter, I was quick to get on board. We originally released the tune (an Irish reel of sorts) as a church offertory, but decided to make a more formal recording, and now with an added second guitar part that Pat loved when we reprised it as offertory in honor of his daughter's homecoming from college for Thanksgiving.

Of Fathers and Daughters-- with Pat Howell, Mandolin (Revised and Updated 11/22/21)

Some clear sky and fresh air for those who have to shelter in place. I floated this tune (pun intended) by my band mate Pat on mandolin and he was quick to compose a part that added a real sense of open sky to my pickings. Hope you enjoy this seafaring shanty.  
With Pat's passing I wanted to post this song with a modified intro--a little ditty he loved to play "The Irish Washer Woman".  
I came across the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. The feel of the song fits the poem, but composer John Ireland does it much greater justice.

Sea Fever
By John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
 I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
 I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

Hoist The Main Sails (updated with new intro and outro 7/23/23)

My good friend and bandmate Pat Howell shared some of his mandolin musings and ramblings to see what I could make of them. My excitement grew as the production evolved with each "return" to the three note sequence on the mandolin.  As you journey, may all your returns be safe and joyful.

The Return (Pat Howell-mandolin, David Dunham-guitar)

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

Willow Skye (with Pat Howell, mandolin) Updated Mix 3/14/23

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