Just an acoustic and vocal demo. Suitable for country or bluegrass. An old murder ballad of mine.

JENNY GRAY

A song I produced for Paul Rader. He did vocal, acoustic guitar and bass on this, then went away. I did the rest. 

KING OF UNDERGROUND Paul Rader (producer, Don Coyer

Another song I produced for Paul Rader. He did acoustic guitar and vocal, I did the rest.  Written by Paul.

TAKE ME WITH YOU- Paul Rader (Don Coyer, producer)

MY ANTONIA

Old recording of one of my ballads. I need to re-cut this.
This must have been recorded around 1999 or so.

LIGHT FROM A DISTANT STAR

A murder ballad set in the past. The amazing Glen Spreen added backgrounds to this, thanks eternally, Glen. He was working on it and he worked so fast as a string arranger...and horns. But I said, it's like this woman Jenny is haunted by what she did all those years ago. Glen said, "Oh, it's a ghost song, I can do that." Voila, he zapped it out.

DREAMLAND MOTEL

JENNY GRAY 3-14-16

GEORGIA FIRE

This song was written for the show Smallville but I never got it to them. It was the moment when Clark is looking out over the city, realizing he's going to have to reveal himself to the world. It was my song, I'd started it, but then I brought Thomas Claxton in to help write it because I wanted him to sing it. He did a fantastic job, like I knew he would. Later I added the stuff you hear on the end in case the show needed some weirdness. I did the vocals until Thomas comes back in. This is up for grabs for any Superman production......

4 A A HERO A MONSTER 12 - 11 - 10 Vocal Thomas Claxton MP3 LONG VERSION

I was lucky enough to have the late great Glen Spreen add to my song, for which I am eternally grateful. Glen is a string orchestrator/composer and producer who has done too much to list, but he did the strings/horns for Suspicious Minds, In The Ghetto and a bunch of Elvis stuff, most of Dan Fogelberg's stuff and countless things at American Sound Studio in Memphis, and who knows where else. Thanks, Glen.

FACES OF AMERICA

A tongue in cheek story song. Are you a loser when you know you're a loser?

MR. ORDINARY

A date gone wrong. Very wrong. BONK!  ©DON COYER MUSIC, ASCAP

STEFFI YOU DIED

RAMONA

Written around 1980....it's gone through a few changes. I think of it as a mini movie, almost.

THE WISH

The day Glenn Frey passed, I did this track as a tribute to an early hero of mine.  Glenn Spreen, a friend of mine who did the strings to Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto and many other giant hits by Elvis and others, including Dan Fogelberg, heard it and offered to add strings. A dream come true for me. This is one of the last things Glen Spreen ever did, and I'm so honored he did this and 2 of my songs. More though, I was happy to call him a friend. So this is to my 2 heroes named Glenn.

Doolin-Dalton (Eagles song)D. Coyer, Glen Spreen

Don singing Eagles harmonies

A song I wrote & recorded years ago, about leaving town.

SO LONG SOUTHERN BELLE

The excuse song. Steve Friedman on excellent bass. I was thinking of Fleetwood Mac when I wrote it.  Self portrait.

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BETTER

Singer, songwriter, producer, studio owner. Live performer. I play guitar, keys, mandolin, banjo, bass and whatever else is needed.


Don Coyer

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