An updated recording of an A is A tune, originally recorded on an 8 track tape deck at home in 1990. One of my favorite A is A songs. Trigger warning; the lyrics to this tune deal with physical abuse

Thin Ice

This is another A is A tune, a nice ballad. I was never quite happy with the chorus chord progression in the original version. As I was noodling around on the piano recently this tune came back to me and I finally solved the chord problem. I just had to hear the result so here it is. The guitar solo is my best recreation of Dale's original solo for this tune - It doesn't quite measure up to his beautiful lyrical style, but you'll get the idea. The lyrics were written by my brother Tom, except for the title which was my suggestion. remixed in 2022

Time Stands Still

Written in the fall of 2015, when it didn't seem it would ever stop raining...

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Will It Never Stop Rainin'?

This is a tune about the pressure to fit in and the potential trap of keeping your real feelings to yourself. Remixed in 2022.

Outside Out

A bare-bones, bedroom folk version of Robyn's dance hit "Call Your Girlfriend." Let's get LONELY!

I've always loved this song by Robyn, and her production is brilliant. But it's a great song even without the big beat, bells, and whistles.

So I recorded my own take on it — stripped to the essentials. For me, that's acoustic guitar and voice. 

Recorded all old-fashioned to a Tascam 388 tape machine that lives and loves in Lewiston, Maine. 

Mixed by Peter Rodocker at Yellow Room Recording Studio in Portland, Oregon.

In between is a whole continent. Imagine that!

Chris Robley - "Call Your Girlfriend" (indie-folk Robyn cover)

This is an A is A tune, a nice major key rocker. I was mic'ing up a new guitar speaker to hear how it would record, and this just happened to be the first tune I thought of playing and before you know it I had laid down all the basic tracks - so I had to finish it. I remixed it in 2022.

Highway

Samantha Crain stopped by the 88.1 KDHX studio in Saint Louis on February 19, 2013 for a live session on Earth Songs. Audio by Dan Kinney and Cory Tarrant. Discover more great media at http://kdhx.org

Samantha Crain "Paint" Live at KDHX 2/19/13

An A is A tune, with lyric update appropriate for 2020 and beyond. A favorite of mine, never recorded while with A is A. Remixed in 2022.

You Get What You Pay For

American musician, singer/songwriter, and composer based in Europe. Originally from New Orleans.

Will It Never Stop Rainin'?

Gelon

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