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COPPER KETTLE - Gene LaFond & Amy Grillo

Simple holiday song for you. Sometimes simple is best.

WINTER LULLABYE - Gene LaFond & Amy Grillo

Guatemalan Tale 2-25-2017

Track 6 from my "GENO" CD. My Sweetie went to Europe without me. But the song was born so it wasn't so bad after all.  Sort of my "Boots of Spanish Leather". Enjoy. And particular attention should be paid to Dan Lund's incredibly beautiful guitar work. Thanks for listening. Website, CDs & worldwide bookings at : www.GeneLaFond.com.

06 Hold Me

Track 7 from my "Geno" CD. Always have had a thing for Emmy Lou Harris - who hasn't? So I wrote a little fantasy tune about her. Just wanted to say "thanks" for all the joy her music has given to me over the years. I met her one night on her tour bus after a gig & gave her this CD, but was so nervous I forgot to tell her about this song. Another reason my band is called "The Wild Unknown" !  Info & bookings at www.genelafond.com. Thanks for listening. Shine on!

07 Thank You Emmylou

Track 8 from my "Geno" CD. My old friend Billy Golfus was injured in a motorcycle accident and as he says - woke up a gimp. He went on to make a movie about how severely disabled folks deal with it . Brilliant documentary called "When Billy Broke His Head". It has footage of my friend the late,great Larry Kegan, how he dealt with it, & footage of us performing at Neil Young's Bridge Benefit Concert. Billy won several awards including Sundance Film Festival and Peabody awards. I wrote the song after the movie came out - a little too late! www.genelafond.com.

08 Billy Broke His Head

Track 9 from my "GENO" CD.  One of Three songs I wrote the day after 9-11. Thinking about  my friend Larry Kegan who died that day & what the US response was going to be to this horrible cultural breakdown. "Take a history lesson son, two worlds gonna collide..." Thanks for listening. www.genelafond.com

09 It's Gonna Rain

Track 10 from my "Geno" CD.  I wrote this after hearing about the devastating floods in the Red River Valley in Minnesota & North Dakota.  Thanks for listening. www.genelafond.com 

10 Head for Higher Ground

A tribute to a great songwriter - Rodney Crowell. I learned this one many years ago & just remembered it & recorded it on my phone (garage band!). I finally get to sing harmony with myself! Rough mix of course.