A backyard ukulele recording of the classic Beatles song “Michelle” with ambient noise

Michelle

A song about how so many people are invisible to the corporate media and are out in the streets protesting.  Recorded on a ukulele in my backyard.

All Around

A song about the disappearing Middle Class.  Acoustic solo version.

No Middle class

Solo guitar version of Pat Metheny masterpiece

Bright Size Life

A ukulele cover of the fantastic Grateful Dead song Unbroken Chain written and sung by bassist Phil Lesh with the assistance of poet Bobby Petersen on the Mars Hotel album.

whoa, unbroken chain
Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane
Listening for the secret, searching for the sound
But I could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds
Willow sky, whoa, I walk and wonder why
They say love your brother, but you will catch it when you try
Roll you down the line, boy, drop you for a loss
Ride you out on a cold railroad and nail you to a cross
November and more, as I wait for the score
They're telling me forgiveness is the key to every door
A slow winter day, a night like forever
Sink like a stone, float like a feather
Whoo!
Lilac rain, unbroken chain, song of the sawhet owl
Out on the mountain, it'll drive you insane, listening to the winds howl
Unbroken chain of sorrow and pearls, unbroken chain of shy and sea
Unbroken chain of the western wind, unbroken chain of you and me
La-la, la-la-la
La, da-da, la, da-da-doo
La-la-la, la
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Unbroken Chain

A ukulele cover of the fantastic song by Stephen Stills "Love The One You're With".  Recorded in a patio with a barking pup nearby who sounded upset.

Love The One You’re With

A version of the incredible Terrapin Station by the Grateful Dead performed solo on a ukulele in my backyard with no other instruments.  Suggested listening: light a splif by a camp fire with your favorite adult beverage.

[Part I: Lady with a Fan]

Let my inspiration flow
In token rhyme suggesting rhythm
That will not forsake me
'Til my tale is told and done

While the firelight's aglow
Strange shadows from the flames will grow
'Til things we've never seen
Will seem familiar

Shadows of a sailor forming
Winds both foul and fair all swarm
Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady
Many years ago

Here beside him stands a man
A soldier from the looks of him
Who came through many fights
But lost at love

While the storyteller speaks
A door within the fire creaks
Suddenly flies open
And a girl is standing there

Eyes alight with glowing hair
All that fancy paints as fair
She takes her fan and throws it
In the lion's den

"Which of you to gain me, tell
Will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you
If you will not take the chance"

The sailor gave at least a try
The soldier being much too wise
Strategy was his strength
And not disaster

The sailor coming out again
The lady fairly leapt at him
That's how it stands today
You decide if he was wise

The storyteller makes no choice
Soon you will not hear his voice
His job is to shed light
And not to master

Since the end is never told
We pay the teller off in gold
In hopes he will come back
But he cannot be bought or sold

[Part II: Terrapin Station]

Inspiration move me brightly
Light the song with sense and color
Hold away despair
More than this I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast
Statements just seem vain at last
Some rise, some fall, some climb
To get to Terrapin

Counting stars by candlelight
All are dim but one is bright:
The spiral light of Venus
Rising first and shining best
Oh, from the northwest corner
Of a brand-new crescent moon
Crickets and cicadas sing
A rare and different tune

Terrapin Station
In the shadow of the moon
Terrapin Station
And I know we'll be there soon
Terrapin, I can't figure out
Terrapin, if it's the end or beginning
Terrapin, but the train's put its brakes on
And the whistle is screaming
Terrapin

[Part III: At a Siding]

While you were gone
These faces filled with darkness
The obvious was hidden
With nothing to believe in
The compass always points to Terrapin
Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
For good or ill again

Terrapin Station (ukulele version)

A uke version of the classic Willie Nelson tune with some Caribbean vibes.

On The Road Again

A day living under the Orange Menace hellbent on killing us all

Surviving evil

Multi-instrumentalist that composes and records mostly original music as well as video and animation production.  Like if you like the tracks and make me want to be here.

Instruments include keyboards, guitar (electric and acoustic), mandolin, banjo, bass, percussion, ukulele, drums as well as voice. Music genres range from jazz to folk to punk to World to classical.

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