Eclectric Home-Made Jam

Gotta Dance

Some Show

Clarity Williams

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D'Lyxious

Coyote

This was a live show release, 3-1-03, when I was in the band, Tall Saul and the Astrals (If you're one of those curious ones, I can tell you sometime how we came up with the name).  This was back when it was a habit to record live shows, which is a good habit, in my opinion.  I had great fun with these guys: tight harmonies and drifting jams.  I did a remix of this tune during my acid loop days.  Hee-hee.  That sounds funny.

Take My Time

Wow.  Now this is primitive.  I call these the Fisher Price recordings because, yes, it was recorded on a Fisher Price recorder.  This was really one of those epic poems, which I later turned into a song.  My guitar playing is pretty primitive in this tune as well:  rhythmic, providing a backdrop to the lyrics.  This came from a time when songs/poems used to spill out daily.  Sigh...

Tug of War

Another live recording release from a kick-ass music festival called Flowfest, circa 2008, in a town called Romance, WI.  Yep. That's right.  Romance.  Yet another fun band I was privy to be in: HEADflow.  I always felt Jerry Garcia smiling down on me when I was jamming with these guys.  This song has too long a story behind it but I will say it is from experience.  I had me some shanty days.

Livin' in a Shanty

One of the former bands I was in, Tall Saul and the Astrals, doing a cover of The Dead's "Caution (Do Not Step on the Tracks)."  I am picking this one because A. It features Bob Pfeiffer crooning on harmonica and B. It's a rocker.  It starts out the way it does because it is coming out of some other tune but can't remember what.

Caution

This is one of those songs that was born completely from a guitar ditty.  It has nothing to do with spinning fire, in the literal sense.  Another Tall Saul performance at Treasures in the Bakery in Richland Center.


Fire Dance

From the infamous Fisher Price recordings.  One of my more melancholic, contemplative tunes.  I sound like I'm 12 in this recording.

Wall Of Glass

If you don't count living room performances for my family or writing songs for grade school crushes, I suppose you could say I started officially writing and playing music in 1994.  First and foremost, I am a songwriter.  Secondly, I am a singer.  Thirdly, a guitar player.  And fourthly, I dabble in keyboards, drums, and techno-looping.  Being a Gemini, I cannot decide on one particular genre that I favor so I like to taste a little of all.  I prefer playing live over recording but I have fun doing both.  Recently, I've been pushed to share some of tunes so I hope I provide you with a bit of listening pleasure.

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