'Fossil' is Van Meter's third full-length record that effortlessly fuses the genres of Americana and power pop, producing a sound that draws upon familiar influences yet is all its own.

WHISKEY FEVER

OKAY, I'LL WEAR A SKIRT

HUMMINGBIRD

GUMPTION

FOSSIL

Whiskey Stone

Song submission for the "Summer" topic for the Annapolis Songwriting Collective

Summer Song

Annapolis Songwriting Collective submission "Motion" or "Travel"

Beat This Drum

Annapolis Songwriting Collective Submission "Best/Worst Party"

invite friends
they invite friends
and they invite their friends

barely a bit of age
and oh what an outrage
sugar coat and understate

self induced poison
making bad choices
heading to get help
lost control of everyone else

wild fire found an oil rig
next thing i know things are missing
the morning after
amidst disaster
more than a party
more a robbery

judgement atrocious
had no wear withall no focus
trust in me deflated that night

they had to be told
in case those guns had been stolen
bet it was a hell of a drive back from tennessee

wild fire found an oil rig
next thing i know things are missing
the morning after
amidst disaster
more than a party
more a robbery

someone was on my side as i got back most everything
except a few of mamas rings

wild fire found an oil rig
next thing i know things are missing
the morning after
amidst disaster
more than a party
more a robbery

More Than A Party

Annapolis Songwriting Collective Submission "Place"

One of my favorite places is the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA. It's a venue dedicated to preserving old time, country and bluegrass music and is named in honor of the original Carter family. Janette Carter told her children that the music is going to change, but they better "keep them big doors open". I highly, highly recommend visiting at some point. I'd go with you in a heartbeat.

up the side to the top of clinch mountain
down deep into poor valley
didn’t make a lot but they’d give you all theyve got

you cant just pick your crop, the fruit, and milk the cow
you’ve got to pickle, can, jam, churn, then park the plow
theyd expose you for the faker that you are

a stage on the side of a mountain
put in bleachers tear up the store
other than a cement slab for dancin
its just a dirt floor

years will pass
the music will change
do as i say
keep them big doors open
i said keep them big doors open

look for the cars to come up the road
at first they’d just come from the surrounding woods
now they can’t wait to get there from states away

get drunk, light up, use foul language 
or dance unbecoming
you’ll be asked to leave
and you won’t find an amplifier
to plug in anything

years will pass
the music will change
do as i say
keep them big doors open
i said keep them big doors open

like a sheepsfold in the good book its a place of refuge
if youre lucky enough to share your songs
to the legacy that lives on
carry in with your bag of shoes

years will pass
the music will change
do as i say
keep them big doors open
i said keep them big doors open

Keep Them Big Doors Open

Recorded live at The Fells Point Tavern on 7/23/2016 with Mark Ingino

Mess of My Memory Live

Lady Trucker

Led by powerhouse songwriter and Maryland native Jennifer Van Meter, this roots-rock outfit brings a sound where Tom Petty meets The Pretenders, with songs that roam freely across genres and influences. Jen’s been crafting heartfelt songs for over 20 years, sharing stages with the likes of The Lone Bellow and Kasey Chambers, and even landing a feature in American Songwriter.

Her band consists of two veteran Raleigh players, Bruce Clark and Larry Woodard, and songwriter/drummer turned bassist, Braxton Lindsay.

The brand new EP titled "Now What?", was recorded by Armando Cruz in Clayton, NC, mixed and mastered by Ian Schreier, features Doug Pettibone on guitar, and is available to stream everywhere now.

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