A song I wrote in 1976 when I lived in Wilmington, NC.I would sit on the front porch of the 19th Century house I was living in and look out across a field which sloped down to Masonboro Sound.  Franklin Taggart played all the instruments and recorded and mixed this.



Masonboro Sound

Written in Chicago, 1980.  Inspired by an evening spent with a woman I had a crush on.  She was a Pediatric NP - hence the "Dr. Seuss" line.  Music, recording and mixing by Franklin Taggart.

Honey You Look Good To Me Tonight

From the mid-80's.  I wrote this one while on duty in the Bethesda Naval Hospital ICU the night of 24-25 December. Guitar, bass, recording and mixing by Franklin Taggart.  Mandolin by Avril Smith.

Sing Me a Song About Christmas

A song inspired by seeing a Hammerhead shark swimming alongside our ship in the Caribbean, winter 1976.  Ironically, I'm terrified of sharks.  (I didn't go in the shower for a week after I saw "Jaws" on the big screen.)  Music, recording and mixing by Franklin Taggart.

Take a Shark to Lunch

Probably the first song I wrote (not counting parodies in grade school and high school), sometime in the mid-70s.  Music, recording, and mixing by Franklin Taggart.

Go Away

Written in 1980, when I lived in the northern suburbs of Chicago.  Music, recording, and mixing by Franklin Taggart.

Take Me Home

The only true parts of this song are that I did join the Navy when I was 17, and that they did take away my hair, shirt, pants and shoes.  Otherwise it's all made-up.  Out of 20 years in the Navy I only spent about 6 months aboard ship, and that was during the 3 years I spent with the Marines.  (That's probably why I don't like camping, although I know that it can be done much more comfortably than the Marines do it.)  Most of my time was spent working in hospitals.  Recorded by Franklin Taggart.

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