Name: Jolene by mattsband
Duration: 2 min 18 s
Description: Our version of Jolene by Dolly Parton. I spent to day recording/mixing/producing and singing on this track with Liz Idema on vocals.

MARS: is a composition for brass orchestra about humankinds upcoming journey to the red planet.

The Prospect    (Space To Dance)

Plan B

Opening track from my EP "Blue Ridge Mountain Waterfalls" https://josephhouck.bandcamp.com/album/blue-ridge-mountain-waterfalls

Lyrics
Rising up with the morning sun 
Looking back now his deeds are done 
And he's going 
 He's going back home

 Mouths the words they last heard him say: 
"Leaving now, coming back someday" 
And he's going  
Yes, he's going back home  

Where the green fields roll In the blood red soil 
By the river shoal 
And he's going back home
  
Greets the grove past the Wellmans' place 
Heaves a sigh as he dries his face 
Now he's going 
Yes, he's going back home  

Cobbler fresh that his mama made 
Evening calm in the cool of the glade 
Oh he's going 
Yes he's going back home  

Where the green fields roll 
Far from blood red soil 
Now he's paid his toll 
And he's going back home  

To that old abode 
Where he played and growed, 
To all the folks he knowed 
Yes, he's going back home

Credits 
Song written by Joseph Houck and Jeff Martin
Vocals and guitars by Joseph Houck


Bandcamp 

Soldier’s Homecoming

Picture by Mirka 

Winter Crows

Show me a sweetheart deal
the one that can make you feel 
okay...
In the dark shadows
of the street at night.

What made you think
you'd get away with this?

Your heart is made of steel

Fire signals
Loss of anchor
Stormwatch calling
Winter crows

I'll tell you a winter's tale
with snow covered tracks and trails
and bleak expectations.

Let's play a guessing game
to get through these spells of rain
as daylight hours getting shorter...

Winter Crows
in the snow

Winter comes and winter goes
Where the crows fly
no-one knows

Winter Crows



Winter Crows

Always The Same (feat. St. Vincent)

https://youtu.be/OYm9VP2UnFw 
France : Aquitaine : la Gironde : La grande dune du Pilat (Près d' Arcachon)
December 2025

Dune du Pilat

Winterstars

F9	     Em		 Dm	    Am
Winterstars shine from afar
F9	      Em		 Dm	     Am
Gazing through a door ajar
G					      B7
Freezing cold is creeping in
C		 Em		     A	  D7
Through cracks and chimneys

F9	    Em		  Dm       Am
Winterstars they'd tell a tale
	   F9	 Em	    Dm	    Am
From days of old in distance pale
G				        B7
Ember glows in the dark
C					      Eb
Stars will guide us like sparkles

Dm7   C9    Bb6    A7

Orion stretches its arms
in a wintersky full of charms
Jupiter is rising high
Chasing Venus through the sky

In this night of solitude
I was seeking company
Heroes & villains on a ship of fools
follow the rules of winterstars.


Picture  from https://flic.kr/p/9kgkcF  robin_24 Flickr 2011 CC BY

Winterstars

For Tom V. and Richard L. with gratitude and much affection.

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i double dare you
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i crossed today

i am clear
i am free
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i crossed today


I Crossed

Old friends (featuring JD Shadetree on drums)

Our version of Jolene by Dolly Parton. I spent to day recording/mixing/producing and singing on this track with Liz Idema on vocals.  

Jolene

mattsband

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