People come here from all over, 
Most have their own notions of home.
Doesn’t matter if it’s South, or East, 
Or somewhere over the moon.
And sometimes waiting is as good as
Doing I suppose, but who knows?
Think a thousand leaves,
Pages and the trees,
All mixed up in a word. 

#portlandoregon #hesitation
 #lofi

Over The Moon

Wilco/Tweedy cover recorded live in a record store warehouse with no audience other than the ghost of John Fogerty and the high performance engine folks next door in Portland, OR in 2022 #wilcocover #tweedycover #distortion #laminatedcat

Knot for this season (wilco cover) “laminated cat”

Els-araoke. First time through this song ever with the band! Come see us play this live soon.

Michael & The Els in rehearsal: Losin' My (rem cover)

Recorded at Summervale Studio in Winterville, GA October 2017.

Steam Powered

Big fun wonky beat. I think the title was the date the day of. As in Jan. 9th. Although, it could've been my temperature. Or the radio station piping into my imagination. Possibly it meant the time...

One oh nine

Vic Chesnutt cover made with love and devotion in Winterville GA

Sponge (Vic Chesnutt cover)

Untitled 9

Some thoughts concerning disbelief and the stratification of stress and how to reconcile flight, fight and alright. 

For The Birds

Michael and Rachael Renee' live at Record Room in Portland, Oregon on 12/01/12. 


Depth Perception at Record Room

Michael and Rachael Renee' live at Record Room in Portland, Oregon on 12/01/12. 

"Swan Swan H" (REM cover) Live at Record Room

As is and as was, in a tradition of pseudo-sidesteps, and off-major if ever even near it . 



I Have No Idea, I'm Sorry

Michael Gerard Levasseur is a singer, guitar player, and poet originally from Brooklyn, NY. He has released three solo albums and one full-band album under the name Michael The Blind, and two albums with his band The Moonshine (consisting of his wife Rachael and a revolving cast of other string players). Both projects have released several singles as well as instrumental releases. With obvious nods to the art song stylings of luminaries and personal heroes like Leonard Cohen, and Jacques Brel, Levasseur’s songs tend toward the darkly hopeful, and show the influences of both his upbringing as a classical vocalist, as well as his love for old-time American music and traditional folk music from around the world.

Untitled 9

Michael The Blind

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