This is the opening number, Revolution!, from the new musical, Lost Horizon. Based on Hilton's novel of the same name. During an uprising, a group of Westerners are hijacked and taken to a miraculous paradise, hidden in a deep valley, high on the Himalayas. The survivors are unaware of the purpose of their kidnapping and the mystery will have importance to the survival of humanity, and our future.

Revolution! - Final - 2_1_25, 10.15 AM

A band that I founded back in 1977. One of the songs we covered was "Desperado."

Desperado Rich McCracken - MP3

First run through of a new song I wrote for a long-time friend who passed away recently.

Just Like You - UnPlugged Version

I wrote and recorded this in 1987 during the AIDS (HIV) crisis as a theme song for the Names Project (The AIDS Memorial Quilt). The song was never adopted, so I just stuck it in my musical "round" file as a failure and this is the first time I've listened at it since then.

It's a "Demo" meant to be used as a temporary reference recording before you go and spend the big bucks and hire professional musicians to really make the song sing. For good or ill, I never got that far.

Threads of Love - Demo version

Revolution! is the opening number of Lost Horizon, a new musical adaptation of James Hilton’s classic novel.

Amidst a deadly uprising in the East, a group of Westerners narrowly escapes the chaos, only to have their plane hijacked and diverted to a mysterious, hidden paradise high in the Himalayas. Sequestered in a tranquil valley untouched by time, the survivors are left to unravel the purpose behind their abduction—an enigma that holds the key to the survival of humanity and the future of the world.

Revolution! from Lost Horizon - The New Musical

The second and third number from Lost Horizon - The New Musical. After Conway and a handful of Brits and American escape from a Tibetan uprising, the celebration is dampened by Conway's guilt for not getting all the locals out safely.

This is a backer's audition demo.

Celebration - The Road Leads On

From the musical, Ward 22, about a lovable con man who gets himself committed to a psych ward to escape his past. I cant remember who sang all the parts but my sister, Devorah Calic sings the second solo. I think the part was a hooker. Debbie was definitely NOT typecast!

Ain't Really Down - Demo w Cast

This is the last song I wrote for Ward 22. It's basically just me and a piano/synth backing. Music by Rich McCracken, lyrics by Robert Mullin.

Someone's Gotta Give - Demo

03 I Didn't Get To Say Goodbye (Cast Demo)

from 1978, I was learning how to use the studio equipment at Northstar Studios in Portland. Vocals - Rich McCracken & Su Elliott, Guitar - Rich McCracken