Written for sons' first baby. I had Michael Buble in mind as a vocalist

Timeless Vic Smyth Vocal VIT

I wrote this sometime back and recorded it on a Santa Cruz guitar, engineering by my good friend, Peter Lafferty, outside of Toronto. One lick in here I couldn't figure out to play again - a couple of seconds of creativity!

Midnight Hitch Hike

Karla Rose was written when I was taking a song writing course at Berklee and the Karla Rose is a variety of fruit tree. For those of you who would like a picture of a girl named Karla Rose, there's lots of those as well!

Karla Rose

This is a practice track playing 4 chords straight for 8 bars and then 4 alternate chords with a swing feel. Chords and strum pattern will be provided in class.

Straight To Swing Exercise C 120

Guitar instrumental, recorded at Blue Wave Studios in Vancouver, Canada on my 1954 D-18. At the time, it had a metal bridge for some reason, now replaced with bone. Don't know if I could play it as fast now. It was inspired by Cameron Falls in Waterton / Glacier Peace Park in Alberta. I was camping there and composed the main theme while sitting out in the sun practising, as I did a lot in those days. I eventually recorded this in Nashville, with the Nashville Super Pickers, but I like this version

Cameron Falls Rag

"Nesser" is  a track from my CD Acoustic Flatpick Guitar (available on iTunes). It was written by John Reischman, who is a world class mandolin player and composer. He wrote this tune with banjo in mind, but it plays well on guitar. I recorded this one on Vancouver Island, a great place to get away to and focus on music

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