Recorded 35 years ago ..... in tribute.
     Missing John 
    Words and Music by Terry McManus c 1986, 1997,1998,2000 
Verse 
Driving home from work 
Stranded in my car 
Me and all these other folks 
Surprised how old we are 
Up and down the dial 
Strangers singing songs 
Had enough reach to turn it off 
Then your song comes on....and I think 

Chorus 
So good to hear you now 
Seems so long 
Growing older every day 
Missing John 
Verse 2 
The kid's are still alright 
They're doin what kid's do 
Rock n Roll never will grow old 
To kids it's always new 
But every now and then 
I need to look around 
I need a song that will help me think 
But they're not easily found.......and I wish 
Chorus 
So good to hear you now 
Singing that song 
Me and half the world 
Missing John 
Bridge 
The world is just the same 
It's still a crazy place 
Short on dreamers long on fools 
I don't see how we'll ever win the human race 
So what'll we do 
Verse 3 
Everything's been said 
But still there's more to say 
Later in the evening 
There goes another day 
But even more than that 
There goes another year 
Seems so long and we miss you John 
Wishing you were here.....and we dream 
Chorus 
So good to hear you now 
Coming on strong 
Life is what it is 
Missing John

MIssing John

Lisa Patterson: songwriter; co-producer; arranger; assist engineer; vocals; duduk
Michael Phillip Wojewoda: co-producer; engineer http://mpwmusic.com/

Lumina

Dulce Dolor - Contemporary Roots

Written by Steve Allen ©2017.
Recorded and mixed by Dean Malton at Groundloop Productions.
Steve Allen - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Steve Nieve - Piano
Paul Rozon - Electric Guitar
Rich Moore - Bass

Promise Me This (featuring Steve Nieve on piano)

An acoustic track by songwriter Connor Grieve that I recorded and mixed in the Fanshawe College studios.

Connor Grieve - What Was Left Behind

Written during a cold mid-winter rural Manitoba night, before the age of streaming, reflecting on how radio used to be a trusted companion on many late nights many years ago,

Radio (2002)

I remember the nights on the farm where I grew up
I could look out my bedroom window and see New York
And all of the radio stations, I’d spin the dial at night 
All of the family’d be sleeping but not I
 
'Cos there were concerts on rock 102 and talk on '55 
While the edge of alternative clearly was CFNY
The "Q" would play side one of Queen, to share their latest sound
They’d say "get your tape decks ready", and put the needle down
 
	Well this may seem like nostalgia or an idealistic gaze
	But I’m waiting for a sound to break through all the haze 

Cos here in the radio wasteland, there’s nowhere to go
You can cruise up and down the dial, til the cows come home
But you never can find you a station that fills you with delight
One that while everybody is sleeping keeps you up at night 
 
	Cos we’ve got eighties, 90s whatever
	It’s all become so cheap	
	I’m just waiting for an innovator
	To wake us from this sleep - from this sleep

Doing Just Fine

Radio

1980's Inspirational Love Ballad.  Tammie's and Stefano's Wedding Song.