It was winter. It was cold. The ground was a carpet of snow and ice and we were living in the month of December. I took a job at a Christmas tree lot. Jenni took a job at a diner. I'd get up around eight, layer myself from head to toe, step outside, fire up the van and head off to the lot. Jenni would be miles ahead of me. Two hours before I'd even open my eyes, she'd be serving up eggs over easy, pouring coffee and wiping tables. With icicles hanging off my frozen beard I'd walk out of the cold shack into -40 degree celcius temperature and help pick out different sizes and shapes of Balsam Fir for the many mothers, impatient fathers, screaming children with frozen snot stuck to their faces, grandparents, young lovers, and others who would come by the lot for the perfect tree. I'd return in haste back to the shack, warm my hand and take a pull off the bottle rum the boss man had left behind. It was winter. It was cold and we were living in the month of December.

Balsam Fir

Recorded Live at Jon Woods Studio in Vancouver, Summer/Spring 2012

Driftwood (Live Sessions)

I was touring through Northern California a while back, doing a few shows up in the Sierra Nevadas, towns like Sonora and Tuolumne. Woody Guthrie spent time out there, his spirit lives on out there. The locals make sure of it.
The people were crazy for the music and the wine and the dance. It was an amazing few days spent playing my songs and hanging with the locals. My sweetheart was with me, long brown hair matching her brown eyes, a drink in each hand, what a queen, reckless, but a queen no less......we we're having a time, tattoos, tequila, making memories.

Were winding down the mountain side in our 85 Ford Getaway Van (seriously, 'Getaway Van') when I see the state trooper tucked away in the dark. And then a block away from our motel two of them pull us over in our parking lot. Sirens screaming. Lights flashing. Jenni's starts hiding shit, drinks are flying, stuff is being stashed. "Out of the van sir, hands out of your pockets, keep 'em where I can see 'em." But they never found anything, Im pretty smart that way plus drinking was Jenni's job that night. "You safe ma'am?", "Yes" she says. He looks at me. "You take care."

Needless to say, we drank and sang the night away back in our forty dollar motel room.

First words out, "Ghost car waiting on the side of the road, underneath the lights of the city's glow......black tar rolling out for miles and miles, lead me up to the mountains, land of sugar pine."

Just making memories.

My buddy, Jon Wood, whom I've been touring with for the last eight years together made some recordings in his studio while we were wrapping up a couple years of touring the Gypsy Summer album. Live off the floor. The way we like it.

Here's one of them. A song called Ghost Car. Inspired by living and loving life to its fullest. Have it and enjoy, pass it around. I'll be sending out a few more in the next couple of weeks.

Ghost Car (Live Sessions)

Recorded Live at Jon Woods Studio in Vancouver, Summer/Spring 2012

"When you feel the love and want to let it out go ahead and sing, when you're at a loss throw down your cross find another way, when the days are dark know the clouds will part wash it all away, let love be the guide, swallow your pride, soon you will find some piece of mind, take a walk outside, let love provide, stay bona fide."

Another live session Jon Wood and I performed of the song in his studio while we were wrapping up a couple years of touring the Gypsy Summer album. Live off the floor. The way we like it.

Enjoy it, share it, burn it, bootleg it, pass it around. It's yours. I hope you love listening to it as much as we loved recording it.

My Lover & I (Live Sessions)

Hour of Need, from the album, Gypsy Summer

05 Hour Of Need.

Cam Penner's new album, Sex & Politics, is fearless. It swaggers playfully with confidence and bravado, tumbling along with a mighty roar. There are moments it draws you in close, seducing, building spaces where ghosts dwell and shadows beckon, and then the pulse quickens, releasing a symphony of sound and colour. Sex & Politics is further testament to Penner & Wood's musical migration into new territory.

I'm Calling Out

I Believe

Broke Down

Hey You! (Lovers Of Music)

Come Back To Me

Can't Afford The Blues

Honey - Official Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZcNIXQdg0
Cam Penner's new album, Sex & Politics, is fearless. It swaggers playfully with confidence and bravado, tumbling along with a mighty roar. There are moments it draws you in close, seducing, building spaces where ghosts dwell and shadows beckon, and then the pulse quickens, releasing a symphony of sound and colour. Sex & Politics is further testament to Penner & Wood's musical migration into new territory.

Honey

Bring Forth The Healing

Look Out Your Window

New album. New sounds & Rhymes. Born from the winter.

No Angels No Devils

Over & Over

Right Here Right There Like That

It's A Constant

I Ain't Nobody

Tell Me When They're Gone

Lights On (High School Musical)

Poor You

Gather Round

Summertime song for the beach, by the river, underneath the sun.

Summertime sunshine summer dresses clotheslines longer days and Short nights bathing in the moon light

Morning heat bittersweet sweat upon the bed sheets
The sun is shining down on the grass under your bare feet

Throw your hands up

Gypsy summer

Throw Your Hands Up

ʻTo Build a Fireʼ speaks to the world. The symphony of sound and lyricism showcase the inevitable evolution of a growing artist; this album is a new start. Itʼs folk. Itʼs rock nʼ roll. Itʼs Cam Penner. Breathing fire into every note and lyric.

To Build a Fire

No Consequence

Memphis

House of Liars

Whiskey Lips

Curiosity

This Could Be Your Anthem

A kaleidoscope of sound and beats. A smashing remix of Cam Penner's 'Memphis' by Cam's musical cohort Jon Wood. Play it loud & shake your hips. For you for the taking & sharing!!

MEMPHIS (Shuffles Remix)

International Touring Bearded Troubadour. I love my sweetheart and my daughter. There are a million out there like me but none as handsome.

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