This one is about a couple of my friends who exist and a girl that doesn't

Drums--Chris Parr
Bass--Aaron Harms
Pedal Steel--Neil Harms
Guitar--Ben Van Dyke
Violin--Molly Healey
Keyboards/Vocals--Wes Wingate

Work Out Your Own Salvation

"Marie(Whomever You May Be)" -The Late Night Benedictions - Work Out Your Own Salvation (2013) HTR

My dear friend David Witter wrote this song somewhere along the lines of his stint in the Navy.  He would send me demos of things he was writing over the years and this one always stood out in my ears.  Dave joined Stingrays during the recording of the Smile and Nod album so I asked him if we could cut this one and he agreed and then surprisingly insisted that I sing lead and he sing the harmonies.  Which I still don't understand, because he is the better singer of us.  But the result is pretty splendid if I do say so.

Drums/Percussion--Rob Medcalf
Bass/Rhythm Guitar/Vocals--David Witter
Lead Guitar--Greg Hausman
Piano/Organ/Vocals---Wes Wingate

"Buckley Hills" - Stingrays - Smile and Nod (2014) Home Tone Records

This song was written by Peter Shauger, who lives near Philadelphia.  We "met" on My Space like 14 or 15 years ago.  Anyway, he had a group called The Bye-Byes and they have a nice collection of smart and well-crafted pop/rock songs.  But this one stood out to me.  The lyrics felt like I could have written them.  So I asked Pete if I could record my own arrangement of this one, and he was kind enough to oblige.

Drums--Rob Medcalf
Guitars--Greg Hausman
Bass--Jeremiah Lotven
The other stuff--Wes Wingate

Recorded at Mansion Studio in Columbia, MO by Bruce Barkelew and Adam Roehlke

"Now That No One Listens To Me" - Stingrays - Smile and Nod (2014) Home Tone Records

"Ocean View" - Stingrays - Smile and Nod (2014) Home Tone Records

Chris Parr wrote this nice little ditty.  A nice and simple country song.

Drums--Chris Parr
Bass--Aaron Harms
Guitar--Ben Van Dyke
Vocals--Wes Wingate

"Runnin' Away" - The Late Night Benedictions - Sounds Like... (2019)HTR

I wrote this song while in jail.  

Drums--Chris Parr
Bass--Aaron Harms
Guitar--Neil Harms
Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals--Wes Wingate
Lead Guitar--Ben Van Dyke

"Dust On My Progress" - The Late Night Benedictions - Sounds Like... (2019)HTR

This was a carry over from the Robots album in 2004.  It always seemed a little too country for that record.  And the Benedictions took to it real nice, I feel.

Drums--Chris Parr
Bass/Pedal Steel--Aaron Harms
Guitar--Ben Van Dyke
Keyboards/Vocals--Wes Wingate

"Sweetest Muse"  - The Late Night Benedictions - Sounds Like... (2019)HTR

I think this was my attempt to write an Elvis Costello-ish country song.  But I think it probably landed closer to a CCR B side.  

Drums--Chris Parr
Bass--Aaron Harms
Guitar--Neil Harms
Lead Guitar--Ben Van Dyke
Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals--Wes Wingate

"What A Woman"  - The Late Night Benedictions - Sounds Like... (2019)HTR

Tim picked this one to do for Million Dollar Bash and Henry Clay ripped some harp over the top.  Pretty rockin'.

Drums--Physhawn Johnson
Bass--Bryan Maness
Keyboards/Vocals--Wes Wingate
Guitar/Vocals--Brent Maness
Lead Guitar/Lead Vocals--Tim Lloyd

"License To Kill" - The Doxies with Henry Clay - Million Dollar Bash (2006)

Recorded in the Spring of 2006 with Adam Roehlke and others at The Bridge studio in Jamestown, MO.  

Vocals--Julie McGeorge
Rhodes/Guitar/Vocals--Wes Wingate
Bass--Kevin Hennessy