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About Me

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Once upon a time I started out to write a happy song. I was born in Michigan, raised in Arizona, and live in San Francisco. I'm sometimes inspired, awed, destitute. This music is grounded in traditional American music and troubadours from various walks of life. This set of songs was recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco. Scott Solter was the engineer. I blew the harp, played the guitar, did the vocals, and bumbled a little on the organ. The songs were recorded in Dec of 2007 and February of 2008.
Friday nights can get a little wild.
Love. Sweat. Beauty. Amen.
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Two Voices in a Meadow
A Milkweed

Anonymous as cherubs
Over the crib of God,
White seeds are floating
Out of my burst pod.
What power had I
Before I learned to yield?
Shatter me, great wind:
I shall possess the field.
A Stone
As casual as cow-dung
Under the crib of God,
I lie where chance would have me,
Up to the ears in sod.
Why should I move? To move
Befits a light desire.
The sill of heaven would founder,
Did such as I aspire.

Richard Wilbur
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/1/2006
Band Website: saintmilkweed.com
Influences: Music I like...

Mountain Goats, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Daniel Johnston, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Elliot Smith, Beck, Roscoe Holcomb, Flatt and Scruggs, Tom Waits, Doc Watson, Carter Family, Etta Baker, Paul Simon, Iron & Wine, Johnny Cash, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Charlie Patton, Nirvana, Early Elton John, David Gray, Norman Blake, Thoreau, Lao Tsu, Walt Whitman, Julian Bream, Blind Willie Mctell, Blind Willie Johnson, Ramblin Jack Eliot, Josh Ritter, Jose Gonzalez, Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Rufus Wainwright, Gordon Lightfoot, Spoon, Okkervil River, Lifter Puller, David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, John Vanderslice, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Townes Van Zandt, Martin Sexton, Gillian Welch, REM, Steely Dan, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bert Jansch, Death Cab for Cutie, Tom Petty, Randy Newman, John Gorka, Greg Brown, Jim Croce, Ry Cooder, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon

Sounds Like: Acoustical parody of twittering magpies. I like to imagine Nick Drake drinking with Blind Blake, when I'm drunk.

Record Label: sparrowdown records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Convalescing in the desert

I'm in Arizona for a while, reconnecting with the family, convalescing spiritually, regaining perspective, after having my heart brayed into powder in San Francisco. Writing a new song, and finishing ...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 04 May 2008 04:38:00 PST

A search for identity, a master of sound

For the past few days I've been using my graphic design training to put together the album art for release by Sparrowdown Records. I cut the final fifteen songs down to twelve that I felt were the str...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:14:00 PST

Heart shaped laments

I spent Valentines day and the day before in Tiny Telephone with Scott again. I re-recorded some of the weaker numbers from the previous session, as well as a new song, which turned out to be one of t...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:10:00 PST

Another year, another year

The new year never sinks in until my birthday. Then I scramble to decorate myself with honors or at least throw together some haphazard resolutions for good measure. I sort of tweak the resume for the...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:04:00 PST

Korea, where reticent sirens drink soju

Almost by accident, swept by fate, I took a month long sojourn in Seoul Korea to visit a few friends and colleagues. En route I stopped over in Hong Kong for a week to visit another friend, and we cel...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST

Recorded songs at Tiny Telephone

Spent the last five days recording fourteen songs, mostly me with the acoustic, live with a few sparse overdubs. I felt diminutive trying to fill the large room at Tiny Telephone. Scott Solter was the...
Posted by saint milkweed on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:50:00 PST