I don't know if there is a category for my music, but I think it should be called Basement or at the very least, Partially Finished Basement. This is where the music happens, often late at night when everyone else is asleep.
When I was four years old in 1962, I had my first musical awakening. I was listening to the radio and Ray Charles was singing "I Can't Stop Loving You". I sat behind the wood stove absorbing that music into my very core. That moment is as real today as it was back then. The local radio station played mostly country, and I was also fond of "Wolverton Mountain" by Claude King, and "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens.
A few years later, I discovered the Beatles via cartoons on television. I remember hearing "Devil In Her Heart", "Chains", and "A Hard Days Night". The Beatles were the coolest thing ever. It was hard not to get swept up by Beatlemania.
By the time 1967 came along, The Monkees had surpassed The Beatles on my musical scale. I got the album "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." for Christmas and listened to it non-stop. It was a wonderful album for a nine year old - psychedelic bubblegum pop music with great melodies and lots of references to girls. I got it on cd last year and still treasure it. Not much has changed...
In my teens, I got interested in all kinds of music. I started out on the drums, and later got into playing guitar. High energy music had a big impact on me - David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, MC5, The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Who. When I write and record these days, these early influences often seem to be present.
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* Wind Up
The future seems so uncertain at times; we never know where we might wind up.
* Creatures of Habit
It's an imperfect world - we've got to try harder to change it.
* Black Train
I've found St. John's Wort to be an effective remedy for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
* Lucky Day
Some days just turn out that way—and you really don’t know, when you wake up, which kind it’s going to be.
* No Yeah
Having young kids, I hear lots of no, no, no no....
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Two cds for sale:
"Into The Light"
"Drivin' Tunes"
These cds are currently on sale at CD PLUS on Barrington Street in Halifax, and THE AVON EMPORIUM in Summerville, N.S.. Also at MOE'S PLACE MUSIC SALES in Windsor, Nova Scotia. It's a great little store, and worth a visit if you're in the area.
