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Blue Sky Rain

So I left!
The Sunday before I left The Job, late July, I went in to clean out my office. When I left the
building, it was storming, raining. As I drove towards the freeway on-ramp, I’m …

The King

Kristian died.
August 2007 I met Greg and Hanni in Copenhagen. We took the train to Arhus, and were met by Disa and Niels. They took us to their farm house/brewery, where we sat at the kitchen table enjoying …

It Ain’t So Easy

…It didn’t used to be so hard…
At some point in life, it’s just not easy to keep on going. Life has become bittersweet… The day-to-day grind… It used to be a breeze, hanging out with Jackie (Jack T), partying…

Beer

So have a beer

Anthem, Baby! Written while driving on the 395, out in the country. Getting pretty thirsty…
and tipsy…

Pipes

Smokin’ pipes!
Tim wrote the lyrics. The lyrics play with my Pop’s cherry tobacco pipe and the pipe organ.
This song features my father Mahlon playing the pipe organ – on my rock record! And, of course …

Our Father

And say a Prayer.
This exercise took 3 years to complete. “It will be easy, the lyrics are done for you” – NOT! The middle third of the song required much shaping to get it to …