Needless to say, we have all been subject to "the great pause." I wrote this song in January of 2020, which turned out to not only foreshadow, but ultimately underscore the year. While chaos ensued all over the world, in our communities and within my own home, there played this beautiful & soothing melody with two words I needed to hear every

Needless to say, we have all been subject to "the great pause." I wrote this song in January of 2020, which turned out to not only foreshadow, but ultimately underscore the year. While chaos ensued all over the world, in our communities and within my own home, there played this beautiful & soothing melody with two words I needed to hear every day, "Slow Down."

When I say this album is deeply personal, "Why Change" is first song I think of. It offers a glimpse into the dark, shadowy corners of my mind where I tend to have more questions than answers, where self-doubt and deprecation run rampant, and I tend see myself as some kind of imposter. All the while, there is also a still small voice speaking the

When I say this album is deeply personal, "Why Change" is first song I think of. It offers a glimpse into the dark, shadowy corners of my mind where I tend to have more questions than answers, where self-doubt and deprecation run rampant, and I tend see myself as some kind of imposter. All the while, there is also a still small voice speaking the truth, whether I am willing to hear it or not.

James "Poncho" Arnold is my next door neighbor, an 86-year old man who has lived more than 9-lives between his time serving in the Korean War and raising three generations beneath him. The third verse of this song came to me in a flash of sorrow the day I learned Poncho's late wife, Adele had passed. We have so much to learn from those who came

James "Poncho" Arnold is my next door neighbor, an 86-year old man who has lived more than 9-lives between his time serving in the Korean War and raising three generations beneath him. The third verse of this song came to me in a flash of sorrow the day I learned Poncho's late wife, Adele had passed. We have so much to learn from those who came before us, and so much to cherish while they're still here.

As the lyrics say, way out west in the state of Texas, there's a little ghost town perched along the Rio Grande on the outskirts of Big Bend National Park. It was in this town that my long-time friend Dave Madden and I sat on the porch of the Starlight Bar taking in the vibrant and quirky blend of locals and tourists who swarm the place daily. The

As the lyrics say, way out west in the state of Texas, there's a little ghost town perched along the Rio Grande on the outskirts of Big Bend National Park. It was in this town that my long-time friend Dave Madden and I sat on the porch of the Starlight Bar taking in the vibrant and quirky blend of locals and tourists who swarm the place daily. The song itself is a throwback to Jerry Jeff Walker, whose album "Viva Terlingua" paved the way for so many rogue songwriters to leave the beaten path of mainstream music to find their own sound.