Tag Archives: song

Listen, Rewritten Song

Rewritten Song: Cause, Mama (version 2)

Audio

Well, here’s the re-recorded tune that I released this week, last year. Was actually on this date, last year. Go check out the original version and then compare and contrast.

You’ll see I didn’t change any of the words. Just how the song sounds. The cadence, the style, the meter. It’s a waltz now. I particularly enjoyed the mouth harp on this new one.

So this song is a year old. There you have it.

Now, Poor Elvis has a show tonight at the Orbit Room. Why not come check it out. You’ll probably hear my new tune “Mother Mary” (although, a little different than the version I recorded it for Monday).

It’s gonna be a good show. It’s outside on the back deck. Doesn’t get any better than that.

Here’s some more info. Starts at 8pm. See ya there.

Listen, Talkin' Headline Blues

The Talkin’ Headline Blues #81

Audio

All the news headlines you need to know from Monday.

I’ll admit that taking a break from these, while refreshing, made it a bit more difficult to compile headlines into a song. I was just outta practice and it took me the whole entire day to write the song. Had to keep going back, hoping for rhyming words to pop into the headlines over at CNN.com. Maybe I can just blame CNN for not writing good enough headlines, though. Yeah, I’ll do that.

Get it together, CNN.

Listen, New Song

Mother Mary

Audio 2 Comments

Okay, here we go…a new song called Mother Mary. After, well, let’s see, about seven and a half months. I’m okay with that. Wasn’t for lack of playing or performing.

Anyway…have a listen.

I had the idea for this tune jumbling around up in my head for about a week and then I sat down on Wednesday in a quiet moment of clear breath (for about the first time since January) and popped it out.

Felt easy…like I hadn’t quit writing.

Oh, did you not know I’d quit writing? It was a break. I was doing it and then I wasn’t.

And now I am again. So there.

So, I had this idea. The “Mother Mary” idea. The two-word phrase going over and over and I knew I had to get it out out out. I think I did. I like the way the verses flow.

The chorus part I had a little trouble with. Had three different versions of it. The other two were much too complicated, so I simplified it. Threw out what wasn’t needed and I’m pretty sure I still said what I needed to say.

And that’s that.

A new Talkin’ Headline is coming your way on Tuesday too. And then the re-recorded version of the song I released this week, last year. That’ll be on Wednesday. It’s a re-record of the tune “Cause, Mama,” if you wanted to get a jump on listening to the original version.

Listen, Rewritten Song

Rewritten Song: Baby, Work It All Night For Me (version 2)

Audio

So, here’s where I start doing re-recorded songs again. This is the one I wrote and recorded this week, last year. You can listen to and read about the original here, which was inspired by a Blind Boy Fuller tune.

This new version is kind of a melodramatic, overly-sentimental version of the song. It’s sung in 3/4 time. It’s nothing special. I just needed to get it done as a starting point, that’s all.

Listen, Talkin' Headline Blues

The Talkin’ Headline Blues #80

Audio

And…here’s the Talkin’ Headline for this week. That was easy enough to get back into the swing of things.

Tomorrow, look for the re-record of last year’s weekly song. I’ll get it up before heading out on tour. Off to Madison on Saturday morning.