Fusing the influences of Neil Young, Tom Waits, Daniel Johnson, Jerry Garcia and others with original songs done solo on acoustic guitar.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (30:52) !
Related styles: BLUES: Blues Vocals, BLUES: Acoustic Blues

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I just finished my 4th CD titled ââ¦So Many Roadsâ. As with the previous albums, this CD is my acoustical guitar and me singing bluesy originals that Iâve composed. Like so many artists, Iâve kept my âday jobâ to keep the wolf away from the doorâ¦and also like so many, my day time hours have been cut (3 days a week, was 6 days a week not long ago)â¦but like my song on the âOpen Heartâ CD ⦠Papa Canât Break Down or âMy Song Ainât Over Yetâ on this latest CD. Iâve a beautiful wife, healthy-handsome son and Iâm still eatingâ¦(in the north country, South Dakota, USA).

I originally started playing music as a drummer. My first drum set was used and the previous owner was a rodeo clown. That was a while ago. Iâve always loved music and the influences are wide (and varied). Growing up, I remember my Dad listening to John Prine, Johnny Cash, Jerry Jeff Walker, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, The Mystic Cowboys, etc. (I played some bar gigs with my Uncle Dan â The Mystic Cowboy, drumming). I still enjoy these artists, plus so many others.

Of course, all the vast experiences of my life reflect in my composing. My Mom and Dad are divorced and remarried. Mom is on her 2nd marriage and Dad on his 3rd. This has left me blessed with their love and the love of many siblings. Iâve lived in many places, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, South Dakota, Florida, California, Missouri and back to South Dakota, which continues to give me wanderlust.


The following are the lyrics for this CD "So Many Roads"

***â¦So Many Roadsâ¦
Donât forget where you came from
Donât get lost on your long way home
Youâve seen a lotâ¦You changed your heart
Youâve been downâ¦so many roadsâ¦

Donât forget the things you love so
You hold them close and then let them go
You had a lotâ¦to give away
Thereâs nothing youâ¦could ever own

â¦donât stay gone too long
youâll always have a place here
home is where the heart belongs
donât be a strangerâ¦

save me a place a the table
Iâll be home before the sun goes down
Good men get lostâ¦in this old world
I been downâ¦so many roadsâ¦

***Smell the Rose
I never let a dollar
Burn a hole in my pocket
I donât worry bout tomorrow
Iâm a smoke it if you get itâ¦kind of guy
I wonât let it pass me by

I been livin in the moment
You never know how long you got it
I wonât wait around for nothing
Get off your ass if you want itâ¦walk the walk
Well Iâm sick of idle talk

I been up and down the mountain
I been lost upon this road
But I wonât waste a single morning
You never know how good you got itâ¦till it goes
Well Iâm here to smell the rose

***My Song Ainât Over Yet
Some days its hard â to do whatâs best
When the wheels keep turning â you donât get nowhere
Yeah times get hard â and thereâs none to spare
Wolfs at the door and baby he sleeps there
But Iâm no worse for wearâ¦Iâll persevere

Some days itâs cursed â some days itâs blessed
Sometimes itâs both â itâs anyoneâs guess
The pages turn â theyâll never end
Everyday Iâm gonna start again
My song ainât over yetâ¦Iâll make amends

When life gets long â and weekdays blend
The seasons change and we change with them
I think of you and the times we spent
I think of time as an endless thread
Iâll see you around the bendâ¦weâll meet again

***Midnight Symphony
I bought a drum from a rodeo clown
I put my head to the ground â I could hear a heartbeat
I played along with the cricketâs song
I heard it all around â a midnight symphony
â¦oh gather round my fire
leave your baggage at the door
well the flames are getting higher
and the moon is bright
oh let my spirit soarâ¦
I woke up late and I could not sleep
For all the wind in the trees â I heard melodies
I sang along with the cottonwoods
I heard it all around â a midnight symphony

The moon was full and the river flowed
I felt it in my soul â the current spoke to me
I flowed along with the riverâs song
I heard it all around â a midnight symphony

***Clean Getaway
I wore out a lot of horses
Left some good things by the road
I didnât care where I was going
I was just lightening my load

I wore out a lot of welcome
A couple of days too long
I didnât care where I was sleeping
Turn around and Iâd be gone
â¦I was always passing through
I was never meant to stay
I tried so hard â to my heart be true
But it donât always work that way
Clean getawayâ¦

I lit out for the horizon
I felt the rambling in my bones
Something out there â just kept a calling
Never would leave me alone

I hope before the sunset passes
I find a place that feels like home
And somewhere still â a dream thatâs lasted
One that I can call my own

***Lost Trail
I followed your scent
There into the trees
And the sun sank down
And darkness fell on me
I laid myself down
Beneath an old tree
And closed my eyes
And started to dream

I followed your trail
Through rivers and fields
Found a strand of your hair
Up in the black hills
I seen the path of wildfires
Trees had been stripped bare
And the sunset on the ocean
I could tell youâd been there

I braved the high winds
And many nights of rain
Jus to wake and find
Your footprint washed away
I seen a flower growing
In a field of stone
Felt a new day dawn
Knew I was not alone

***Wayside Blues
I gave her my ring
And she pawned it for booze
I had no cause to complain
Cause I drank some too
She must have left it in the night
She must have stumbled by the moon
Somewhere along the line
I hope she finds her way through
She must have came by the way of the blues

I woke up in the rain
On a dark afternoon
Had no one else to blame
And the sky was just a bruise
I guess times getting hard
Anyplace that you go
Somewhere along the line
Hope I find my way through
Guess I came by the way of the blues

***Lakota Girl
Sheâll take off walking into the corn
Without a wordâ¦and sheâll be gone for days
But she always comes home and God only knows
Sheâs just made that way

She grew up runnin in the prairie sun
Her mama told..sheâd never stay one place
It was in her eyes when she was young...itâs in her soul
Sheâs just made that way

â¦she listens to the cottonwoods
she wanders in the wind
well I know my heart is hers
but I turn aroundâ¦sheâs gone againâ¦

in the early morning sheâll come around
without a soundâ¦and lay down next to me
well she always comes home and God only knows
sheâs just made that way

***Fall into Place
I got a good thing going
And thatâs enough for today
Ainât got no rhyme or reason
Just let it fall into place

I got a tired old engine
On its last leg
Still gets me where Iâm going
Just one more mileâ¦is all I pray

I wanna stand and face my weakness
I wanna steal your pain
And when at last I fall to pieces
Iâm gonna rise again

I wanna grow from failure
I wanna hold my faith
Iâd like to say forever
But sometimesâ¦it slips away

But I got a good thing going
And thatâs enough for today
Ainât got no rhyme or reason
Just let it fall into place