BHA

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Corona Lockdown Blues (Dec 2020). This is a parody of my NAFTA Blues song from 2000. Its all about the current state of affairs in December 2020. THINGS TO KNOW: Can you say Landslide!!!

Countyline (May 2020). I wrote this in 2004 and made a demo of it, which I was never pleased with the demo and wrote the song off.   After reading the autobiography of Guy Clark and listening to his music and that of his guitar picker, Verlon Thompson, I decided the song was worth a another try. THINGS TO KNOW: I left my hometown in 1972 for the Navy. Everytime I would cross the Countyline I would blow my horn for a half mile! Talking with some of my shipmates, they told me the did the same!

Fifty Shades of Blue (Apr 2015) In Bellamy Brothers style I wrote the song during the Fifty Shades of Grey movie crazy. I didn't record it until 2018 when the Nashville drummer Gregg Stocki returned to Germany for a short tour with Daniel T. Coates.   THINGS TO KNOW..I fell in love with this Jazzy chord progression a year before I wrote this!!

Grandpa and Charlie Poole: (Oct 2012) I wanted to write a tribute to my Grandpa Boss Foley (Mama's Daddy). He died of cancer in 1961 when I was 7 years old. I have a few faint memories of him. But I remember stories about his "Moonshiner Days" and that the great Charlie Poole would visit and hang around for a few days at a time, before he became famous. The statistics of Charlie Poole and Grandpa Boss are all true. THINGS TO KNOW: Mama used to say, if she woke up to the sound of Charlie Poole records, she knew if was gonna be a good day (meaning her Daddy wasn't too hung-over)

Red & Mae's (Feb 2018) Every year after our annual Country Music Convention, I'm normally inspired to write some specific. This time I was just inspired to write something after a pretty long dry spell. Decided I'd play tribute to my favorite beer joint back home over the county line where they could serve beer on Sundays.   The song is pretty much autobiographical. In the past 10 years, the NEW Red and Mae's has gone thru a number of management changes and has never lived up to the original. THINGS TO KNOW..My Real Cousin Earl was a regular at Red and Mae's, but he never caused any trouble. I sent him a demo in Sep 2019 to get his approval to honor him in the song. Earl passed away in December 2019 from COPD.!!

Love Song (Aug 2018) As the song says I written about everything, but not any Love Songs. I came across this phase in my head "we're not perfect, but we're perfect for each other"..or maybe I read it!!!! From that I was able to write a Funny Love Song! THINGS TO KNOW..I love the line, we've lived every word of our Marriage Vows!- Folks sometimes I just hold the pen!

Put Switzerland Behind Me (Dec 2012) I was messaging with a musical friend in Switzerland on day, it this song just came out of nowhere! THINGS TO KNOW..Going to Amsterdam to see the Tulips Blooming is on my Bucket list!

Scars (Jan 2007) This song started as a reflection of working with really stupid bosses. Which I was burdened with more than my share of bosses that were extremely stupid. THINGS TO KNOW..The closing line of my Navy Retirement speach was "Friends Come and Go, but Enemies Accumulate.!

Valentine Day (Feb 2018) I had just written Red and Mae’s when the Mass Shooting in Parkland High School happened. The message was quick and simple. Musically was I challenging myself to write a song not going to the “5” chord. THINGS TO KNOW.. The whole thing still pisses me off.

Walmart Girls (Nov 2014) A parody of my Pretty Girls song. Right after I did the the duet with Doug Adkins I wrote the parody based upon the website “Walmartians”. I made a picture video and put it on YouTube and it has gotten more hits than any of my other videos!! THINGS TO KNOW: Doug passed on this one, gotta protect his image!!!!! Delighted to fellow American Singer Songwriter Lonnie Dale joining me!

What Have We Learned (Apr 2020) The second Corona Virus songs on the album. In the first lockdown and before the attack was so strong in the US, so many people where on social media saying how when it was over, how kind would be to one another and how they would be thankful of simple things in life.   My thought was the opposite. Six months after its over, nothing will have changed in peoples attitudes. THINGS TO KNOW.. This is a Guy Clark style loop from his song Randall Knife or Let It Roll.

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