Written by: Dave

Written in 1996.
Recorded in 2010 in a basement.

This is the first song I ever wrote. I wrote it on my first guitar of course, which was named “Bloody Fingers”. The guitar was purchased from a friend for $10 and was a classical acoustic with bronze wound strings on it (hence the name). I had just looked up some chords and made this song change fingers around those basic chords. I have always been pleased with how it sounded, which I cannot say for many of the songs that came soon after it. This song also features my patent pending “elbow shake” acoustic effect maker.

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Written by: Dave

Written and recorded in 2004 in an apartment bedroom.

I wrote this and recorded it within about a 20 minute time frame and it has been one of my favorites ever since. I even like the low quality mic sound on this one. It was recorded with a directly input bass and two acoustic tracks through a cheap PC mic. The name is after Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo Texas.

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This here is a song that my grandpa first introduced me to while we were buying supplies to build a fence for my aunt. Everyone and their dog has done their own version of it, so I figured I would throw mine in too. I really see this song as one of the all time greats.

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Taking inspiration from an elderly couple singing songs and selling tapes at a Furr’s Cafeteria in Las Vegas I decided the old ball and chain and I would record some songs. The result is a mashed together version of all kinds of different experiments with mixing, jokes, original songs and other such things mostly comprised of first takes. Personally I am proud of this piece of work given the low number of takes and the fact that we were recording in a closet in our old barrio.

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In the eighth and ninth grade I had a friend who’s father had to have part of his cheek removed because he used so much chewing tobacco.  Oddly enough, this friend used tobacco himself.  Fast forward a few years and I was practicing with my band.  My buddy started playing a nice little country song he had written and there was a paper and pen right in front of me.

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Written by: Dave

Written in 2007. Recorded in 2009 in a basement.

Wrote this for a friend who used to be in a band with me. He was a little older than me and used to let me play his guitar when I was a little punk kid. Years after that, we made the band and would get together on Wednesdays, play songs and then go eat gigantic burritos. This one’s for Mike.

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Written by: Dave

Written in 1997. Recorded over a period of time from 2004 to 2009 in a garage filled with mattresses, a dining room in the barrio and a basement.

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I was on Ruckus (which gives you free songs if you have an edu email and sign up as a student) and I found Weezer has put out a Christmas EP. They had an album earlier this year which was one of the best albums this year and now they are finishing things up for 2008 nicely.

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