Well today’s the day. The album has been released. Before you start to listen to any of it go ahead and set aside an hour. It ain’t easy being an album person in a single teeny-bop world. I made the album to be enjoyed as a whole and it does have a theme and a cohesive story. If anyone is curious about any of the songs meanings or inspirations I would be ecstatic to explain. Have a listen:
For a little Valentine’s Day cheer we decided to do some songs that contain the word “love” and let people download said recordings have a listen:
It is no secret that I am a fan of the band Big Wreck, so here is a cover of one of their classic tunes. Enjoy:
Well its time for another cover song to get posted up here. As a little background for this one, it is a Buddy Holly song that I have had this version of worked up for a while. I grew up near the same area of Texas that Buddy is from and have always been a fan.
I am a fan of the collected works of one Ian Thornley and have mentioned such several times. I was excited for a few minutes when I found out about this contest:
I was in a band with some friends back in the day. We were called AppleWhite. This is one of the songs we came up with.
Written by: Dave
Written in 1997.
Recorded in 2004 in a mattress filled garage.
This is the first fully lyric-ed and finished, non-instrumental song I ever wrote. I wrote it on my second guitar, which is named “Penny”.
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.
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.
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.
