Another song from the deep well. It has evolved since the late nineties when we jammed it in practice. Still, we kept revisiting it… just couldn’t let it go.
We loved the song, Joy added an extra verse and here…
Week Six - Winter's on the Rise - 1978 to mid 1990s
I wrote this song in 1978 - with changes through to the mid 90s. I rewrote some of the lyrics leaving the guitar the same, recently adding subtle instrumentation - I have a warm spot in my heart for this…
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Week Five - Lizzy Speaks to Joy - 1991
LIZZY SPEAKS TO JOY
Dec 27th 1990 - Granny (Lizzy) passes.
Joy was sad about losing her granny and I tried to ease her loss with prose. The poem evolved into a song.
Lizzy Speaks to Joy ended up on…
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Week Four - Longing For You - 1990
I'd liked to give some love to the musician friends I played with long ago.
First - ‘The In Crowd’ - my first teenage band that morphed into ‘The Associated Few’.
(L to R) The In Crowd - Steve Semensky,…
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Week Three - Diamond Spell - 1989
Our kids were always singing while Joy and I were creating music at home - a busy, busy time raising three kids, bills to pay and trying to keep our music alive.
This video has my beautiful partner, Joy with…
Week Two - Goen Home - 1982
I wrote the prose for this song (intentionally misspelled) for my friend, and brilliant guitarist Jeff Brackett. We sat side by side endlessly in clubs answering requests - in rehearsals always pushing the envelope, constantly creating.
When we recorded these…
Week One - Prisoners - 1982
As the founding member of the band Brookfield North, (formerly Brookfield), I thought it would be a fun project to visit our discography and selected poetry from my books.
Once a week, I’ll post one song and one poem from…
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