by David | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
This seems as good a time as any to put up a song whose meaning I do know, and know well, to partner yesterday’s song, whose meaning I have no clue about, as I said. Turning Of The Tide is about my family on the day Canada declared war on Germany in September, 1939....
by David | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Upon Your Shoulders”. Some songs I write I never really understand. The imagery may strike me as sharp, if I’ve been lucky in the writing. The melody may stick in my head easily, or a nice hook may do the sticking. But I still won’t know where the song came from or...
by David | Dec 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Another song from the Beaver Point Hall performance. Every line of the verses starts with exactly the same words: “even if”. But the real point of the lyric is that even if everything that’s described actually happens, you’ll still find your way. Tara Hollingsworth is...
by David | Dec 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
After such a long absence from my page – and not for the first time either – any reason I might give for the delay would smell like an excuse. Instead let me simply introduce a rough mix of a live performance that was recorded and mixed by the incomparable Marc...
by David | Mar 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Here’s an old toon I happened to listen to lately.