Don't Mention The War - The Video

I'm very excited to show you this wonderful video that Dan Andrews did for "Don't Mention The War" with help from Mike Allen. It's beautiful and really moving, I think. Hope you like it, and 1,000,000 thanks to Dan and Mike for making it happen.

February 4, 2017 - Record release day!

Hi, Happy New Year, how've you been, sorry to have been so remiss yet again. Leaving Facebook one more time, so look for updates here, Twitter and Instagram until people learn to play nice again.

On February 4, 2017, my new 45 rpm 7" single will be released. I've posted the cover before, but here it is again, for all to see.

I'm really happy with how it all turned out, and I hope you like it too. 

You will be able to order the record (as well as Out of My Way CDs) from Big Cartel. (Right now, if you follow the link, you won't see a way to order the single, but you can mark your calendar for 2/4 and will be able to place the order then).

On February 3 and 4, I will be back in Atlanta, playing with Magnapop and Elf Power at 529. Tickets are available now.

In other news, I'm heading to 30A Songwriters Festival in FL at the end of this week.  Last year, I had a great time playing, listening and hanging out, and this year looks promising as well.

Thank you for your patience with me and this project. It's fairly obvious I've never put a record out on my own before, so the path has been bumpy while the payoff is quite worthy.

Eureka!

The exclamation 'Eureka!' is famously attributed to the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes. He reportedly proclaimed "Eureka! Eureka!" (i.e. twice) after he had stepped into a bath and noticed that the water level rose, whereupon he suddenly understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged. -- Wikipedia

It would appear we have made significant progress. The third set of test pressings have been approved by my listening committee (basically, Brent who mastered the record, James and Mark who produced it with me, and two other friends with nice higher-end stereo units) and I've signed off on it with the pressing plant.

So that means...

Eight to ten more weeks of waiting for the product to arrive. I guess that means I'm heading back to 30A in January empty-handed again. At least when I announce "I have a record coming out," I won't feel like a bald-faced liar.

Stay tuned. As a taste, here's what the cover's going to look like.

Cheery, no?