Man Behind the Curtain

I posted the final version of the song to the MN Music Gather.com Group today! Sorry, Jimmi, we were hoping to get a mando track on there, but the submissions were rolling in fast, and I didn't want to miss the window!

St Patrick's Day Gig

Our band, The Mighty Fine Wake Band, just did our annual St Patrick's Day gig at Cravings in White Bear Lake. It went well, all told. Here's MP3's of the entire first set (I forgot to press "record" for the second set (!!!!!)). I included "Teach Your Children", even though it did not go all that well. If you want, you can skip to the end to hear our patter about it, which is the best part of that particular MP3.

• 01_Long_Black_Veil
• 02_She_Was_the_Prize
• 03_Fare_Thee_Well
• 04_Leaving_of_Liverpool
• 05_Joy_of_My_Heart
• 06_Pipe_Organ
• Teach_Your_Children (removed for your protection)
• 08_Helpless
• 09_The_Weight
• 10_Irish_Water
• 11_Helplessly_Hoping
• 12_Evangeline
• 13_Things_We_Have_To_Do

Enjoy!

Three Christmas Songs

Darcy did a gig last week, and she has a bunch of Christmas songs under her fingers on the harp. So, we've gone into the studio and recorded the entire set. Here's the first three for your listening pleasure, Let It Snow, In The Bleak Midwinter, and Gifts (Underneath the Christmas Tree), a song I wrote for Darcy last year. It's such a pleasure to hear her sing my song!

Let Yourself Listen

I've completed work on Let Yourself Dance, the last of Rick's song I recorded in NC. Hope you like it.

<guilt>However, I do notice that no-one has taken the time to leave even one comment on the previous two songs, so I guess nobody has anything nice to say? OK, I'll let Rick know his fanbase is shrinking...</guilt> :-)

More Music from Rick Myers

While our family was on vacation this summer in Corolla, NC (more on that later, perhaps), I was fortunate to be able to pull Rick, Darcy's dad, aside and record another couple of songs. I had already recorded Crossing Streets the last time he was in Minnesota to visit. But I wanted more! So we got three recordings started while we were out there. Fishing on the St. John and Orlando are ready, and I'm still fighting with the drum part on the third - soon to come. Post your comments, so Rick can hear what great songs these are!

Old McDonald, Amelia Style

Amelia turns 2 next week, on August 19, and she's ready to celebrate. Here's her version of Old McDonald, on the piano. She provides her own applause.

I Hold Your Hand

The Yoguys have (partially) emerged from the shadows! Though the miracle of the internet and distributed music production, we're been able to record one of my songs! Doug plays the uke on this tune, and I'm playing my new keyboard from James. Thanks to both of you!

OH BABY

I made this song up to soothe Amelia, so I decided to record it. She "sang" along, as you can hear. She loves to dance to this recording, even as she listens to herself cry! I dunno, I kind of think her part adds some atmosphere, don't you? I did the recording in Garageband. That's my new acoustic bass you're listening to.

Mad Science

Here's the most scientific love song I've ever written, inspired by my teacher and mentor, Peter Mayer. It's called I Hold Your Hand. Please forgive the scratch recording - I just wrote it tonight and I really wanted to share it with all of you.

When Lilies Bloom

My latest song shows that, at least for me, you can still get excited about your birthday, even if you are over 40. It's an Mp3 - You know the deal by now, right? (6.3 meg)

Crossing Streets

While Rick was here, he sang us a song he had written back when Darcy was 17. And so I convinced him to go into my studio and record it. So here it is. I'm really glad we could capture that. You know, he has so many songs. We should record a lot more of them.

I just love it. Though of course it makes Darcy cry. Rick is so cruel.

My Singing Bird

We recorded Darcy singing an Irish lullaby, "My Singing Bird" (6meg, mp3). She intends to make an album of lullabies. Wake me up when it's ready!

If you have a slower connection to the internet, you might want to download the file to your hard drive before you try playing it.