2017
Confession
A lusty, half-comic confession song that piles appetite on appetite until desire becomes the whole joke. It is playful and knowingly excessive, closer to a grin than a scandal.
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16 songs
2013
John Prine Song
An affectionate tribute to the plainspoken songwriting tradition John Prine made his own, where humor and heartbreak sit side by side. The song celebrates the way simple language, well placed, can carry...
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2010
Sweet Roll
A 12-bar blues song with stops, built as an extended food metaphor for desire and companionship. The bridge turns practical: "together we will go exploring, variations on our homemade recipe." Rollicking,...
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2010
Tweet This!
A comic complaint about distracted living in the age of screens. Beneath the jokes is a real frustration with how quickly attention is broken, and how much human conversation gets flattened in the process.
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July 15, 2018
Sweet Mary Jane
A blues song addressed to marijuana as a companion when other comforts have failed. Its humor never quite hides the loneliness underneath.
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2013
Not So Blues
A 12-bar blues instrumental — no lyrics, just the standard I–IV–V progression with room for improvisation. Loose and good-humored, it sounds like a player enjoying the space between songs.
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2010
Let it Flow
An exuberant song about opening up to the world and letting joy rush in. What begins with windows and sunlight widens into something freer and more bodily, as if release itself were the point.
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2016
Creature Discomfort
A darkly comic song about media saturation, public cruelty, and the warped creature that collective fear can summon. The tone is satirical, but the unease underneath it is real.
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2008
Don't Wanna Be Your Friend No More
A sly blues song about the difference between saying goodbye and actually letting go. What begins as a complaint gradually reveals its own entanglement, giving the song both its humor and its sting.
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2016
It's Over
A bleak, matter-of-fact song about waking up to the feeling that something fundamental has already been lost. It is less melodrama than recognition, with humor used only to make the truth bearable.
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December 24, 2024
Choir of the Aged
A sharply observed group portrait, affectionate and mocking at once, of older performers and personalities sharing a stage. Beneath the satire is real fellowship: a recognition that everyone in the room is...
April 28, 2026
Why Can't You Be Nice
A lighthearted blues complaint from a man who's sure of his own heart and baffled by hers — "sometimes it's warmer, sometimes it's torture." The verses walk the line between plea and accusation until the last...
2016
Blue in Bluegrass
A playful bluegrass song about adding blues sensibility to the genre. The argument is in the metaphors: "like moonshine booze," "it smokes clean and smooth." The whole thing is cheerful and undemanding, with...
2014
Dance with Me
A playful invitation song that keeps widening its welcome from dancing and singing to staying close all night. It is light on its feet and fully aware of its own charm.
