Nobody Wanted to Hire a Guitar Man

For the better part of 18 years I have played in various bands, playing various types of music in various types of venues (how's the for well-rounded?)

From hard-core metal to performance comedy to alt-country, I have written or performed songs that hopefully have appealed to a wide range of audiences.

Here are a few for you listening pleasure.

Dave's Trip I wrote this song in 1992 and recorded it with Planet Klown at Tubbs Recording Studio in Memphis TN. It is about a guy on drugs who feels that he has embodied the Earth; that he himself is the planet and can feel the Earth breathing, thinking and feeling.

Mexico I recorded this song while playing with MonkeyGrass in November of 1997 at Easely Studios in Memphis TN. It was always a crowd-pleaser and I considered it our signature song. It's funny how the subject of this song longs to travel to Mexico and now that I live 1 hour from Mexico, I have never been there.

Downwind Eyes I wrote this song in the spring of 2002 and recorded this with my most recent band Ghost Town. It was a garage recording and this is the only song you will hear me singing on. Based partly on non-fiction, the rest is pure imagination. It's about driving through Mississippi on a hot, humid August day and happening upon a fiery car wreck.

The World Waits for You I did not write this song, but recorded it recently with an internet buddy for a Jay Farrar tribute CD. I felt that it was beautiful in it's simplicity and quite powerful.