The Dust of Davy Crockett (Imagining America)

The Dust of Davy Crockett (imagining America).

2001 found me running the Festival of Friends in Hamilton. After doing three CDs in partnership with other artists I decided to try a spare solo voice and guitar project. I had a bunch of tunes that I brought back from Texas and California and I redid "Boots & Saddles" in my solo performance version.

This is a quirky collection of tunes dealing with Texas, computers, aging, and a side trip to NYC to visit the site of the September 11 attack. I like these songs a lot.

Songs are: Witness, Boots & Saddles, Cottontop, The Dust of Davy Crockett, Silverado, Louisiana Angel, Lone Star, Comanche Moon, Who the Woz Was, Justice.

This is just me and my guitar although Lone Star has a lovely chorus by Rob Lamothe and Lisa Winn.

Rob Lamothe engineered at his house in Hamilton.

The CD was mastered by David Bradstreet.

The song "Justice" was included in the compilation titled "Tears of a Thousand Years".

Steve Wozniak, the hero of "Who the Woz Was" heard the tune and said it sounded accurate to him.

In 2004 I performed several shows with "GeezerPalooza" consisting of Nancy Simmonds, Brent Titcomb, David Woodhead, David Bradstreet. These were hilarious shows and the music was strong - too bad that no commercial releases came out of this although one show was recorded in all its glory. It is a fun recording.