We’ve done pretty well with my completely artificial, self-imposed deadline of having the new record (yeah, I still call ’em “records”) done by December. I’m actually heading over to Santa Cruz this afternoon to record my pieces of the last two tracks.
I stuck to the name “Dogspeed”, and contrary to the reaction I usually receive, this is *not* a record full of songs about dogs. (That’s been done.) The title track is a ballad, and there’s a newer song about “Roselle”, one of the slightly unsung heroes of 911. The rest of the CD is filled with Americana stories, much like my first CD, “Spotted Mule and Other Tales”.
(Draft of the cover photo)
The songs are (intentionally) all over the map. Some are quiet, some not so much. There’s electric and acoustic guitars, some harmonica, and even a little ukelele on two of the tracks. If you’d like to hear a sample, I put together a medley on the music player over on my Music page. This montage includes pieces of “Tupelo Honey” (driven by a ukelele), “Hang It Up”, “I Miss My Town”, “Dogspeed”, and “Gettin’ To My Glory Days”. This track is the first song in the player, and I titled it “Dogspeed preview”. (Clever, huh?)