by Marshal McKitrick | Oct 21, 2016 | CD project, Videos and Vlogposts
No Changing the Truth – An Homage No Changing the Truth came through my creative jukebox over five years ago. It has since become my homage to the great American folk songwriter, Bob Dylan. Just to be clear, I don’t consider it a parody of Dylan’s...
by Marshal McKitrick | Oct 3, 2016 | CD project, Videos and Vlogposts
Irish Tears was another tune written during my coffee house heyday period. As with most Americans born in the states, I have a mixed bag of ancestors. On my father’s side of the family, I have Scots ancestors in my family tree of genetic code. When I was young I...
by Marshal McKitrick | Aug 31, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
Beauty Rises Forth was born out of a visit to the Garden of Saints which is located at the Vedanta Society of Sacramento. I think it was either in the spring or the summer of 2009 that I heard from a friend about an open meditation garden. My spiritual curiosity was...
by Marshal McKitrick | Aug 26, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
Earth Changes was written back in 1990 during my coffee house period. I don’t recall any specific inspiration at the time that may have sparked this tune. I’ve been a Nature appreciator and lover since growing up as a boy in southern Indiana. Watching the...
by Marshal McKitrick | Aug 19, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
I wrote Angels Here in the late 1990s. I had experienced a dry spell around songwriting during most of the 90s and wasn’t playing much guitar at all. At the time, I was married to my second wife, Patti. We lived in a nice house in the Hollywood Park area of...
by Marshal McKitrick | Aug 9, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
I wrote Moonlight during a very active period of songwriting back in the late 80s. It’s one of the songs I included on my Older and Wiser album. I’ve always been fascinated by the moon; the way it appears and disappears each month. I like to make a game of...
