Thread of Love

I wrote Thread of Love in the early 2000s. It was the first song I co-wrote with Doug Von Koss of the Noah Project. I had heard of Doug from a friend. Immediately, I began driving over to the San Francisco Bay area to join in the men’s singing circle. I have...

River City Trouble

I moved to the Sacramento area in the fall of 1981. I wrote River City Trouble in the late 80s. I was paying attention to the local and regional issues of the day and managed to include a veritable grab bag of those issues all together in one song. I think this must...

Gaia’s Voice

Gaia’s Voice is an original collaborative piece referring to the Goddess, Gaia. I understand that Gaia was the ancient Greek Goddess of Earth. According to Hesiod’s Theogony of 700 BC, she was the ‘first to arise from chaos’. In the Homeric...

It Ain’t Natural

In these days of genetic engineering, tons of pesticides, and other offenses to the senses, we frequently say, “It ain’t natural.” This song is dedicated to the spirit of FairPlay Farm and all of the unsung and unknown organic gardeners and farmers...

Blessed

I am blessed… Blessed the Song I wrote this song – Blessed – for my life partner, Dena, back in early 2006. At that point in time, we had been married for over one year and she was out of town for a long weekend. I was missing her being home while,...