by Marshal McKitrick | Jun 19, 2017 | artist spotlight
Jesse live at the State Theatre Last weekend, I went to hear Jesse Colin Young in concert up in the Gold Country foothills at the State Theatre in Auburn. I was accompanied by a good friend, who is also a guitar player and fellow songwriter. Great place to see and...
by Marshal McKitrick | Feb 18, 2017 | Videos and Vlogposts
Song Spotlight: Sequoia Dreamtime This song, Sequoia Dreamtime, was inspired by a trip Dena and I took in the spring of 2016. We took a long drive south of Fresno to attend a family reunion. I learned that the reunion location wasn’t far from Sequoia/Kings...
by Marshal McKitrick | Feb 12, 2017 | songwriter
The Brothers Taylor I’m a huge fan of James Taylor. In fact, he was one of the main singer-songwriters of the early 1970’s who greatly inspired me. Back in the early years of my guitar playing, I spent time learning Taylor’s hit tunes of the day like...
by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 17, 2016 | songwriting
As with some other songs of mine, I was inspired to write Four Corners by my observations of and inspiration by the natural world around me. I wrote it during the end of year holiday season in 1989. Flying Over Four Corners The song came to me while I was traveling...
by Marshal McKitrick | Apr 11, 2016 | songwriter
I have been a writer, an aspiring wordsmith, since I was a kid in grade school. I wrote in a journal, here and there. I wrote short stories about animals. I began writing poetry and songs somewhere in my twenties, after I learned how to play guitar at 16 years old. I...
