Angels Here

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...

Brand New Day

I have learned that every day is a brand new day, full of possibility and promise. I sing this song as a positive affirmation to remind myself and others of this. I can re-start my day when it’s going sideways or not the way I would prefer. It’s in the...

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,...

Glass Boxes

This week’s house concert video is Glass Boxes, a song I was inspired to write after reading Ayn Rand’s classic and controversial book, The Fountainhead published in 1943. I was inspired by her impression of architects and their impact on society. I recall...

The Man Is a Wordsmith

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...