MUSIC: I decided to mess up an old Byrds song. Read more →
Tag: americana
East Longmeadow
MUSIC: This song has a little bit of history to it. I actually wrote it when I lived in Colorado in the 80s and it was called Aurora. I was poking fun at suburbia and Denver in that version. It is almost hard to admit that I was making fun of the place after what they went through with the… Read more →
Everything Takes Longer
MUSIC: This song is my personal addendum to Murphy’s Law. “Everything Takes Longer. Everything Costs More” is part of Lehndorff’s Law and the reason my design business is such a huge success. Oh, wait… But this song seems to be my mantra of the day. Love on the Line by Peter Lehndorff Peter Lehndorff: guitar, vocals Jeff Pevar: electric… Read more →
My Two Cents Worth
MUSIC: This is one of my favorite tunes to play on the guitar. I was given a basic book of jazz guitar chords when I was photographing the great bass player Carole Kay, and one of the first exercises was this progression. I kept playing it and words came to me. This version has me doing most everything including my… Read more →
The Band in the Attic: Mustang midi controller
MUSIC: I’m a guitarist. I really stink on the piano and have never had the money to get an actual keyboard to add other instruments to my tracks. So this was the next best thing. This is a video to demonstrate how I use a video game controller, The Rock Band Mustang Pro controller to build midi tracks like piano… Read more →
What goes around, comes around
MUSIC: This song was inspired, sort-of, by listening to a bunch of Mark Erelli songs. Mark is one of my favorite songwriters and I was fortunate enough to design his first two CDs on Signature Sounds. He tells stories with many of his songs and somehow it inspired me to come up with one of my own. This is one… Read more →
Rocky Road
MUSIC: This song is not about the ice cream flavor. The first version of this song I was exposed to was on one of Peter, Paul and Mary’s early albums. I was probably in the 8th grade and I remember loving the guitar part(s). I kept playing the song over and over with guitar in hand. Pick the needle up.… Read more →