Gas Station TV
Gas Station TV had been brewing for several years, as I was amused by the mini-television screens at gas stations. I started filming what was being shown on those little tv screens about 5 years ago. During COVID, during the elections, during the overseas wars and strife, government shutdowns, riots and shootings in our nation, and in our hometown, and so many more crucial events, gas station tv was the ultimate in trivial news, and advertising. What an escape it was, as well as a metaphor for the escapism that I and I believe so many others, find on tv and radio shows. We could all be watching a show on gardening, or a comedy, or a game show, or a manufactured, scripted reality show, while the world is in turmoil.
So Gas Station TV is an acknowledgment, and an embracing, of escapism, and also expresses my need to take a break from it all. I had a lot of fun writing and recording the song, as it felt like a musical comedy sketch, that was upbeat musically, and maintained a soft political punch.
Listen to the Gas Station TV on your favorite platform.
Gunslinger (Single)
"The Beginning”
“Gunslinger” started as a simple melody on the guitar, with an open tuning. I was trying out some chords and finger placements. The chord progression developed, and some words followed. My father was declining in health at that time, and he had said previously, (paraphrasing), “you’ll need to look after the family”. I felt the weight of it as being important to him to carry out his wishes, but thought in my storyteller way, what if this was a conflictual request. What if looking out for family, (or friends), comes with a high cost, and putting oneself in precarious, or criminal activities. Gunslinger speaks to family loyalty and protectiveness at any cost.
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Gunslinger (EP)
"The Story Continues”
Track Listing:
Gunslinger
Rat Show
Running Out of Time
Confessional
Rattlesnakes
Happy Trails
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