Songs of Now, Then, and Beyond

ROUGH DRAFTS - CURRENTLY IN THE HOPPER

Beware of a few warts and hiccups! ; )

ODE TO DAD - An Immigrant's Story.mp3

ODE TO DAD - An Immigrant's Story

The idea for this song came after having read an article about the challenges and tribulations of Ukrainian refugee families who fled their country following the Russian invasion. I was a bit touched, but then started thinking more and more of my Dad's somewhat comparable story. He left the Ukraine for the U.S. close to a hundred years ago after a rather unique but tragic series of events. The song is a tribute to dad's pretty amazing, though in a number of ways not that untypical life story (see Dad's Story). It is also a nod of recognition and respect to those people (or parents or ancestors) who came to America , often fought for our country, worked incredibly hard to raise their families in an honest manner, and attempted in their own ways to realize the American Dream.

HEY MAGA.mp3

HEY MAGA!

Whatcha done to our country? I know this song isn't going rise to the top ten on the pop music charts. But it reflects my hope that our country recovers from these years of grift, greed and gall, and from the large scale subservience shown by so many to a convicted criminal and sex predator that made that all possible.

COVID SPRING 2020 - The Journey Home.mp3

COVID SPRING 2020: The Journey Home

Based to a large extent on my sister's cross country trip from her temporary job working on the Shoshoni-Paiute Indian reservation in Nevada, back to her home in Tennessee in the midst of a pandemic, tornadoes and floods. It was a time of surging Covid related deaths, many people stressed about coming within a few feet of others, simple things like shopping, going to the gas station, or a restaurant becoming matters of serious concern, and so much of the country seemingly shut down. Under these circumstances, her journey home seemed to me to be a rather epic cross-country road trip as Covid was on the roam.

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