Live on KDVS, February 2005

2005 was sort of a turning point for me musically. I had hit a point where i thought about stepping back and focusing on other things. I had made a couple acoustic records that hadn't really found much of a fan base outside my own circle. Jackson was a year and half old, and our second son Elijah was on the way. I'd just moved back to the town i grew up in, and i felt like my life was getting pulled in a strange, yet all too familiar direction.

Instead of throwing in the towel, i made a conscious effort to write pop songs, and started Beat Radio. But a few months before that happened, i took a trip out to the west coast for the first time to play some shows. The whole trip was sort of a pilgrimage for me - especially going to San Francisco and checking out the City Lights Bookstore and walking around the streets i'd read about in all those Jack Kerouac books.

The highlight of the trip was getting to play live on the air at KDVS. Michael Leahy invited me to do a session for his great Cool as Folk Show.

I stumbled across the mp3's the other day in my itunes. you can check them out here:
television

the man i should be

fearful

silver birds

hope you like them.