Instrumentals : Film Music

A Weissenborn guitar solo. This one is for Bill Hardin of Bear Creek Guitars--he built the incredible seven-string instrument used here.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

For the December babies--Stephany and Ezra. Baritone & lap style National tricones and octave mandolin.

Pop : Christmas/Seasonal

My take on Silent Night by Franz Gruber, who composed it on Christmas Eve, 1818, in the schoolhouse of Arnsdorf, Austria. Two steel-string guitars in 'Nashville tuning,' National steel guitar, acoustic bass--The Snowplow String Band. Thanks, Franz!

Acoustic : Acoustic General

...my favorite month. A dance in the leaves, New England string band style. Baritone & lap style National steel guitars, octave mandolin, banjo and stand-up bass. Lacy and a New England aster in the pic...

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

Just another day! Baritone National Reso-phonic tricone guitar on rhythm and lead, stand-up bass, snare and Exel 8-string lap steel. This one is for Michelle.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

For my old friend Michael Silvestri. High-string parlor guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin and lap steel guitar. You can hear Michael's beautiful guitar playing here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=78325

Country : Traditional Country

One of those beautiful traditional American songs pulled up from the well by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in North Carolina in the 1920s. The Suck Tones here as a southern old time string band. This one's for Lou, Grant & Michel, the railroad men.

World : Traditional Hawaiian

Maybe you know the feeling? You thought you had something, and then it's going, going, and one day it's just gone, man. And, of course, that look on your face...The Anti-Depressants on lap steel, guitar, strings & stand-up bass.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

The String Band from Hell just finished up a year-long gig in Dis, which is why my clothes smell like sulfer. Banjo, mandolin, djembe, fiddlesticks, stand-up bass, acoustic guitar, lap steel & vocal stylings. Note: Play this one very, very loud.

World : World General

Based on the memory of some recordings of guitar music from Zaire. Two 'rhythm' tracks from a table steel in C6 tuning, lead from an old Gibson lap steel; acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

Here's a solo guitar arrangement of the Charles Mingus tribute to Lester Young. My old man liked to wear a pork pie hat, too. I used a National tricone baritone guitar for this one.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

An instrumental from The Suck Tones inspired by the soundtrack of Sponge Bob and a question from Ezra. Remington 8-string table steel, mandolin, ukelele, acoustic guitar, electric bass & brushes on the djembe.

Blues : Country Blues

An early Sunday morning improvisation, with the sweet old dog asleep in the next room. Dobro solo--trying out a C6/Am7 tuning & I think I really like it.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

Sarah Radovich, vocals; National steel, guitar, bass by yrs truly; Jeff Learman, piano; Chris Houle, drums; mixed by Bruce Valeriani of Blue Bear Sound, Ottawa; mastered by John Scrip of Massive Mastering.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

My guitar arrangement of the piano composition by Abdullah Ibrahim. For Stephany--such a long night, and such a big mountain. Classical & steel-string guitars, electric bass.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

My favorite A.C. Jobim song: bassline descending in half-steps, lovely pedal point melody with leaps over the verb 'told,' the unbearable lyric. Classical guitar wi Fantom for percussion & pad in this 1.0 version.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

A shameless tribute to the late Israel Kamakawiwa Ole. Shane McMahon, vocal; yrs truly, guitar & octave mandolin. That's Shane in the pic.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

A waltz for Erin at age nine. Solo guitar.

Pop : Christmas/Seasonal

The Snowplow String Band here with a little seasonal country waltz around the subject of dreams. This began life as an instrumental, but just a few days later it grew some lyrics. Acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, mandolin, piano and lap steel.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

A little nocturnal piece from The String Band From Hell. Steel-string guitar, mandolin & octave mandolin. We've gotta returm to this one & make it sound like a guitar and mandolin orchestra...

Acoustic : Acoustic General

We wanted this to feel like the last waltz at a summer night's contradance at the Liberty grange. A song for my mother. The Suck Tones on National steel, octave mandolin, guitar, bass & piano.

World : Traditional Hawaiian

A slack-key tune, trying to get at that aloha feeling, and Lord knows it's elusive sometimes. Slack-key steel-string (DGDGBD), National steel guitar in the same tuning, octave mandolin and my old blonde Kay stand-up bass.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

A song about beginnings and endings. I didn't know I was writing it for myself! Fantom for piano & drums; lap steel lead on the bridge. Acoustic guitar with piano as a verse dialogue about what, exactly, happened.

Acoustic : Acoustic Guitar

This is an improvised duet on classical guitars from me and Michael Silvestri, a coffee-fueled conversation from our days playing as Cadenza.

Acoustic : Acoustic General

A very old recording--one of the first for me using the computer. Recorded with permission but uploaded just briefly for the heck of it.