WadeBWard
americana, acoustic, theater, pop, jazz, great american songbook, rock, country, vocal, humorous, parody, folk
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Two Lefts Don't Make A Right Two Lefts Don't Make A Right
A straying husband sees the lights and runs back home with his tail between his legs.
Dangerous Road Dangerous Road
The metaphor of a street or highway or road is common in many fields of music. It just fits so well .... why not keep using it?
California Morning California Morning
I wanted to write an anthem celebrating the great state of California -- something to rival Georgia On My Mind. You can tell me if you think I came close.
Maybe I'm Crazy Maybe I'm Crazy
We use the word 'crazy' a lot -- and pretty loosely. Medical people shudder when they hear it -- and it's not exactly politically correct.
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After spending a wasted youth performing in bands and as a solo artist, I'm currently only interested in songwriting and recording. OK, if you get me a little tipsy, or there's some money waved before my eyes, maybe my iron resolve will waver ... I'm only human, y'know?Band/artist history
I was born at a very early age. I wanted to be born in a hospital, so I could be close to my mother. Take my wife, please.
But all seriousness aside, folks, I was raised in a musical household and was given a record player at a very early age. I learned to conduct from watching "Sing Along With Mitch" on TV and perfected my craft to my parents' records -- Tony Bennet, Guy Mitchell, The McGuire Sisters, Rusty Warren.
I was born in 1956 -- the year Elvis took America by storm. I became musically aware in 1964 -- the Year the Beatles took America by storm. I picked up the guitar and taught myself to play in 1969 -- the year Ferd McClarty took the country by storm.
OK, Ferd is not quite as well known as Elvis and the Beatles. Maybe I need to rethink my role models.
I started writing songs and nobody paid me to stop, so I kept writing them. I joined forces with my brothers and eventually we formed a band with extremely confusing song lists in the mid-70s. It was called the Bunk House Boys, and performed songs by such diverse artists as Hank Williams, The Rolling Stones, The Fabulous Poodles, Elvis Costello, The Allman Brothers, and some original songs by me, my brother Craig and my brother Bart. We were world famous in Kansas, and we had a red-headed drummer. Who would think that life could get any better?
But after several heady years, earning tens of dollars per year, we drifted apart and have all established ourselves in the real world.
Except for me ... I am mainly existing in the virtual world.Have you performed in front of an audience?No. At least, I don't play conscious. I am told I sleepwalk. Also that I have multiple personalities. I don't believe any of these stories though, since my guardian aliens have my brain in a vat of nutrient solution in another galaxy and my appearance here is simply a hologram.
Your musical influences
I learned to play guitar from a Beatles songbook. This taught me songwriting as well as guitar chords. The Woodstock album came out about the time I picked up the guitar and had such diverse kinds of music, that I learned a great deal from it. My constant musical companion in those teen-aged days was my older brother, Craig. Together we explored everything from country-western to heavy metal. When cancer took him away, I felt as though I were cut in half. I'm still regenerating. My younger brother, Bart inspired me with the joy he got from music, and the way he could learn how to learn -- just by absorbing the masters of the craft. He's still going strong today, and at the top of his game.What equipment do you use?
Yamaha -- so far I'm satisfied with the reproduction of their sound cards or chips or what-have-you. I have a KX-88 keyboard and a QY-100 I use as a sound module.
For composition and sheet music reproduction I use the Sibelius G7 program and Band-In-A-Box to tweak the arrangements. I like to do a lot of heavy editing so I don't sound like I'm Out-Of-The-BoxAnything else?
I'm married to the most wonderful and inspirational human being on the planet -- Estelle Toby Goldstein, MD. Besides being the one true medical maven who will save mankind, she's a hell of a lyric writer and an expert on all things classical and cultural. If my songs sound literate and erudite, it is because she is my collaborator. I love her more than this language allows me to express and her love for me is the greatest gift any man could hope for. If there is life beyond this scene ... I can only wish that we will be able to share that, too.Contact
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