Tag: music video

  • It’s not about you, man

    It’s not about you, man

    Then on September 30, I recorded this live version of “Saint Lucifer,” which started off (and still is, when I play it solo) a Dylanesque folk song with a hook vaguely reminiscent of Casey Jones. It has evolved, on the record, into more of a rocker.

  • News is fake and the world is flat

    News is fake and the world is flat

    and a junkie’s in the alley with a baseball bat!

  • Cigarettes and Skoal

    Cigarettes and Skoal

    For the record, I know the signature drink at Pedro’s was the kamikaze, but hurricanes scanned better.

  • He didn’t get it from the wind

    He didn’t get it from the wind

    This is one of the last tunes I wrote for the album and in some ways it’s my favorite, in that it doesn’t really imitate a specific stye or other type of song, exactly, though the other day I wondered if maybe it was a bit influenced by mid-70s Floyd stuff like “Wish Your Were…

  • Don’t tell me all your secrets, talking crow!

    Don’t tell me all your secrets, talking crow!

    This song, “Down to the Mountain,” is made from some of the oldest ingredients. On the album it has developed into a kind of secular gospel tune but when I play it solo, it’s bog-standard string-band stylee:

  • Verdigris and indigo

    Verdigris and indigo

    I was in the midst of writing”The Long Haired Kings” when I first went into the studio to start working on the album, so we tackled it first. Here’s a live version from September 16, 2024: