Most of the songs on Out There Somewhere were based on real life events, but “Hanging Gardens of Babylon” uses a pure parable of a famous wonder of the ancient world. The lyrics imagine the construction of the of the ancient world wonder and how insane this must’ve felt to all involved, who were in … Read more
“Country Blues #72” is a song that was really my archetype for what I wanted the feel and arrangement of the songs on this record to be. Composed in February 2020, the lyrics were derived from an established classic by a famous British classic rock band but it is musically and melodically original. In total, … Read more
This is perhaps the most difficult song I’ve ever written in my entire life. A friend of mine knew a couple who had a young daughter that died of SIDS at just a few months old. He commissioned me to write a song about it give me some of his impressions over the tragedy. I … Read more