Antonio Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Diana Krall, Mariza, Celso Fonseca, Brazilian Bossa jazz, Chris Norman, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Chicago, Creedance Clearwater, Chet Atkins, Sly And The Family Stone, Sons of The Pioneers, Diamond Reo, Oakridge Boys, Beatles, Lovin' Spoonful, Carpenters, Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, Connie Francis, Johnny Mercer, Montovani, Herb Alpert, and on and on!
Sounds Like
Among other artists, I've been variously described as sounding like Bob Dylan, a younger brother of Tom Jobim, Willie Nelson, and even Jame Taylor.
I HOPE I sound like ME !
Walls don’t have to be plaster and board. They can be and are most often the figurative of the mind, the heart, the soul. Walls are the metaphor for echoing the past, the happy or sad voices of our history. Jimmy Webb once penned a song with this title, relating the stories of the people who had passed through a house, the mother with her first born, the alcoholic with his bottle, the couple making love, the children in their laughter, the elderly living out their declining years. That song is like the biography of the brick and morter that begin, close in, and eventually protect or imprison the people within the plaster echoes….. Most people think that songwriting is a 10 minute process, whereby you pen 32 lines of poetry, paper clip a title, and play a few chords. Voila! Music, A hit!. My god, the pain that I’ve been through to write some of my lyrics! Most are done in the still of the night, and with tortured words, knifing through my soul, lines applied to paper or computer, wracked out of my burning thoughts, the things that you hear and read. Being married to a songwriter often means sharing that excoriation of spirit, albeit quietly most days, because you don’t want to hurt they ones you love. The same heart that pens a painful love song, can pen “Sweetheart, you are my best friend and I will cherish you forever”. Why do we do it? Why indeed….I remember reading about Van Gogh and his gift of his bloody ear to his woman….god what a horrible thing, but his mind was so emasculated by the craft he had chosen, it was driving him to severe depression. I’ve never been in severe depression, thank God, but I seriously ponder whether to publish those pieces, lest I hurt someone I’ve included in my song…. Why would i exact such punishment on myself and possibly others? God forbid I ever hurt anyone!! Every songwriter has experienced the same emotions…and if you listen to music about the relationships broken, renewed, lost, affairs, stolen…they are all out of people’s lives. That’s the soul of a songwriter. I do it because I love it. I love touching people with my music.
You have been PINCHED!! Today is PINCH BUTT DAY and Baby you know you're sexy if you get pinched! GO ahead & start PINCHING. Send this 2 of All your sexy friends (even me). If you get 1-2 back your ugly, 3-4 ok, 5-6 damn, 7-8WOW!
Compilation CD is finished!!! Will begin mailing out to radio stations any day now!! Please come by my page and listen to “Angel Kisses” by “Delores Hershey”. I hope you will also add Delores at www.myspace.com/deloreshershey and listen to “I’ve Been Waiting For You” Both songs are on this CD.
Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy these 2 beautiful songs by “Delores Hershey”
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, "You Can Be THE Man Of Your House." He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, "From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert. After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. Afterwards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"
The wife replied, "The damn funeral director would be my first guess."
Today is PINCH BUTT DAY and Baby you know you're sexy if you get
pinched! GO ahead & start PINCHING. Send this 2 of All your sexy
friends (even me). If you get 1-2 back your ugly, 3-4 ok, 5-6 damn,
7-8WOW!