New Intro to The making of the Album “American Mythology”    

When I started my second album “American Mythology” some years ago I found that I was writing songs that took a sharp detour from the songs and music of my first album “On the Edge of Time.” I found that with the new album I was writing songs that were more basic and that seemed to have their roots in American rock, country, folk and blues. I found that the term “Alt Country” was being used a lot to describe bands and performers that did not quite fit into the easy categories but that did seem to have a sense of authenticity and edge that spanned the gap between country and rock. The very first song I wrote for this album was “Wings of Darkness” a song that all but wrote itself. In this song a possibly dark character on an endless journey down the two lane, black top highways of America, who may also may be dispensing some form of justice (or is it just balance?) considers loneliness after finding a woman, who may be the queen of darkness (or is it the queen of hearts?) and asks her to accompany him on his journey. In looking at the other songs I had “Blues for Prometheus” a kind of blues rocker song albeit with a classical mythological theme and “Fields of Eden” as pure a folk song as you could find about living on the land, love, purity and innocence. As I continued to write I came up with “Days of Fire,” a love ballad and reflection of growing older, “Approaching Normal” that had a sixties pop rock edge but was about the kind of love that most of us experience, hard love. “Immortal” was an 80’s influenced rocker about, well, immortality… I resurrected a song from the 90’s with a Celtic rock synth violin about the two wars in Iraq which sadly was even more relevant than the second time around. The came the Native American influenced instrumentals that also came about form living so close to nature in Greenbank, Washington on Whidbey Island. So I had my album which was “Alt Country” Plus. And if you download the songs or buy the CD you’ll have it as well. I hope you enjoy the new album and tell your friends about it.   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) !!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!! Custom top banner code by Eileen !!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!!