p.s. Turn your speakers down a little before you hit “play.” :( [Audio clip: view full post to listen] When I posted my first revived cassette recording, I mentioned that I don’t “cringe at the imperfections” anymore. Well, I can’t say that’s true with this one. I don’t know whether it’s just a sensitive day [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This cover of Olivia Newton-John’s “Let Me Be There” was recorded in the summer of 1984 at Songmasters on the Boardwalk, Surfside Beach, SC. I was 14, almost 15, at the beach with my church youth group. It wasn’t my best performance, though I don’t cringe at the [...]
The kids and I have a goal: a special “get up” song for each day of the week. Okay, it’s more my goal than theirs, though they do sing along a lot. And at the rate we’re going, we’ll be lucky to have one song completed before they graduate from high school. LOL This piece [...]
I must’ve been on a Billie Holiday kick when I came up with this little work in progress. Warning: It’s just a few lines and you can tell by the revision in the second time around I really have no idea where it’ll one day end up going (if anywhere)… https://www.evernote.com/shard/s21/sh/79445aae-9e5f-4eb8-864d-24e75cbb8b74/12a387c2534729e1c1542becfc4df9d8
01 its christmas by Fryedchickin I recorded this back in 2001, I think. My friend Eddie Cochran had written a bunch of songs, and I went out to his and Leilani’s house many times to sing along with whatever instrumental tracks had been recorded. He had me standing in the bathroom with the door closed, [...]
We’d been in New York for a few days already and were rich with musical experiences. We’d been awed by the phenomenal Pat Martino the night before at the Iridium. We’d taken the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tour at the (now-closed) Soho annex (with the awesome John Lennon exhibit). We’d bought Kevin’s Les [...]
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Part of the Bluegrass Jam at James Lynch’s house, Danville, Virginia, May 31, 2011. Kevin Hawke, vocals and guitar; Jo Hawke, vocals; Ryland Hawker, banjo; Wes Holtsford, mandolin; and Laura Liem, fiddle. I uploaded all the pictures I had from the night, along with the audio of this song. Thanks, Animoto, for making it so [...]
Continue reading about Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, Bluegrass-ish
Last Tuesday, my cousin Wesley Holtsford and his friend Laura Liem, both in from west Texas, played some bluegrass music with Kevin and his dad, Ryland Hawker. Their impromptu jam convened at James Lynch’s house. He’s Wes’ great-grandfather and my dad’s sister’s husband. (You really wanted to know the details, I know. ;) It was [...]
I’ve been playing around with a tool called Cinch this week. It’s a website and a synced app that allow you to easily record audio, attach a message and image, and share with Twitter and Facebook followers and friends. You can also download, link, or embed the MP3 file. You can see the widget I [...]
Continue reading about Every Second of Every Day: Our Theme Song :)
