Today’s Saturday Jam is the closing track off of Vampire Weekend’s album Father of the Bride: “Jerusalem, New York, Berlin.” I was listening to this on my way to school the other day and thought it might sound good with just my Martin.
Also, sometimes for quieter songs like this, I turn off...
Today’s Saturday Jam is a lullaby I learned from The Everly Brothers’ Songs Our Daddy Taught Us- I used to sing this to all my kids whenever I rocked them to sleep. My mom requested more mandolin, so I threw a little bit of that in too with my second vocal. Just a sweet little tune with a...
I remember driving through the mountains of Colorado on a road trip with my family and my parents listening to a Roy Orbison Monument greatest hits collection, which is probably where I fell in love with Roy’s voice and way with a song. When I’ve done a Roy number in the past on this channel...
My garage-rocky take on this early Beatles gem- vocals are kinda low because I was rocking a little too hard. This song is a lot of fun and sounds like it could’ve came out yesterday, in my opinion. Hope you enjoy!
Seemed like a good one to put together yesterday with the worst drummer and bass player I’ve ever had on my channel (me and also me)- hope you enjoy!
RIP Ronnie!
My pals and I jamming out on this Willie Nelson/Roy Orbison Christmas classic after hours in my classroom earlier this week- hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Had pneumonia last week for the first time (!) and was finally able to do a little bit of singing and playing yesterday (though not my best, for sure)- recorded this little Nesmith tune that I’ve always loved. Hope you enjoy!
I have been fighting the flu all week and between that and being away from my students for most of this week (it was a very hard week to be away for three days), I was feeling very melancholy and blue. Decided to figure this one out and post it- I’ll warn you: I’m not at my best. This is me with...