Category: Pod Blog: A Song & A Friend


  • Pod Blog: Meanwhile/I Will Return by DA

    Pod Blog: Meanwhile/I Will Return by DA

    I recently posted two “When a song is a friend…” themed episodes to my show: A Song & A Friend. Each episode features a song by the band Daniel Amos (or “da”.) Click for “I Will Return” Episode. Click for “Meanwhile” Episode. Let’s take each song in turn: “Meanwhile” by Daniel Amos from the 2001…

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  • Pod Blog: S3 Ep6 Never Really Over

    Pod Blog: S3 Ep6 Never Really Over

    Here’s a 60 second clip of a reharsal leading up to the recording session for today’s song. This was the first time I had two guests on an episode. My Uncle, Steve Peck and my friend, Brannon Hancock. My Uncle has a nick name for me “The Groove Guy.” It comes from an interaction we…

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  • How Come? – ASAAF S3 Ep. 5

    How Come? – ASAAF S3 Ep. 5

    Imagine receiving a mysterious package one day on your doorstep. It contains photos of events from your childhood, but from a different point of view other than the one you remember. A picture of you blowing out the birthday candles, your face in profile, and you see the print of walpaper – how had you…

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  • Baby, One More Shot

    Baby, One More Shot

    Bonus content and commentary to my Podcast episode with Troy Yeager. If you stream the song, you’ll see the art work features a young man in a leather jacket whispering into the ear of a young woman. The story behind the cover: the name of the EP was “Dive Bar Girl,” also the name of…

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  • God Only Knows -AS&AF S3 Ep. 3

    God Only Knows -AS&AF S3 Ep. 3

    Here is episode 3 guest Mike and I singing “If I stand” by Rich Mullins. This performance was filmed in 2019. Mike started playing drums with me and Daniel for M.Cotu in 1997. But this performance was the first time we sang together. Like so many of our peers who grew up in the 80s…

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  • Falling Star – AS&AF S3 Ep. 2

    Falling Star – AS&AF S3 Ep. 2

    Accompanying each episode is a “bonus features” blog entry of fun randomnimity (whatever that is.) Click here for Mike’s Episode. A little more about the Friend… I call him Mike, but a lot of people call him Michael. And like the archangel, Mike’s postivity while drumming has defended my songs time and again from the…

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  • The First Nowell – AS&AF S3 Ep. 1

    The First Nowell – AS&AF S3 Ep. 1

    I’m making a goal for season 3 of my music podcast to have blog post attached to it. It will let the listeners learn a little more about the guest, the song, and or the topics. Click here if you haven’t heard the episode yet… As mentioned, Sarah and I met while part of a…

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  • Podcast Season Two Starts

    Podcast Season Two Starts

    I have some great friends, in season one of my podcast, you met some of them as they talked with about songs I had written. Now I’m happy to announce we are rolling out season two. This time around the tables are turned. My friends are the song writers. And I’m asking them questions about…

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