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RDO

Feb 17
1 min

Playlist #2 - More Acoustic/Folk/Roots

Another playlist of folky grooves.

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RDO

Jan 24
1 min

Playlist #1 - Acoustic/Folk/Roots

Here is a smattering of folky, groovy tunes that I have been digging on...

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RDO

Dec 19, 2019
3 min

The terrifying nature of "live, unplugged..."

But there IS something very special about the live, unplugged show. It's mellow and clean, it has that coffee shop feel that used to be cool

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RDO

Nov 25, 2019
1 min

LifeInLyrics - Yours For Good

And every moment you saw they had left to lose he told her: "Don't you worry, sweetest lady, I am yours for good."

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RDO

Oct 31, 2019
1 min

LifeInLyrics - Silly Katy

Aunt Mattie swore you were nothing like her for your age. No corn would grow by the old plantation in spring.

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RDO

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

LifeInLyrics - From the Diary of Eva Hammond in Summer When the Trees Were Screaming

People have asked what the ambient sounds are that are layered in at the beginning and end. They are sound recordings in nature that I captu

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RDO

Jul 18, 2019
2 min

LifeInLyrics - Rainmaker

Sometimes life feels like a thankless job. He pleads with the sky to show some kind of mercy.

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RDO

Jun 21, 2019
3 min

LifeInLyrics - Beyond the Pale

Then I completely stopped myself and said, "No, wait, this is about a man living in constant fear". And it is. It is about a man suspecting

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RDO

Jun 18, 2019
3 min

West Coast Tour 2019

Wow, what a whirlwind. I just drove about 3,500 miles to perform some shows in Western Arizona, California, and Oregon. I got to see a bu...

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RDO

Jun 6, 2019
3 min

LifeInLyrics - Paper Horses (Hey, Adeline)

Much of the imagery references fantasy, religion and Biblical icons, which juxtapose Adeline's efforts to be free in the same way a prison..

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RDO

May 29, 2019
1 min

Talking About Music Is Like...

There are way too many great records out there to narrow down the list of favorites to only a few. My top 5 is a constantly revolving col...

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RDO

May 2, 2019
3 min

LifeInLyrics - "Nothing More Than Love"

This song is about the true nature of love and the struggle that humans go through when defining love. Oftentimes love is devalued by peo...

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RDO

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

LifeInLyrics - "Safe In My Heart"

Here are the lyrics for 'Safe In My Heart', one of my favorite songs from the Kaden Hollow album. You can also listen to the song below. ...

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RDO

Feb 25, 2019
2 min

LifeInLyrics - "The Floor of This House"

Below are the lyrics for "The Floor of This House" from the album Kaden Hollow. After that is a bit of the story and idea that went into ...

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RDO

Nov 2, 2018
1 min

“The Floor of This House” named Best Music Video

The video we made for the first single from my new album was recently screened at the Show Low/White Mountains Film Festival. It won Best...

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RDO

Aug 16, 2018
3 min

Premeditated Production

I grew up bouncing around between various towns in California and Oregon, where progressive ideas from eastern religions, rigorous nutrit...

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RDO

Aug 8, 2018
3 min

Kaden Hollow (the new album)

Kaden Hollow is a project I have been working on for a long time; off and on for probably 15 years or more. It began as an idea for a ser...

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