This week I heard the news of two U.S. Naval aviators downed near Mount Rainier. They were flying an F-18 which is a carrier based fighter jet. Their plane was a Growler variant which is modified for electronic warfare. The F-18 is a two seater. Both aviators were 31 years […]
Songs
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G C D Vegas lights, vegas nights I found him under the billboard lights. [I] I met my shadow he told me my time was up I lost him running out of town I drove half way to Amarillo before he found me I drove straight through the night [II] […]
[chorus] F C Persephone please call me F G7 G Persephone please call me [I.] F C Rolling on down this highway Am G My car sings me a lulabye [II.] F C The sirens call from across the seas Am G He comes to take you down [III.] F […]
[verse] E D A I'm stiff and sore, I don't want to be a bore E D A It's tempting to lay back and take a snore E D A E I'm doing Arnold's challenge each and every day [chorus] A What does Arnold say? E D A do […]
I took the winter off from playing. As the season has warmed, I have returned to the Gateway Arch and I am playing my guitar. There were many fire engines called in response to smoke reported at the top of the Arch. Here scratched on the sideway a few blocks […]
I have been playing for some time now under the Arch by the stairway to the Mississippi river. The exact coordinates from Google maps are Latitude 38.62479534157054 North and Longitude 90.18429628548255 West. (You can actually paste in 38.62479534157054, -90.18429628548255 directly into Google maps and see where I have been playing). […]
I was playing by the staircase to the Mississippi river yesterday and a child accompanied by her Mother and Father approached me. “She has something to give you.” And she gave me this note.
The second song I play is “Saturday in the Park”. The lyric that comes to mind is “People walking, people talking. A man playing his guitar.” I performed a new cover, “Proud Mary”. I am going to add this song to my schedule. Really it is so apt to my […]
This song has many verses that I sing at the Gateway Arch. Originally written by Merle Haggard for the 200th bicentennial celebration in 1976, it is getting near the 250th anniversary in 2026. I have made modifications and added some verses. Here at the Gateway Arch, it is a good […]
You may have seen my performances of Merle Haggard’s “Here comes the Freedom Train” in Saint Louis at the Gateway Arch National Park. Most of what I sing is right from the original song, but I am adding an additional verse for 2022: [Verse] In 22, the Russians struck, Zelenskyy […]
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