Ballads and Stuff is a CD of some of my acoustic ballads and instrumentals going back as far as 1973. Other, "unreleased" acoustic songs are also found on this page. More of my music in other styles, organized under different band names, can be found on the Main Music Page. The best way to listen to the songs here is to use the music player below. (If you click on the "pop up" link in the player you can listen while you continue browsing other pages.) Buying any of my music will help support a starving artist. Thanks :)

Click this image to see a video on MySpace of me playing "The Road is My Home" in the Valley of the Gods in southeastern Utah, August, 2006.

Acoustic Ballads (The links below will take you to the lyrics for each song.)

Just Because (3:24) I wrote this one 2 years after I started playing guitar, for my son's mother after she left. Too Many Tears (4:10) My first and only attempt to write a country song, which turned out to be one of my best. When I Lost You (3:33) I met this woman in a coffee shop and fell in love, but she was engaged and broke things off with me after a week, before anything really happened. But the event was intense enough to inspire this song. I saw her ten years later. She said she was divorced so I gave her my card, but never heard from her again. Nothin' Special (2:34) I have fallen in love with two significantly overweight women during my life (which I will never do again because I am too obsessed with beautiful women). This is about being in love in spite of oneself :) I Want You Here (3:10) I've done way too much of the long distance relationship stuff. . . Late Autumn (3:09) I've seen way too many dreams bite the dust. Venus and the Moon (5:16) One of my earliest songs. This is about feeling a commitment to someone even after the relationship is acknowledged to be over. It was designed to be orchestrated and seems a bit slow without the complete arrangement, but it's a great song. Ballads Not on the Ballads and Stuff CD (titles link to lyrics) (time and size are links to MP3 files) Outside My Window (3:06) (2.8MB MP3) A "quiet protest song" about the environment and need for social change. The Silence (3:27) (3.1MB MP3) One of my best compositions, and the hardest to listen to because it crushes you emotionally. You won't want to hear it twice. Inspired by the war in Bosnia, it brings the reality of war into your personal emotional space. The Road is My Home At present the only recording of this song is part of the video above, but the lyrics are presented here. I wrote this song in an attempt to capture how good it feels to be on a road trip -- seeing new places while also getting away from the routine life at home. Because I live in the western US my road trips often involve seeing grand vistas that inspire lines like "my spirit fills the sky." If you know what that feels like, you'll really enjoy this song. Acoustic Instrumentals Clear Water (2:48) This reminds me of water flowing in a clear mountain stream. Canyons of Cloud (2:29) I would like to create a music video for this one showing a guy in a hang glider or ultralight airplane flying through canyons of cloud. Old Forest Path (2:49) Picture walking through an old forest, and toward the end the winding path opens up on a view of the ocean. Young Boy and His Dad (2:12) When my son was very young he used to love riding on my shoulders when we would go into the canyons to picnic with the family. He felt on top of the world then, and so did I. Scottish Hills (1:34) A simple little thing. Self explanatory. Running (3:47) (3.4MB) (instrumental not on the CD) High energy acoustic instrumental. If you run for excercise, this one definitely needs to find a home in your iPod. The percussion was done with a plastic bag, hard back book and slapping my knees :)

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