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An old song from the vault that still hits home to me.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Jesus Left The Building
A deep reflection on Good Friday-one of the most important and heaviest holidays known to man. It’s always amazed me how we as a species can look true love in the eye and would rather chew it up and spit it out than to embrace the beauty and peace it brings. Here’s Christ, the perfect example of love without judgement, gifted to mankind to teach us righteousness and show us the roadmap to true freedom from ourselves, and we hand him over to the authorities to have him brutally murdered. Why? Why would anybody do such a thing? What did he do to deserve this treatment? Scoff at the elite and expose their hypocrisy? Was it that he gained such a large following...a multitude that would rather join him in the desert under the hot sun and learn how to love one another unconditionally instead of feeling pressured to gather in church to fill the coffers? Or maybe it was that the high priests and politicians became extremely jealous of his celebrity status and felt like they were losing their sense of control. Maybe it’s all of the above. Who really knows what’s in the hearts of men...the human ego is a mighty fickle mistress and unfortunately it’s genetic. The big question is this...how do we stop this foolish cycle and find true unity in our present situation? We are all intelligent enough to know that when we give into hatred, the result only fuels more hatred which leads to very dark times, but love on the other hand makes the world go around. Why would we ever choose anything other than what brings us happiness and gratitude? Anyway, I wish you all a wonderful Easter weekend and thought I’d share this song as it seems to fit the mood of my spiritual ramblings. ✨🙏
Wasted love
Has given up
Turned away
It’s had enough
Of fools who play with hearts
It ends before it starts
And still we fall
For wasted love
What have you done
You shut the door
On the lonely ones
And left our minds in ruin
Forgetting what was true
All along
Now we’re starving for the very thing
We’ve thrown away so carelessly
It could have turned into a feast
Instead of scraps upon a heap of wasted love
It’s had enough of fools who play with hearts
It ends before it starts
And still we fall for wasted love
Looking down upon
A world as dark
As the dying son
Forgetting what was lost
But dealing with the cost of broken times
And wasted love…
Hey y’all…thought I’d share a funky little dance number that I wrote with my buddies Brad Cotter & Freddie Martin a while back. We recorded this tune at the legendary Oceanway Studios. This was a really fun one for me to produce as I was in full arrangement mode finishing the articulations for the horn charts on the fly just moments before handing them to the brass section to track their parts. Great band to work with that day…thanks to Michael Rojas, Danny Parks, Pat McGrath, Wayne Killius, Jimmy Carter, Jack Wengrosky, Jovan Quallo and Eric Legg for lending your talents.
Count it off! 💥👊😎
Such a great track on Adria Hyde co-written with Sonja Elizabeth Adams McLeary…we wrote ourselves a killer, ladies! Here’s to many more! 💥👊😎🎶
I heard the awful news about the passing of Blake Mevis earlier today, and to say that I’m heartbroken would be an understatement. He was a great man and creative as God makes ‘em. It was literally folks like Blake that made me ever want to move to Nashville in the first place. I was literally hooked on his work before I ever even met him, studying his productions on artists like George Strait, Keith Whitley, Vern Gosdin, Charley Pride, Clay Walker, Vince Gill, Earl Thomas Conley, Lorrie Morgan, Dean Dillon and the list just goes on and on and on. All of those records inspired me greatly and I still learn from them to this day. And what a great songwriter he was with hits like Brokenheartsville, Fool Hearted Memory, If The World Ran Out Of Love Tonight etc…
Aside from his many accolades, he was a very down to earth & likeable guy and I was honored that he took the time out of his busy life to keep wanting to get better acquainted with me. One of my fondest memories is when he asked me to share my latest project with him. Being that we were having lunch with the Hori Pro group that day and that they provided me songs from their publishing catalogue for an album I just completed on Kristi Warner called “Read My Lipstick”, I told him that I actually just picked up a batch of CD’s and literally had a few boxes in the trunk of my car. I gladly gave him one and a couple of days later, we ran into each other again at that same bar & grill we frequented and when I sat down with them all, he looked at me and didn’t say word but instead started to clap. I was literally on top of the world by that gesture and felt like I arrived.
We could all use more God fearing, freedom loving Americans like my old friend Blake in this country today. Please take a moment of silence for his grieving family and friends today all in the memory of the late great Blake Mevis. RIP brother…✨🙏
Well this certainly put a smile on my face this morning. Curtis Braly and Corey Lee Barker…we like ROCK and stuff! 💥👊😎
Kick ass day with these musical beasts this morning over at my buddy’s Danny Parks studio Long Hollow Sound cutting tracks for Frank Fletcher, Sonja McLeary, Adria Hyde, Kenneth Parent and one that I wrote all by my little lonesome. I rarely ever cut anything solo from my archives, but this band was the perfect storm so I treated myself. Thanks for all of y’all’s energy Danny, Duncan Mullins, Joel Key, Garth Justice, Jonathan Brown, Steve Hinson & our engineer Jesse. This world can never have enough notes or laughter! ✌️😎🎶
Hey y’all, I’m back at it again and booking a session for Wednesday, February 9th. If you’re needing any quality recording done, this is the group of guys to pull it off. Google any of their names and be prepared to have your hair blown back. Absolute dream team! 💥👊😎
Brent Mason-Electric Guitar
Austin Crum-Electric Guitar
Buddy Hyatt-Piano, B3 & Keys
Scotty Sanders-Pedal Steel & Dobro
Lonnie Wilson-Drums
Duncan Mullins-Bass
Joel Key-Acoustic Guitar
Zach Allen-Tracking Engineer
And little ol’ me-Producer and Mix Engineer
Out of town demo service accepted. Private message me to secure a slot. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Merry Christmas, my friends. Here’s another grassroots homestyle holiday offering that I just finished the video on to commemorate the joy that this time of year brings. It’s always a treat to write with my talented friend Emilee Allan and then top that off with my youngest son Michael co-writing it with us was the cherry on top. 😊 I hope the season finds you with miracles and your new year is brighter than you ever imagined. Peace & much love to you all! ✌️🎅🎶
“What if Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ❤️
Merry Christmas, y’all! I dedicate this song to all of the unsung heroes behind the holiday scene! You know who you are. ✌️🎅🎶
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. I hope this season is finding you all at peace. Here’s a little home recording to help lift the spirit.
Merry Christmas, my friends. ✌️🎅🎶
