“And I smiled on the Wabash,
the last time I passed it
Yes I gave her a wink
from the passenger side.
My foot fell asleep,
as I swallowed my candy,
knowing he was in heaven before he died…”
‘He Was In Heaven Before He Died’
I remember…
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“I’ve always loved the sound of my guitar in another town.
Late night coffee, has its late night charm…”
Click on the link for episode 11 of the Revisited Series.
“Lonesome Stretch Of Highway”
Yeah buddy!
Mike
“You gotta travel light to travel far.
It’s not where you’ve been, it’s who you are.
Don’t let the days turn into years,
If you do what you love, then you’ve nothing to fear…”
Click on the link to check out episode 10 of the Revisited Series.
“Take the hard road, if it’s something you believe in…”
Mike
“Well, let me tell you where I’ve been,
Since I’ve been gone and back again.
I’m coming in on an Alberta wind,
Bartender, bottoms up!”
Click on the link to check out episode 9 of the Revisited Series.
“Red and White Blues”
See you there,
See you then.
Yeah man,
Mike
“Well, I can’t say ‘it ain’t good to be back.’
and it took a long time to get back on track.
I came real close to the “fade to black”,
but I see a little light just a coming through the cracks.
Before I know it, I’ll be back up to speed,
but it’ll all go to seed, if you don’t tend the weeds…”
This was opening scene of the third act.
Click on the link for episode 8 of the Revisited Series.
Tune in Wednesday night at 8PM MST (11:30 Newfoundland) for episode 8 of the Revisited Series.
Good old days happen all the time.
Mike
“Hanging around ain’t no good,
In a coulda shoulda woulda neighbourhood
But the higher you get, the further you can fall
Better that, than never trying at all…”
When I recorded this batch of songs in September of 2003, I figured that this would be the last album for a long long time, if not forever.
Five years would go by before I released another album.
That album was “8:30 Newfoundland”
Click on the link for episode 7 of the Revisited Series.
Mike
“Rock and Roll, never saved no one’s soul.
It never saved no one’s soul.
But I still get that rush, my problem is I think too much,
because I was born so long ago…”
After spending the better part of a year recording and preparing the release of “Fools For The Radio” and then six months crawling out from the wreckage that followed the release of the album…
One could say that we needed a palate cleanser, of sorts.
Enter “Table For One”.
Click on the link for episode 6 of the Revisited Series.
Yeah man!
Thanks,
Mike
“Some other time,
Some other place.
Somewhere in a nursery rhyme,
You will find your way…”
If I told you the whole story behind this record, you’d never believe me,
But I’ll try.
Click on the link for episode 5 of the Revisited Series.
Yeah man.
Thanks,
Mike
“Well you’re beaten and bruised,
We’ve all got scars.
It doesn’t matter where you’ve been,
Because here’s where you are…”
This was where things really started to ratchet up for us.
The amount of shows.
The amount of miles between the shows.
The amount of time away from home.
Everything.
Click on the link to check out episode four of the Revisited Series.
Mike
“Hello, it’s me, a voice from you past.
Can you tell me, how long has it been?
Since we last spoke or our paths they did cross,
For words, I guess I’m at a loss…”
If you are interested in hearing the stories behind the songs and the recording of the 1997 album “Simplify”, click on the link below to check out episode three of the Revisited Series.
Mike