In preparation for my someday trip to New Orleans, I’m reading “Empire of Sin: A story of sex, jazz, murder and the battle of Modern New Orleans.” It covers the years 1890 to 1920. more »
Category: Demos
demos of new songs by Thomas Oliver
Somebody’s Gotta Pay (a demo)
The origin and title came directly from being knee deep in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and wondering who was going pay for all this mess. Not just clearing and cleaning and repairing our place, but the whole more »
It’s Always Monday (a demo)
This little ditty uses Monday as a metaphor for when life doesn’t seem to be working out just right. And in this case, all bad things seem to happen on Monday. It also speaks to that particular day of the more »
Blood Red Moon (a demo)
This song came to me soon after my brother Frank died. Though he hadn’t been in good health, his passing seemed as sudden as it was heartbreaking. As the younger brother, so much of who I am came from him. more »
When I Go to Alabama (a demo)
(formerly You’re in New Orleans)
Where do songs come from? The ideas and particularly the lines that jump out and grab at the listener often baffle the writer as to their origins. I’ve written before about “catching” songs as they float by. This more »
Why Do The Dead Keep Dying (a demo)
It is rare that a person reaches my age and hasn’t experienced grief at some level and probably more than once. I have experienced it, and as writer I have observed it. That has to be the genesis for “Why more »