Mary Todesca, the wife of fellow musician Jim Todesca, thought for a long time that the line “coming down on a sunny day” in John Fogerty’s “Have You Seen the Rain” was “coming down for 40 days.” more »
Author: Thomas
I Got a Witness (a demo)
This is my attempt at gospel music. Gospel music, like the blues, has it origins in the early 1800s and comes from the black oral tradition. Its rhythmic history is rooted in the handclapping and stomping when the singing was more »
Never Been to Austin (a demo)
In Atlanta, Melissa and I liked to attend house concerts, where lesser known but incredibly talented singer/songwriters earn most of their living. It’s an intimate setting, usually in the living rooms of super hosts, who invite friends and neighbors to more »
Got the Blues Last Night (a demo)
This is not so much a blues song in the strictest sense, as it is a country cheating song in the tradition of Hank Williams: “I Got a Feeling Called the Blues.” (If only I could yodel! Seriously.) The cheating more »
The Bullet (a demo)
The Bullet I’m partial to this haunting blues number. Melissa claims it crept out of the night, spawned by having watched HBO’s “True Detective.” We didn’t take HBO at the time the show morphed into a cult hit, so we had more »
Lights, camera, action
A little over a year ago, I was trying to take a nap when I got a call from an agent at the William Morris Agency. I immediately recognized the name of the world’s largest entertainment agency and my mind more »