The story behind one of my more unusual songs, “The Girl with an Accidental Memory,” starts at a weekly acoustic jam I was very fortunate to stumble upon soon after arriving on Tybee. There on Tuesdays in the back room at more »
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about the songs written by Thomas Oliver
The stories behind the songs: #3
The stories behind the songs:
#2 You Got Me
“You Got Me” was originally titled “Til the Cows Come Home.” I thought I was being so clever because there is no such line in the song, although the implicit meaning of the phrase more »
The stories behind the songs:
#1 The Edge of America
The song “The Edge of America” came from a trip Melissa and I took with David and Judy McNaughton a few years back. We were pretending to hunt for an island to live on. We visited Folly Beach outside of more »
Recording The Edge of America
I had to be talked into recording The Edge of America. Not that I didn’t want to. I just felt that I couldn’t afford it and/or shouldn’t be spending that kind of money on a venture that would never pay more »
Writing simple songs ain’t easy
Simple songs are often the hardest to write. Or at least they are for this Georgia songwriter. There is a line between trite and profound. And never mistake profundity for the piling on of every description or thought imaginable. I more »