More unreleased tracks as I work my way into a new album. It's been over two years and due to every delay you can imagine, 2026 is half over and everything is finally coming together. This instrumental is a combination of many of my favorite musical elements.
unreleased tracks from my next album - take a listen - this is a work in progress and i am not sure about the direction of the album - tell me which songs you like - hope to have this completed this year
Drone's are every where these days, and they are in this piece of music. I happen to love drones in music and the funny little flying machines. In fact I have four drones and my commercial drone pilots license. Go figure.........This piece of music is influenced is by my love of Indian music, Indian instruments, Indian beats, and of course Indian food.
My ode to Jimmy Smith who was my idol growing up. In 1980 I got to hear him play live in a club in Chicago.
Velvet Shore is a late-night, slow-burning instrumental that blurs the lines between moody alternative rock and deep blues. Clocking in at a patient 70 BPM, the track features a soulful, crying guitar melody that drifts over a rich, swelling Hammond organ. Driven by a laid-back, heavy drum groove, it captures the exact feeling of standing on a coastline in the dark—warm, vast, and beautifully melancholic.
There is a restless, magnetic pull to the city of Memphis that has always held sway over me. My history there is written in chapters—first bound to the steady rhythm of a corporate day job, and later reborn in the wake of tragedy, when I returned to play the Ponderosa Stomp after Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans underwater. This song is a walk through those heavy, historic streets. From the neon hum of Beale Street and the hallowed grounds of Sun Records and Graceland, to the somber, storytelling walls of the Lorraine Motel, every corner holds a ghost. Marked by the rattle of the streetcar and the smoky scent of Memphis BBQ, it’s a tribute to a city that keeps time by the steady pulse of the mighty Mississippi River flowing down to the sea.
Dust at Crossroads is a sonic journey that explores loss, and our struggles.
Garage Beat captures the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of being a teenager in the 1960s, watching your local band explode into popularity, and carrying that indelible rush with you for the rest of your life. It’s a tribute to youth, music, and those fleeting moments when the universe aligns. The song draws direct inspiration from Texas garage-rock legends Kenny and the Kasuals, who captured the nation's attention in 1966 with their pioneering fuzz-drenched sound. After scoring a major national distribution deal with United Artists Records, their meteoric rise suddenly faded when the draft called up band members and the major label grew hesitant to push a wild, psychedelic track across a conservative America. Garage Beat is an anthem for anyone who caught a glimpse of the magic—even if only for a moment.

