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Friday, April 04, 2025

Dorion Bible Camp Songs Home Recordings

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Six years ago I began recording Dorion Bible Camp songs (the "card" songs). Recently with "Stay at Home", I've begun catching up.

To Playlist on Youtube

Click here for a songbook containing lyrics and chords for these songs and many others from that era at Dorion.

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Link to Open Mic Crew Post

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Click here to see most of my 2020 Quarantunes!

Because it has so many embedded videos, the page takes a while to load (at least with my slow connection), so I've moved it from being the first page you see. So I've moved it to earlier in the year.

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Thursday, April 03, 2025

Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Apr. 3/25

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For most of the time it was the John/Zach/Richard show, until a few others arrived at the end.

My theme was basically songs I sing at LTC homes. (Yes, I sing CCR by request.)

Down On the Corner,
Proud Mary, and
Bad Moon Rising. (All J. Fogerty)

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I Can't Help Falling ... (w John C. P-W) (Creatore/Weiss),
Blueberry Hill (Vincent Rose),
What a Wonderful World (Adler/Alpert/Cooke), and
What a Wonderful World (Thiele/Weiss).

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3 Little Birds/Rivers of Babylon (Marley/Dowe/Farian/Reyam/McNaughton),
Que Sera Sera (Livingston),
Edelweiss (Rodgers/Hammerstein), and
Bird on the Wire (Cohen).

Review: Sean J.: "Nice vocal on the Cohen song."
Me: "Well, all I had to do was sound better than Leonard."

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Snow! April 3/25

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Monday, March 31, 2025

Open Mic at The Foundry: Mar. 31/25

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Mar. 31/25 Open Mic at The Foundry:

My theme was "_________ Together" :

Come/Get/Lost/Happy Together (LENNON/McCartney, Chet Powers, Cuddy/KEELOR, Bonner/Gordon)
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2nd Round Encore: Goodnight Medley:

Good Night My Someone (Willson) /
Golden Slumbers (Lennon/MCCARTNEY) /
Good Night (Lennon/McCartney).

Zach ( pictured below) let me play harp on two of his (Dylan) songs. And Mitch the host on Folsom Prison Blues.

Highlights: TKOOL, a young girl from Wpg, sang her own songs.
Gabriel, only slightly older, sang "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You".

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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Birthday With P-W Fam: Mar. 30/25

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Beer, pasta, salad, cake with all, prezzies, performances by M and A.

Cake:

Prezzies:

"Solos" and a "Duet"

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Birthday Vinyl Listening Party: Mar. 29/25

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My contributions were Al DiMeola's "Land of the Midnight Sun" side 1, and "More from the Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable Gary S. Paxton" side 2. With R, D, and T.

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: Mar. 27/25

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For my "Together Again" theme I sang three songs I'd medleyed last week:

Come/Get/Lost Together
(LENNON/McCartney, Chet Powers, Cuddy/KEELOR)
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2nd Round Encore:
Happy Together (Bonner/Gordon)

Highlights: The return of John #1, the return of Shan.

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Sunday, March 23, 2025

Visit With P-W Fam: Mar. 23/25

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"Life" with K, J, and M (M won), video by M, reading with her, pasta & salad (no A or T), tower-building with M.

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