I made it through one holiday and I’m moving toward another. The Christmas season is moving quickly toward us and Covid 19 has mutated in to another set back virus, Omicron is creating havoc for many countries around the globe. Still musicians are struggling to bring music to you in spite of inflation, goods shortages and a country engaged in a war with itself. I released a new song called God Are you Listening in the midst of all this going on.
Since I last posted, I was hacked had to reset my computers to factory reset and had to buy a new phone from a different company. While working on clearing up that mess, a drunk driver without insurance managed to hit the back end of my car, while I was sitting at a stop sign waiting to make a left turn. I’ve been told it will take months to get it fixed due to the parts being held up in the west coast harbors. The good news is, the computers are clean, I needed a new phone and I will not have to pay much out of pocket for the car repairs.
I am working on a new song. I wrote it for and about the band Heart, back in the day. I wanted to write a rock song, so I hired the lead guitarist for that band, Roger Fisher. He challenged me to write a rock song about the band when he was still with the band. I heard the story and his side of it and thought this is at its heart a sad country song! I called it Pieces One on One. It is about a sad love story and the lives that came undone. It should release in about 3 months.
The next release will come out Christmas eve. It is called My One Desire. It is a combination of my experiences with horses and the issues in Utah and in the western states. The story is about a woman’s love for a wild stallion. He was released in the wild and she realizes the horse while wild, is a Arabian stallion. She wants the horse in spite of the cost, in order to teach it how to jump. The cover for the song, is a picture of actual wild mustangs from the state of Utah, my friend Trena Gonzales Alverez photographed while there.
I am hoping people will donate to protect these horses that are often killed when they are rounded up using helicopters. As a result, the fear of the herds drive these horses, especially the colts, to be killed or damage their legs and hoofs. It is inhumane and beyond cruel. They can now sterilize the females and really do not have to thin the herds by allowing black markets to use the horses for dog food. Herding them for adoption with machines that drive them to injury or death is a violation of federal law that was written and passed to protect them and wild burros, in 1971.
I will make hard copies of this song for sale. The cover will have the story and a QR code will direct you to my website, which will have a place to donate to this cause. I have become involved in the issue because I believe killing horses purposely or by accident is wrong. These horses should not be receiving this treatment. The Bureau of Land Management does not seem to understand why or how we are so concerned for these animals. They use the excuse that it is better than having the horses starve to death.
With the holidays coming up, I would like to remind you that there are many senior singer-songwriters who do not have enough to live on with just Social Security benefits. Music and gigs supplement their incomes. Buying from their website stores and going to support their gigs, gives them a bit of coin and merch makes a great Christmas present.
Until we meet again, happy trails to you and yours this blessed holiday season. Click to hear the song God are You Listening!
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