Photos by Tyler Bishoff

Photos by Tyler Bishoff
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Popular songs start as something simple-- a situation, a story, or a feeling that the artist experienced. Translated into words and set to a melody, they become part of our lives. They remind us of people and places. We associate them with our achievements and setbacks, our highest peaks and darkest days.
All of these songs trace their roots to something simple. One instrument & one voice.
As an artist and performer, my focus is on getting back to those roots. In addition to my own compositions, I enjoy finding great songs from different genres-- songwriters, rock bands, pop artists, motown and Philly soul-- and presenting them as they may have sounded in their earliest forms.
Re-discovering great songs is exhilarating. It's an opportunity to find some aspect of the music that may have been lost or buried in the popular recorded versions. For casual listeners, they're great songs-- but for people who want to listen more closely, there's more.
I approach songwriting from the same perspective. Yeah, it's great to collaborate and record using different sounds, different instruments and different players-- but if the story can be told with one instrument & one voice, let it stand on its own.
COVERED ARISTS
Singer/Songwriter
Soul
Pop
Classic
James Taylor
Bruce Springsteen
Carole King
David Gray
Tom Waits
Ryan Adams
Elton John
INXS
Squeeze
REM
U2
Counting Crows
Dire Straits
Mumford & Sons
Hall & Oates
Marvin Gaye
Chicago
Van Morrison
Amy Winehouse
Beatles
The Band
Doobie Bros
Tom Petty
Credence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin