Been gone for years and a name from the dark recesses of my mind reminded me I used to have (or probably not have) a life here.


Sup, bros?

sup, Whiskey! Long time.

Loved reading your posts in the politics forum, back in the day.

Hah. A couple of days ago, one of your songs came up on random shuffle and took me a bit to place it. Led me to digging out your cd and giving it a spin. Still think there’s some good writing there. An enjoyable listen.

Hope all is well.

Yeah, I listen to that album on a weekly basis.

Link or info, please?

With that user name, undertitle, and location it has to merit a listen.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1502...Fugitive-Peace

Nice! Thanks.

I am now listening to the entire album on Spotify. So far, so good!
I do feel a little dirty when I listen to something on Spotify. But I probably do it daily.

this song could get radio play today unless the ears say otherwise

no reason to insult the guy when he comes back

That's some good stuff! Kinda reminds me of REK...

Hi, my name is Sammy, I am from Denmark (Denmark is a country), I would like to be your new 2+2 friend. My former account is from 09-10, I'm not as young as my current may suggest. I like horses and beer, mostly beer. PM me

If you don't mind me asking- have you ever gotten royalty checks for your music and how would one go about obtaining your CD?

I didn't know Ryan Adams played poker.

I lived in Nashville when Russ put that album out, and despite being the only person in the city with no industry juice, I loved it so much I pushed it on the one published music critic I knew personally and purchased some physical copies to spread around.

"I ask the waitress / how much is that drink / she said it's free / and I know / but I like to hear her say sweet things to me" really great whiskeytown.

Victor, lol, but I wonder how much me reading his aughts politics posts in the aughts would agree with me reading them now.

EDIT: I don't wonder enough to actually go and do that, of course

Awww....I've been thinking about doing another CD - you guys are making me feel good about doing it but it'd probably be a home affair - for me it was always about trying to be a songwriter and if I didn't have enough ones I felt good about there was no doing another one

On a side note - after I got married I moved around a bit - I'm now in Anchorage, AK hopefully for 10 yrs or so but that means I no longer have a music scene I knew like Minneapolis or fellow musicians. But I have been slowly checking out the gear in case I feel inspired.

Still slum a little on ignition poker but married into clergy so gotta keep that stuff low level in my life.

No royalty checks - easiest thing to get the CD is just buy it digital on Itunes if you want - CDBaby might still sell it online but they stopped selling physical CD's - Spotify is always good - LOL - I never mind these days - pretty much made all the money from it I will ever make selling it.

On a side note, if you guys like my stuff, here's some stuff you probably haven't heard before - things I find inspiring - except for Vigilantes, they're on Spotify, and even VOL has their Capricorn releases are on there which were pretty cool

NQ Arbuckle - Let's just stay here (album with Carolyn Mark) - NQ Arbuckle is a great Canadian Band I heard of when I was thrown on a podcast type show. I just really like this band and their latest two singles (No Hands Bicycle / Love Songs for the Long Game) really suck me in

Farmer Not So John - Receiver (Album)- this band didn't get past two albums but the frontman still does stuff - just some great Melodic Roots Rock - not quite Americana but not far - also on Spotify - I don't think there's a single bad track on this album

Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh (Album) - I know the frontman (Bill Mallonee) and used his Gretsch/Fender Tweed all over my album - (bought them before his band broke up) - but they're probably on this one a bit - the album/lineup/track listing jumped all over creation and 3 labels but what's here is a pretty definitive version - https://billmalloneemusic.bandcamp.c...deluxe-edition

Matthew Ryan - Guilty (Album)- Incredible debut album by one of my favorite songwriters - "Lights of the Commodore Barry" hits me in the soul - he goes in some directions with some albums - (Acoustic to near Techno to Rock and then acoustic versions of the Rock albums) - but his writing is beyond compare, IMHO

well I dont know if you know me but I'm still here

Well I guess that what don't kill you
Makes you stronger in the end
Now baby I'm so goddamn strong
I cannot die by the hands of men
And if I were a samurai
I would probably abstain
Give up my title, and my daimyo
I'd leave town, I'd change my face (fate?)

Bought your album on iTunes years ago, helped me through a tough time back in the day

Do you ever really know anyone?

Yes