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Any Dream Will Do..

This is a song from "Joseph and The Technicolor Dream Coat"

Covering another '80s Classic

Stylistically, this song is much different for me. I don't usually sing these types of songs, and this song has a much  different feel than "it might be you". It's pure Pop! I'm trying to expand my vocal and using different styles to feel more comfortable singing in different ways. Honestly, though, I don't really know how to be any other kind of singer than just "me". So I just sing it Meade style, I guess. So here's "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You", by Glenn Medeiros

Singing an Old '80s Classic...

This song definitely has a Country-esque feel to it, and it happened to be the theme song in the 1982 movie "Tootsie", starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange. Stephen Bishop sang the title track, although he did not write it. I always like Stephen Bishop as both a singer and songwriter. Turns out he was in quite a few things as an Actor too- including the guy who got his guitar bashed up by John Belushi in "Animal House".

Entertaining at the Old Folks Home

We put on a good show for the folks at St Mary's Woods Senior Living Facility. Some people managed to even get out of their chairs and dance! I was sweating something awful because it was so hot and humid outside . I was glad to be back singing for a crowd again. Singing in my bedroom and staring  at these four walls was enough to drive me plumb crazy. We were minus one band member who was out of town, but we managed to keep up a peppy performance, with lots of stories and catchy tunes for the audience. I was really bloated, but I still managed to hit those high notes and get my yodeling voice on. Everyone enjoyed hearing about my tribute to Roy Rogers. Fun was had by all!                                                    Some fans...

Wanting to be like: ELVIS !

                      Elvis Presley Inspired my musical journey in many ways. Like most every boy I think, I went through  an I -want -to- be- like- Elvis- Presley phase. It mainly started when my dad brought me home an Elvis record after he went on a business trip to Memphis. He had visited Graceland with some of his office friends and picked it up at the gift shop . A funny story goes that while touring the mansion, my dad and the other businessmen asked the cab diver to wait for them outside, and then asked the cab driver "will you remember us?" And he politely said "sure, you'll be the only guys in there with suits on". I remember kind of really being taken in by Elvis and his style. He was the epitome of cool . He wasn't like the Beatles. They didn't inspire me the way Elvis did. He had a lot of magic and soul stirring personality in his music.  I strived to be like h...

Meade Skelton Is Good Country Music...

I copied this from an article I found on a personal Tumblr blog some years ago. Unfortunately, the blog is no longer running, but I was able to copy and save this. It seems to  be a personal testimonial of some sort. I would love to find out who wrote it, and reach out to them. I venture to guess they are from my area, or Virginia, at least. Perhaps they will see this and let me know. They went by the name "That readjuster spirit". This was written in 2011 MEADE SKELTON IS GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC http://thatreadjusterspirit.tumblr.com/post/5456784096/meade-skelton-is-good-country So a while back, I wrote a little about why I think Johnny Cash doesn’t fall as squarely into that constantly-evoked realm of “good country” as folks like to pretend. So, what is good country? Two words: Meade Skelton.I’d like to start by explicating what I don’t like about Meade. Meade has a lousy sense of politics and history. He bought into the moonlight and magnolias image of Gone with the Wind...

New Livestream Dates

Howdy Everyone! I will be livestreaming again shortly. I am getting some new computer equipment to make things easier, and I will resume livestreaming Sunday, June 10th! From then on, I will do regular livestreams every other Sunday at 8 P.M. EST. I will try to make them fun and entertaining and engaging. Please spread the word. Also , I will be going back in the studio shortly to record some more songs, some of which will be released digitally and elsewhere. Be looking for that soon! God bless.