The same year that I started as band director at SAHS and wrote the alma mater — 1955-56 — I was on a roll, and began writing lyrics to fight songs. I wrote the words “Go Red Dragons, go all the way” which I understand is still being sung at SAHS athletic events. In January … Read more
I wrote this cello piece for my granddaughter Hannah Dare Bryan in 2016.
This song is about a guy who lives in a coal mine community in WV, and decides he’s hanging it up. His wife has been unfaithful and he decides — that’s it, I’m out of here. I picture him as living in Beckley. Unfortunately there is no recording of this song.
This is a song about a guy having difficulty in his domestic life, and he would (sadly, to him) leave home on weekends and go to New River. Unfortunately there is no recording of this song.
This guitar piece, which has a bit of a Spanish feel, was written in 1964 and composed on the Martin guitar that accompanied me on so many camping trips, hence the title.