The Old Freight Train (1964)
This song is one of my favorites, and reflects a memory of having been there in that situation.
No Name Tune (1963)
This is a short piece that I wrote to play at the riverbank on camping trips.
The River by the C & O (1962)
The “hobo” character in the song is just a guy who never got his life together in a way he was satisfied with. That was Pat Hale. Although I didn’t consciously make the connection when I wrote it — it was happenstance — that’s how it turned out. Pat was never happy with his station; never settled as a family man; caroused … Read more
Noo River (1962)
This is one of a group of songs I wrote in the late ‘50s and early 60s. My uncle Pat Hale had a fishing partner whose name was Haxsaw; they worked in the mines together, and went fishing together on New River. Everytime Hawsaw would catch a fish, he’d yell at the top of his … Read more
Morning Star (1961)
This song just kind of wrote itself in 1961, originally as just a guitar piece called “Lonely Tune”. I then put wrote some lyrics in 2019 and renamed it “Morning Star.”