Hear the acoustic version of Wide Open, and the full CD, by clicking here.

“....a superfluity of songwriting talent...a legitimate heir to the Canadian storyteller legacy established by Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell.”
—The Georgia Straight

See the What's Going Down video here. See the Ever-blessed video from India here. See the Wide Open video here (me and a guitar, and some real rain—budget: $12 for batteries).

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—Anonymous

ME AND ABBEY ROAD

April 27/200 4:23 PM

I never quite made it big in music. In fact I didn’t even make it small. I’ve toured across Canada, but in my own van. I’ve opened for some big names, but not at the height of their careers. I’ve had a few songs on television but I don’t even know on what shows. And I’ve had a song or two (okay, one) very close to being in a big movie.

Be Brave Tonight got all the way to pre-screens in LA and final mixes in London's Abbey Road studios before being yanked at the last minute in favour of an orchestra in the denouement of Message In A Bottle. Was it the right move? Could the song have drastically changed the box-office numbers on their opening weekend?

These questions are still regularly fought over between studio moguls from Los Angeles to Bollywood. I’ve had late-night teary phone calls from Hollywood execs and editors at big-time magazines asking my opinion. What happened? What went wrong? I’ve never said a word until now. And the truth is…I don’t know.

I just don’t know.

But as that great old song from the 70s sums up: “I got the music in me.” And nothing will stop me singing, except maybe death or a throat operation.

Hear a live version of Be Brave Tonight here.
Read Breathing and Trusting here.

WHAT'S GOING DOWN