I debuted three songs at The Ugly Mug, arrangements of poems that I had been working on lately.
1. A Dream Within a Dream, by Edgar Allan Poe
2. L’Envoi, by Edwin Arlington Robison
3. The Helping Hand, by Edgar Lee Masters
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Mr. Herring and I performed often at International Night, which was a regular affair at James Lick High School in the early 2000s. Here, we cover two Dylan songs “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and “Hurricane.”
Mr. Herring and I performed a couple of Dylan tunes. We regularly sang The Times They Are A-Changin’.
This may have been the first shared service of Mountain Bible Church and Christ Child Catholic Church, a tradition that continued until the days of Covid. I sang Johnny Cash’s Redemption. At the time, I did not play guitar, so Don Strand accompanied me. Later, I would learn the song on guitar.
In 2012, I recorded a version in Central African Republic:
Covering Johnny Cash:
1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Belshazzar
I also sang with Mr. Herring, covering a couple of Dylan tunes. If I recall correctly we sang The Times Are A’Changin’ and one other song.
My first instrument was the violin, which I took up in the 5th grade, and my first performance was that same year. If you played at the Sixth Frederick All-County Orchestra in 1981, please email. You can download the mp3 here.
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When we moved back to California, I played in the orchestra at Black Mountain Middle School. I’m in the first violin section, third chair.
At Black Mountain Middle School, in my second year of violin.
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