Blue Town

"Blue Town" is a song from my new disc COCKTAILS that I recorded live in my Irish studio 2 years ago. It is inspired by two completely different towns: BALLYCOTTON, IRELAND and CANTON, OHIO. It's about how time creeps up on you, taps you on the s houlder and points out that whether you like it or not...you have arrived. I always think I'm 'going somewhere', never committed to permanence, until one day I see a flash of reality and realize that I've been living in a place for YEARS. All of the sudden, I am home. The crashing of dreams and reality. That is what "Blue Town" is about. I think we all have those moments when we feel rusty and unfulfilled, thinking that everything would be fine if we could JUST get out of town and start over. The reality is that you will only wind up in ANOTHER blue town. Sometimes you just have to let your dreams go drifting by, gather your true friends and raise a glass to surrender. There is beauty to be found under the neon lights. It is in living in the moment. In this video, I had just finished writing "Blue Town" while I was wrapping up playing shows for my last CD, TWIST. I think it's the stepping stone song between the two records. You can hear it here (on this page) naked and freshly written if you click on the video above. OR..you can pick up a copy of COCKTAILS to hear the fully realized version with Marti Jones' lush vocals and guitars, Don Dixon's perfectly, haunting bass and Jim Brock's spinal percussion. Worth it, if only for Dixon's gorgeous string arrangement. Here's mud in your eye.