专辑简介

The song, 'American Politics' was created from a song written originally in 1992 by Joe Bye. Working with Joe in Evergreen, CO in 2010 on several projects led to discovering this catchy tune. The lyrics of the original song really fit the time; however the political landscape is ever changing in America. At least that’s what we think. While researching photos to use for this current release we discovered a lot of interesting history of political campaigns and process. We discovered that as the media changes, the nastiness of the battle for the white house has at times, actually been worse than today.

The process of developing ‘American Politics’ ©, (this new derivitive of the ‘Election Song’) came to me as the candidates in this election cycle began their campaigns and battle to become President of the United States. What a battle it has become. Debra and I started writing down ideas and I would play and sing through them in an attempt to capture the sentiment of not only this political cycle, but those of the past and most likely similar feelings that may prevail in campaigns to come. It’s the ‘Undecided Political Prize Fight’ every four years. It’s an ugly process at times…. It’s an inspiring process at times… and sometimes we just want to hold our nose and immerse ourselves in some other part of our lives that brings us joy. Writing and recording and performing are the joys of this group of musicians and writers. A special Thank You to: Joe Bye for the original catchy melody and great sounding Gretsch Guitar; Kris Eylands, my best childhood buddy on great lead guitar and back ground vocals, Brian Mikulich laying down the solid drum track, Tom Capik’s (Colorado Sound) great final mixing and mastering in super double time as well as playing Hammond (so looking forward to working together more), Jeremy Daignault for the original recording tracks and special thanks to Debra Coogan for writing some of the lyrics and such positive support as always.

The candidates that began this campaign, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, John Kasich, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, and probably a few others… the question always is… Who is wrong… Who is right… in the yard by the House that’s colored White?