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Coming Soon - New Release
Crocus Hill Anthology
In 1968, I wrote a song called Ride With The Devil. It was about a drummer in my first band, the Missing Lynx. We were playing a gig on W 7th St. in St Paul when he told me he had done some acid (LSD) and that he was freaked out that he would never come back off the trip. Eventually, he did and was ok. That was the inspiration for the song. It kinda blows my mind that 54 years later, it is being used as the theme for a film series on the opioid crisis happening now.
Sometime around 2010, I decided to take a look at other songs I wrote from that early period (1967-1972). So my good friend Doug Rymerson (RSVP – 2022) and I started rehearsing and then recording about 10 of them. I think that some of Doug’s best acoustic guitar playing that was ever recorded is on this recording. Some of these Doug and I had played back in the late 60s when we both lived on Crocus Hill. There they sat until recently, when my friend Dave Cushing, who has mixed several of my albums, kindly offered to mix these songs.
It’s easy to look back on those days and say how simple things were then. Of course, they weren’t, yet these songs seem to evoke a bygone era that, in retrospect, now seems less complex. Though times have changed, some things remain the same, and I hope these songs reflect that.
In 1968, I wrote a song called Ride With The Devil. It was about a drummer in my first band, the Missing Lynx. We were playing a gig on W 7th St. in St Paul when he told me he had done some acid (LSD) and that he was freaked out that he would never come back off the trip. Eventually, he did and was ok. That was the inspiration for the song. It kinda blows my mind that 54 years later, it is being used as the theme for a film series on the opioid crisis happening now.
Sometime around 2010, I decided to take a look at other songs I wrote from that early period (1967-1972). So my good friend Doug Rymerson (RSVP – 2022) and I started rehearsing and then recording about 10 of them. I think that some of Doug’s best acoustic guitar playing that was ever recorded is on this recording. Some of these Doug and I had played back in the late 60s when we both lived on Crocus Hill. There they sat until recently, when my friend Dave Cushing, who has mixed several of my albums, kindly offered to mix these songs.
It’s easy to look back on those days and say how simple things were then. Of course, they weren’t, yet these songs seem to evoke a bygone era that, in retrospect, now seems less complex. Though times have changed, some things remain the same, and I hope these songs reflect that.
New Release - Ute Creek Eulogy - 2023
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FREELAND RELEASES THIRD AND FINAL ALBUM, UTE CREEK EULOGY, 51 YEARS AFTER FIRST RECORD
Freeland, a six-piece band from Minnesota, announces the release of Ute Creek Eulogy, featuring 17 songs and two bonus tracks, all written by members of this long-lasting group of musical friends, some of whom played in local groups together in the 1960s. The title refers to Ute Creek, a canyon near Idaho Springs, CO, where the band moved in August, 1972, to promote their first record, Headin’ Back. The group played a . . . continue reading |
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New Streaming - Sign of Seasons!
Anthology Records is releasing all songs of Signs of Seasons for streaming. More information can be found on Instagram, Discogs, and all other major streaming platforms including: Amazon, Antholog/Bandcamp, Deezer, Facebook, Last.FM, iTunes/Apple Music, Mexican Summer, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify, Tidal, and Twitter. |
Press Release:
Deer Park man's `Signs of Seasons` is very well seasoned by April Ziemer on July 28, 2023 They say some things get better with age; like wine, whiskey and blue jeans. Maybe even the sounds of the 1970s? I guess it depends how you look at Boz Metzdorf’s musical tale... Read On at Amery Free Press The entire album can be purchased here on CD.
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