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When I was a kid in school we always sing this song first thing in the morning. So it was only fitting to put it first on the album.
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This song title has two meanings. One of them has to do with a brick wall in Germany and the fall of communism.
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Someone promised us something, then took it away. Can you guess the first initial of that person`s name?
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The melody of this song reminded me of something a lounge band might play. The awful title came hot on the heels of that realization.
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I tried to learn a song once and got it wrong. In the process, I came up with this.
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The slow song with feeling.
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One night we opened a Dixie Dregs concert. As the band members walked off the bus and into the club their road crew was laughing at them because their hair was all askew from sleeping on the bus. They called it "Bus Hair". This song is a light hearted tribute to their music. Perfect title.
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As a student was walking into my room for a lesson, I was messing around with an early version of this song. When he asked what it was, I didn`t respond and kept playing. He asked me a few more times, then finally blurted, "What is it, Top Secret?" I said, "Yes."
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I always wondered what a TV newscast theme would sound like if it was played by a rock band. This was an attempt to find out.
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When I was a kid, I used to play "guns" in the backyard with my neighborhood friends, Tom, Chuck, Ed and Bruce. When the Gulf War erupted, Tom and Bruce actually played for real in Baghdad. While it was happening, I couldn`t shake the image of us playing as kids. They both got back safely.
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This song was inspired by the birth of my twins, Steven and Ashley.
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When I was learning guitar, I entered whatever guitar competitions I could find. It made me practice more. You can`t possibly take them seriously, but I kept coming in second place. Hmmmm.
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We heard this yelled at us at a gig once. It was an irresistible temptation to use it as a song title. I don`t really know why.
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This started as a simple cover of Aaron Copeland`s "Hoedown". The result is what happens when you spend a little too much time on one song.
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Sequencing is great because you can sound good even if you can sound good even if you can`t really play keyboards, which I can`t. This song originally had lyrics but I didn`t dare actually sing. Trust me, that was the right call.
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