Misc Recordings

Miscellaneous Recordings

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November, 2024

Two Doves

I have set up a small recording studio in my basement. Mostly carpet and packing blankets to deaden sound. I wear a hat to keep the light from reflecting off my bald head. I invite musical friends over to record a song they wrote or love or whatever. Today was the first actual finished recording, and I am pleased to release this first video/audio recording from the small black soft box featuring a song written by Brad Vanover and recorded by Brad on guitar and vocals, Marty Purdy on Mandola and backing vocals, and myself on Mandocello and backing vocals. We hope you enjoy “Two Doves”.
Nuff said.

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Greener Grass 

I wrote this song a LONG time ago.  Greener Grass is the story of Noah who saves all the animals from the great flood on the Ark.  When they finally reach land,he thinks his job is over, but the animals say that he still needs to be their leader. He wrestles with whether he is free to pursue his own goals or if he is eternally slated to lead a ship of fools. 

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Warren Ray – Tin Art Guitars

Our Dear Friend Warren Ray passsed away in December, 2022

I had mad a documentary in 2018 showing Warren’s process of making tin art guitars from lunchboxes, and in 2022, I finalized it to share with his friends and family at a memorial celebration that took place in the spring of 2023

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Suspicious Minds – Louisville Supergroup – 2020

In December, 2020, Austin Sheehan and Rebekah Lynn Dow spearheaded a recording project featuring a long list of Louisville Musicians including John Wells, Marcy Ziegler, Herschel Zahnd, Tim Miller, Francis Whitaker, Dakota Bragdon, Eliot Thompson, Jeff McQueen, Tony Susnick, Nicholas Rowan, Donnie Arbuckle, Brandon Shell, and Patrick Fitzgerald.  (Patrick played Mandola and 3 saxophone parts.)  Fantastic editing job by Austin and Rebekah!

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My brother Chris rewrote a Paul Simon Tune to celebrate my 50th birthday.  Like most Fitzgerald lore, it is largely Hyperbole 😉

 

 

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I submitted this to the NPR Tiny Desk Concert in 2015.  It did not win anything, but it was fun to make. 

 

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Rain Chorus – What I Miss

I recorded the Rain Chorus in a multi-camera shoot at Headliners Music Hall on Deceember 12, 2015. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F6SYR30plA&t=30s

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Hiding from the Rain

Amy Fitzgerald, Tim Kelty, and I recorded this song in June 2007. 

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I wrote this song around 1989.  In 2023, Jeff Faith urged me to play this song on the Wakeman’s porch.  Stella Wakeman heard me play it and asked “Is that a Real Song”?  A couple months later, I recorded it and now dedicate it to her. 

Here is the Soundcloud Link