Born in Scotland, lived in Canada, now resides in Austria, but also lived in Spain and has spent time in the Ukraine. This singer, songwriter, and guitar player released his 12th album this May, plus he has written lyrics and music for numerous other releases. He creates music that spans numerous genres, from rock to Cajun to Celtic to blues and even folk. In addition to there in Austria, he still does perform in Canada and has been in music for approximately 35 years.
“Over the years I’ve taught myself to wake up. Like, I realize I’m writing. In my dreams I play piano – and I don’t really play piano in real life… - and I realize I’m writing a song and I realize I’m dreaming, and I wake myself up and I go to my computer and I record it. I sing it and I try to figure out the chords and write down the words.”
“Music is my whole life. It’s what I focus on. It’s what I do. It creeps into many things.”
“I’ve managed to collect together a group of players that are like-hearted to me and they have a natural love of music and a natural love of what they’re doing with their life and so the whole thing is very enjoyable.”
“These sessions we would start around 8:00 in the evening and sometimes go until about 3, 4, or 5 in the morning and we wouldn’t stop.”
“How can you make music if you’re not feeling like a brotherhood or a sisterhood with people you’re onstage with?”
“Living in Spain definitely changed me, personally and musically.”
“One of the things I’ve always enjoyed doing is going somewhere else and playing with local musicians and meeting musicians, and just going with myself and my acoustic guitar and meeting people and putting a band together and doing some jamming. And the way they, culturally, look at their music, the way they deal with my songs then changes me.”
“I’m a big fan of stories. I’m a big fan, in the song, in movies, in television shows, of the story, and how the story unfolds and how it works. And writing short stories, you don’t just have three-and-a-half minutes and it doesn’t have to rhyme. It’s a lot more of an open thing.”
“Songs for me are like children. You hope they have a nice life and people treat ‘em well.”
"Crazy World"
"Human Heart"