Here's the Rilee O'Neil version of one of my favorite songs to get stuck in my head... "Program" yourself for luck! Ask yourself, "Why IS it EASY today?" as well as my classic, trademark, grooviness chant: "Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?" Please click the arrow to …
373 Happy Birthday We Love You
A very special person was born on this day... May your world shine ever new! Back in 2007 I got tired of singing the "usual" birthday song so I wrote a new one. It hasn't quite "caught on" yet but give it time LOL :o) Please click the arrow to play: Happy Birthday We Love You Song # 373 | …
42 Raised and Called
Songs Through A Window by Mark Shepard About This Song: (lyrics below) This is one of my first "spiritual but not religious" songs. I wrote it on the Mountain Dulcimer, a simple 4 stringed instrument that you play on your lap. Joni Mitchell used it quite a bit. David Massengill uses it almost …
501 Last Laugh
Today's song is a world premiere. Only 2 other people have heard this so far. The truth is I have no idea what this song is actually about... it just feels fabulous to sing... It somehow induces a very present moment awareness, a trance-like dream state, a Fellini-esque collage of images and …
36 Behind Our Faces
A love song for a rainy day... written when I was 19 going on 20... Living on Carmine street, Greenwich Village, in New York City at the time attempting to "make it" or "Be Discovered" as a singer/songwriter... lonely as hell. Nonna came down from college for the weekend. This song …
41 Scarecrow Boy (version 1)
Today's song is from my first LP, "Songs Through A Window" and features some amazing harmonica playing by this crazy guy who's name I forget. It WAS 1982... So I guess it's forgivable. There is also some sweet slide guitar being played by my friend John Hannah who at the time was learning to play …