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The classic song "Deep Purple" is one of those fascinating pieces of music that has lived several completely different lives across generations. Despite the name, it actually has nothing to do with the rock band of the same name—it’s a romantic ballad from the early 20th century. 🎼 Origins (1933) “Deep Purple” was written in 1933 by: Peter DeRose – music Mitchell Parish – lyrics The song began as...

A live (tracked) performance at my weekly show that I've been wanting to sing for 40 years and to catch it live was a great opportunity to snag a recording. I'll definitely keep this one in the rotation - it's such a great song written by the Vannelli's and sung by Gino's magnificent multi timbred voice. This was the single song in history that changed my own musical direction and I remember that...

By far my favorite Christmas or holiday tune, I have recorded this before and used this same arrangement, but it was at least a decade ago and my style has changed along the way in many ways. This is the Larry Gatlin arrangement which floored me the first time I heard it - seems tailor-made for me!

Probably one of Dan Fogelberg's best songs - and there are many of those to choose from. I haven't done much of his stuff over the years although I really really like most everything I've ever heard. I believe he was tremendously talented, and maybe I'm just having a Renaissance moment. This song has been in my head the last week or so, and this was the easiest way to get it out.

By far my favorite LRB song, this is patterned after their 2nd recording of the song on "The Hits...Revisited" with a slightly faster tempo than the 1983 recording. I rushed at the chance to record this a few years ago and didn't like the resulting recording, I'm much much happier with this vocal performance and added a bit of production myself to the arrangement. I think it rocks and it's always...

Probably one of the most beautiful tunes I've ever heard, with the original version being stunningly performed by Gino Vanelli. I had actually heard just a piano & vocal version he'd done, and then I heard the studio version and was even more blown away. But there's more about this song than just this cover version. In the early 80's after I graduated high school, I began singing in some of the lo...

One of the most popular songs of the entire 70's, this sad tale about life has moments of happy sounding chord progressions.. but it covers the life of a man after being left at the altar, losing his parents, and unsure of what life has to bring. But it's also one of my all time favorite songs that I've wanted to record. I hope you enjoy my take.

This is such a timeless and classic song originally written and performed by the legendary Roy Orbison. Don McLean covered it several years later, taking the song out to a lushly orchestrated ballad arrangement, which happened to be the first version of the song I heard and became familiar with. I've always loved it, and many years later, kd Lang recorded it both solo and as a duet with Roy Orbiso...

In honor of Bobby Caldwell, who recently passed, and was the original artist of this great song. Go West recorded it too many years later, and fortunately stayed true to the original arrangement. I just started doing this song a few months back as it's an all time favorite, and it gets a grear reception every time. This is a live recording, slightly mixed, that I'll probably end up doing in the st...

This is one of the most iconic songs from the entire late 70's and 80's catalog combined. It is still played on radio and it's just such a great song. You can almost feel yourself out in the wind, on a quiet sailboat, just you and the water, and maybe someone special with you. I had done it live years ago and decided it was time to update it. I completely remade the intro with those awesome orches...

Air Supply was the first group to release the song "The Power of Love" in the United States, several years before Celine Dion had a mega smash hit with it. It was also recorded and released overseas and then again in the US by Laura Branigan before Celine too. None of the US versions hit, but I think this arrangement, using Air Supply's arrangement and instrumentation is superior. There is only on...

This was one of Toto's slightly lesser hits (but only slightly) following their megahits with Toto IV, and a change in the lineup on most lead vocals, but it was strong enough to be the lead single from their "Fahrenheit" album. I loved the song immediately and covered it literally within weeks of it coming out - at a club in Dallas, TX where several hundred people heard me. This would have been i...

ABBA was one of the most successful pop groups fro the 70s and 80's before they disbanded for a 10 year period. This has always been one of my favorite songs of theirs, and after finding a piano-only track, decided to make a full blown cover of it with my own choice of instrumentation. Everything you hear in this recording except the piano is by yours truly ;-)

A great 80's pop tune that floated on the airwaves like a nice warm summer breeze. The original version by Sergio Mendes featured the amazingly talented Joe Pizzulo, probably one of the most underrated singers of pop music at the time. In my opinion, he should have been a household name as his vocals were gleaming on this track as well as the hit duet "Never Gonna Let You Go" (with Leeza Miller) -...

This song stuck with me from the first moment i heard it and Amy Lee's amazing powerful vocal will live on forever past our days. The haunting melody and rock arrangement of the last chorus are things of pop music greatness. I never thought I'd get a chance to record it, but stumbled upon a track with a lowered key and thought I'd give it a shot. Mostly the same arrangement, but I took dramatic li...

Just having some nostalgic fix, Rick rollin' with this classic...

The classic song originally recorded by Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli, convered here by a vocal coach from Australia and myself, two people who have never met, talked, or know each other. I found her version online where she had just recorded the female verse, and i am in the process of learning this song so it was a great opportunity. This was only my second take but I liked how we blended. I don'...

MercyMe made history with this amazing song by having the most successful contemporary Christian song on the charts, ever. The song has a great history and story behind it which is chronicled in the movie, "I Can Only Imagine". One for all the feels, for sure. While I knew if the song itself, I was only vaguely familiar and had never sung it before. In the last year, my personal journey toward spi...

I only became aware of this song a few weeks ago when asked to lead it at church, and learned it pretty quickly. However it reallly touched a chord within me and I decided to record it at home and experiment with it a little. Will make some other changes to it at some point, but I love this one. I hope you enjoy it!

In the mid-80s Sheena Easton, while riding a huge wave of commercial success, took time out of her busy schedule to learn Spanish - phonetically - and re-record several of her biggest English-language hits for the Latin America market on EMI. As most were only familiar with hearing her awesome Scottish accent speaking English, this was a surprising move but also a very successful one as the album...

one of two new songs I am getting to do at church, both of which knocked me out with the lyric content at this particular time of my life. This is just a demo, my first take vocal recording. I'll definitely be working this one up

The beautiful "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel", with this version being inspired from David Phelps incredibly moving arrangement. Modified a bit as I did not want to do a note for note recreation but definitely wanted to put a nod to his version, which is probably one of the best I've ever heard. The song can be viewed from many angles from secular to spiritual. The message of walking thr...

Probably one of the most unique love songs I've ever heard, it was written by and originally performed by Joan Armatrading in 1976, and then covered by Sheena Easton in 1984 on her amazingly successful "A Private Heaven" album. It was not a single release, but an album cut with a unique vocal pattern and rhythm all together. The very beginning here I decided to have a little bit of fun with but It...

My updated and second recording of this song, one which I consider a Hallmark for any singer to attempt. I'm not sure how successful some will consider this - for me, I'm satisfied for the moment as I started trying to learn this classic tune earlier in the year, and made a "first attempt" video. Of course, I'd heard countless versions but not being a Latin speaker, learning the pronunciations to...

I should sing more often when I'm depressed.. as this really helped me today. Could be the song, but I've been pretty down and out lately, and this contemporary Christian song by Amy Grant is not only one of her best written songs, but it's an eternal favorite of mine. I've wanted to record it since I first heard it and today, well, I just had the calling. This is also a first take vocal but I'm h...