Outlaw Song, not the Bon Jovi one.
I’m in a songwriting group with Matt Knoles, Andy White and Dan Hislop. I challenged the group to write an outlaw song. We ended up with some pretty good tunes. Below, you can play or download my song, “Brave When I Went”. Try not to cry on your keyboard.
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about 3 years ago
there’s a new johnny cash in town!!! This is a great song. way to run from the law!
about 3 years ago
Awww, thanks, Angela. I don’t think I done enough livin’ to be as good as Cash. Thanks for the love!
about 3 years ago
Nice! Very Steve Earle-esque. get a pickin rhythm going, capoed around 4th fret…and then add a history of drug abuse, time in jail, and bitter rants against republicans and you are the next Steve Earle.
Makes me want to start a song-writing crew here…:)
about 3 years ago
Wow-I must admit the Mundell-Hislop-White-Knoles team/gang/boy-band/folktopia-experience brought some intial thoughts to mind, first you are a:
A Quadruple: which is a term from mathematics, depicting an n-tuple with n being 4. This means it depicts four elements, with the order of the elements carrying meaning. This differs from a set, where the order of the elements is meaningless and where no element could exist more than once
I guess you are indeed all an element which works out if I may be outlawish here:
Chris-Funny man element
Andy-MOFO element
Hislop-Faith Based element
Knoles-Good look-charm element
I guess ya’ll are outlaws after all! Pistolas por Dios!!!
about 3 years ago
part of why I love cm.com is Ed Melendez!!!! funny people abound around these parts
about 3 years ago
Yes, Ed does take this site another level.
about 3 years ago
Dr. Ed–thanks for the musing. i’d like to see our boy band in a Honda Element.
Krazy Kendall–i did spot Mundell’s capo residing upon the 4th fret during this bandit ballad.
CM–I like this song way more than any of Bon Jovi’s “songs”. I always hoped they’d find dead when he sang that stupide dead or alove song. Yes, although I am a “Pistola por Dios”, I like your “Brave Bandit” tune even more than livin’ on a prayer or Madonna’s like a prayer. call me a heretic.
Angela–you are part of the funny stuff here at CM too. It’s so cool how Chris sends us checks for our comments.
about 3 years ago
Chris:
You are corrupting the youth, and I heartily ask you to continue. I caught Dylan red-handed viewing cm.com and chortling–yes, actual chortles were heard. But the boy done been sprayed with the anti-chortle, and he’s off to read a good book. This song is ridiculously good CM, and particularly so given the challenge of the subject-matter. Quit the day job and get on with the real deal (sorry Jade). For all you youngins: for outlaw-song-gestalt I recommend the seriously underrated Pat Garret and Billy the Kid Soundtrack by, oh say, Bob Dylan. In addition to the seminal Knocking on Heaven’s Door, there’s a cornucoppia of outlawish revivalism on there. None other than Tom Brosseau has mightily covered said material.
Happy Easter all.
Kim