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BIG STEEL WHEELS
"I love the sound of those big steel wheels rollin' down the tracks, hitchin' a ride in a boxcar all I own on my back ..."
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Americana

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The Restless Wind
From my debut CD album NO LOOKING BACK. Available at iTunes, cdbaby.com, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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New Country

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What In The World Is The World Coming To
A powerful, compelling and riveting song with a ringing message defining the uncertain, challenging and perilous times we are in. A collaboration with musician Michael Gogol in Germany - music composed by Michael, Dylanesque-like lyrics and 'born in the dust' vocals by yours truly. See video on YouTube.
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World

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Hey Boba Lou
Written by Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins and Jacqueline Magill, recorded and released in January 1960 by Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks on the 'Mr. Dynamo' LP. My version featuring Mary Jo Bailey Lyell's haunting backing vocals recorded in 2015 is on my CD album, THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Long, Lonely Road
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019. Available on iTunes, CD Baby and various streaming sites on the web.
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Singer/Songwriter

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There Won't Be Any Arizona - Radio Mix
A song about the 'heartbreak of love' ... featuring Mary Jo Bailey Lyell and Ray Lyell. Special thanks to Platinum artist John Wozniak for additional engineering and mixing. Dedicated to the memory of the late Carl Horton who loved the song.
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Country Ballad

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The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
Written by Bobby Braddock and Charlie Williams, performed by Johnny Cash and released in 1987. My version (licenced) recorded in 2015 is on my album THOSE WERE THE DAYS available at Spotify, iTunes and more.
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Country Folk

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The Cowboy Song

From my debut CD album NO LOOKING BACK. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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New Country

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Midnight Rider
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
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Americana

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Fire On The Water
From my CD album OLD MEMORIES. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Classic Garage Band Rock

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What Difference Will It Make
Title track from my CD album WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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Miscellaneous

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A Beautiful Romance
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019. Backing vocalist: Mary Jo Bailey Lyell.
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Singer-Songwriter

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Southern Love
Written by Ronnie Hawkins, Jacqueline Magill and Levon Helm. My cover version (licenced) featuring lead guitarist, John Lewis, ex-member of Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, and the incredible Mary Jo Bailey Lyell's haunting backing vocals is on my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Ride
Sometimes life is like this .... written in 2006. From my 2007 CD album NO LOOKING BACK. Available at iTunes and other streaming web sites.
Song display pic photo by Erin Clark Photography
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Contemporary Country

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The Promised Land of Paradise - with Ray Lyell
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
Nominated in the 2019 IAIA (International Academy of Independent Artists) Golden Kayak Awards.
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Miscellaneous

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I've Lived A Life
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
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Alternative Country

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For You - with Ray Lyell
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019. Written by Paul Brandt & Steve Rosen and sung by Johnny Cash & Dave Matthews in the movie, WE WERE SOLDIERS. The first time I heard the song I hoped Ray Lyell would sing it with me one day as I thought we could do it justice - he did ... and I think he and I and the band did it justice. (Licensed)
Dedicated to the late Carl Horton.
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Alternative Country

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I Got My Ragtop Down
From my 2007 debut CD album, NO LOOKING BACK. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Rockabilly

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Hot Rod Star
"You Are A 'HOT ROD STAR' My Friend .... I Loved That Song" - Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Bobby Lawson (June 29, 1938 - March 22, 2019). On 2 of my albums - 'Old Memories' and 'Those Were The Days', available at Spotify, iTunes and other streaming web sites.
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Rockabilly

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It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Written by fellow Canadian and legend Paul Anka, recorded by Buddy Holly October 1958 and released January 1959.
My version (licenced) recorded in the style of Waylon Jennings is on my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
Song display pic: Yours truly, circa 1959. Copyright Restless Wind Music
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Contemporary Country

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Call Me The Breeze
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
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Classic and Progressive Rock

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Cry! Cry! Cry!
Cry! Cry! Cry! was written by Johnny Cash. The song was performed by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. Released in 1955 by Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, the song reached #14 on the charts. My version (licenced) recorded in 2015 is on my album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available on iTunes and at Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Apple Music, iHeartRadio, Pandora and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Poor Little Fool
Poor Little Fool was written by Sharon Sheeley and recorded by Ricky Nelson in April 1958. It was the first number-one song on Billboard magazine's then-new Hot 100 chart. My version (licensed) recorded in 2015 is on my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Rock This Place - with Ray Lyell
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019. Co-vocalist: Ray Lyell.
Nominated in the 2019 IAIA (International Academy of Independent Artists) Golden Kayak Awards.
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Rock & Roll

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1959
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
Nominated in the 2019 IAIA (International Academy of Independent Artists) Golden Kayak Awards.
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Americana

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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
From my debut CD album NO LOOKING BACK released August 2007. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Contemporary Country

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Maybe Baby
Written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded September 29, 1957 while Buddy Holly and The Crickets were on tour in Oklahoma. My version (licenced) recorded in 2015 is on my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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The Silver Cross Medal of Honour - with Ray Lyell
The song is a special tribute in honour of recipients of the Memorial / Silver Cross awarded each November In Canada prior to Remembrance Day
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Miscellaneous

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Little Darlin'
Written by Maurice Williams, LITTLE DARLIN' was released in January 1957 by Williams’ R&B group, The Gladiolas. Our own great home-grown Canadian group, The Diamonds, released their version a month later – it reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts and was ranked by Billboard as the No. 3 song for 1957. My version (licenced) is on my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Shining White Eyes - Revisited
... on that warm desert highway with those shining white eyes .. a road well-traveled ...
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Americana

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Bet On Me, Baby - with Ray Lyell
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019. Co-vocalist: Ray Lyell.
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Rock & Roll

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Light Year Life with Ray Lyell
Written in 1987. From my CD album OLD MEMORIES released June 2016. Available at iTunes, cdbaby.com, Spotify and other streaming sites. DJ DrWart Hoover, SevernFM in Gloucester, United Kingdom, added Light Year Life to one of his Blues Hour Shows calling the song "one of the most original 'blues-infused' songs of the last few years." Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Space Rock

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For Old Times' Sake
From my 2012 CD album, WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE. Available at iTunes, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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bluegrass

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Dreams In The Wind - w Ray Lyell and Paula Tessaro
The title track from my album DREAMS IN THE WIND with co-vocalists RAY LYELL and PAULA TESSARO. Released April 2019.
Nominated in the 2019 IAIA (International Academy of Independent Artists) Golden Kayak Awards.
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Alternative Rock

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All Through The Night
From my 2007 album, 'No Looking Back' ... written in 1986.
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Acoustic

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There's Just The One And Only You
Written in 1959 while in high school. On my 2007 CD album NO LOOKING BACK. The song is the love theme woven through the pages of my novel - a love story, circa 1959, The Summer Garden and the Song, published in 2016. "There's Just The One And Only You" available at Spotify, iTunes and other streaming web sites.
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Love Song

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The Eyes Tell You Everything
From my 2012 CD album WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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Alternative Country

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Got Nothin' To Lose
I wrote the song while in high school in 1959. It made the cut for my 2007 debut CD album, NO LOOKING BACK. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Country Rock

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Rock and Roll Will Never Die
From my 2012 CD album WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Singer/Songwriter

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Everyone Has a Dream
From my CD album OLD MEMORIES released June 2016, featuring my two youngest grand-daughters, Amelie and Megan Thomson, making their professional recording debut singing the extended last chorus with me. Available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Old Memories
"The old house is gone, the barn and drive-shed too, that old John Deere has bit the dust, well, I know some do ..."The title track from my CD album OLD MEMORIES. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Alternative Country

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Is There No One
Featuring David Rodenburg on Tenor saxophone and Mike DeBenedictis on Bass guitar.
From the album, 'What Difference Will It Make'. Written in 1987
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Country Ballad

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Taking Me Higher
Written in 1986. From my CD album OLD MEMORIES. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
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Adult Contemporary

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That's What Christmas Means To Me
Written in 1984, finally recorded twenty-five years later in 2009, and released as a single in December 2010. It is also included as a bonus track on my CD album WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE available at Spotify, iTunes and other streaming web sites.
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Singer-Songwriter

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I Don't Wanna Lose You
From my CD album WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE released July 2012. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites. A collab with fellow artists Steve April and Stan Laber.
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Rockabilly

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No Looking Back
The title track from my debut CD album NO LOOKING BACK released August 2007. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Country Rock

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Believe What You Say
Written by Dorsey Burnette and Johnny Burnette, Believe What You Say was recorded by Ricky Nelson and released in March 1958. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. My version (licenced) featuring John Lewis - ex-member of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, on lead guitar was recorded in 2015 for my CD album THOSE WERE THE DAYS is available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Another Twenty Miles
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
Nominated in the 2019 IAIA (International Academy of Independent Artists) Golden Kayak Awards.
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Country

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Hello, Mary Lou
Written by Gene Pitney and Cayet Mangiaracina, "Hello Mary Lou" was recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1961. My version (licenced) was recorded in 2015 for my cover song album, THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Miscellaneous

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Just Ask Your Heart
Written by Diane Denota, Joe Ricci and Pete Damata. Copyright: Songs of Universal, Inc. Recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959.
My version (licensed) recorded in 2015 is on my 'Those Were The Days' album released January 2018 available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming sites.
Song display pic: Yours truly, circa 1962 Copyright Restless Wind Music
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Miscellaneous

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The Cowboy Song - Revisited
From my album DREAMS IN THE WIND released April 2019.
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Country

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California Sunrise
From my CD album OLD MEMORIES. Available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Lounge

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Just Like Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
A gentle stroke of the brush across the musical landscape painting a sensual picture of a 'Lolita-like' romance, "... he was older than her, she was much younger they said, together they made quite a number ...". Written - and inspired - years ago (1987), recorded in 2011 for my 2012 album, WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Adult Contemporary

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On The Other Side
From my CD album OLD MEMORIES released June 2016. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other streaming web sites.
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Christian Southern Rock

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James Stanley Howen
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2/6/2021 8:40:23 AM
Hey Cowboy, Congratulations on your winning 2 Golden Kayak Awards this year. You mighjt have to build a larger shelf to keep all your awards over the years on lol!
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Paul groover
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1/20/2021 9:25:22 PM
I am taking a step back. I worked my socks off last year. Due to the emergency that happened. I tried different stuff most popular The man who second Lonely freedom. Me singing. Wish i could sing like Bowie. Maybe one day someone with the right accrutements. I tried to make it different. Released my version of the B52,s Rock lobster breakbeat mix no guitars. The big question is i copied Abba SOS figured it out. I use all the original synths and Pianos
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Neil w Young
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1/18/2021 11:06:54 PM
Thanks for stopping by my page, Richard, and for your kind words.
Congratulations and best wishes re your well-deserved 2020 Golden Kayak nominations.
Neil
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Richard Scotti
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1/13/2021 5:32:40 PM
Congrats on your well deserved nominations. You are living proof that passion plus talent equals success. You are an inspiration to us all. I wish you the best.
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Paul groover
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1/9/2021 10:02:01 PM
I was nominated 6 times i am not that good not yet
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Verena Serene
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5/23/2020 1:34:42 PM
Thank you... Congratulations to YOU Neil! Keep up this great music of yours! -Joe-
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Rich Russom and Joe Aloisa
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4/8/2020 9:30:40 AM
Neil,
Such GREAT work here!!! Thanx for your kind words, and keep on keepin' on:)
rich.
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Neil w Young
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2/21/2020 1:04:05 PM
Well, this is a surprise – a Golden Granny – an award new on the scene here at IMP being presented, as I understand it, by one or more generous and enterprising soul or souls in support of our indie community.
Thank you for your consideration and for the honour.
Neil
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The Golden GRANNY Awards
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2/19/2020 3:31:47 AM
Congratulations - You have been selected to receive a Golden GRANNY for your contributions to IMP and your support of Indie music
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Streamline
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2/8/2020 12:57:15 PM
Congratulations on your Golden Kayak nomination!
And thank you for your comment.
Best of luck to you also!
Gary
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PIP and MERRY
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2/4/2020 7:35:27 PM
Thanks neil, wish you all the best for your music your great the real deal. pip..
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Neil w Young
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1/24/2020 12:32:30 AM
Many thanks and much appreciation for all the recent visits to my page, and for all the kind and generous words of support.
Best wishes to each and every one in all your endeavours, and may the sounds and voices of the music we make, be our legacy to the shifting whispering sands of time.
Neil
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Bob Elliott
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1/23/2020 3:14:07 PM
Thanks! Good luck to you, also, Neil.
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Marc Ceccotti
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1/23/2020 11:24:25 AM
Congratulations Neil on your Golden Kayak nomination :)
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Richard Scotti
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1/22/2020 12:15:14 PM
Dovetailing on our previous chat: I do agree that it takes a village to raise a music website! You and Scott and everyone else behind the scenes obviously see this job as a labor of love. No one is getting rich off his endeavor. Love of the art form is the main incentive. And of course we have the wonderful content that we as artists provide that attracts and entertains listeners. We are an interdependent community. Scott does deserve a lot of credit for what he does both as an artist and a moderator and as all the other titles that we don't get to see. It's a "thankless" job but I do thank him both publicly and privately. We all face life challenges as best we can and lord knows we are all dealing with serious issues and yet we push on. We hang together, we make music, we support each other. I myself have found tremendous solace and strength in this community. It has been a form of salvation for me and I will always be a loyal supporter and team player. Whenever I count my blessings, this website is certainly near the top of my list. All for one and one for all, together we rise, divided we fall.
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