I have decided to post recorded work here for easy distribution. Most of the recordings are backyard reveries of my own songs,
songs of others, as well as in-the-moment creations.
NEWEST: THE SILO SESSIONS FROM SONG SCHOOL 2009, LYON'S COLORADO. Here is an hour file of dale, sam, with friend scott russo and toby hanging out in the silo singing.
Here is a first song (beside Hi Bye Bye) written and (finally) performed in front of people at song school this year. It is the product of an exercise where pair up with someone and each share a transforming story of your life that the other person turns into a song. My partner for this was Patrick Fagan of Breckinridge, Colorado.
First there are the backyard reveries - usually an hour to 2 hours in length. (also, they are in various formats, m4a, mp3, wav and resolutions)
10. dalesun4-6-08(was cut short)
THEN COME INDIVIDUAL CUTS which are sometimes edited from the above reveries or recorded elsewhere. If they have the word free after them they are in-the-moment inventions, spur of the moment, stream of consciousness creations. At times the recording quality is not very good.
4. dalesongtivebeenthinkinboutyou free
6. howyougonnalovemewheni'mgonepiano free
9. where have you gone lovely lady free
10. everybody see's the world go by what's cookin free
11. those depression days free
12. sing this song instead of cry-rocknrollsavedmysoul free
13. niceguitar'i'vebeenlookingforyou' free
15. walkalongthetreesforestIsee free
18. this land was our land free
20. g bm c d thing harmonica free
21. I gotta lotta love 3x free
22. I can't find anything worth savin free
23. What do you say when you're in love free
O.K., THEN COME the songs I have started in the above way and then found a need to write them down and extend and write actual verses. Some of these are more than 30 years old now.
1. ode for ramblin' jack elliot
3. Let's be in love (that way)
6. Hey, Listen Close, It's Christmas Day
12. ineverprayedtoanangelbefore
15. ohlorraine 11 Early on One Christmas Morn.m4a
18. fifth time around
21. reincarnatewithmelily(original)
22. everybody's got to come along
23. i'm not your lover anymore
26. maybe the angels have fallen
31. Szymanski's Mandolin (audio only recording solo)
32. early on one christmas morn (trad. christmas recording)
33. Easter Mister is the Master Plaster
36. Dale Hallelujeah (coming down from the upper reaches)
38. I can't find anything worth savin'
39. If you've got love baby (song starts about 4 minutes in)
41. Story about the Glory (I'm thinkin of the love that's comin from above)