Stallion Cornell

I’mactively recording music again. As such, I have a need to return to this blog and finish my songwriting journey so I can actually blog about other stuff and post new recordings. Because I know you want them.Bald was very much a lesser tune, although it’s a crowd pleaser when it’s performed live. I ... Read more

Bald is a song that is contemporary with Bright Yellow Can, because I remember performing both of them in an open mic night at a coffee house in Jackson Hole in the summer of 1996, along with The Ballad of Stallion Cornell. It was probably written sometime before Bright Yellow Can, if I ... Read more

I'vealready written a lengthy post about the genesis of this particular song, but it's all part of the history of the Stallion repertoire, so I have more to share, if that's all right with you.Bright Yellow Can (The Mustard Song) was written in early 1996, a full six years after "His Hand In Mine" ... Read more

(I’mpretending I haven’t taken a month or two off. Roll with me here.)My songwriting career took a two-year break, along with everything else, circa 1987 as I gallivanted off to Scotland on a two-year proselytizing spree on behalf of the Mormons. The only song I composed between 1987 and 1989 was a parody of The ... Read more

Facebookhas exploded with reactions to the repeal of Proposition 8, with my more liberal friends crowing with delight and my conservative friends – especially the Mormons - lamenting the end of civilization as we know it. I’ve recounted my position time and again, and I think it equally infuriates people on both sides of the ... Read more

"TheBallad of Stallion Cornell" was written during my freshman year at the University of Southern California. I had just gotten my first guitar, and I was trying to figure out what to do with it. I only knew about three or four chords, and I played them over and over, which resulted in the OOM-chuck-chuck ... Read more

Adolescencewas not kind to my songwriting career.“I Am A Cow” showed real promise, but as the years dragged on, every other song I attempted to write was crap. The problem was that I was trying to be soulful and get chicks, so my songs were all about how deep and sensitive I was. Except that ... Read more

I’vealways maintained that “I Am A Cow” (1979) is the very first song I ever wrote, but that might not be accurate, as it was contemporary with the song “Chop Up Your Grandma,” which had lyrics as follows:I’m gonna chop up your grandmaDa-na-na-na-naI’m gonna put her in a microwave ovenI’m going ... Read more

StephenSondheim is arguably the greatest living composer of musical theatre. Certainly he is the most respected by the arts community. He burst on to Broadway in 1957 as the lyricist for the new musical West Side Story. His credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, ... Read more

GeorgeBurns' geriatric career went into overdrive when he appeared in a magnificent movie, playing the Almighty Himself.The problem was that I wasn't allowed to say the name of the movie.Why? Well, it was called "Oh, God!" and repeating that title was taking the name of the Lord in vain. I would describe the movie to ... Read more