1. i'll be good to you
an r&b tune, a good pick me up for a slow start .. mp3

2. i remember romance
a latin based tune, kind of a been there, done that sort of thing .. mp3

3. whiskey deaf and blind
down and out country song.. mebbe more like "drown it out" .. mp3

4. kansas city lights
i wrote this imagining driving into downtown kansas city at sunset in an eighteen wheeler .. mp3

5. a river sings the blues
if you were a river in the 21st century, you might sing something like this, too .. mp3

6. dancin' to an angel band
if you're stuck in a dead end and gazing out the window, you know what this song is about .. mp3

7. dance, dance, dance
high octane boogie .. mp3

8. i'll forget you, little darlin'
i'll cry for a while, but someday i won't remember your name .. mp3

9. long as i got the blues
wrote this as a challenge.. it's supposed to be something charles mingus might have written .. mp3

10. hey, mr shadow
title cut, probably a little more than autobiographical .. mp3

11. never need heaven no more
quasi spiritual and grounded in the great plains .. mp3

12. white tie and tails
sing it, frank .. mp3

13. bluebird
this one was inspired from john coltrane's Naima .. after the umpteenth hearing, i finally caught my breath enough to write .. mp3

14. cruisin'
car song .. mp3