Here are a couple of my favorite Holiday short stories...no I didn't write them, this is little break from the creative analysis of my songs to just say thank you for listening and I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season
This episode examines the inspiration, creation, and production of the song 'Breathless, Alarmed, & Confused' from my 2024 album The Galahad Blues
This episode delves a bit deeper into How I began imagining The Galahad Blues as a musical and focuses in on how 'Take It On The Chin' was written and how it fits into the narrative.
Young Galahad steps into the picture as well as a whole Hell of a lot of trouble
The Galahad Narrative moves forward with a song of revolutionary catalyst...
What!? A Rees Shad album with a cover tune? Say it isn't so....
This episode of the podcast involves the origin story of 'Fool' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any pur...
Episode 8 of the podcast looks at the writing of 'Mercy Street Reflections' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up to 15% of...
An oldie but a goodie, this episode of the podcast tells the origin story of 'Hero's Son,' the first of my songs to ever land on the charts - topping out at #6 on Gavin's fledgling Americana charts back when it initially came out in the mid 1990s. I recorded a solo acoustic version for my retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my ...
This episode of the podcast involves the how and why of my song 'Down in the Bedrock.' It appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up ...
EPISODE 5 ALREADY?! This episode of the podcast involves the origin story of 'Isn't It the Journey?' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a dis...
The fourth episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘The Roses and the Wine' one of the new songs that I recorded for my retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers...
The third episode of the podcast explores the origins of my song 'Anyone But You' which appears on my album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop...
This second episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘Faulkner County Blues' the second track on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up to 15% off of an...
This First episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘Mustard in the Gravy' the opening track on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023. What’s that? You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com ! You can now purchase the album on CD or USB. If you are one of my Patreon subscribers , you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the...
