Supposed To Be Music

08/21/2024

Going back in time again.

Plant A Flower In Your Backyard For Me

08/16/2024

Now streaming.

08/10/2024

Another Substack for you.

More magic from Denny Osburn

07/26/2024

It's a Hank Friday!

Channeling the Spirit of Hank

07/04/2024

https://youtu.be/vbAtCv5uKVg?si=ESGMj4ihPlB1rb6C

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06/12/2024

Here's my latest Substack....thanks to all the amazing bass players I have encountered!

All About That Bass

05/27/2024

I had some major help on this one from Jesse Abraham at Sun King Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He produced the track by adding vocal harmonies, piano, bass, drums & phone sounds...and the final mix. Way to go Jesse!

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05/24/2024

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05/21/2024

This song idea arrived in late March of 2024 at Mellow Yellow in Gulfport, Florida while fooling around with my Martin dreadnaught. A couple weeks later on April 10 I fired up my Protools and made a rough demo with just guitar and vocal. Then I sent the tracks to Jesse Abraham in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jesse is the son of the late Lloyd "Abe" Abraham, my Hillbilly Soul Brother and has inherited many of his dad's musical talents. He has a home project studio called Sun King Studio where he added piano, some harmonies, bass, snare drum, and phone sounds to the song. He also produced final mix.....great job Jesse! Now streaming.

04/23/2024

Just realized that I have twenty "albums" streaming online at the moment. Help yourself folks....I can use every micropenny royalty that comes my way! Enjoy, like, share.....

04/18/2024

Just found out about this new version of The Kitchen Song.....a little tune I cowrote with J. Re*****on Wilde. This one was recorded by Billy Bratcher in Vermont....Billy is a talented finger picker and upright bassist who also covered Diamonds Don't Mean A Thing on his 2011 release In The Lobby. Echoes of Leon Redbone.

03/27/2024

Today's the day...we're on our way....now streaming....my latest collection of original recordings. Enjoy!

03/01/2024

A short Substack.

In 1976 I was bouncing around between Nashville, Colorado Springs, and Fort Dodge, Iowa. I had found some work performing as a solo-songwriter, and had also developed a relationship with the Iowa Arts Council. I had met some great Iowa artists while out on the Touring Arts Team, and was also doing s...

02/09/2024

To be a gamblin' man...it's hard, oh Lord!

In the summer of 1973 my first marriage fell apart, and I didn’t know what was ahead of me. I had been writing songs for three years, made a trip to New York city to check out the music scene, and met a guy named Lee Clayton who encouraged me to try Nashville. On August 31 I boarded a Greyhound bu...

02/06/2024

Another song, another story.

In April of 1977 I was living in a one room apartment at the luxurious Wingfoot Lodge in western Colorado Springs. Guitarist Chuck Henderson had moved out from Iowa City and taken the apartment right next to me….both units looking out over the large electrical substation right behind the building....

02/03/2024

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The Birth of The Billy Buffalo Band

01/09/2024

More from Jesse Bullfrog Abraham.....he's getting pretty handy with his video editing software. Both of us think this might make a cool gospel song.....what do you think?

"When it's Time" , is a song written by Shadric Smith.Back in the day, my dad Lloyd {Abe} Abraham and Shadric wrote and played some really great music in the...

12/31/2023

I always love it when someone gives one of my songs their own spin....thanks to Jesse Abraham for this one....hot off the press....a great way to finish out the year. Thanks Jesse!

12/31/2023 Just got this new video from Jesse Abraham of my song called When It's Time. Jesse lives in Tulsa and is the son of my old partner in the Hill...

12/29/2023

Thanks to Duke Merrick for coming up with the title/hook to this sad country song! Based on a true story.

12/14/2023

Just got my copy of a new book on the Lincoln Highway from Darcy Dougherty Maulsby….👏👏👏

12/03/2023

By popular demand....a cool cowrite with "Montana" Dave Hearn. https://song.space/6lxz8m

06/05/2023

Dr. Jazz & Billy Buffalo.

Recorded March 24, 2019 at Grinnell College as part of Dartanyan Brown retrospective concert. Filmed using Ipads & Iphones and edited by Tom Furgerson....a...

06/05/2023

Here's the only song I ever wrote with the word xylophone in it....

Performance at Hampton Iowa 1976. Funded by The Iowa Arts Council Artist in the Schools Program. Video by Bob Godfrey for Northern Trails Area Education A...

06/05/2023

Listen, like, share, download for free off this Songspace link! Also available on all major streaming services. Enjoy!