EVERY LADY GETS A SONG 

About the title track… 

Years ago, I stood in the wings watching a fellow songwriter sing about his recent lost love. Oh, the injustice! Oh, the betrayal! Oh, the heartache! His performance was the very…

                                                                                       

                                                            I  HAD A NEW WAVE ACT 

                                                               From "Every Night of My Life"

The current glut of self-hagiographies by my fellow first-gen New Wave/Punk Rock peers was the inspiration for this song. The unreliable elderly narrator in I Had a New…

On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 7:48 PM Andy Prieboy wrote: 

 

 

Caveat Emptor: Downloading music off this program may prove difficult on iOS devices. 

iMac/Macbooks, on the other hand, should be compatible. 
  

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I  am very happy…

 

For about two years I have been off-line. 

The decline and deaths of two souls who I deeply loved robbed me of my focus. I worked, yes, but it was difficult. As I recovered from losing one, I…

                                                 
                        Heaven or Anaheim
                               -or-

"HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN A HAPPY SONG?" 

Recently, my beloved, Merrill asked me if I had ever written a happy song. 

I responded, "If the question is 'Have you ever written a song …

Recently, my friend JtL from WallofVoodoo.com wrote and asked for the lyrics of Blackboard Sky. I am including them here with a little backstory.Thanks, JtL!

I am also offering a  solo piano version of the song, gratis!

Download Blackboard…

Lesley Morrall,  Adam Ant's Wardrobe Supervisor, thoughtfully sent me these wonderful photos from the 1985 Adam Ant/Wall of Voodoo tour. 
 

1985-A Little Back Story:

Our manager, Miles Copeland, had taken on Adam Ant as a client. With a new…

Listen to When It Rains in LA

During the current California rainstorms, I revived this old, old song. 

The Short Story:

The sequel to Noah and The Flood in modern Los Angeles.

The Long Story:

1987

While gathering…

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I happened upon this old test Polaroid from the photoshoot of  Upon My Wicked Son .

There Is A Story Behind This Picture.
Of course there is.
But , long story short?   I can't tell…

Happy new year. A gift for you.

Why this song? 

I could have used a lot more love- The idea behind the lyric  seems  simple. At first listen,
it appears it is a lament where I wish I had…

Mount Schtick-More by Drew Friedman. 


1985: 
 Lords of the New Church front man, label mate, and friend Stiv Bators tells me the following: 

"If IRS Records ever suggests you guys do a live record, your days are numbered…

 

 
Wall of Voodoo 1984
London
Uncredited 

Just off the plane from LA. ,we are about to start  The Lords of the New Church /Wall of Voodoo Tour. We had spent the year carving a new band from the old  …