Some of you may not be aware that I write a lot of my own material! The first thing I ever played on the guitar was a song my brother helped me write. He showed me the chords and I was off and running! That was more than 50 years ago. Some of these songs go back to my collaboration with a high-school classmate, Stephen Donnelly.
I’ve had a few other collaborations along the way, as noted below. I am of course most proud of having written two songs with Robert Hunter: “Like a Dog” and “Shut Up and Listen.”
Afterbird (Skehan-Gans)
An American Family
Autumn Day
Be Like Earl
Blue Roses
Blues Again
The Bounty of the County (Hurault-Gans)
Caroline
Cassidy’s Cat
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Dawn’s Early Light
Desert of Love
Distance to the Door (Donnelly-Gans)
Echolalia
Falling Star
The Folk Process
Headin’ Home Already
High Guy
Honeydew
Hooker River
It’s Gonna Get Better
Jacqueline
Jessie
Leave Me (Donnelly-Gans)
Life Is a Jam
Like a Dog (Hunter-Gans)
Listen
Live One
The Minstrel (Donnelly-Gans)
Monica Lewinsky
The Nightmare (Donnelly-Gans)
Popstar
Prophet and Loss
Quarter to Five (for Tina Loney)
Ran into God
River and Drown
Sailors
San Rafael Swell
Save Us from the Saved
Shove in the Right Direction (Rowan-Gans)
Shut Up and Listen (Hunter-Gans)
Sovereign Soul
Summer By the Bay
Surely You Jest
Teslas All the Way Down (Rut-Gans)
That’s Real Love
Therapy Blues (Rut-Gans)
These Apartments
The Town That Still Believes in Magic (Guberman-Gans)
Travelin’ Man
Trying
Waltzing Across Texas
Wherever I Am
Who Killed Uncle John?
Your Movie
Many of these songs are available on one or more of the CDs I have for sale at perfectble.net