America's Dream (feat. Chip Dolan, Tommy Byrd, Dave Scher, Will Landin & Paul Pearcy)
Spig
Performed By
Spig
Album UPC
678572207327
CD Baby Track ID
TR0000530926
Label
Dick Johnson
Released
2014-05-29
BPM
90
Rated
0
ISRC
QMA9R1400006
Year
2014
Spotify Plays
14
Songtrust Track ID
798608
Writers
Writer
Dick S Johnson
Songwriter ID
45868
PRO
BMI
Pub Co
CD Baby Publishing
Composer
Dick S Johnson
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Publisher Admin
CD Baby Publishing
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Publishing
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - Arkansas
Description
Arkansas Home Grown Music. This music can best be described as lyric driven, eclectic country music which occationally brushes on rock-n-roll.
Notes
I was part of a wave of young Americans swept into music during the Beatles invasion in the mid-sixties. My mother tells me I could sing a version of "Irene Goodnight" before I could actually speak. As a child I sang for anyone who would listen and as is the case in many small communities (Ashdown, Arkansas circa 1950's), I was called upon to provide filler entertainment for gatherings like cakewalks, church functions and school plays. It wasn't until the Beatles, though, that I learned to play the guitar and began to write. My cd "Good Stuff" is a compilation of original songs written between 1971 (Hawkins Farm) and 2013 (Neill's Benediction) telling stories about my life and times.
After my father passed away in 1970 my music shifted from a fun passtime and way to meet girls to a means by which to stay in college and not go to war. My college band, Rivercity, was lucky enough to land a record deal with STAX records in Memphis. That happening was a sea change in my musical life. The realization that my song writing was good enough to be recorded and released by a company like STAX gave me confidence and the imputus that would last a lifetime. I am sure my story is no different than most songwriters in that I never found a song, they always found me. It was just a matter of circumstances being right and my head being in a good place. I call the songwriter part of me "The Other Guy" or for this cd "Spig".
My music is nothing like the Beatles. The stories, tunes and rythms on "Good Stuff" are mostly those of small town Arkansas and the characters who have crossed my path along the way. As a lifelong teacher, I couldn't help but
throw in a little philolsphy and a few small lessons about life here and there. Making this cd was giving up the comfort of what might have been, something not easily done by a dreamer. Get something cool to drink and go with me where the honey suckle blooms.
For Julie and the Girls.
After my father passed away in 1970 my music shifted from a fun passtime and way to meet girls to a means by which to stay in college and not go to war. My college band, Rivercity, was lucky enough to land a record deal with STAX records in Memphis. That happening was a sea change in my musical life. The realization that my song writing was good enough to be recorded and released by a company like STAX gave me confidence and the imputus that would last a lifetime. I am sure my story is no different than most songwriters in that I never found a song, they always found me. It was just a matter of circumstances being right and my head being in a good place. I call the songwriter part of me "The Other Guy" or for this cd "Spig".
My music is nothing like the Beatles. The stories, tunes and rythms on "Good Stuff" are mostly those of small town Arkansas and the characters who have crossed my path along the way. As a lifelong teacher, I couldn't help but
throw in a little philolsphy and a few small lessons about life here and there. Making this cd was giving up the comfort of what might have been, something not easily done by a dreamer. Get something cool to drink and go with me where the honey suckle blooms.
For Julie and the Girls.
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