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While My Guitar Gently Weeps…This past Saturday, after soundcheck just prior to a concert Thunder Bay, I casually rested my guitar against the stage wall and headed to the back room to fetch some guitar picks. I had only taken a couple steps when I heard the slide and the crash. I spun around to see my beloved steed face down with the headstock snapped off just above the nut… |
New Song: GOOD FRIEND by Steve BellRead about and listen to demo of Steve’s newest song. |
Reflecting on “Burning Ember”Steve reflects on his song Burning Ember: “as we lay our lives in the fire of God’s divine love, we become by grace what God is by nature.” |
Drumheller Circle – Song Influences and ProcessRead Story and get a Free Download of Drumheller Circle Guitar Tab. |
Reparations and Love SongsWhen Nanci and I first got married I remember getting all doe-eyed and telling her how I couldn’t wait to grow old together. It was a lovely sentiment to be sure, but “old” was still a fairly remote concept… |
Keeping Vigil | A Pitiless Universe or a Lover’s World?My friend Morley is a thoughtful atheist and, I might add, a fine and interesting fellow. He came to a concert of mine a few years ago and that sparked more than one evening of friendly but challenging conversation… |
The Water Runs – storyI wrote The Water Runs in 2000 about a year after Nance and I built a home in the country some 10 kms north of Winnipeg in a region of Manitoba known as the Interlake. The Water Runs We had found this wonderfully picturesque 5 acre property that was half wooded and half brush and [...] |
Almighty God – Producer’s Commentary
Almighty God was one of the first 3 tunes we did. We took the single verse, which is from the Anglican prayer book, and stretched it. |
In Billy’s WakeI have finally written a new song! … Later (in the same, aforementioned GEEZ magazine) in a beautifully written piece called The Washing, Jessie Van Eerden recalls being interrupted while doing laundry, which she eloquently understands as redemptive work. A phone call from her father informs her that her cousin Billy has committed suicide… |
