I had the privilege of writing and playing music for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and ’80s. On October 4th, 2015, Feast of St. Francis, the current “folk group” was joined by musicians and singers from the folk group who had performed at the church’s 100th Anniversary in […]
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Gospel Alleluia
I had the privilege of writing and playing music for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and ’80s. On October 4th, 2015, Feast of St. Francis, the current “folk group” was joined by musicians and singers from the folk group who had performed at the church’s 100th Anniversary in […]
Francis, Lover of Nature
I had the privilege of writing and playing music for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and ’80s. On October 4th, 2015, Feast of St. Francis, the current “folk group” was joined by musicians and singers from the folk group who had performed at the church’s 100th Anniversary in […]
Who We Are
I had the privilege of writing and playing music for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and ’80s. On October 4th, 2015, Feast of St. Francis, the current “folk group” was joined by musicians and singers from the folk group who had performed at the church’s 100th Anniversary in […]
Jody
This song was written by Mick Austin, circa 1972 and performed by the original Seymour several times. Verse: I was born of a woman on top of a hill With the milk flowing freely from my mouth. I was raised in the absence of a father she knew well, Or at least she thought that […]
Second Chances
This song was written and originally copyrighted 1/19/1988 and is on my album, Love Seeds. John Dalrymple and I had previously created music for a local film maker Richard Mussler for his film “Coronet the Great”. Subsequently he was working on another film called “Second Chances” and I wrote a piano version of this song […]
Joyful Acceptance
The writing of this came at an “Aha!” moment, where I realized that joyful acceptance is a key component to love. If you truly love someone, you’ll accept them as they are. Mothers love their children no matter what. I was discussing my “revelation” with a very wise friend and she said, there has to […]
Song of St. Francis
I had the privilege of writing and playing music for St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon in the ’70s and the ’80s. On October 4th, 2015, Feast of St. Francis, the current “folk group” was joined by musicians and singers from the folk group who had performed at the church’s 100th Anniversary, […]
Turkey Loaf
Turkey Loaf is a jazz-rock instrumental written by Dan Schilling and is part of the Sunflower Omega project. See the post on $21 Phone Bill for more information about Sunflower. Written in the mid ’70s, this was recorded live in Robin Dalton’s basement on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Credits: Engineer- Dick MacLeod Composer- Dan Schilling […]
Children, Lovers and Dreamers
This song was written by John Dalrymple and recorded live as part of the Sunflower Omega project. See the post on $21 Phone Bill for more information on Sunflower. Credits: Written in the mid ’70s. This is the original Sunflower version, recorded in Robin Dalton’s basement on a reel-to-reel tape recorder.Engineer- Dick MacLeodComposer- John DalrymplePublisher: […]