Hi all, this is my new CD, titled "Wooden Trail". It's a collection of folk-ish, country-ish, a little bluegrass-ish songs - each one telling a story - even the instrumentals. There are songs of lost love - but not the conventional kind - more of losing the love of a friend, and another of a beloved mother who is slowly moving away from reality. There is a song of a man who was so macho that he was impervious to almost everything - almost. A song of death hides in here somewhere - death of something dear to most of us. There is an anthem, there's a piece that weeps for an old hangout of mine, you'll hear a cheery, bluegrassy/folky, banjoey dit, and a fun conversation between two old friends. Of the twelve cuts, eight are songs with lyrics, and four are instrumentals, played on acoustic guitars, and a couple with some ukulele. I know, the ukulele has risen to hipster stardom here lately, but in my defense, I'm originally from Hawaii, and that twelve year old kid with the uke - he's still toting the thin