“8:30 Newfoundland” Revisited

“Well, I can’t say ‘it ain’t good to be back.’
and it took a long time to get back on track.
I came real close to the “fade to black”,
but I see a little light just a coming through the cracks.
Before I know it, I’ll be back up to speed,
but it’ll all go to seed, if you don’t tend the weeds…”

This was opening scene of the third act.

Click on the link for episode 8 of the Revisited Series.
Tune in Wednesday night at 8PM MST (11:30 Newfoundland) for episode 8 of the Revisited Series.

Good old days happen all the time.

Mike

“Rock and Roll Recordings” Revisited

“Hanging around ain’t no good,
In a coulda shoulda woulda neighbourhood
But the higher you get, the further you can fall
Better that, than never trying at all…”

When I recorded this batch of songs in September of 2003, I figured that this would be the last album for a long long time, if not forever.

Five years would go by before I released another album.
That album was “8:30 Newfoundland”

Click on the link for episode 7 of the Revisited Series.

Mike



“Table For One” Revisited

“Rock and Roll, never saved no one’s soul.
It never saved no one’s soul.
But I still get that rush, my problem is I think too much,
because I was born so long ago…”

After spending the better part of a year recording and preparing the release of “Fools For The Radio” and then six months crawling out from the wreckage that followed the release of the album…

One could say that we needed a palate cleanser, of sorts.

Enter “Table For One”.

Click on the link for episode 6 of the Revisited Series.

Yeah man!
Thanks,
Mike

“Song and Dance, Man” Revisited

“Well you’re beaten and bruised,
We’ve all got scars.
It doesn’t matter where you’ve been,
Because here’s where you are…”

This was where things really started to ratchet up for us.
The amount of shows.
The amount of miles between the shows.
The amount of time away from home.
Everything.

Click on the link to check out episode four of the Revisited Series.

Mike

“Simplify” Revisited

“Hello, it’s me, a voice from you past.
Can you tell me, how long has it been?
Since we last spoke or our paths they did cross,
For words, I guess I’m at a loss…”

If you are interested in hearing the stories behind the songs and the recording of the 1997 album “Simplify”, click on the link below to check out episode three of the Revisited Series.

Mike


“Jump Back, Kerouac” (Revisited)

“Well they say that good intentions pave the road to hell
I can’t believe the complications I’ve made for myself
I can see my destination but there’s no end that I can tell
They say that good intentions pave the road straight to hell…”

They say you have your entire life to write your first record.
Six months to write your second.
After I finished recording “Songs From A Northern Town”, I figured I was on my way.
There’d be no stopping me.
Well, that’s not quite how it worked out

Click on the link to hear the stories behind the 1996 album “Jump Back, Kerouac” in episode two of the Revisited Series.

Mike

“Songs From A Northern Town” Revisited

“Well me, I was born and raised in these here parts
Where those cold northern winds can put a chill on the warmest of hearts…”

Hard to believe but, but it’s been 28 years since I drove to Dallas, Texas to record “Songs From A Northern Town”.

If you’re interested in the story and stories behind the “Northern Town” album, click on the link to check out episode one of the Revisited Series.

Mike

“More Than A Game”

I’ve always been a fan of Curtis Irving Johnson’s hockey paintings.
Whenever I look at his work, I’m transported back to my youth.
Instantly.
I could live in his paintings.
Forever.
I wrote the song “More Than A Game” in McKellar, Ontario, back in the summer of 2008, at Camp Manitou on Lake Manitouwabing.
As I was writing it,
I knew that not only did I have a cool little song about hockey,
I also had a cool little idea for a kids book about hockey.
I just needed someone who could bring the lyrics to life.
Hmmmmmm…
A couple years ago I ran into Curtis at Canadian Tire.
I hadn’t seen him in probably 20 years.
We swapped numbers.
A couple days later, we went for a beer.

“Hey man, I’ve got an idea for a kids book about hockey…”

To preorder your copy, click on the link below.
The book ships on December 1st.

https://mikeplume.bandcamp.com/merch/more-than-a-game-childrens-book-about-hockey