Metals: Silver Hair

Michael McNevin (with Tom Prasada-Rao): Silver Hair

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Major life challenges have kept me from posting the last few weeks... but I love this song, co-written by Michael McNevin and Tom Prasado-Rao, so much that I'm attempting to come up for air to share it with all of you - I dedicate it to my mom, who is fighting the good fight, and sports the most beautiful head of silver hair... which I am proud to have inherited...

On a lighter note, I ran across the following, applicable to our outgoing theme, on Punoftheday.com:

"Dreams of gold lead the gang to boron the safe at the chemical plant but when the copper arrived they felt out of their element and now they argon."

Creepy Crawlies: John's Cocoons

Michael McNevin: John's Cocoons

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Michael McNevin's musical forte is story songs... about his family, his friends and growing up in the small town of Niles, California... where he still resides - John's Cocoons is a true tale about the hobby/passion of his brother John when they were growing up, as well as a metaphor for one's comfort zone...

It was the first song I heard of Michael's, which caused me to fall in love with his music and be his booking agent for two years - John's Cocoons was featured on Christine Lavin's The Stealth Project: Music Under the Radar in 1999, high praise indeed...

Michael became a bit reclusive over the last three or so years, opening up a shop in his town, used as a gathering place for locals as well as featuring his Etch-A-Sketch Art - he's venturing out a weekend at a time these days, having just appeared in my concert series this past Saturday night and looking forward to the upcoming Kerrville Wine and Music Festival in Texas Labor Day weekend...