I lost my voice street performing in Edinburgh a while back and found a voice therapist named David Fairchild. Fairchild introduced me to the songs of Franz Schubert. I immediately took to them. He got excited because none of his students were interested in these. Fairchild was also a fan of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who performed these songs written by Schubert. Fischer-Dieskau’s ex-wife, Christina, lived in the apartment that David rented as a vocal studio. Every once in a while, she would peek her head through the door and smile.
William Schimmel played on Frank’s Wild Years and Rain Dogs, the former being one impetus of my accordion playing. We met at an accordion seminar where he gave a lecture on accompanying vocalists. He mentioned Gerald Moore, who accompanied Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Moore and Fischer-Dieskau put out albums of Franz Schubert’s love songs, including the song cycle Die Winterreise.
We both loved this work, so we performed selections from it together at his accordion seminars in 2013 and 2014. He recorded those performances. I continue to work on being a better singer, especially on these songs.

I wrote a sequel to “Robert Holiday”. It’s a song for kids. It’s available as an app for the ipad.

Link to app – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robert-holiday…-mystery/id945084744?ls=1&mt=8

graciously recorded by psamp.com

I enjoy sci fi short stories. I found this magazine at a used book store in St. Paul, MN. The Issac Asimov article about Strontium-90 is non-fiction. You can download it free or stream it here.

Link to show: http://www.wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=58147&archive=118207

Tickets

Playing with my band, .357 Lover.

tickets

Playing a zombie prom . . .

I played a couple of songs on Joshua David Stein’s show. I almost gave away a recipe for bbq sauce, but ran out of time.
http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/episodes/6898-Joshua-David-Stein-Variety-Hour-Half-Hour-Ep-5-The-Uneasy-Politics-of-Fried-Chicken

My friend, Hammy, interviewed me for Previous Magazine.
Read it when you like.
http://www.previousmagazine.com/interview-corn-mo-357-lover

The nice fellow from FirstandMonday.com talked to me while I was wandering New Orleans. At times, I made no sense.
Listen – http://firstandmonday.com/sports/podcast-52-corn-mo-and-dinah-lechner-m-u-f-o-n/

The game based on the album based on the Jules Verne novel is up. It is still being developed but you can download the game board and the playing cards and the rules. Suggestions are welcome.

Boardgame

I talked to some comedians about dumb things I’ve done. Their names are Dan St.Germain and Sean Donnelly. They were nice fellows and were easy to talk to.
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I made a video for “Winnetou” from The Purchase of the North Pole.

I will be opening for MC Frontalot and sitting in with his band. Good times are ahead.
Check dates here: http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=info