Songs written by Fred Burger and Scott Reagan from their album “First Time Out.”

Song #1 “Love Song”

Song #2 “Rowley”

Song #3 “Times of My Life”

Song #4 “Outlaw”

Song #5 “Nothing But a Storm”

Song #6 “Hangin’ On”

Song #7 “Loving Tree”

Song #8 “Two Cup A’ Coffee Morning”

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A show that celebrates the 2 year anniversary by playing some of my favorite Fresh Toones.

Song #1 “You Can Do It” – An uplifting song that tries to assure us that we can make it through the trials that confront us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwwrnQqztg&index=2&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&t=0s

Song #2 “Sharks in the Water” – A disconcerting look at the corporate corruption and political collaboration that plague the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXfBdv00C8&index=7&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&t=0s

Song #3 “Just Another Season” – A love song as recorded on a radio show in 1982.

Song #4 “Find Your Love” – A mellow song that expresses a passion for our efforts to search for love.

Song #5 “The Learning Tree” – A kid’s sing-a-long song about how much fun learning can be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHWwN0SUDE&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=8

Song #6 “If There’s a Will, There Is a Way” – A song about recognizing the injustices that we need to work together to correct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmM_6243HNE&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=18&t=0s

Song #7 “We Won’t Be Here Forever” – A bouncy upbeat song about how being here forever is not what it’s all about. To be able to live in this very moment would be the greatest gift that we can give to ourselves and to those around us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNl55kk5kUU&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&t=0s&index=21

Song #8 “You’ve Got a Song” – A simple song that stresses the necessity for each of us to sing our part in the great choir that rings out every day in the universe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB-1hr29_4

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A show that focuses on the ever increasing political and religious divides that are being fostered in the world today.

Song #1 “Tribes” – A song that explores the attractions and risks of being part of a tribe.

Song #2 “True Believer” – This song sounds the alarm for us to beware of the “True Believer.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_JjclLpF0&index=6&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&t=0s

Song #3 “One Tin Soldier” – (Brian Potter and Dennis Earle Lambert) This song tells the story of a battle in olden times over a buried treasure. … The song’s message is that human greed and violence is futile

Song #4 “Free Us” – A positive song about our quest to be free from the distractions that prevent us from realizing our love and thus from contributing to a universal love that will truly “free us.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzWE5ncfh8

Song #5 “Sunday School” – A song about what was taught in Sunday school and asking if all this talk of love was just meant for Sunday school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24VzA9jnInI&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1_GOSwr3gbmtqFZZyjZC-h&index=10&t=0s

Song #6 “You’ve Made Your Choice” – A simple reminder that if we make choices that end up being a mistakes then we have the responsibility to try to correct those errors.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-70-ysC5w&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=34

Song #7 “The Choice is Always Yours” – “Keep your eyes on the road … keep your hope alive … sing your songs where they belong … inside your heart.”

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A show dedicated to Woody who influenced me greatly with guitar playing and songwriting.

Song #1 “Gonna Down the Road Feeling Good” – (original melody Woody Guthrie) New contemporary words by Dave Puls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvrQqXzPbs&t=0s&index=14&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #2 “Oklahoma Hills” – (Woody Guthrie)

Song #3 “So Long It’s Been Good to Know You” – (original song by Woody Guthrie) Additional contemporary words by Dave Puls

Song #4 “Roll On Columbia” – (Woody Guthrie)

Song #5 “Little Bird” – (Words by Woody Guthrie and music by Dave Puls)

Song #6 “Hard Travelin’” – (original song by Woody Guthrie) Additional contemporary words by Dave Puls

Song #7 “This Land” – (Woody Guthrie)

Song #8 “Woody Said” – (Dave Puls) – Some simple advice from Woody, “Take it easy.”

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A show that reminds us that we’ve all got a song to sing.

Song #1 “You’ve Got a Song” – Like a bell that only rings when it swings our songs can only be heard when we sing them in our everyday lives.

Song #2 “Gonna Sing It” – An upbeat positive song that encourages us to sing with all our might. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdc6RXMVI8&index=19&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s

Song #3 “Stay True” – A simple song about staying true to one’s self. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOlKRxO-Sg&t=6s&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=1

Song #4 “What You Say” – A reminder to pay attention to what we say, because it’s critical to our development and the person who we’re likely to become.

Song #5 “Who You Are” – A fun, upbeat song that encourages us to realize that the song that we write for ourselves and then sing will allow us to live more fulfilled lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1KrFq7PFiU&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=5&t=0s

Song #6 “Sing Your Song” – No explanation needed.

Song #7 “I Enjoy Singing My Songs” – A short little ditty recorded back in the 1970s.

Song #8 “Gonna Sing Until I’m Done” – “Until I melt into the sun … until I return to whence I’ve come… gonna sing until I’m done.”

Song #9 “Come On and Sing Again” – A song for those days when nothing seems worth singing about.

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Songs that try to plant seeds of love in our everyday lives.

Song #1 “Garden Song” – (David Mallett)

Song #2 “Plant Those Seeds with Love” – A song that encourages us all to invest our love in the seeds (our life endeavors) that we plant each day in our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxxDXpDX0k&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&t=0s&index=8

Song #3 “Will Grow with Love” – When the butterfly finds its wings it will glide with a peace previously unrevealed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSxTx-QnaY&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=13s&index=3

Song #4 “Sitting Back Up in the Woods” – A young person’s fantasy from the 1970s about escaping all of the world’s turmoil to live up in the woods with some friends.

Song #5 “Movin’ Kinda Slow” – Another personal observation about my life during my twenties.

Song #6 “Take Your Time” – A simple song that encourages us all to be steadfast and patient in our search for love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmgRuNAV6Lk&index=7&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #7 “Playing as the Breezes” – A song inspired by the trees swaying in the breezes.

Song #8 “Here Comes the Sun” – (George Harrison)

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “Patsy’s Kiss and a Broken Toe” – Misguided attractions can sometimes lead to broken dreams as well as broken toes.

Song #1 “My Sister’s Got Perfect Pitch” – There is more to life than having perfect pitch or being the smartest or being the most beautiful person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpTj6fmZE0&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=13

Song #2 “It’s Not the End of the World” – Torn down, mocked out, flipped off, laughed at, but it’s not the end of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsAhlziusE&t=0s&index=9&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #3 “If I Could Find Some Way” – Sometimes you’d just like to tell your love ones how much you enjoy being with them.

Song #4 “Turn Around” – “Turn around and find the path that’s you. Turn around and live full on the roads you choose.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KcwKG3HuDg&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=20

Song #5 “Where Your Treasures Are” – What you value most will occupy your mind’s eye.

Song #6 “Can’t Take Today Away From Me” – “Can’t send this smile away. Can’t steal this love that’s inside of me. Can’t hush the song that I hear.”

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The first half of a live concert with Bat McGrath and Don Potter.

Song #1 “I’d Hate to Be a Black Man” – (Rob Galbraith)

Song #2 “Lord, She Don’t Belong in New York City” – (Lee Clayton)

Song #3 “Maruda” – (Bat McGrath)

Song #4 “The Nashville Single” – (Rob Galbraith)

Song #5 “Thinking About a Move” – (Rob Galbraith)

Song #6 “Travelin’ Song” – (Bat McGrath and Don Potter)

Song #7 “How Can I Be Sure” – (Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati)

Song #8 “Mr. Bojangles” – (Jerry Jeff Walker)

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Songs dedicated to our beautiful planet and the blessings that she has bestowed upon us.

Song #1 “Leda” – A song written with the Greek Goddess Gaia in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-DGfVbykXk&t=124s

Song #2 “The Mother Earth Destruction Blues” – One of the bounciest, foot tapping songs about Mother Earth’s destruction that you’ll ever hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egVWHpzWujI&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=9

Song #3 “Yacouba – The Village Fool” – An environmental song about how important it is sometimes to look at things differently so we can find new solutions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciH48jYmPyo&index=17&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf

Song #4 “Lake Placid” – A song from the 1970s about the destruction of the Adirondacks by acid rain.

Song #5 “Who’s Laughing Now” – A gentle reminder that perhaps we should listen more carefully to what the scientific research into climate change is telling us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6TGn8mz04&index=12&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf

Song #6 “Nature’s Been Good to Me So Far” – A thank you song to nature.

Song #7 “Until This Planet’s Green” – An anthem for protecting the environment from the catastrophic damage precipitated by human behavior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqnNxFtoIU&index=1&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0Aibrk4KOgN5MmfUZfdTuO&t=0s

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In the tradition of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and many others I have written contemporary words to old familiar tunes.

Song #1 “Going Down the Road Feeling Good” – (original music – Woody Guthrie) New words to encourage good vibes for those struggling to bring about social justice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvrQqXzPbs&index=4&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp

Song #2 “We Threw It All Away” – (original music – Bob Dylan) New verses that advocate for a strong defense of our democracy at a time when it seems to be under assault. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SYnw1IJKU&t=0s&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=34

Song #3 “When Georgie Goes Marchin’ Home” – (original music – Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore) This song takes us on a surreal tour of the Bush Administration and its many misadventures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6daf5fxoLtI&index=1&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #4 “Donald and Omarosa” – (original music – John Prine) A parody that tells the story of Donald Trump and Omarosa.

Song #5 “This Land Needs Care from You and Me” – (original music – Woody Guthrie) A re-write of the famous song “This Land” that emphasizes our need to be better stewards of planet earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVtRJJg4io&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=24

Song #6 “Rochester Roots Had a Farm” – (Traditional) Some new fun words to a traditional children’s song.

Song #7 “So Long It’s Been Good Know Ya” – (original music – Woody Guthrie) Some new words to one of Woody’s classics from 1940.

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