Some plans that worked, some that definitely did not. 17 songs, 63 minutes. 16 originals, written with Fred Grittner, lyrics for one song, he also mastered the album and played lead mando on our song, and Terry Lee Ransom, lyrics for one song and all the background info for ‘The Ballad of Randall Ransom’. And a [...]
New album, ‘A Mixed Bag Of Fleas’. Out 12 October 2023. I do like the new album. A lot. 62 minutes, 18 songs, one co-written with Terry Lee Ransom, one with Fred Grittner, who is also responsible for the crystal-clear sound,and an ancient Carl Michael Bellman song I translated from Swedish into English. Fred played lead [...]
Hello Jan, As promised, I scribbled down some impressions after having played the CD several times. First of all: This is your angry record. This gruff citizen has had it with government cock-ups and the general stupidity of this world. The mood is bleak, and when the familiar Hauenstein humour pops up, it is generally [...]
Dangerous Days, the 2022 album. publication date 22 September. Dangerous Days indeed, in many ways, it has been a crazy year. The songs reflect some of that madness. Eighteen songs, sixty-four and a half minutes. Folk, Folkrock, Blues, Rock and Jazz. One co-written with Fred Grittner, who also mastered the album, one with Terry Lee [...]
Our granddaughter Leevke asked a few times, 'Did you write a new song for us?' So I did – ‚Der Osterhasen-Wackelnasen Tanz – Neue Kinderlieder‘. And here is the English version – ‘The Easter Bunny Dance’. 15 songs, for children and adults. Songs that are easy to understand and also a few that require more [...]
Unsere Enkelin Leevke hat ein paar Mal gefragt, ‚Hast Du ein neues Lied für uns geschrieben?‘ Gefragt, getan – Der Osterhasen-Wackelnasen Tanz – Neue Kinderlieder. 15 Lieder, für Kinder und Erwachsene. Leicht verständliche Lieder und auch solche, die mehr Konzentration erfordern. Keine Streicher, keine Blockflöten, richtige Musik. Kinder werden oft unterschätzt und Eltern unnötig mit [...]
Alf Storrud is a senior consultant at Oslo University. With his wife, he has translated several books by Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, into Norwegian. He has co-curated a career overview double cd of Jackson C. Frank’s songs. And he loves Fred Grittner’s music. He is a master of funny [...]
Sunshine And The Shadows - seventeen songs, 62 minutes. Fourteen original songs, one of them co-written with Fred Grittner, one with Fred and Ron Beliveau, three cover songs. Folk, Rock, Blues, Americana and Jazz Songs about loss, danger, the tricks memories play, hope, joy, comfort, fools, gangsters and sex. Some funny ones. Thanks to Fred Grittner, who [...]
The 2020 album - 2020 Vision, due to be published 09 September 2020. 16 songs. One hour of music. Interesting arrangements, I have been told. Songs that tell a story, tunes for our grandkids, political songs, the angry kind, quirky songs. Folk, Americana, Europeana, blues, rock, jazz. 12 originals, one of them co-written with Fred [...]
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