Author Archives: sixstrstories

About sixstrstories

I am the son and only child of a registered nurse & a self-employed collector of wildflowers. I went on to become: a Beatles’ fan; a record collector; a drummer; a music magazine subscriber; a guitar player; a songwriter; a high school graduate; a college student; a music major; a performing singer/guitarist; a photography student; a yearbook photographer; a student teacher; a boyfriend; a letter writer; a college graduate; an elementary school music teacher; an apartment dweller; a husband; a guitar teacher/independent contractor; a homeowner; an independent music producer; the father of a daughter; the father of a son; a bandmate; a teacher of the history of popular music in America; an instructor of music/adjunct faculty member; a grandfather (x3); a condo dweller; and a blogger.

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 4

Posted on May 8, 2026 by sixstrstories

If you haven’t visited sixstr stories in a while, this is what’s been going on. (If you have, you can skip this and scroll right down to the songs on Side 4.) There Are (These Songs, Too) is a collection of 45 songs. … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Echo Songs, Get Me Through These Days, life, Music, On A Sunny Summer Day, Pavement Ends, songs, The Shelter Of Your Arms, The Steps, writing | Leave a comment

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 5

Posted on April 30, 2026 by sixstrstories

Greetings! Here are the songs on Side 5! Track 21: “The Road To Our Vacation” The road: New Hampshire Route 11. The family vacation spot: Geneva Point Center, on Lake Winnipesaukee, in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. The Road To Our VacationOh, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Topics | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, family, Geneva Point Center, Hold On (Tight), life, Music, San Diego, Sing To The World, songs, The Garden Song, The Road To Our Vacation, writing | Leave a comment

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 6

Posted on April 21, 2026 by sixstrstories

Welcome to the songs on Side 6! Track 26: “Lest We Soon Forget” My wife took most of our family pictures; the framing and hanging was a joint effort. Round the room and down the hall, to say the least. … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Another Profound And Meaningful Song, Carol Lummers, Lest We Soon Forget, life, Remaining Seas, Round And Round, songs, Songwriting, There Aren't (Enough Numbers) | 1 Comment

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 7

Posted on April 17, 2026 by sixstrstories

Here’s the next quintet! Track 31: “Cherish These Moments” – I must say that this is one of my favorite songs. I’m really proud of this one, and I’m still trying to remember to take my own advice. Cherish These … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged 1719, Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Cherish These Moments, Must Be Love, Now Or Never, singer-songwriter-guitarist, songs, Through It All, writing | 3 Comments

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 8

Posted on April 10, 2026 by sixstrstories

Here you go! Another Side of Five! Track 36: “Every Single Day” – It really was just as the lyrics say, when this song first emerged. Every Single DayHere I sitIn this darkened roomWondering if I may as wellBe howling … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged acoustic-guitar-and-vocals, Best Walked (Life's A Road), Contemporary Original Folk Songs, Every Single Day, He's On The Move, The Embrace of Love, There Are (These songs Too), These Wide Waters | Leave a comment

There Are (These Songs, Too) – Side 9

Posted on April 4, 2026 by sixstrstories

OK! Here they are: The Final Five! Track 41: “Go!” – What I got when I tried to write another “What.”* Go! On your mark, get set… Go Go now Go ahead Go to town Go for the gusto Go … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged A Little Song, acoustic-guitar-and-vocals, Go!, If It Weren't (For You), life, Love Like Gold, Music, Once To You, songs, writing | 6 Comments

There Are (Songs To Be Sung) – the album

Posted on February 8, 2025 by sixstrstories

There Are (Songs To Be Sung) was my second full-length, self-produced album. All 14 tracks were digitally recorded in 1994 at Fishtraks Studios, in Portsmouth, N.H. Jim Tierney was the recording and mixing engineer. The recording sessions were held on … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged Andy Inzenga, Bob Thibodeau, Charlie Jennison, EFS Music, Fishtraks Studios, Frank Clarkson, Jeff Landrock, Jim Tierney, Kathryn Klem, Laura Jackson, Pothole Blues, The Amity Singers, There Are (Songs To Be Sung) | 8 Comments

Anytime – the album

Posted on January 31, 2025 by sixstrstories

Anytime was my first full-length, self-produced album. All 12 tracks were recorded live-to-digital on Friday, September 9, 1988. The “studio” was Mayer Auditorium, located in the basement of the Academy Building, on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged Anne Black, Eric Sinclair, Frank Cunningham, Jim Howe | 1 Comment

Five Songs – the ep

Posted on January 27, 2025 by sixstrstories

Five Songs was my first venture into the world of Independent Music Production. It was recorded live-to-two-track analogue tape on July 7, 1982 at Reelization Studios in Rye, NH. Norm Thibeault was the owner of the studio and the recording … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio | Tagged Eric Sinclair, Norm Thibeault, Reelization Studios | 3 Comments

Marking The Trail: One Melody’s Journey Through American Music – Part Five

Posted on August 16, 2023 by sixstrstories

At the end of the trail, looking back. “Sitting On Top Of The World” & “Things ‘Bout Coming My Way” made their entrance into my musical consciousness thanks to two items I purchased somewhere back in the mid-to-late 1970’s. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Bill Frisell, Jerry Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia, Jim Ringer | 2 Comments