It was great to learn that the the new “Kids Like Me” song I wrote with Maurice Byrne, made it onto SOUNDCLOUD’S Folk Trending playlist. It was inspired by my long affiliation with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program benefiting kids in the foster care system.
Click here to hear it: https://soundcloud.com/djloiseau/kids-like-me?si=c3d58688b069430f85235a5b2f3f370c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
When my Irish friend and co-writer, Finbar Magee, and I decided to write a song together, we talked about what kind of song we might like to write. We landed on one inspired by the American colloquialism, Make Hay When The Sun Shines, a saying Finbar had not heard before.
The title had special meaning to him because of a personal connection to his childhood, having been raised on a farm in Ireland. After Finbar's father suffered a disabling injury working the farm, his mother had to take on the monumental…
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I was introduced to this TV spot about an old man who had lost his wife of many years, grown severely depressed, and had a chance encounter with a little girl in a grocery store that changed their lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d2vZV87YJM. I had to write a song about it, and was joined by co-writer Alex Walsh. I hope you like the song.
Do you remember the first time you were called "sir” or “ma’am”?
I don't know about you, but it struck me as uh-oh, I didn’t realize I looked this old.
Then, not that long ago, I was driving our car solo during our move from San Francisco to our new Puerto Vallarta, Mexico home, and a young front desk girl who was checking me into a motel just out of Bakersfield, CA, said in all innocence as she requested my payment, “There's a 10% discount with AAA or AARP.” That familiar chilling feeling I had when I was…
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