Thick as Thieves

Thick As Thieves

“Thick as Thieves,” my second recording, was entirely recorded in southern Michigan at my friend Doug Krehbiel’s studio, and released as a cassette in 1993, while I was living in Elkhart, Indiana. These songs were recorded using an 8-track reel-to-reel analog tape machine (aka “old school”).

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1. tandeming (for Paul M.) 1:13    
2. waiting for the motion 4:27    
3. thick as thieves 5:14    
4. watching you sleep 3:39    
5. all I need (w/ Angela Powell, vocals) 3:11    
6. watch the colors change (for Joanna) 3:39    
7. stumbling 2:46    
8. northern lights 1:30    
9. wake the dragon 3:19    
10. a rib (words by Diana Zimmerman) 3:06    
11. you’re not here to see me cry (by Brent Yoder) 4:12    
12. way past indigo 3:18    
13. something, anything 4:10    
14. mit Dir sein (“being with you” ) 3:38    
15. ade 1:27    

Ordinary Splendor

Ordinary Splendor

“Ordinary Splendor,” my very first recording, was recorded on a home cassette 4-track (*), and at my friend Doug Krehbiel’s studio in southern Michigan. It came out as a cassette in 1992, while I was living in Elkhart, Indiana. It featured “Skyler,” (written in the summer of 1991), which is still my most-requested song. Guest musicians include Deb Siegrist on vocals, and my cousin Douglas Witmer on violin.

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1. 1-4-fred 1:35    
2. Skyler 3:49    
3. ordinary splendor 2:50    
4. broken world 3:49    
5. for the beauty (hymn arrangement) 4:02    
6. shaker mottoes (words are, um, shaker mottoes) 1:41    
7. brother* (for Brent) 5:17    
8. turn around and smile 4:29    
9. milk of human kindness 3:37    
10. waiting for a song* 3:46    
11. all your weather* 2:56    
12. thoughts of you* 3:30    
13. Emily’s moon* (words by Emily Dickinson) 3:14    
14. county fair* 2:10    

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