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It's a song called The Cabin by the Pond.

I shared this song with The Farm Hands - Inner Circle a few weeks back.  It's a song called The Cabin by the Pond. 

This one’s been sitting with me for a while. I hadn’t shared it until now.

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Daylily - For Rena

My sister passed away in December 2025

She was 18 mths older than me.  Her birthday was yesterday, July 13.

I have typed words to tell you about her, and I have deleted them.   It's all still fresh and difficult.   …

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I Remember, I Surrender

“Please Don’t Take Your Spirit From Me”

I just finished writing a new song. It's not produced or polished, I filmed a simple acoustic version of it, just me and the guitar. Raw and honest.  I'm afraid to share it,…

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The Redbird Recipe

 

PART 1: The long road to REDBIRD

I released my last record in 2012.  It was named after a special song on the album.  That’s what this story is about. But in the same way that if you googled a…

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The Journey of a Song: Sharing the Process in Real Time

This new musical journey I’m on is a walk in the dark. I did not say walk in the park. I said DARK.

 

I’m half-joking, of course. That’s my awkward sense of humor kicking in. It’s my defense mechanism—my way…

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Somewhere Tonight – The Story Behind the Song

Somewhere Tonight – The Story Behind the Song

 

I recently shared the story of my first guitar. You can check it out HERE.

It was a $20 guitar that my parents bought me when I was 8 years old…

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How I became a professional musician with a $20 guitar

My First Guitar

I got my first guitar when I was 8 years old. My parents say I was always strumming on objects like they were guitars. My dad was a pastor, so we spent a lot of time in…

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New Song: The Kinda Love We Never Wanna End & the story behind the song

The Story Behind The Song

 “The Kinda Love We Never Wanna End”. *scroll down for acoustic performance 

In the past year…

I lost several friends.

I lost my sister.

Too many times in my life have I received those shocking…

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They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To - or do they?

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To  
Written by Warren Barfield  

 (Verse 1)  

"My grandma, she was fifteen when she married  
The boy who would be my granddad  
And he never even touched her until they said 'I do'  …

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10 Hours - She Tattooed It on Her Arm

"There's ten hours between us tonight And I feel like my heart will break
'Cause it's been way too long Since I've last seen your face
What I'd give if you were here with me now And I was lost…

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