John Gilmore

Gravity’s Curse

October 12, 2018

Here’s a song about a talking crow and a man that wishes he could fly. I’ve always enjoyed watching crows do their thing. This one features Doug Sauter on mandolin and banjo, Aaron Ransdell on bass, Melinda on harmony and me on the trusty old Martin 00028

Never Again

October 26, 2018

A fun little song about a guy that’s a really slow learner and a dead horse. A bitter breakup song with a sense of humor(?) The names were omitted to protect the guilty. This song features the mandolin playing of Doug Sauter with Aaron Ransdell on bass. I played the Martin 00028 on this one.

The Conversation

October 26, 2018

A little story about the internal dialogue between our heart with all its desires, and… our intellect with all of its processing abilities. Sometimes there is disagreement. Sometimes there is a LOT of disagreement On this one, I got my Michigan friend Jason Dennie to play mandolin. I was fortunate enough to catch him with […]

Static and Chatter

November 25, 2018

Here’s a different kind of song for me. A sort of a bluesy number. The only conventional musical instrument on this track is my venerable old J45. The percussion comes from Rod Schindler playing a suitcase for a kick drum and pounding on the arm of an old leather chair plus two tracks of hand […]

Pretty Little Bird

December 27, 2018

One of the first songs I ever wrote. It doesn’t need much explanation. Doug on mandolin, Aaron on bass, Melinda on harmony vocals and me on guitar and lead vocals

One Dark Day

December 27, 2018

This is a very gloomy song in my humble opinion. However, I have been debated on that and it was suggested that it was a ‘hopeful song’. I dunno. Sounds gloomy to me.

Perfect World

December 27, 2018

This one sounds like a typical love song…. until it doesn’t

Lonely Is

November 4, 2018

I wrote this one quite a while ago. It was on the Noble Roots release but I decided to put it on the new release as well with a slightly different approach. The “hook” for this was inspired by the famous line in the movie, Forrest Gump. “Stupid is as Stupid does” paraphrased as “Lonely […]

What You Don’t Know

October 26, 2018

This is the other “standard love song” in the collection. I believe it’s at least relatable. I think most people have a story like this one in their past (present or future) A simple arrangement of a pretty basic little waltz. Doug Sauter on mandolin and Melinda on harmony vocal. I played the Martin 00028 […]

Insomniac Blues

November 29, 2018

I think this song may have been born of too many hours spent trying to digest television and internet “news”. The band is Doug Sauter on mandolin and clawhammer banjo, Aaron Ransdell on upright bass, the one and only Mike Cleveland on fiddle, Melinda on harmony vocals and me on vocals and the old 00028 […]

Primrose Green

November 25, 2018

The ‘Gravity’s Curse’ project has two instrumental tunes. One gentle melody in D major and this one in D minor. This is a Celtic flavored thing in 6/8 time This song features the one and only Mike Cleveland on fiddle. Three layered tracks of fiddle plus Doug on mandolin, Aaron on bass and myself on […]

September Rain

October 26, 2018

This is a gentle instrumental in D major. A melody I pulled out of the air but might not have developed were it not for the urging of Doug and my former singing partner, Kelli, from our old Noble Roots trio. They thought it was pretty, so…. I finished it. This is just the three […]