I’ll admit it: My Wife, the Psychic is probably the strangest track on the album! Once upon a time, Beth and I attended weekly therapy with Sarah Rubin, a powerful healer in Katonah, New York. Sarah was one of our favorite practitioners and over the years she taught us a lot of life lessons, guiding …
Jeff Raab played a great Marcellus Washburn when I was in The Music Man ten years ago. We did over 50 performances together and became great friends. Jeff joined Beth and I for a writing session and the result was “Wide Open Road,” the 5th track on the album. It’s one of my most-requested songs …
As I write this, I’m sitting in our truck with Bradley (our dog) in an overflow parking lot next to Westchester Airport. Beth is in the terminal waiting to see if her 5:30pm flight will take off at 6:15pm or at all. Such is air travel these days There’s rain on the windshield and that …
Track 3 on Create Without Caution is “Shopping Spree,” the only song I know of that takes direct aim at people like the narrator who use shopping like alcoholics use the drink. Most people find the song lighthearted. After all, “retail therapy,” as it’s commonly called, seems on the outside to be one of the …
The second song on my CD is the title track, “Create Without Caution.” This song is an anthem for me, an affirmation that addresses my inner critic, the voice that says, “Be safe, Scott. You’re less likely to fall if you stay by the trunk of the tree and avoid crawling out onto those flimsy, …
The first track on my first solo CD is “Live, Laugh and Love.” I wrote this song in 2005 about our daughter, Helen, but it has a richer backstory that deserves telling. Beth and I started looking for homes the previous year. The idea of owning a home was one we were pursuing somewhat half-heartedly …
When was the last time that I spent an hour in a pool? How about you? When we lived in Yonkers, I suppose. At that time, we were fortunate to be in a co-op overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades. We had a different, beautiful sunset every night and the co-op’s pool was someplace …
Yesterday, we parked the rig in Garrison, NY, a place where the sweltering heat may be of epic proportion, but so is the wonderful beauty of an inground swimming pool! When the Adventure commenced, I was still in a headspace where accepting kindness and love from others was difficult. Our friends Eric, Bill, Kevin, Suzy, …
“Every ending is a beginning” I wrote in a simple song, long ago. Yesterday, I heard someone say, “Every ending was once a beginning.” I like that, too. The fluidity of life is real to me, though I sometimes feel stuck. That brings to mind another quote: “Everything works out in the end, so if …
When Beth and I sold our home and left New York, we figured on a three-month tour of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. We started in February 2022 and here it is nearly August. Obviously, we extended the original plan! When we are finished with sunmmer in New England, our plan will be to put …