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Our CD, titled Funny Dog, includes 10 original songs, three poems, and a snip, and is about 45 minutes long. Bill Palladino recorded most of the tracks over a two-day session with us at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Traverse City, and Patrick Niemisto recorded two other songs at his studio. Don Julin did the final mixing and editing.

Follow the link to listen to the title track, funny dog (mp3, 4 MB), featuring Richard Curtis on alto sax and Don Julin on mandolin.

Another song from our CD also appeared several years ago on Volume 1 of a two CD set, Risin' Shine, put out by Northern Michigan Songwriters in the Round. Listen to talking to eleanor (also mp3, 4MB).


To order a CD, see the contact page (where you can, this summer only, get a free t-shirt with your order!), check out our CD Baby site or you can do it right here:
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Click for the lyrics to funny dog and talking to eleanor.

To see or print (on two pages) the lyrics to ALL the songs and poems on our CD, you can download this PDF file: Funny Dog Lyrics

To hear more songs, see our myspace site at www.myspace.com/keyboardandplasticduck

about talking to eleanor:

This song was written for a Women's History Day celebration put on by the Benzie Area Women's History Project, a yearly event which has been going on for over twenty years now. The theme that year was "women on stamps." Later I learned that Hillary Clinton has said that she actually does talk to Eleanor.

 [eleanor stamp]