COMMENTS:


"Hey Beavis, check out this Ghost song [Hello, Old Friend] huhuhuhuh. It rocks!"
Now that was a serious kick in the ass, and just what I needed about now to wake me up a bit. I'd like some of what the guitar player and drummer are having to give them that much energy. Nice job Griff. You do indeed "rawhk".  -Geritol Bob

“I enjoyed “7, 8 and 10”. Hey, at least you didn’t kill anybody! This is a fine page of musical treats ~ Yeh, you ROCK!”  -The Altruistic Messiah A.K.A. Ben Vandagriff

“7, 8 and 10 is one of my favorite songs on this whole site [musicanation.com]. I listen to it at least once a day.”  -Cunningham

“Wow, just listened to “This Ride Ain’t Over”. 5*. Definitely not what I was expecting to hear when I decided to click Play.  - Signo Nata

“u rock!”  -Dina Cribbs

“Man your music is rockin’ all around. The music is so tight, original. And that demonic vocal on “Pledge” is so frickin’ scary like the judgment day is upon us. Yikes…
I really like your songs, my fave tho? This Ride ain’t Over”. -Liz Chaffe of Lizzy Williams

“Hey I really like the song The Sky” -jml528

“Sounds rad” -Radio Fiction

“Five stars all across”   -BoundAlive

“Good stuff”  -Pedestrian X

really nice sound. -Fabio

great sound! -stevO

Cool songs man.-Xiie.net/j

I dig the new tunes posted on your page. Keep up the great songwriting and keep rockin. -DFF/Danny Fast Fingers

 nice sounds.
Keep posted on your upcoming shows. -Jackson

Love the music! -Trisha

Hi Veatch! Love the new photo's you have up..hope things are moving fast and furious. :)
xo -Liz Chaffe of Lizzy Williams

Like your music a lot - I play with Danny Fast Fingers. -Debra Parr -bass player for Danny Fast Fingers

VEATCH - You RAAAAAAWK! -Danish Sky

Looking forward to creating in the studio this week! Be safe getting to Austin, and see you Tuesday! -rw [Rick Willis-drums/percussion]

Your two new songs are both very cool songs -- "Walk Away" has a real nice arrangement - very catchy. "Listenin to the Rain" has a great melody and is my favorite of the two.
Keep rockin in South Texas -- let me know if you ever need a bass player for your projects -Ron Havelaar

Veatch, the 2 new tunes are cool. Sounds like you're gonna have a great cd coming out, can't wait to hear more. -Danny Fast Fingers

Hi Veatch,
Good Songs!
Hopefully I'll get to play some of them with Mary C soon. -Greg Schutte

OMG!! Veatch, "Walk AWAY" is frickin perfect Man and the picture of the DOG//this is perfect for a feature Comedy..you are truly original.You have got to get this song in something!! Haha Im so happy for you.
Its great!! Kiss -Liz Chaffe of Lizzy Williams

Glad you're completing your project. It sounds good.
Still no rain ... -DFF [Danny Fast Fingers]

Hey Veatch, Mary sounds really cool..I can see the fit with your songs. Sounds good..full steam ahead.
Peace Brotha! xo -Liz Chaffe of Lizzy Williams

Your new song "The Station" is very cool. I like the driving guitar. Keep up the great work. -Ron [Havelaar]

Veatch, I was gonna run for prez...but I'll settle for VP with One Eyed Willie.
Cool track again [One-Eyed Willie for President 2008] and I like your production. -DFF [Danny Fast Fingers] 

cool songs,great tones! -Zane

Hey Veatch! We sure want to jam with you sometime! When you comin to Austin? We're having a party tomorrow nite! And just bought me a new fretless Schecter! -Debra in the Heart of Texas

Ghost, Took a listen and the Railroad Blues is a great song -- from the heart. Hope to hear more. -Ron Havelaar Keep on Rockin..Austin is!!

Take Care... -Sharbear

V., just dropped by virtually to show some love; how about a blues song for the end of summer? Fall's OK, but it just ain't summer.
Next on the musical horizon: Austin City Lts Music Fest! -Wayne

We enjoyed meeting you and your family today. Thanks for coming down to the show at Hickory Street today. Hope things at home will be better than you think[Huricane Ike]. -Debra Parr -bass player for Danny Fast Fingers

Hope things are okay[Hurricane Ike] over there neighbor! -Trisha

Ike SUCKED!!! Mary ROCKED!!! Glad to hear not too serious damage. We got fence & tree damage too, that's about it.
Peace!! -John & Robin

Hey Veatch,
Sorry to hear about the hospital stay. I'm hoping you feel well now. -Liz C. of Lizzy Williams

Hospital Stay? -Debra in the Heart of Texas

Griff, Thanks for the greetings..I hope things are progressing and all is well.
DFF [Danny Fast Fingers]

keep rockin!!! -*MELLE*

We hope 2009 is a better year for you! Hope to see you again soon. -Debra Parr-bass player for Danny Fast Fingers

love the song ''hello old friend'' very cool, take care, -[vegas] bob

Hey! I see you have been busy! It's that time of year...
Keep in touch and let me know how things are going...~Trisha

Hope to see you in Austin soon on a live stage - recording here must have been good, so I'm looking forward to the new CD.-Wayne

STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS


“Wednesday”

''I get up in the morning and I go to work-
I can't be late cause my boss-is-a-jerk'' was one of those lines that just stuck in my head and (way back when) I used to chime out so often that my son who was 4 at the time, when given a microphone to record his first 'song', blurted it out first, followed by "My name is R.J. and I'm four years old, and this is my rap"...uh??? ...RAP??!! [sigh]
     Self explanatory right?? Ya bust ass every day after day after day, after year- after year- after year...Sometimes it can get tha best of you, and ya stay out a lil too late, a lil too often, a lil too impaired...When that damn machine starts that early a.m racket, if you had an endless supply of clock-radios and glass doors, that sucka'd be through the glass most mornings before that sorry sunnuva-b even knew it...
You're in la-la land, right before the daily rude awaking...it's Friday, work’s juuuuuuust about over...Any minute now...Almost...Almost....
Then-CLICK!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UP.....
IT'S WEDNESDAY!!!!!!! GET UP!! GET UP!! GETTTTTTTTTTTTTTT  UUUUUUUUPPPP!!!!
$#*#$f’in %$#$sunnuva #^*& mutha ^*%fu#$in$^^#&*$#*$s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heh-heh, loooong "story" for a short song...oh well...   ;~)


“Walk Away”

Have you ever had one of those days…a week…a few weeks, or a month…etc., where you just don’t feel like listenin’ to someone [friend or no] go on and on and on and on and on and on…When your mind [for whatever reason of your own] is already overloaded and stressed to the hilt, and you just wish they would walk away…”Not tryin’ to be ‘rude’, though I’m told I really can be.”


"7, 8 and 10"

"yes I believe in the bible- yes, I've seen my share of sin
yes, I know the 10 commandments- I've broken 7, 8 and 10
because I learned about women and how special they feel
I learned what I had to do- to frequently fulfill that feel".
Married women, separated women, divorced women…This song was written 30-31 years ago. I was young, what else can I say?


“Listenin’ to the Rain (Wonderin’ Where You are Tonight)"

I read somewhere that a songwriter once said lyrics were 80% truth and 20% rhyme. I was once also told that lyric writing was 20% truth and 80% rhyme...so...that being said, the main 'inspiration' for this song is:
I was 19, she was in her early 20s. She was my first 'true love'; before I grew older and leery of both 'true' and 'love'. Half Mexican, half white...slender, creamy-skinned...
She became my every thought, my constant desire-and since she had just recently been divorced from the 'love' of her life [her, what? 2nd husband of the now 4...5?] with the divorce being his choice, not hers...she became the biggest head-trip of my life. Well, the 1st biggest, but I digress...
In and out of my life over the next few years, more times than I care to count or even remember. I have her initial branded into the side of my arm...God are we stoooopid as hell when we're young, or what??!! Sheeeesh...
Anyway...that was long ago and very far, far away. She makes 'appearances' in several of my songs, so something good came out of it...
Occasionally she still makes appearances in my dreams. I don't know if that's a good thing, a bad thing, or a meaningless thing...
then again, maybe I do...
I wish her nothing but the best wishes possible. I hope she finally found something or someone to bring her happiness, and fulfillment...or at least peace of mind...
Waaaaaaay back then, I would have given my soul for it to have been me. As the crow flies, I hear, she lives less than 15 miles from me after all these years. I doubt she even remembers who I am...but then again...maybe she does...
"Ti quiero tu amor y cuerpo!"
Goodnight, Florence, and God bless!


“The Line of Wood and Rail (Lonesome Railroad Blues)”

Basically a true story; my life growing up as the son of a hard working 3rd generation Missouri Pacific (later Union Pacific) railroad man. He worked for over 40 years on the ‘line of wood and rail’; early on for seven days a week, year round, for up to 16 hours a day. Later on, six days a week and better hours. A harder working, more doting family man, I’ve yet to meet. He passed on Easter Sunday, 2003. I love you, and I miss you, Dad…God bless


“Unwritten”

Of course: written about, and dedicated to Tommy Bolin; Guitarist extraordinaire, from the early-to-mid ‘70s, who mixed guitar-driven rock-n-roll, with a little jazz and fusion twists. He replaced Joe Walsh [at Joe’s request] in the James Gang. He also replaced Ritchie Blackmore [at Ritchie’s request] in Deep Purple, and had two solo LPs out, before his untimely death. One of my guitar ‘heroes’…

“Dear, Jessi”

Written about, and dedicated to, the late, great Wayland Arnold "Waylon" Jennings. Miss ya, Hoss!


“Ragged-Ass Ride”

…Uh…The car, repetitively- on a consistent basis, was refusing to ‘play-nice’…On one particularly exasperating day…unaccountably…she wound up with 2 bullet holes thru her windshield into her dashboard…or at least, I was told…