One Act Theater
One Act Theater is a song that I wrote the lyrics to over 20 years ago (circa 1986). I was listening a lot to U2’s Joshua Tree release and, as I often do, wrote my own lyrics to several of their tunes… or actually, just used the rhythm and flow of the song to direct my words.
I tried several times unsuccessfully to get music written for the song and figured it would be like most of the other songs I’ve written that mildew in my files with nothing else ever being done with it (I have a long list of song lyrics that …
A Brief History of “Job”
“Job” started for me in 1986 when I was reading the book of Job in the Old Testament for what may have been the first time. I realized it was an epic poem and was struck by its complexity, beauty, and emotional intensity. I decided to see if I could rearrange some of its verses to put them into modern verse that could be sung. Plenty of people had done the same thing with many of the psalms, but I did not know if anyone had attempted to put “Job” to music.
I started at the beginning ( which is a …