Sonny Dollar

Sonny Dollar https://sonnydollar.com original Gulf coast rock / jazz / blues / R&B / folk / country Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:46:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 Wake Up Call https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/wake-up-call-2/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:38:24 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=850 Continue reading →]]> Dueling solos between the alto sax & electric guitar are mesmerizing. This song was actually written about the young lady who used to babysit my kids. She was okay, but she couldn’t cook at all – couldn’t even make grits or soup. Later, she became a meth cook !!? Predictably, one night her meth lab caught fire and exploded, and she was burned pretty badly, and then sentenced to ten years in prison.

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]]> Back In Houston https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/back-in-houston-2/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:35:07 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=847 I started writing this song in my mind one day while driving back into H Town on I-10 West, going past the refineries around Baytown and smoking a jay…

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]]> That Man On Your Phone https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/that-man-on-your-phone/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:33:00 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=844 Smooth jazz / R & B – another original tune from the neverending road trip.

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]]> Experiments In Bartending https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/experiments-in-bartending-2/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:30:23 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=841 Inventing new cocktails on a slow rainy day at the local tavern.

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]]> Bad Luck Charm https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/bad-luck-charm-2/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:26:47 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=838 My Mama used to tell me that redheaded girls were bad luck. One thing about Mama, she was damn near always right.

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]]> Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:23:38 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=834 Continue reading →]]> Even if you live in a “bad” neighborhood, it can still be a beautiful day. There is no sense in hating your surroundings, it is much better to accept them and do your little part to improve things.

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]]> Waiting On You https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/waiting-on-you/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:20:48 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=831 Continue reading →]]> A jazzy bossa nova tune I wrote while waiting for my woman to get ready – it took her awhile – in fact there are about 5 more verses I had to cut out!

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]]> Camino Madre (I-10 Song) https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/camino-madre-i-10-song/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:18:10 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=828 Continue reading →]]> In the Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck called Route 66 “the mother road”. Before that, it was the Santa Fe Trail, and before that it was the Oregon Trail. In this generation, the mother road is Interstate 10, from Jacksonville Florida to Long Beach California. It’s a road I know well.

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]]> Gingerbread Man https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/gingerbread-man-3/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:14:45 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=825 A song inspired by the self-appointed King of a huge rundown trailer park located out in the East Texas pines, far away from reality….

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]]> Mean Old Lady https://sonnydollar.com/2022/12/10/mean-old-lady/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:11:24 +0000 https://sonnydollar.com/?p=822 My woman is into kickboxing, ju jitsu, and other kinds of mayhem and destruction, but she is nice to me!

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