Mike Pearson's Original music

By Mike Pearson

 And, here we go. A list of music projects that I have created over the last 15 years or so.

Most of the videos have descriptions and the musicians are listed. None of this happens without the heavy lifting from my musician friends.

The Beetlebottom story series is here

https://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-beetlebottom-series-1-to-18.html


One of the earliest songs I wrote was "Logging Town" It sat dormant for years until I started to meet talented musicians at the now defunct Railway Club...or Railway Stage in Vancouver BC.


I wanted something that sounded similar to Steve Earle's, Copperhead Road...and ...spoke about the life of a West Coast logger.


Here's an early demo by my West End neighbor , Kirk McSheffrey







And...a ramped up version by Steve Sainas. The first Railway Club musician that I partnered with in producing a song,



And then..another version that The Vancouver king of rockabilly, Jimmy Roy recorded for me.



Next..A song that is meant to follow up on the story of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen....Hot Rod Lincoln. 

Full Tilt Boogaloo

Version 1


Version 2 Full Tilt Boogaloo


A few videos of the recording process.




In the studio with a stellar cast of Vancouver musicians looking for a new angle on the sound of Full Tilt Boogaloo


Full Tilt Boogaloo belongs to a trilogy of songs. This next song is about the home life of the Full Tilt Trucker.

A Hundred Pounds of Trouble



Number three in  the Full Tilt Trilogy

The Right Thing



Gotta Go.



I Do What I Please { a rearrangement with added original lyrics of the Pat Williams/ Jim Sullivan 1971 song that was featured in the George Hamilton film, Evel Knievel



Bad News
Number 2 Version


Bad News
Number 1 Version



I Will Tom Waits For You { Dive Bar Blues }

The original Mike Van Eyes version


And...Mike Van Eyes on Keys with Chelsea D E Johnson on smokey vocals



Celtic Bagpipes Song

For Brian Fitzpatrick



Tom Landa demo for my bagpipes song


Anne Snow 1st bagpipes demo for my bagpipes song.





Murder Ballad 

My workmate, Doug Innes is a huge connoisseur of Outlaw Country Music. He said, you gotta write songs about "driving", "killing".....and "fucking"

Version 1



Murder Ballad 

Version 2. Renamed "Ballad of a One Road Town"


Spoken word version of  the Murder Ballad { The way it was originally written}


Come Dance with Me


My shot at Carlos Santana's style



Tom Landa and the Scott Smith Band working on "Come Dance With Me"




Love is Love ....Amor es Amor { unfinished }



Barbed Wire Lies. { unfinished}




Just Another Day in Logger's Hell

{ first demo and unfinished}



Tripsville

Spaghetti Surf

The original was written by my friend, Rupert Lindsay. I went into the  studio with the Scott Smith Band to do a new arrangement.



The Scott Smith Band recording tracks for Tripsville

Darryl Havers playing a Theremin for Tripsville




Hound Dogs { Are Chasing Me}



ChinaTown Kiss

Smooth and easy in the style of Burt Baccarach.



And...a few of my singing adventures.

Act Naturally 


Matchbox 


Stuck In  the Middle With You

Before You Accuse Me


In Hell I'll be in Good Company { The Dead South}









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