Marshall Stern's Songs

Original music written and performed by Marshall Stern and friends.

The Tragic Tale of Captain Horace Howland LIVE 03/25/2023

The Tragic Tale of Captain Horace Howland LIVE A song I wrote for Nancy's Great-great-great Grandfather, Captain Horace Howland who went down on his ship. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339841

Cinnamon X 03/25/2023

Cinnamon X Nancy and I applied for a Reality Show called "Jingles." This was the first audition - make up a jingle for the fake cereal "Cinnamon X." They loved it and we got called in for the next audition in person. For that we improvised a jingle for them. They loved that, too! /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339817

Thirty Years of Love 03/25/2023

Thirty Years of Love SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339790

Three Precious Jewels 03/25/2023

Three Precious Jewels SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339787

Pepe's Valentine Song 03/25/2023

Pepe's Valentine Song SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339784

I Love You Always 03/25/2023

I Love You Always SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339772

The Long and the Short 03/25/2023

The Long and the Short /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339760

Ganja Girl 03/25/2023

Ganja Girl SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339745

Sloppy Poppy 03/25/2023

Sloppy Poppy SongGifter Song (Fill out a questionnaire, I write and record an original song for you!) Harmonies by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26339742

SongGifter Spots 03/22/2023

SongGifter Spots In 2006, Nancy Howland Walker and I offered original songs for gifts. People would fill out a questionairre and I would write and record the songs, with Nancy filling in harmonies. When I had a radio show on WCPT Chicago, we made advertising spots for this business in various song styles. Here are our spots in the styles of Epic, Character (Jimmy Durante), Bluegrass, Baroque, and Jazz. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26309868

Stupid Things People Say 03/22/2023

Stupid Things People Say Written for the show "Journey to the Center of the Uterus." I asked Kathleen for a list of the stupid things people say to her around fertility and had a lot of fun composing it in this song. Great backup vocals by Nancy Howland Walker. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26308569

No More 03/22/2023

No More Written for "Journey to the Center of the Uterus." It didn't end up getting used. But it's a lovely statement about finding your strength in defeat. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26308455

Hoo-Ha Highway 03/22/2023

Hoo-Ha Highway This was written for Kathleen Puls-Andrade's one-woman show, "Journey to the Center of the Uterus" about her journey through the fertility fray while trying to get pregnant. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26308428

The Harder I Work 03/22/2023

The Harder I Work /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26307675

Surrounded 03/22/2023

Surrounded /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26307627

That's Just the Way It Is 03/22/2023

That's Just the Way It Is This was an Anniversary song for my Cutie Pie. We began as friends, and our Love has grown and grown - we love each other more with each passing year. That's just the way it is with real love. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/26307540

Awakened America #5 07/10/2017

Awakened America #5 /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/5522028

American Tune 04/24/2012

American Tune This little ditty came to me in the 1990's and wouldn't go away. I could never put words to it but it lived as it was until I was searching for a theme to my radio show "Awakened America" which it fit perfectly. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/1926234

Too Afraid To Answer 04/24/2012

Too Afraid To Answer The archetypal choice that all of us face at one point or another. Ib this case the tragedy of letting oneself become a slave to fear. A choice too may suffer from. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/1926233

Cold Light Of Day 04/24/2012

Cold Light Of Day This song was written as part of a one woman show entitled Journey To The Center of The Uterus. MOst of the songs were humorous except for this one which speaks of coming to terms and acceptance. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/1926232

Texas Isn't Big Enough 04/17/2007

Texas Isn't Big Enough Co-Written with Kenny Davis, a Texas Swing tune with a twist. Being two New York jewish boys, we were sick of hearing Texans boast (and this was before Bush) so we got the idea for the title. The rest came pretty easily except for the bridge which Kenny came up with and it knocked me out. It's pretty funny. This is a real Nashville demo with John Wesely Riles singing. I hope I spelled your name right John. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994641

One Man Rides Away 04/17/2007

One Man Rides Away Have you ever heard Lorne Greene doing "Ringo"? This was my homage to that genre. It paints a pretty good picture and it's just fun. Yee Ha! This was written during my Marshall Dillon phase. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994635

Leave It Unspoken 04/17/2007

Leave It Unspoken I am a big believer in an economy of words. To me the quieter you say something, the more powerful it is. Try looking into a beautiful womans eyes if you don't believe me. This song was built around that second chord in the verse progression. Other than that it's a standard country song. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994629

Her Heart Is Made Of Flint 04/17/2007

Her Heart Is Made Of Flint This one was just true. The image struck me as so true and the rest of the song wrote itself around that idea. This one features my Chet Atkins autographed Gibson that I hocked in a moment of despair and stupidity. Sorry Chet. I am very proud of the lyric on this one. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994615

You Made Your Bed 04/17/2007

You Made Your Bed Another one written with my pal Hodge Cook. See the song opens with a guy actually making a bed! Heh! Heh! Get It? For a Nashville tune it's actually pretty good. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994610

Between Friends 04/17/2007

Between Friends Co-write with Donna Beck Michael, this pretty little ditty is a sweet tale about love that grows up unexpectedly and suddenly. Really love that has had a chance to mature in the soil of friendship is at once the scariest and the best. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994602

Sweet Temptation 04/17/2007

Sweet Temptation Some things are bad for you but you want them anyway. Some things you want so bad you can't say no when you should. Long story short, I should've resisted but I didn't. I got cavities. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994597

Same Old Dog 04/17/2007

Same Old Dog Written with my friend J.T. Bear and recorded at his home studio in Nashville. I played bass and programmed the drums. The Guitarist is Dean Hall (son of Tom T.) who is a killer guitarist with tremendous feet. (His sneakers are my regular clown shoes which I wear on gigs) This song is a bit of fun and could only be done as a country song. (It should'a been sung by a woman but I was the closest we had.) /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994625

Dear Heart 04/17/2007

Dear Heart Written while recuperating from a heart attack and triple bypass surgery, you can see why I was looking for this. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994589

In Their Eyes 04/17/2007

In Their Eyes (For Craig and Melody) Co-written with Hodge Cook, this one is for my babies who are now in their twenties and thrilled to be referred to as my babies. /episode/index/show/laudbuck/id/994584

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