Woman Sings to Become Trump's 4th Wife!
With this year’s resistable rise of Mr. T(rump), I got inspired by the question “What do women see in him?”. Some lyrics soon followed, then a melody, now a recording. The Bandcamp player on the …
Pennies from YouTube Heaven?
When you listen to and download my music directly on this website, I get paid a better percentage from these direct downloads than from anywhere else on the wonderful wide web. But this website serves …
Travels in Japan
I’ve long had a fascination with Japan. My very first tape recorder was from there, as was my first transistor radio. So what? No, for a boy in the early 1960’s obsessed with music …
Shaggs Cast album released, Zombies Take over the World, and MORE!
Hi Friends, According to Broadway lore, the average musical takes 10 years to write, and the average cast album takes 3 years to produce – Well, so far I’m right on schedule! Ladies, Gentlemen, I …
Berkeley Rep hosts work on New Musical
I recently spent a fruitful and exciting week at Berkeley Rep’s “Ground Floor”, their new summer development residency program, to begin work on a new music theatre project. I’m working with longtime collaborator Kathryn Keats …
Shaggs Musical Nominated for Drama Desk/Lortel Awards!
Our musical, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, has recently been nominated for some shiny awards. The Drama Desk Award (nominations announced this morning), is one of the most prestigious in the Theatre World. It …
Father/Son Rock/Roll
I’ve been too busy to blog, people. Busy flying to NY to record the band tracks for the cast recording of The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World (due out later next year), busy helping my …
Spotify – the New Radio?
Radio is not dead – you can still turn it on and listen to a baseball game or NPR or someone yelling at the top of their lungs about how unfair they think life is. …
Can’t quit Shaggin’ ’round…
All Shaggs, all the time… Here’s a great little video for those of you who can’t make it to NY for the show. Enjoy! In case you missed it, the NYTimes wrote an article about …
Dave Werry, Shaggs and Electric Guitars
(The Shaggs open May 12! Click for tix) The first time I ever touched an electric guitar, I was awestruck. I tried plucking a note, tried to make it sing like the Beatles could, but …