When The Lupines Line The Lane
© Ted DeMille/Rick Lang

This is a tune I co-wrote with my good friend Ted DeMille. The song is based on the children's book "Miss Rumphius" by Maine author Barbara Cooney. The story line is about "The Lupine Lady" who goes around spreading purple Lupine seeds everywhere she goes to try and make the world a more beautiful place. Stephen Mougin (Mojo) produced the demo and his wife Jana sings on it. She has the voice of an angel and really captured the spirit of the story.

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Blue Blue Highway
© Rick Lang

I wrote this one many years ago about a long distance truck driver I knew and worked with for a while. He really enjoyed being out on the highway in his rig, but was heavily conflicted as it took him away from his wife and children. We would often talk about his dilemma which led to the writing of this song. Like most of my songs, this is about a real person in a real life situation.

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The Light
© Rick Lang

Writing Christmas/Seasonal music is a long-time passion of mine. Every winter I expend part of my energies working on new Christmas tunes. This one was inspired by a portrait I once saw about the Nativity. The scene itself was dark, except for a dim light coming from a lantern in the stable. Mary was looking into the eyes of Baby Jesus, as the light reflected on their faces. The painting clearly depicted the gentle smile Mary had on her face and the feeling of love between mother and child. That is the essence of what I attempted to capture in this song. Tina Adair offers a captivating vocal performance on the demo.

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Nightbird's Song
© Rick Lang

I penned this number while thinking back on an old flame from way back in my younger days. I remember we had broken up and for whatever reason, I couldn't get over it no matter how hard I tried for a very long time. That girl's memory haunted me for a very long time, and decided I should write a song about it - more as a form of therapy than anything. It must have worked because I haven't thought of her much since this song came to be!

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Rhythm Of The Train
© Rick Lang

Growing up, our house was just a few hundred feet from the railroad tracks. Freight trains would come by all the time and we would entertain ourselves by counting and reading the names on the boxcars. As the train passed I can remember the feeling when our house would shake and the sound of rattling dishes... sometimes even waking us up in the night. I wrote this one to help remind me of those good old days and the soothing rhythm of the train.

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For Caroline
© Rick Lang

I used to travel a lot for a living, and found myself away from my home and family much more than I would have liked. It was always very difficult saying goodbye to the ones I love, especially when I'd be gone for weeks at a time. I was on a trip out west late one night, feeling pretty lonely, when I wrote this song.

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He'll Make It Right
© Rick Lang

When I first got the Bluegrass bug in the mid 1980's, I was immediately attracted to the Gospel element. Bands like the Bluegrass Cardinals, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, among others, were performing and recording outstanding gospel music featuring hair raising duets, stellar quartet harmonies, and complex call and response arrangements. Since then I have always incorporated Gospel music into my songwriting - inspired by the sounds my favorite bands were creating. "He'll Make It Right" was one of them, and in some way is a musical tribute to some of my greatest Bluegrass Heroes.

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