Money - that's what I want...

Michael Madill / Madsound

This time Mike and Ed have produced a lively version of the Barret Strong song Money (that's what I want) for me.  Today I begin putting the video together for this version of the classic Motown song recorded by so many others - perhaps most notably the Beatles, however the Stones did a version, the Animals did a version, even Mr. Jim Morrison and the Doors did a version of this song.  I look forward to posting the video for public consumption here in a couple weeks.  And, thank you to these two masterful producers for making me sound like I almost know what I'm doing with the microphone.

Edward Donnelly / WayOutSound

Meanwhile, I will place some scratch tracks onto my next Jason Peirce song titled A BETTER WAY TO CRY.  And, Stephanie Barone will return to the studio with me to add vocals for several of the tracks that I am currently working on.  Including Cody Melville's lyrical delight titled OVER YOU.

Also, we will be moving everything over to DresdenCowboy.com later in October, that will make it easy for fans to keep up with everything we have going on.  Thank you to everyone for listening to this song catalogue as we build it.  I hope to keep the cool Americana vibe coming your way, one tune at a time.

My best

- John

Over You, written by Mr. Cody Melville

I'm very excited to announce musician/producer Cody Melville has joined the ranks of the Dresden Cowboy.  Cody has granted permission for me to cover his lovely song titled Over You, he also will be providing his musical and production abilities to make my version of this song happen.  Cody Melville has been performing and producing music for many years and his work can be found on iTunes as well as most other contemporary online music outlets (Cody Melville's Music).  His song, Over you, is from his album titled Saints and Sneakers on a Wire.  Over You has a compelling lyrical symmetry along with an elegant, alluring charm -  I certainly look forward to performing this gem of a song.  I will post a completed version with video soon.  Thanks Cody!

Tumbleweed

September 19th will be the official post date for the Tumbleweed video.

Headed towards the sun...

Another Llano California location shot from Tumbleweed video.

Sycamore Cove...

Still from Tumbleweed Video. 

The day was overcast, which helped give my scenes with Kat Noland a compelling loneliness for our goodbyes, as she represents the girl from Cowboy's past, the one he left behind and now laments in this haunting song written by Jason Peirce.

The edit and post of this song should happen by the end of the week.  Thanks for checking in...

Llano location...

Llano location for the Tumbleweed video.

On location with Kat Noland

Katherine Noland w/ John Reneaud on location for Tumbleweed

Shot through several video sequences with Katherine Noland last week for my Tumbleweed video.  The song is a lyrical jaunt through time spent as lovers full knowing it would/could never work out.  We have several more days of shooting scheduled for this week, then, it's a final mix on the vocals via Mike and Ed, on this beautiful song written by Jason Peirce.  I look forward to posting this video soon.