Check out Joe's latest CD release: "New Solid Black" - now available as a Bonus Edition (with two extra tracks co-authored with Helen Robbins).

It had been previously available at gigs as a 6-track "EP" - adding two "bonus" tracks has turned it into an "LP" :-)

1. Forget About Love
2. Drive Me Crazy
3. Love Takes Heart
4. Memorial Day
5. Last Call
6. Roller Girls
7. Light Years of Love (Bonus Track)
8. O Jim (Bonus Track)

Details here:

• Buy the CD || CD Baby
• Visit Joe's Site || joebouchard.com
• My Review || by Ralph

Hello friends and fans,

The follow up to Jukebox in My Head, Tales From The Island, 2 and a half years in the making, is finally available. 15 songs, all new material.

Check out the complete playlist I posted on YouTube.

Unreleased lyrics by Helen Wheels and Richard Meltzer, plus seven new songs from John (You Like Vampires?) Cook.

Downloads only at this point from CDBaby or iTunes.

Also - if you go to the CD Baby site, there are complete album notes at the bottom of my page. You will have to click the "Read more..." link to see all the lyrics. Credits for all songs are listed too.

It's basically myself and my neighbor I've known all my life, John Cook who wrote all the music. I wrote music for 8 songs, lyrics for 6 songs and the two other lyrics are by Richard and Helen. John Cook wrote lyrics and music for the 7 other songs. He is an amazing writer, having proved himself with Dark Boat on my 1st solo album and You (like Vampires) for Blue Coupe.

The lyrics for the Richard Meltzer and Helen Wheels songs date back several decades. They were hiding away in a box in my attic. The same box that I found Angel's Well by Jim Carroll. I'm a pack rat, never throw out anything.

I can remember looking at the Meltzer lyric years ago and saying "That's a pretty good lyric, but I don't want to do it. It's an old person's song" Well, guess what happened? I changed just a few lines like, it was originally "The days are gone but the years remain" to "The years are gone but the days remain" Ironic? I also changed " I hitched a ride to "New Orleans" to I hitched a ride to "New York". Little things like that. I actually did hitch a ride to NY in the 70s.

I just emailed Watt, he's been in contact with Meltzer. He has Richard's "Fuck" song on a new album. It's a real hoot. I'd like to talk to Richard to tell him about the song. I think it's a strong one.

I wrote a version of Burnin' for You way back then, you all have never heard. It's darker than Donald's but I never finished it. Donald came in with a hot demo and my version ended on the scrap heap. I always knew there was some value in the lyric.

Joe

Complete tracklist:

1. 1000 Midnights [ 4:26 ] || Preview
2. The Pub That Never Closes [ 3:36 ] || Preview
3. Wild Lands [ 3:44 ] || Preview
4. Retro Rockstar [ 3:18 ] || Preview
5. Midnight in a River Town [ 4:15 ] || Preview
6. Motel Tropico [ 4:09 ] || Preview
7. Perpetrator [ 4:45 ] || Preview
8. Door to the River [ 4:49 ] || Preview
9. Your Dark Secrets [ 5:26 ] || Preview
10. Roadtrip [ 3:27 ] || Preview
11. Christopher Walken Is Walkin' Her Home [ 4:26 ] || Preview
12. Helluva Hoedown [ 3:07 ] || Preview
13. Katrina (Jesus the Fixer of Broken Hearts) [ 4:44 ] || Preview
14. Parole [ 3:47 ] || Preview
15. Heart of Wine [ 3:26 ] || Preview

• My Review || by Ralph

Spectra Records is finally re-releasing Jukebox in My Head. I guess you could call it the "deluxe edition" since I added three more BONUS REMIXES to the package. It has a new cover too.

They will do a pressing of physical CDs soon. I'll post when they are available.

But in the meantime, you can download the tracks from from iTunes

Joe

Complete tracklist:

1. Shadows On the Streets of New York [ 3:27 ]
2. Travelin' Freak Show [ 4:17 ]
3. Cowboy's Dream [ 3:59 ]
4. Jukebox In My Head [ 3:57 ]
5. One More Song So Long [ 4:01 ]
6. Which Road Is Mine [ 4:33 ]
7. Kickin' a Can [ 3:52 ]
8. Haunted Dance Floor [ 3:52 ]
9. Dark Boat [ 8:22 ]
10. Running Out of Time [ 3:26 ]
11. Camp Sunset [ 2:49 ]
12. Coming for You Someday [ 4:35 ]
13. One More Song So Long (Bonus Remix) [ 4:31 ]
14. Dark Boat (Bonus Remix) [ 10:56 ]
15. Which Road Is Mine (Bonus Remix) [ 4:20 ]

If you liked the above, you'll love the rest of Jukebox in My Head, the album from which it comes. Get it from Joe's site.

Tracklist:

1. Shadows On The Streets Of New York
2. Travelin' Freak Show
3. Cowboy's Dream
4. Jukebox In My Head
5. One More Song So Long
6. Which Road Is Mine
7. Kickin' A Can
8. Haunted Dance Floor
9. Dark Boat
10. Running Out Of Time
11. Camp Sunset
12. Coming For You Someday

Joe has made a few appearances on Poughkeepsie Live TV/Don Odells Blues Time - both solo and also with a set of tunes with Jeff Pitchell.

Here are links to some solo acoustic appearances live in the studio on Don Odells Blues Time TV show (I don't have dates but one was uploaded on 18 Oct 2007 so they're obviously previous to that):

1. Screams / Burnin' For You
2. One More Song So Long
3. Dont Fear the Reaper
4. Which Road is Mine
5. Astronomy
6. Fallen Angel
7. Wolves in the Night
8. Kicking The Can
9. Money Machine