MUSIC







Before I Melt Away: Some Songs from the Early '80s (2023)

01   Tour De France (Kratwerk, 1983)
02   Let's All Make a Bomb (Heaven 17, 1983)
03   The Metro (Berlin, 1982)
04   Cancer (Joe Jackson, 1982)
05   Un-Alone (Translator, 1983)
06   Cynical Girl (Marshall Crenshaw, 1982)
07   Sea Shanty (Burning Sensations, 1983)
08   Man for All Seasons (Difford and Tilbrook, 1984)
09   Racist Friend (The Special AKA, 1983)
10   Wishful Thinking (China Crisis, 1983)
11   Sound of the Rain (Rank and File, 1984)
12   Snowman (XTC, 1982)
13   Like a Ghost (Ignatius Jones, 1982)

Released December 29, 2023
Performed and recorded at home in Austin, TX, by Kim Simpson in 2023. "Sound of the Rain" was recorded by Bill Doughty at the Bread Machine (Austin, TX) in 2007. Violin: Melissa Becker.

Cover art: Kim Simpson

All songs licensed through the Harry Fox Agency

Writers and Publishers:
"Tour De France" written by Florian Schneider-Esleben, Fritz Hilpert, Maxime Schmitt, and Ralf Hutter; Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC OBO Sony Music Publishing Germany, Gema OBO Gema, SDRM OBO SDRM

"Let's All Make a Bomb" written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, and Martyn Ware; Published by BMG Gold Songs OBO Rosetta VM PKA Virgin Music, WC Music Corp OBO Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

"The Metro" written by John Crawford; Published by BMG Platinum Songs OBO Berlin Era Music

"Cancer" written by Joe Jackson; Published by Albion Music

"Un-Alone" written by Steven Barton; Published by BMG Bumblebee OBO Very Safe Music

"Cynical Girl" written by Marshall Crenshaw; Published by BMG Golden Songs OBO Bearboy Music

"Sea Shanty" written by Timothy McGovern; Published by Clams Casino Music

"Man for All Seasons" written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook; Published by Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp. OBO Warner Chappell Music Ltd., WC Music Corp OBO Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

"Racist Friend" written by Dick Cuthell, Jerry Dammers, and John Edward Bradbury; published by BMG Gold Songs OBO BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

"Wishful Thinking" written by Eddie Lundon and Garry Daley; published by BMG Platinum Songs OBO BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

"Sound of the Rain" written by Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman; Published by BMG Bumblebee OBO Black Impala Music

"Snowman" written by Andrew John Partridge; published by BMG Platinum Songs OBO BMG VM Music Ltd.

"Like a Ghost" written by Steven Kilbey; published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing OBO Sony/ATV Songs LLC








Mystery (single) (2022)

01   Mystery

Words and Music by Bruce Cockburn
(c) 2006 True North (SESAC)
Arrangement by Kim Simpson
Kim Simpson, voice and guitar
Cover art by Kim Simpson
Released December 21, 2022







Song for Sam (single) (2022)

01   Song for Sam

Recorded at home by Kim Simpson in Austin, TX.
Written by Kim Simpson
Mad Duke Music (BMI)
Dedicated to my nephew, Sam Simpson (2002-2022)







Mystery Lights II: Guitar Instrumentals (2022)

01   Guitar Bird
02   Phantom Sea I
03   Blueberry Forest
04   October Jig
05   Snorkmaiden
06   Artichaut Suite
07   Noctua
08   Viola da Terra
09   Phantom Sea II
10   All the Sorrows
11   Up and Down South 7th
12   A Morelia Otra Vez

Recorded and mixed at home by Kim Simpson in Austin, TX.
Mastered by Stephen Ceresia at Stonyfield Mastering
All songs written by Kim Simpson
Guitars and all other instruments by Kim Simpson
Mad Duke Music (BMI)
Cover art: Kim Simpson







Dvaraka EP (2020)

01   Dvaraka
02   Seven Faces
03   Night Swirls In (KUTX Live)
04   Dvaraka (KUTX Live)
05   Tua Nai E Meiga (KUTX Live) (Galician Folk Song Arr. Kim Simpson)

Tracks 1-2 Recorded at home by Kim Simpson in Austin, Texas. Mastered by Golden Mastering

Tracks 3-5 recorded 5/2/2019 at KUTX in Austin, Texas. Wayne Duncan on dumbek and foot tambourine.



              





The Comets Swish Their Tails (2019)

01   Night Swirls In
02   By Lake Kavano
03   Medicine Song
04   Praying to the Angel of Time
05   Ether
06   Gray Wolf at War
07   Blueberry Forest
08   Lost Winter Song
09   Winter War
10   Watching the Waltzing Matildas
11   Levels of Blue
12   Starlight Tune
13   Starling
14   The Comets Swish Their Tails
15   A Morelia

Released January 11, 2019
Recorded and mixed by Kim Simpson at home in Austin, TX.
Mastered by Cris Burns at Ameripolitan Studios.
All songs written by Kim Simpson
Mad Duke Music (BMI)


              





Goblins EP (2018)

01   Little Dictators
02   Here Come the Goblins
03   US of NRA
04   Big White River
05   21st Century Memory Book

Five Trump-era protest songs.
Released July 10, 2018

Recorded and mixed by Kim Simpson at home in Austin, Texas. All instruments played by Kim Simpson.
Mastered by Cris Burns at Ameripolitan Studios.
All songs written by Kim Simpson
Mad Duke Music (BMI)

               Reveleros - Reveleros





Reveleros (2017)
Reveleros

01   Opa Nina Nai (Greek) (Trad.-Stelios Kazantzidis)
02   Cha Cha Pusti Me (Croatian) (Neno Belan - J Matosic)
03   Oh Zelie (Frenglish) (Kim Simpson)
04   What a Mellow Man (Instrumental) (Herbie Hancock)
05   Maria Isabel (Spanish) (Traditional)
06   O Koutalianos (Greek) (L. Popodopoulos - M. Loizos)
07   Regeneration (Instrumental) (Kim Simpson)
08   Tit Galop Pour Mamou (Cajun French) (Dewey Balfa)
09   La Playa (Instrumental) (Jo Van Wetter)
10   La Mucura (Spanish) (Antonio Fuentes)


Kim Simpson: Vocals and guitar
Chris Dirx: Drums, percussion and backing vocals
Kevin Taylor: Bass
David Perales: Violin and backing vocals
Brad Houser: Bari sax and backing vocals

Produced by Chris Dirkx
Mixed and engineered by John Bush at Cicada Moon Studios
Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering
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Songs and Sightings 1992-2014 (2016)

01   Gone Gone Gone - Version 2 (2007)
02   Midnight Apparitions (1996)
03   Leona Miles Away (1992)
04   Looking for That Girl (2006)
05   Tang of Seaweed (2014)
06   Now the Girl Turns Thirteen (1996)
07   The Cow Again (2009)
08   Dancing Song (2014)
09   Bloom (2014)
10   Bing Bong Bing (2013)
11   Simon St. Claire (1996)
12   Sheherezade (1992)
13   The Sound of the Rain (2007)
(Kinman-Kinman) Black Impala Music (BMI)
14   Suru (1996)
15   Yours All the Way (KUTX live) (2013)

Released June 1, 2016
Remastered by Kim Simpson
Cover photo by Ron Simpson

See full liner notes on Bandcamp




               Melt the Guns







Melt the Guns/Revelations (Bless You for Your Anger) (2015)

 01   Melt the Guns (Andy Partridge) Nymph Music Ltd.
 02   Revelations (Bless You for Your Anger) (Yoko Ono) ONO Music (BMI)

Recorded with a Zoom H4n recorder at Kim's house in Austin, Texas. Both songs licensed through the Harry Fox Agency.


              






Tex Mex Guitar EP (2014)

 01   Las Coronelas (B. Colazzo)
 02   Ay te Dejo en San Antonio (S. Jimenez)
 03   Tragos Amargos (J. Cuellar)
 04   Connie (Trad.)

Released September 2014 (digital and vinyl)
Acoustic fingerstyle versions of conjunto accordion classics
Recorded direct to a Zoom H4n with no overdubs or digital editing
Mastered by Rich Brotherton at Ace Recording

Back cover
Liner notes by Jesse Sublett
Photo by Bill Blackmon

Songs 2 and 3 used by permission (HFA)
Cover art by Alice and Martin Provensen. Used by permission
              




Yours All the Way (2013)

 01   Supernatural
 02   Bing Bong Bing
 03   Better Not
 04   Act of God
 05   All Right
 06   Devil May Care
 07   Preservation
 08   Yours All the Way
 09   Baby Now
 10   January
 11   Slipping Away
 12   Queen in the Rain

Released April 2013, CD + Digital
Recorded by Bill Doughty in Austin, Texas, 2012
Mastered by Rich Brotherton at Ace Recording
All songs written by Kim Simpson
Mad Duke Music (BMI)


               Kim Simpson - Soulbird






Soulbird (2012)

Two home demos

 01   Soulbird
 02   I Got the Message

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               Kim Simpson - Christmas Single 2011






Christmas Single 2011 (2011)

 01   Bells from Heaven
 02   Song for the Poor (Lili Li-Walter White)
        Lili and Walter (BMI)

Recorded November 2011 at JET Studios (Austin, TX)
Mixed by Jimi Teasdale and Spencer Berry
Mastered by Randy Avenell at the Brain Machine Recording Studio (Austin, TX)

Dedicated to Spencer Berry




               The Mad Dukes - Joey Superteen's Gone (EP)





Joey Superteen's Gone EP (2010)
The Mad Dukes

 01   Joey Superteen's Gone
 02   Yo Yo (Joe South) Lowery Music Co. Inc. (BMI)
 03   One Man World (Remix)

Recorded in Austin, Texas, at The Bread Machine
Produced by Stanislav Žabić
Engineer: Bill Doughty

Kim Simpson: guitars, vocals, bass, drums (Track 3)
Bill Doughty: drums (Tracks 1 and 2)
Stanislav Žabić: background vocals

Tracks 1 and 3: Mad Duke Music (BMI)/Jackling Jaguar Music (BMI)




               Kim Simpson and the Head Counts - Super Girl Crazy





Supergirl Crazy EP (2010)
Kim Simpson and the Head Counts

 01   Supergirl Crazy
 02   I See the World
 03   The Numbers Are Dead

Produced by Stanislav Žabić in Cleveland, Ohio
Recorded at the Bread Machine in Austin, Texas
Engineer: Bill Doughty

Kim Simpson: guitars, bass, vocals
Bill Doughty: drums
Stanislav Žabić: background vocals
John Petković: background vocals

All songs written by Kim Simpson
All songs published by Mad Duke Music (BMI)




               Kim Simpson - The Price Is Right EP






The Price Is Right EP (2010)

 01   'Tit Galop pour Mamou (Dewey Balfa)
 02   Rueda de Fuego (Carter-Kilgore)
        Mingo Saldivar: Spanish lyrics
 03   The Price Is Right (Edd Kalehoff)
 04   Mona (Brian Wilson)
 05   He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) (Goffin-King)

Recorded in Austin, Texas, at JET studios
Engineer: Jimi Teasdale
Songs licensed trough the Harry Fox Agency

'Tit Galop Pour Mamou: Flat Town Music Company (BMI)
Ring of Fire: Painted Desert Music (BMI)
The Price Is Right: Pearson Television Music (BMI)
Rueda de Fuego: San Antonio Music Publishers Inc. (BMI)
Mona: Brothers Publishing Company (BMI)
He Hit Me: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI)




               Kim Simpson - Dancing Song/Mo Li Hua






Dancing Song/Mo Li Hua (2009)

 01   Dancing Song
 02   Mo Li Hua

Recorded in Austin, Texas, at the Bread Machine
Engineer: Bill Doughty

"Dancing Song" was written by Kim Simpson in 1993 and later re-recorded with altered lyrics for the 2016 Songs and Sightings compilation. "Mo Li Hua" (jasmine flower) is a traditional Chinese folk song. Mad Duke Music (BMI).




              




Mystery Lights: Solo Guitar (2009)

 01   Song for the Orange Angels
 02   Rose and Licorice
 03   Upstairs
 04   Myra's Window
 05   The Cow Again
 06   Amethyst Exile
 07   Lyla's Day
 08   Venusesque
 09   The Old Escape
 10   Little Green Theme
 11   Mystery Lights
 12   Regeneration


Recorded in Austin, Texas, at The Bread Machine
Engineer: Bill Doughty
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering in Montreal, QC

               The Mad Dukes EP





The Mad Dukes EP (2007)
The Mad Dukes

 01   Gone Gone Gone
 02   The Day Sir Douglas Died
 03   The Sound of the Rain (Chip Kinman - Tony Kinman)
 04   Invasion Song 2

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               Kim Simpson - Big Surprise






Big Surprise EP (2007)


 01   A Big Surprise (Ron Mael - Russell Mael)
 02   Snowman (Andy Partridge)
 03   She Comes in Colors (Arthur Lee)

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               Kim Simpson at The Little Lighthouse






Kim Simpson at the Little Lighthouse EP (2006)

 01   Beach Boys Every Night
 02   Gledam te gledas me (Neno Belan - Robert Caleta)
 03   The Fire of Love (Jody Reynolds)

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               The Mad Dukes Sing and Play for You






The Mad Dukes Sing and Play for You (2006)
The Mad Dukes

 01   Invasion Song
 02   Joey Superteen
 03   Looking for That Girl
 04   Big Leg at the White Rabbit
 05   The Pleasure Is Mine
 06   Morris Mayflower
 07   Song of the Times
 08   Face on the Dartboard
 09   One Man World
 10   Folk Festival
 11   What Love Is
 12   The Mad Dukes Sign Off

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               Kim Simpson - How to Be Whole




How to Be Whole (1998)

A 4-track cassette album

 01   Bloom
 02   Underground Hero
 03   The Demon's Moan
 04   Untaken
 05   Easy Baby
 06   Baron Valvasor
 07   Happy
 08   Nightwatchers
 09   The Sky People
 10   How to Be Whole

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               Kim Simpson - The Suru EP




Suru EP (1997)

Finn folk: Two songs from Midnight Apparitions and four 4-track cassette demos

 01   Suru
 02   Kuortaneen Polkka/Praise the One (demo)
 03   The Bitter Cup (I Drink Today) (demo)
 04   Tang of Seaweed (demo)
 05   Wedding March According to Wilhelm Hedlund (demo)
 06   Gone Gone Gone

More info


              




Midnight Apparitions (1996)

 01   Midnight Apparitions
 02   Gone Gone Gone
 03   Phantom Lover
 04   Thistle Valley Flood
 05   Don't Want to Know (John Martyn)
 06   Simon St. Claire
 07   Adelaide
 08   Suru (Trad.)
 09   Now the Girl Turns Thirteen
 10   No Peace Talks
 11   The Ways of Heaven

More info


              




Destination (1992)

1992 cassette with two songs added to the 1994 CD

 01   Sheherezade
 02   Destination
 03   War Stories
 04   Eleven Fifty-Seven
 05   Leona Miles Away
 06   Doom Carousel (1994 CD)
 07   Before My Kingdom Crumbles
 08   When Her Morning Sun
 09   Change My Mind
 10   The Cow
 11   Place to Be (Nick Drake)
 12   Duerme Como Esta Muerto
 13   Sally Free and Easy (1994 CD)

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               Spirit Levels EP





Spirit Levels EP (1992)
Spirit Levels

 01   Eleven Fifty-Seven
 02   Before My Kingdom Crumbles
 03   Change My Mind

More info