Music and Stories from Art Wheeler
I was on a business trip and the passenger in a car being driven by a very aggressive driver back in early 2014. I was surfing the internet on my phone to keep me distracted from the driving and I read a story about someone they called the Pennsylvania Swiss Cheese pervert. In the suburbs …
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The song Lucy is based on some of my experiences from the first grade. I started first grade in 1968. Kids in my school would usually wear nice clothes to school every day. Occasionally, the girls would wear dresses. One day some of the boys in the class were talking about a specific girl that wore a …
Footprints is a song that might benefit from explanation. It is based on a dream that I had as a child. I don’t remember how young I was when I had this dream. I also don’t remember if it was a recurring dream or one that made a huge stamp on my memory. It is a …
It was early March of this year and I had decided to release a set of songs. This group of songs would be called Elvis Week and I planned to release it in July. I still needed to record a few of them but I had a good idea of what I wanted to do with all …
You probably already know that I go to the candlelight vigil at Graceland on August 15 every year. I started going back in 2002 and have gone every year since then. People-watching is the primary reason for my trips. While I am an Elvis fan, I don’t think I am the typical fan that you …
Several years ago, I had an opportunity to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the things that I enjoyed seeing is the notebooks that the songwriters used when they were working on their songs. It made me think about the different methods that I use when I’m writing songs. I wish …
I’m writing this a day after the 30th anniversary of marrying my wife, Andrea. A little over five years ago, our anniversary was approaching and I came up with the idea of writing a song in recognition of our anniversary. I started with the idea of just describing some of the things that were normal …
This is the last in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis. “This story tells God had a planAnd an order before He even started on …
This is the sixth in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the sixth day God made the beast of land And to watch it all, He created manWoman and man He created themIn an image that was just like …
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This is the fifth in a series of seven posts where I share my thoughts about my song Creation and the story in the first chapter of Genesis.“On the fifth day God filled the sea and skyWith creatures that could swim and flyHe blessed each one as they passed His eyeThat they’d be fruitful and …
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