Nightmares and Meditations
John Michael Hersey
Darkness, light and rock and roll.
The Fall
John Michael Hersey
Singer/Songwriter Roots Rock
The Accidentals
johnmichaelhersey.com
Accidentals are sharps, flats and naturals. Such is life.
The Fifty Minute Hour
John Michael Hersey
A coming-of-age solo musical about a small-town musician who finds himself on the therapist’s couch that is New York City.
The Reincarnation of a Rock
John Michael Hersey
The sonic journey of a soul through the infinite cycle of life and death from rock-ness to Nirvana.
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I Have No Head 2:550:00/2:55
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I'm a Rat 2:480:00/2:48
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Innocence
John Michael Hersey
Songs from a simpler time featuring writing collaborations with Earl "Speedo" Carroll and Peter Millrose.
Shake a Leg
John Michael Hersey
An anti-fascist rock and roll dance song.
This is song to end a long hot summer with some dancing in the street. This is a rock and roll call to arms and legs for peace and love and shaking your moneymaker. With crunchy rhythm guitar, a sinewy Santana-like lead, in your face vocal and old-fashioned classic rock backbeat this is a challenge to let
An anti-fascist rock and roll dance song.
This is song to end a long hot summer with some dancing in the street. This is a rock and roll call to arms and legs for peace and love and shaking your moneymaker. With crunchy rhythm guitar, a sinewy Santana-like lead, in your face vocal and old-fashioned classic rock backbeat this is a challenge to let it all hang out while the hanging is still good.
Piano Music
Dore Abrams
In a departure from my usual singer/songwriter métier, on this album I offer a selection of short instrumental piano pieces eloquently performed by pianist Dore Abrams.
Casting Shadows
John Michael Hersey
An edgy roots rock excursion through the dark side with brief glimmers of light.
Singer/Songwriter John Michael Hersey revisits a dark time in his life. Calling upon the spirits of rock, blues, folk and country he plumbs the depths of anger, regret, obsession, disaffection and the search for the redeeming power of love.
Dreamtime
John Michael Hersey
It was the early 1980’s in southern New Jersey. I was young and in a band. It was Dreamtime. It was great! We played five nights a week at Ferry’s Slip Inn, searching for an Audience. I wondered out loud: How Do You See Me? I styled myself The Heartbreak Kid. Proudly and defiantly I proclaimed: I am not ordinary, I am Off the Wall. The ways of
It was the early 1980’s in southern New Jersey. I was young and in a band. It was Dreamtime. It was great! We played five nights a week at Ferry’s Slip Inn, searching for an Audience. I wondered out loud: How Do You See Me? I styled myself The Heartbreak Kid. Proudly and defiantly I proclaimed: I am not ordinary, I am Off the Wall. The ways of romance and the world were A Mystery to Me. I was delusional about a relationship with an older woman, a Working Girl. How could I be so naïve? How did I not see the Ghosts in Your Bedroom? I longed for a permanent Holiday Retreat, a way off the pathway to the nine-to-five life that lay ahead. I struck out on my own. All I found was Every Reason to Fail. I was alone and pleaded with the indifferent world to Give Me a Break. I had reached The Bottom Line. Dreamtime was over. And waking up is hard to do. I almost didn’t make it to morning. But there was music. It was and is my rising sun. That’s why I Keep On Turning It Out.