Cary Cooper

Wrote this during the last go round of RealWomenRealSongs right before moving to Nashville. For a particular someone I had been spending time with before I rolled outta town. It popped into my head today so I gave it a listen. Still really love this one. Maybe one of my faves I wrote for the project.

https://youtu.be/M5Obys2gsXQ?si=71_vANWms4SIRPVVubd

Goodbye My Cowboy You walked me down the road to feed the horses The chickens and the donkey and the goats And right there with your mountains in the background You kissed me ...

Went to a party.
Made a vision board.
Hung it on my fridge.

Maybe Next Year

Barely made it through
This winter of a year
Seldom saw a sunny day
Weather never went my way
Taking stock
Of all that I hold dear
Praying to the karma gods
Praying that I beat the odds

Lately it’s been harder to believe
But everything feels possible on New Year’s Eve

Maybe I can pay my bills
And have some left for my back pocket
Maybe I can fall in love
And put his picture in my locket
Maybe I can know my friends are happy
Maybe write a song so sappy
You might shed a tear
Maybe next year

I have to say
That I can’t wait for spring
Not a woman to presume
But when I see the dogwoods bloom
And the chickadees and robins start to sing
I don’t wanna sound naive
But it helps me to believe

And lately it’s been harder to believe
But everything feels possible on New Year’s Eve

Maybe I can pay my bills
And have some left for my back pocket
Maybe I can fall in love
And put his picture in my locket
Maybe I can know my friends are happy
Maybe write a song so sappy
You might shed a tear
Maybe let’s

Ring a bell
Raise a glass
Next year
Is here at last

Maybe I can pay my bills
And have some left for my back pocket
Maybe I can fall in love
And put his picture in my locket
Maybe I can know my friends are happy
Maybe write a song so sappy
You might shed a tear
Maybe next year

Questions to ponder as we enter a new year.

When you can’t go home for Christmas…
Grateful for a place to go and awesome company for the day.

A couple of weeks ago, a group of friends of Tom Prasada-Rao, (headed up by Andrew Dunn, Lynn McCracken and Neale Eckstein) secretly decided to do something to help Tom get through his last round of chemo, which is tomorrow. We all took songs of Tom’s and recorded our own versions of them to give him something to listen to during his chemo session. Neale made a playlist. A lot of love went into all these recordings. You can listen along here if you like! Merry Christmas! 🎄

For TPR with Love Uploads by Tom's friends to celebrate his wonderful music

Love these!!!

Christmas always comes with a little bit of funk. Here’s a song for that.

RIVER (written by Joni Mitchell) sung by Cary Cooper

“Trouble Is” is now up on Apple Music! It’s about ice cream, mom.

Trouble Is - Single by Tom Prasada-Rao on Apple Music Album · 2005 · 1 Song

The Dreamsicles are BACK baby. Online that is!!

Trouble Is by Tom Prasada-Rao & Cary Cooper ‘The Dreamsicles’ Stream and Save Trouble Is - Distributed by DistroKid

TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING HANNAH GET ALL OF TPR’s RECORDS ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS:

Hannah is covering the basic costs to upload herself.

Because Tom recorded a lot of covers, there is an extra charge on each record for each cover song that’s on it. (According to Hannah, the costs for the added covers seems to be running around $12 a record. (Not much, but it adds up for a college student)

WHAT SHE COULD USE YOUR HELP WITH:

There is a “legacy” option. This involves a fee that will allow the albums to stay online forever. That means, if Hannah ever stops her involvement. Or ever misses a payment of some kind, it won’t affect the records that are available. They will ALWAYS be available. This is what we feel should happen. It is $50 a record.

Right now, Hannah has access to upload 11 total album releases of his songs (some he’s never offered before)

Adagio
Christmas in the Ashram
Goodnight Regret
Hear You Laughing
Incoming
Out of the Blue
Smoke and Mirrors (TPR & Jagoda)
The Dreamsicles - The Dreamsicles
The Dreamsicles - Luv Songs for Grownups
The Complete History of Love (vol 1)
Way of the World

Legacy costs for all those records adds up to $550. Adding cover songs raises it to around $650.

Hannah has Zelle and Apple Pay connected to her phone number.

(214) 784-5520

She also has Cashapp.

$hannahneedsmunny

Also:

If there’s a particular record you’d like to “sponsor” the legacy fee for, Hannah will put up the records in order of legacy preference. Right now, Hear You Laughing is up. What would you like to see up next??

Thanks so much for helping her with this project!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anyone that knows me well knows I have an obsession with religious/sacred jewelry. A lot of Mother Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe…stuff like that. Goes hand in hand with my love for Mexican folk art. Well yesterday, this beautiful necklace came in the mail for me. From the mom of two former White Rock Montessori students that recently started a jewelry business. She told me the charms came all the way from France. What an incredible gift!

Apparently I’ve become a baby Influencer. Starting to have products sent my way to try out and promote here and on instagram. Today I tried my first product! A hair oil by Snob Girls. It contains Argan, Marula Babassu oils and comes in a teeny capsule that you apply to clean towel dried hair. I tried it this morning and have to say my hair feels soft, shiny and silky and not all that frizzy for curly hair on a rainy humid day in Asheville! Give it try!

Had a blast with Tylan Greenstein at Hole donuts today. Won’t spoil their surprise…(but really jazzed to be in the know about it!!) And always great to see the fabulously friendly and gracious/generous while there. Even saw a few of my now 23 yr old former songwriting students… A great day.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Last night late, as Hannah was walking home in Brooklyn, she FaceTimed me as she often does. She catches me up on the events of the day, the latest friend gossip, the injustice in the world… but eventually we end up on the family topic of music.

In the early days of Asheville living, Hannah was a brand new teen with a lot of grief about what was happening in and around her life. It wasn’t the easiest time for a mom and daughter setting out to chart a new course.

Moms and daughters can butt heads anyway, but a strong willed mom and daughter can go at it and stay at it a while. Those were sad, lonely, scary days for me. And for her.

But music bonded us. We’d go out on the parkway every Saturday morning and hike. Our deal was, I could choose the hike, and she’d be in charge of the music. Her playlist was a peek into the girl I sometimes felt I had no access to anymore. So I gladly listened. And fell in love with lots of her music and the artists she loved.
Last night, we were comparing our Spotify wrapped artists and playlists.

And then she played a couple of songs for me by a new to me artist named Fauley. One of them was the song I’m posting. “Letter to my 13 Year Old Self”. I listened from the perspective of myself at 13. Then I listened as the mom of that 13 year old girl I drug to Asheville when she was sad. I could hear sniffling and choking back tears on both ends of the FaceTime call.

My beautiful, wise, growing up 23 year daughter…

Thank God for the music and the lifeline it gave to us in those early days. I’m forever grateful for being able to walk through this life with BOTH my beautiful girls. And for all I’m privileged to learn about them through the music they share with me.

For every woman who’s been 13, who’s raised girls who’ve been 13, for any 13 year old…listen to this heartbreakingly beautiful song.

Laufey - Letter To My 13 Year Old Self (Live From Home) Stream or download "Letter To My 13 Year Old Self" from my new album, Bewitched, out now: https://laufey.ffm.to/bewitchedFollow Laufey:Spotify: https://open....

Ever wonder what the inside of your head should look like? Well apparently not like this. Results from today’s CT scan. All those big grey areas are supposed to be black (which means clear and hollow). Mine are full of polyps and gunk. Apparently this is the year my warranty is up. If the Dupixent doesn’t work, I’ll be getting the inside of my sinuses scraped out as well. Aging is not for the faint of heart (Or those without insurance).

Today at TJ’s

Current sitch…love my kitty.

Love this list.

Tonight in Texas, my whole family is gathering for thanksgiving. I so wish I was there with them.
A song I wrote about family. ❤️

DNA I can't make the words come outThey're just stuck here in my mouthClose my eyes and snap the sceneHow I've missed my familyMama standing by the stoveCan't be...

What a special night. Thankful for the kindness and generosity of David Wilcox Music for including me. Was so nice to hear old friends sing songs I’d never heard and to meet and hear a few new friends as well . Not only is David a master songwriter and performer, he’s also a warm and gracious host…sitting on the stage listening to his friends. If you weren’t there at the grey eagle, you missed out on a great night!

Gig fit

Headed the Grey Eagle. Hope you are too!!

New lyrics I’m messing with…

Serious Child (or “Fragile”)

Twenty five miles from my front door
Shot rang out and shook the world
Only 2 months old when my mama cried
With the tv on and the president died

In the rearview it’s no wonder
Heavy cloud to start out under

Musta been why… I was a serious child
Musta been why… I was scared of my own shadow
Mighta done me good… to go a little wild
Mighta done me good to be a little less fragile

Fifth grade year wished I was dead
Papa put a gun to his own head
First day of school and the secret’s out
Too many feels I can’t talk about

In the rearview it’s no wonder
Heavy cloud to grow up under

Musta been why… I was a serious child
Musta been why… I was scared of my shadow
Mighta done me good… to go a little wild
Mighta done me good to be a little less fragile

I can’t say I really blame me
It’s enough to take the hit
Took a lifetime to untame me
Are we ever over it

I keep moving but I won’t run
Face my fears in the morning sun
Peek out from under
That old dark cloud
I mean what I say
And I say it out loud

In the rearview it’s no wonder
Heavy cloud to shine from under

Musta been why I was was a serious child
Musta been why I was scared of my shadow
Mighta done me good to go a little wild
Mighta done me good to be a little less fragile

I’m honored to be included .
Gonna be so stinking fun!

This Thursday is , which means that THIS Friday is my Annual Thanksgiving Homecoming Concert at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. Normally I like to keep the special guest list a secret, but I'm feeling festive, so here are several of the amazingly talented artists that will be joining me on stage (Michael Lille, Cary Cooper, Chris Rosser, David LaMotte Community, Billy Jonas, )

If you haven't already, make sure to grab your tickets at the link below. Hope you have an amazing holiday with friends and family! See you Friday!

https://linktr.ee/mrdavidwilcox

Working on the daisy-rain-chain-gang.