Hello All,

Honestly, I am reluctant to write this. I think most people feel that writing about themselves is narcissistic (as do I), but part of my reasoning for doing this is to leave behind something for my kids and their kids and theirs to look at and remember. I know I might not be around to see my grandkids and definitely not my great grandkids pick up a musical instrument and play to their hearts if that's what they desire. So this webpage and my music, hopefully will give them a little bit of the insight about what Pops was thinking, a time capsule of sorts.

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Healey St is a musical project, based out of the Northeastern United States, specifically Massachusetts.

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Healey St has been a work in progress since the 1970's. It was a crossroad in my life and like several other crossroads, it had its opportunity to change and grow or shrink and disappear. It was a tough place to live back then and offered plenty of opportunities to learn life’s lessons. I thought it appropriate to name this project after it.

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I started playing music at the age of 7, particularly strings (violin, viola, cello). When my dad passed away, we moved but the school I attended only offered marching band type instruments, so I switched to brass. At the age of 12 years, I got extremely sick and I ordered a self-taught guitar course with a booklet and guitar from the back of a comic book for $20. The guitar was horrible, the action was so high and painful, that it didn’t take long to build calluses and my fingers to start bleeding, so I guess that was good. I was hooked. The acoustic sound was beautiful to me, the fact that it was both a rhythm and lead instrument made it more interesting and the difficulty in learning to play was inspiring. The time was the late seventies and the popular music at that point in my life, I really did not care for. I mainly was listening to early seventies, late sixties rock. The Beatles, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who, those were my main stays. Those were the guitarists I wanted to emulate.

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I started playing with friends and after about two months I was learning new techniques. The first real song I learned was, “Horse with no name” by America, then I picked up a Neil Young songbook. The first band I was in, we played at a church talent show, we did “Like a hurricane” and “Hey, Hey, My, My”. I don't remember to much about that show except it was the first time I had ever ate potato salad, loved that stuff, got sick eating too much. After that it was pretty much the usual high school rock band scene. I went from one group to another and then finally formed a band with some friends and played the local scene. We would practice in my mom’s kitchen; she was a saint. By then my taste in music had matured, I started listening to Santana, Al Di Meola, Robert Fripp, just to name a few. At that time, I was pretty much a music snob. It took a long time for me to grow out of that phase, to be able to appreciate what an artist, regardless of what genre they are, put into the fabrication of their art. That band lasted about 5 years and I left for my own reasons. They eventually broke up and splintered into other bands.

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In 2018, I was approached by two of my friends to start up again. It had been 30 years and honestly, I had missed the friendship and camaraderie that came with a band. After getting back into shape again and playing out for about two years, I remembered why I left in the first place. I wanted to do my own material. I wanted to leave something behind, just a song would do.

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Initially the music heard from Healey St will be a classic rock kind of vibe, like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, the Eagles, and the Beatles. With the potential of working with other artists, I am sure the sound will evolve. Currently, all the instruments and mixings are just little old me. I have no featured artists yet. Maybe on the next remix.

In describing the sound, the guitar would be blues acoustic/electric driven with folk overtures. The rhythms are Latin/country/groove and the organ tone sounds come from the 60’s. The idea is to create an open acoustic type sound, like The Beatles “Let it be” sessions. A 4-track feel with an open mike.

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When it comes to songwriting, the material is very personal to me. I typically start with a specific subject then change it to be more general and create a broader appeal for people to identify with, sometimes the content is hidden. For example, I wrote a song about a band breaking up, obviously most people wouldn’t identify with this subject, so the song is structured to read more like a couple breaking up.

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I plan on releasing new music every 6-7 months until my creative process dries up. 

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Every day I am working on new music. My lyrics come from my memories, experiences, hopes, and fears. Music is part of my heart and soul. It is a natural part of my life. I will never quit. My biggest hope is that the people who listen to my music, feel the sentiment, and let the music release them from their daily worries, even if just for a few minutes and to share the enlightenment that music brings to me.