This is the Place I Call Home

Album Art found in European Little Cars, On Stereos, In Trashcans

Here is the cd that the Midwest Beat sold in Europe for 5 Euros.
There were 50 made, each hand painted by yours truly, drawn by him also, and graphic layout by Chop graphics ink.
Some left maybe? I want one!

I talk too much, I don’t talk enough

Sorry fans, gonna shut this down.  And my website k-dentfanclub.org

I appreciate your support of my creative endeavors and only do these things to share an expression I view as a humble gift to all mankind.  I don’t like to sell music, I don’t like to hawk it or promote it, I feel weird about pushing it or doing anything that would steal my songs precious lil’ souls- but I love to share what I have.  I kept some songs up on this site that I enjoyed writing for whatever reason.  Since my daily song writing project through the month of november I have been recording more music for mini-tapes.  They would like a good home in your ears.  If you are local you may see them as I’m am always carrying a cassette in my pocket in case someone asks, if not I can send them to ya.  Right now I’ve been in the middle of a story telling project where I combine old folk tales with a k dent spin and put them to guitar – they are told as story but have hooks and melody in song to add the element that is “story telling.”  The plan is to record them in strange places, documenting outdoors adventures in the sounds of the settings.  I’m really excited about this project, but for me to be successful in my mind will involve a shift in thinking,my entire philosophy to a grass-roots style, nothin fancy or flashy like say, a blog, or a cd, or an electric guitar.  The goal in  mind is to tell them to my children someday, or at a scouts retreat, so they will stay fairly g-rated with some grown up winks.  I do need some help writing these stories and I’d love to have a venue to tell them.  Your help is welcome.

I’ll be signing off now.  I’d like to simply talk more about my projects in the future.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope your interest stays alive in my future work.

-kyle hayes denton-

wild creatures in the sand

There is a little island in North Carolina.  I ended up there mysteriously a decade ago on the beaches of Corolla much like the way the decendants of the magnificant Spanish Mustang wild horses that inhabit this place did 500 years ago.  On a whim, without prior knowledge, just trying to get somewhere out of this crowded sea, trying to survive and live this God given life as best I can, don’t know where to go- hey, there.

Oh, whimsical manes huggin and kickin in the sand, as many hoof prints as stars, an island for lover’s free- I’ll be back to play quite soon.

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My earliest memory as a child was visiting the neighhhhbors horses and feeding them carrots.  There names were “Clip Clop” and “Mother.”  I asked my mom recently if I remembered this correctly, their names, their colors, etc…  – she said “You named them,” recalling my early reasoning “because you say, ‘one goes clip clop and the other one is the mother’.” – and my mother always makes an impression of me as a child with a very deep southern drawl coming from a high squeeky voice – “Maahhh- ma, I waaahnt to go feed clip clop and mother some carrrrets.”

humble gift to mankind- split cassette

Available today a very limited edition split cassette.  Packed with cheer!

White Faces  songs recorded this week at Sounds Ok studios.

Simpler Times songs written and recorded last night with a new band member Betsy.  We learned 3 songs in our first practice together and they are all on this tape.  My song was written a few hours before tracking, Betsy’s song is piping hot and fresh as well.  We recorded the whole session LIVE in a living room with one single well placed microphone and produced by our simple sounding genius Chopper.  My review is “cute and endearing and a good first practice.”

This might be the last release under the name “Simpler Times” as we might change our name, but you can still look forward to hearing our simple rhythm pop folk songs.

“Blue Tippecanoe” feat Hoosier Plains Blues Boys Cobra Koyote Hayes and Sloe Hand Slim

Chris wisdom: “If you’re feeling bad, feel good about singing about feeling bad.”
He calls me cobra, short for cobra kai, short for kyle. Imagine his voice answering a phone call with “COBRA!!!!!!” Ah man…
Blue Tippecanoe (Perennial) by kyle_d

Improv- “Low, way down dang ol dog gone blues” feat Maybe the dog

I am not a slide guitar player. Just like I never learned how to play the regular guitar all proper like. I teach myself… and when J-Man says “D minor 7 diminished” and that’s when I learn how to play a chrazy chord.
So a friday night ago I took my machine heads as they are called, the little things that tune a string of a guitar, well I took them and bent them this way and that until I felt I heard something in the sorts of an open tuning. I have no idea what the strings are tuned to in this song, I was just fooling around. Sounds in tune eh? I kept tuning around and made a few songs. here is one with this tuning.
Improv- low, way down low dang ol dog blues – featuring maybe the dog by kyle_d