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corey-koehler-band-t-shirt-1_designWe’ve been getting requests for band T-Shirts lately (thank you for caring enough to ask BTW) so I figured I’d get the ball rolling by whipping up a few designs.

Stop by the store and look them over. If you do not see anything you like, and/or have a better idea for a shirt, let me know in the comments below. Your ideas are welcome.

Also, I heard that other artists have been putting lyrics from their songs on T-shirts. I was thinking that could be pretty cool.

Let me know what line (or lines) you think would be good on a T-shirt in the comments below.

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New Song: Brown Boots (Working Man Tribute)

We spend so much time propping up celebrities and athletes but  completely forget the people working their ass off behind the scenes to make life easier for us in one way or another.

This is an tribute to the working man.

Listen below to see how it turned out.

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Grammy’s Levon Helm Tribute Should Feature This Song

If you haven’t heard already Zac Brown, Mumford & Sons, Elton John, Mavis Staples, T-Bone Burnett and Alabama Shakes lead vocalist Brittany Howard are going to be doing a special tribute to Levon Helm at this Sundays Grammy Awards (thanks Twang Nation for informing me).

I imagine they will play “The Weight” somewhere in there along with “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and maybe even “Up On Cripple Creek.”

But if I could make one request, I would make it a tune from his solo album Electric Dirt called “When I Go Away.”

Press play on the video below, close your eyes listen closely to the words and then continue reading below the video when its over.

How cool is that? I don’t know about you but it makes me feel a little better about the whole death thing.

Levon is trying to tell us something here. This tune needs to be blasted from loudspeakers, from every tower, every satellite because I think there are a lot people out there could use a message like this. A little less fear in this world could go a long way.

We can only hope that we are as prepared for the afterlife as Levon.

What do you think?

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New Releases: Red Sea Live EP

These songs are from a show I did in Minneapolis, MN in early November 2012. I’m thinking that the laid-back-seat-o-my-pants nature of this album will go great with a few beers and some good conversion or maybe some nice background music while cooking.

They songs are fairly raw – glaring mistakes and all – but the man running sound that night, Nathan Reeder, did a great job recording them and they were just begging to be set free.

Accompanying me on bass guitar was Josh Vaughn. I’ve known Josh since we were making Styrofoam skulls in 10th grade plastics class. It was cool to have him play a gig and do a little bar hopping on the way back home.

Also, BIG props to Lia Myhre from All Done Photography for getting some great shots. One of which I used for the album art.

Anyway, enough blabbing, go check it out and let me know what you think.

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New YouTube Video for “Let’s Take A Walk”

Here’s a simple acoustic song about finding the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

I wrote a few years ago for my sister and brother-in-law as a wedding gift (kind of like I did for “Take This Ring”).

I released it back in August and I’ve finally gotten around to putting it up on YouTube.

Click on the big triangle to listen now.

Who do you think of when you listen to this song? tell us in the comments below.

By the way, if you do not have it already, learn how how you can get this song free by clicking here now.

2 Boring Music Videos

Before I get you to these boring videos, I have 2 things I want to share with you. First, the reason the videos are boring. Second, an opportunity for you to share your creative side with the world.

Boring Video Creation…

I read somewhere that getting your music on YouTube is a smart thing even if there is nothing more than an album cover to watch.

They say it is smart because YouTube is both the second largest search engine in the world (second only to its owner, Google) and YouTube is also one of the top places where people go to discover new music.

So rather than do nothing with the songs because I don’t have a ton of time to create epic videos, I figured I would get my ass in gear and just start creating and uploading some songs (even if they are boring to look at).

Make sense?

An Opportunity for You…

I figured I’d throw this out there for the hell of it. If you have an idea for a video for either of these songs, or any of my songs for that matter, feel free to download and use the song to tell your story. All I ask is that you show me when you are finished so that I can share your work with everyone.

If you need some inspiration and a place to create your video check, here’s a list of YouTube video creation partners.

Does that sound like fun at all?

Those Boring Videos…

Interviewed on Google Hangouts by Artists in the Plus

Have you heard about Google Hangouts? If not you are about to see one in action. A little over a week ago I was interviewed by John Voshell on his Artists in the Plus show.

Not only will you hear me play a few songs live on the show but you will learn about the following:

  • One of the primary motivations behind why I play music
  • Stories behind a few of my songs
  • What a Juice harp is
  • Something about a “Skeeter on my Peter”
  • More

Click on the big triangle and watch now (OH and if don’t have time to watch? no problem, you can just listen while you work or whatever).


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New Music - See You Smile by Corey Koehler

New Music: See You Smile

Do you have people in your life that make you smile by just thinking about them? That’s what this new music is about.

The inspiration for this song came shortly after my now 9 year old son (and first child) was born. I’ve been adding, subtracting and tweaking lyrics ever since.

Listen below to see how it turned out.

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Recommended Books for People Who Like Music, Mystery and Happy Endings

Recommended Books

Creative Commons License photo credit: Steve Bowbrick

Can you imagine being in the biggest band in the world but being so depressed that your friends are breaking into your house to steal and hiding your shotgun because they are so afraid of the state that you are in?

Or can you imagine being a music star finishing the show off the greatest show of your life only to be arrested suddenly and hauled off to prison for an indefinite amount of time?

Ok, one more. Imagine finding someone, that you know is allergic to peanuts, lying dead on the floor with a mouth full of them?

Those are just a few of the predicaments some of the characters from the following books that I’ve recently read found themselves in.

And if you like to read like me, I think you will like the following books.

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