Week 27 - jwh - mister cardinal (harold & wayne)

Michael Harold Doty // acoustic guitar, harmony vocal jwh // acoustic guitar, bass, vocal, mix my dear friend Michael and i sometimes make music as harold & wayne. i wrote this song for Michael shortly after his Mom passed on a few years back. we were finally able to record it this past week when i was over house-sitting at my folks' place. it felt appropriate to record outside on their little back deck area, so i set up a few mics and we tracked our guitar & vocal tracks live together. a cardinal even showed up to join in while we were recording - magic! a bossy bluejay had to throw in his 2 cents too :) i later added bass, doubled my original acoustic part and pulled the mix together. hope you enjoy listening. i really love playing & singing with Doty. › lyrics‹ lyrics hey mister cardinal are you my mother are you my grandma where are you hiding outside the window over my shoulder behind the curtain i hear you singing in the yard will you be safe inside my heart will you remember my voice hey mister cardinal i need a visit i need to know that you have found peace outside the window over my shoulder behind the curtain i hear you singing in the yard XO, jwh 2026 Copyright All rights reserved