The Please Don't Call It Rees' Pieces Podcast

Here are a couple of my favorite Holiday short stories...no I didn't write them, this is little break from the creative analysis of my songs to just say thank you for listening and I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season

This episode examines the inspiration, creation, and production of the song 'Breathless, Alarmed, & Confused' from my 2024 album The Galahad Blues

This episode delves a bit deeper into How I began imagining The Galahad Blues as a musical and focuses in on how 'Take It On The Chin' was written and how it fits into the narrative.

Young Galahad steps into the picture as well as a whole Hell of a lot of trouble

The Galahad Narrative moves forward with a song of revolutionary catalyst...

What!? A Rees Shad album with a cover tune? Say it isn't so....

This episode of the podcast involves the origin story of 'Fool' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.  What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album.

Episode 8 of the podcast looks at the writing of 'Mercy Street Reflections' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.  What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album.

An oldie but a goodie, this episode of the podcast tells the origin story of 'Hero's Son,' the first of my songs to ever land on the charts - topping out at #6 on Gavin's fledgling Americana charts back when it initially came out in the mid 1990s. I recorded a solo acoustic version for my retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.    What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  ⁠Order here.⁠

This episode of the podcast involves the how and why of my song 'Down in the Bedrock.' It appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.    What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  ⁠Order here.⁠

EPISODE 5 ALREADY?! This episode of the podcast involves the origin story of 'Isn't It the Journey?' that appears on my acoustic retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.    What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  ⁠Order here.⁠

The fourth episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘The Roses and the Wine' one of the new songs that I recorded for my retrospective album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.    What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  ⁠Order here.⁠

The third episode of the podcast explores the origins of my song 'Anyone But You' which appears on my album ‘Six Strings & a Story’ released in October of 2023.    What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠⁠Patreon subscribers⁠⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  Order here.

This second episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘Faulkner County Blues'  the second track on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.   What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at ⁠www.ReesShadMusic.com⁠! The album is available for purchase as CD as well as USB.  If you are one of my ⁠Patreon subscribers⁠, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  Order here.

This First episode of the podcast explores how and why I came to write the song ‘Mustard in the Gravy'  the opening track on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ which was released in October of 2023.   What’s that?  You haven’t grabbed a copy of the album? Six Strings & a Story is now available along with the rest of my catalog at www.ReesShadMusic.com! You can now purchase the album on CD or USB.  If you are one of my Patreon subscribers, you can get a discount of up to 15% off of any purchases in the shop. Sure, you can stream the album on any of the many streaming services, but believe you me - becoming a Patreon patron is far more rewarding, and you’ll be helping me fund the next album. ALSO:  If you would like one of the songs on ‘Six Strings & a Story’ as a personalized (from me to you) one-of-a-kind performance ON VINYL NO LESS…for a limited time the folks at Leesta Vall Records are taking pre-orders.  I’ll be walking into their studio on November 29th (2023) to record these so you need to order before then if you want one.  I’ll be thanksing you personally as I begin the recording and these will not be duplicated.  Also a great gift for any fan of Americana music.  Order here.