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Diesel Town video added to Rick Todd Music Youtube channel

We were driving down Highway 60 between Pampa and Amarillo. Parallel to the highway runs the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe rail line. Past...

Bless My Eyes and Let Me See

The song started with seven syllables, almost like a haiku. Not addressed to anyone or anything. Just a humble request thrown out into...

Facebook: Fascists are a protected group

A few weeks ago, I thought I would try to boost my new video All Purpose Survival Cracker on Facebook. I'm proud of the song and the...

All Purpose Survival Cracker

Lately I’ve been writing and throwing out too many half completed songs. A kind of writer’s block I couldn’t break through. So I asked...

It's the breath that gives the song life

Mick McLaughlin was my music partner, compañero of the long nights, and inspiration as a wildly creative, deeply talented and all-in...

Shelter me from the powder and the finger

It's been a while since I had a good block of time to hit the studio. So, to get back in the recording groove and to relearn my Logic Pro...

Live at Walnut Valley Festival

The 50th annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas attracted 25,000 bluegrass, country and old time music fans this year. I was...

The Mother Lode

Covering a song written by my son, Nate Todd, is a huge privilege. Mother Lode is from the album The Crystal Palace by his band Whiskey...

The Ghost Ponies Wail in the Bloody Swale

I am honored to have singer/songwriter James Lee Baker cover my song Most Promising Officer on his new album Impressions. He brilliantly...

A Bird Painted Like A High Plains Sunset

I felt like an E minor chord at this time of my life. You can see the hummingbird on the pick guard, just below my right hand. I think...

Welcome to Rick Todd Music.

A few months ago I shared some songs on the KGNC/News Channel 10 morning show The Chat. They asked about songwriting, how it happens, why...