Loose Bruce Kerr's Parody/original Song Podcast

"I AM BROKE AGAIN" (Willy Nelson parody by Loose Bruce Kerr) is AUDIO to: "On The Road Again" re Willy's 1990's tax problems. Loose Bruce Kerr released the parody in the 1991 where it was featured on the Dr. Demento Show on nationally syndicated radio (Bruce has had over 140 songplays on Dr. D) and the Jim Bohannon Show on Westwood One radio stations.  Back in the day, Bruce opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic. After 20 years of performing, writing & producing songs, Bruce returned to his original career as a lawyer, becoming Assistant General Counsel of Sun Microsystems in Silicon Valley, then finishing at Oracle and is now retired. He lives with his wife & cat in northern California where he continues to write, record & video his parodies & originals. all his songs & videos are available to stream and/or download for free at loosebrucekerr.com email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

May 3, 2023 next week marks the 36th anniversary of the Miami Herald picture of Gary Hart, presidential candidate, seated on "Monkey Business," a sailboat with Donna Rice on his lap. By May 8th, he was out of the race. Before he bailed, for a few nights, I was singing this parody to a Frank Sinatra song in my club act, here it is, late at night, live in the Bay Area. Pour yourself a drink and... Loose Bruce inserted a 20-year performing and recording career into his 2 periods as an attorney. He's retired now from his latest 23 year term practicing law, most recently at Oracle. Before that, he was Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems before Oracle acquired it. He continues to record his songs and videos in his garage studio. Back in the day, he opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic. He's an irregular feature of the Dr. Demento Show on the internet (140 song plays since 1987) and on the Jim Bohannon syndicated radio show where his songs have been played many times over the years. -His mp3 audio songs and mp4

“CHRISTMAS IS YOU” is Loose Bruce Kerr’s 5-part a capella harmony, romantic holiday song as arranged by Zach Yaholkovsky. It was recently contracted for release by world-wide music publisher Fred Bock Music through its BMI subsidiary, distributed by the Hal Leonard organization. Bruce Kerr, a k a "Loose Bruce Kerr," is a songwiter, music & video producer, and retired attorney in northern California. He returned to law following an earlier 20-year career as a performer, solo, duo, band in the 1970's & '80's, becoming Assistant General Counsel for Sun Microsystems, acquired in 2010 by Oracle. His originals and parodies have been played over 140 times on the Dr. Demento Show from 1987-to-present. He opened for “Weird Al” Yankovic back in the day. "CHRISTMAS IS YOU" is one of his more recent songs. This 5-part a capella recording was produced by the publisher to help promote the song & sheet music arrangement (SSATB) to high schools, colleges, and community vocal groups. email Bruce at BKerrLaw@aol.co

"I AM HE/HIM" is Loose Bruce Kerr's newest live AUDIO song parody about pronouns. Do you want to be referred to as he/she, her/him, they/them/whoever? And if you're in a couple and people call you "them" is it just you or both of you? Here, Helen Reddy's hit song, "I Am Woman" takes a new, current turn for these times, just for fun.   Loose Bruce inserted a 20-year performing and recording career into his 2 periods as an attorney. He's retired now from his latest 23 year term practicing law, most recently at Oracle. Before that, he was Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems before Oracle acquired it.   He continues to record his songs and videos in his garage studio. Back in the day, he opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic. He's an irregular feature of the Dr. Demento Show on the internet (140 song plays since 1987) and on the Jim Bohannon syndicated radio show where his songs have been played many times over the years.   His mp3 audio songs and mp4 videos can be streamed or downloaded for free at loosebruce

"MICKEY MOUSE" (audio parody-mp3) is Loose Bruce Kerr's latest song about Florida's Gov. DeSantis and the state of Florida vs. the Disney Corporation pitting the governor against Mickey Mouse (and his millions of minions,  lifetime members of the Mickey Mouse Club of the 1950's & 60's).   Loose Bruce Kerr is a song parodist and retired attorney in northern California who has had over 140 song plays on the Dr. Demento Show, and opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic back in the day.   loosebrucekerr.com email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

"DOUBLE SHOT" is a Loose Bruce Kerr song from 1975, recorded with his duo (then band) partner, Waukesha, Wisconsin's Steve Hoeft, a long-time buddy of Bruce's who joined him on the road in 1976. They traveled the country in a light blue 1951 Chevy Schoolbus conversion. Landing in Vermont for a period, they recorded "DOUBLE SHOT" with a band at the U of VT whose house they were parked next to in Burlington, at an amazing studio out in the sticks. The flip side was "FREEDOM CALL," also available for download from this podcast. Soon after, Steve and Bruce added drums & bass to the show for a couple years' run in New England. Loose Bruce Kerr interrupted his legal career for 20 years to hit the road to write, perform and produce his songs and parodies (over 140 song plays on Dr. Demento since 1987). Resuming his legal career in 1993, Bruce became Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems, then finished up at Oracle, retiring in 2021. www.loosebrucekerr.com email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

"FREEDOM CALL" is a Loose Bruce Kerr song from 1974 about the 2 young American women who were hitchhiking on a truck in Turkey which turned out to have hash hidden in it. Turkish authorities threw them in jail with no process for release, and the US government, then with Richard Nixon at the helm, could have cared less. Bruce was living in L.A. at the time and read a People Magazine story on it and wrote the tune. About 4 years later Steve Hoeft, an old Waukesha, Wisconsin buddy of Bruce's had joined him on the road, traveling the country in a light blue 1951 Chevy Schoolbus conversion, adding his vocal, banjo, and guitars to the show. Landing in Vermont for a period, they recorded "Freedom Call" with a band at the U of VT whose house they were parked next to in Burlington, at an amazing studio out in the sticks. The flip side was "Double Shot," also available for download from this podcast. Soon after, Steve and Bruce added drums & bass to the band for a couple years' run in New England. Loose Bruce Kerr

"FRIENDS WILL BE THERE FOR YOU" - Audio MP3 is Loose Bruce Kerr's latest original song, orchestrated and sung by Bruce, one track at a time (thank you, Les Paul, also of Waukesha, WI).

"MAY I?" is a modern-traditional love song by songwriter-parodist Loose Bruce Kerr with the feel of a 1930's style. The song has both 4/4 time signature sections and a 3/4 (waltz) section. Loose Bruce Kerr lives in northern California with his wife and 2 cats. He is from Waukesha, Wisconsin (home to Les Paul who invented the electric guitar and multi-track recording). Bruce uses multi-track (32 tracks, these days) to record his vocals and instruments (many synthesized, e.g., french horns, cellos) one at a time. He interrupted his legal career in 1973 to take 20 years off to write, record, and perform his songs, including on the road as a solo, duo (with Waukesha's Steve Hoeft) and full rock band ("Spud City" with Steve, Tyke Van Eyke and Mickey Marien) in New England in the late 1970's. As a solo, Bruce opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic and his parodies have been heard on the Dr. Demento Show over 140 times. In 1993, Bruce resumed his legal career, ending up Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems and late

This is Waukesha High School's "Loyalty Song" from at least the 1940's-on. Sung by thousands over the years before pep rallies and athletic events. Author unknown (in research presently). Dedicated to the lost and injured in the Christmas Parade tragedy in Waukesha in November, 2021.

Oct 3rd is the 26th anniversary of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole. This song and photo of the 1995 PC diskette of “O.J.-oh!” (to the Harry Belafonte tune of “Day-O”) by song parodist, Loose Bruce Kerr, was the first & only song release of its kind on that medium, including stereo audio with dynamic graphics long before the popularity of the computer video revolution a decade later. It was a collaboration between engineer, Lee Baxter of Campbell, CA and Kerr of Mountain View, CA, both cities in Silicon Valley. The song’s audio track is a live performance by Loose Bruce but includes his multitrack recorded background instruments and vocals, a feature of his live solo act in the 1980’s and ‘90’s. He opened for “Weird Al” Yankovic and his song parodies and originals have played on the Dr. Demento Show over 140 times over the decades. “O.J.-oh!” reached #1 on that program’s “Funny 5” in May & June of 1995 as the O.J. criminal trial progressed toward acquital in October. The diske

"NO GOLD IN CALIFORNIA" is a Loose Bruce Kerr original from 1992 and a nod to Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys, a group Bruce grew up on and whose harmonies he learned on. In 1992 the U.S. was mired in a recession in the economy and dealing with the disaster in Bosnia, ethnic cleansing, immigrants, homelessness, etc. The California of Bruce's youth and idylic songs of the 1960's seemed to be fading. With the fires raging across northern California today (Bruce lives there), the same might be said about now, nearly 30 years later. Recording on a TEAC 4-track cassette deck, Bruce played the instruments and sang the vocal parts 1 at a time, mixing down as he went. Earbuds encouraged. Loose Bruce Kerr is an irregular feature on the Dr. Demento Show and opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic back in the day. email: BKerrLaw@aol.com loosebrucekerr.com

Sounds dirty but isn't, it's an ode to the strongest muscle of the body, the sphincter, our most reliable friend. By nationally known song parodist, Loose Bruce Kerr. Bruce is regularly featured on the Dr. Demento and Jim Bohannon nationally syndicated radio shows.  Visit:  www.loosebrucekerr.com to hear other songs, parodies, and videos of "Loose Bruce" Kerr. email:  BKerrLaw@aol.com

"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" (a post-pandemic song) AUDIO is now a full jazz band arrangement in April, 2021 of a song Loose Bruce Kerr composed in April, 2020. Who knew it would take a year before the vaccines started to help us toward an end to the pandemic? To celebrate that, here's the full arrangement. The song gives a bow to the earlier pandemic in 1920-21 through its 1920's style song and arrangement. Bruce's parents grew up in the 1920's and his dad taught him songs from that era on ukelele while his mom sang the melodies. In this song, Loose Bruce Kerr performs his song live on vocals, accompanied by his new jazz band background tracks just completed. Bruce records his instruments one at a time, multi-tracking (invented by his hometown hero, Les Paul of Waukesha, Wisconsin). Some are real (ukes, etc.), some are synth'd (trombones, tubas, saxes, etc.). Bruce inserted a 20-year performing and recording career into his day job as an attorney. He's been back practicing law for the last 20 years and continues to

"I AM THERE FOR YOU" is "Loose Bruce" Kerr's original song, a jazz-scat-big band sound. Bruce records his songs one instrument & vocal at a time, layering to get the final song. In this one, he sings, plays bass & piano "for real," then uses his synthesizer to compose & play each trombone, trumpet, saxophone, & set of drums, one drum or cymbal per track, then mixes it all together. "Loose Bruce" Kerr spent 20 years as a performer of music, comedy, and parodies. His parodies have been played on national TV (CNN News), radio (Dr. Demento, over 100 plays; Jim Bohannon Program, Larry King). He opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic. Eventually, Bruce resumed his earlier law practice which he had suspended and after a career at Oracle and formerly Assistant General Counsel of Sun Microsystems is semi-retired in northern California taking atty contract work from time to time. In the mid-late 60's, Bruce was a vocalist & bass player in rock band "The 5 Bucks" which became the "Byzantine Empire" during co

"HOLD ME NOW" is a new song by Loose Bruce Kerr. While Bruce often does parodies, he also writes originals in various styles. This one's in the mold of old Sinatra or Andy Williams standards. Using multi-tracking (invented by his fellow townie of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Les Paul), Bruce adds horns, strings, drums, etc.  by synth and plays the guitars, bass, and sings the vocals. Bruce lives with his wife, Linda, in northern California heading up toward Lake Tahoe, oh, and 2 cats (not in the yard, mostly in the house...hot!) Back in the day, he opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic, and has been played over 100 times on the Dr. Demento Show. He's an attorney and works at Oracle. (well, now from his home). Videos on youtube, search on Loose Bruce Kerr; videos and songs on loosebrucekerr.com (this site) and iTunes. email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" is Loose Bruce Kerr's latest song, a post-pandemic one and an original that takes its flavor from the 1920's songs his parents taught him growing up in Wisconsin. Bruce plays the uke he learned on and inherited from his father, Ken (a Martin uke). His mother sang 20's & 30's songs while cooking and his dad played uke and whistled (he wouldn't sing!). Enjoy! We WILL get there... email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

"GORBY" (audio mp3) is Loose Bruce Kerr's original satire/parody from 1990 on the occasion of the about-to-disintegrate Soviet Union's premier's visit to Stanford U in California's Bay Area. Bruce lived 8 mins away so it was only logical he drove there with his guitar & tape deck around his neck playing his pre-recorded background tracks, mounted CNN's 2 story scaffold where they were beaming live to Atlanta, and sang this song about Gorby, which was then nationally broadcast at the end of the 8pm segment that evening. On the 30th anniversary of the then-thawing relationship between the US the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev, Bruce wrote and recorded this song on his 4-track TEAC cassette deck, then sang and played it live at his gigs with the background tracks added behind him. Loose Bruce Kerr is from Waukesha, Wisconsin, home to multitrack & guitar inventor, Les Paul, and now lives in northern California. After a 20 year music and performing career (he opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic), Bruce resume

Hot off the presses, for all us stay-at-homies, here's "THE 12 DAYS OF LOCKDOWN" (Audio version) to the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas." With thanks to good friend, Ward Wildanger for suggesting the title and I get off my butt while sequestered like the rest of us, and do something with it. Enjoy! Loose Bruce Kerr is a songwriter (Dr. Demento Show, over 100 plays). Back in the day, Bruce opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic. After a 20 year career performing and writing songs, Bruce returned to his day job, a lawyer, becoming Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems. Bruce currently works at Oracle and records for fun in his garage studio in northern California. loosebrucekerr.com also available on youtube email: BKerrLaw@aol.com

"COME HOME AMERICA" (Audio) is songwriter Loose Bruce Kerr's latest original song, recorded one vocal and instrument at a time by Bruce in his garage studio in northern California. It talks of the present state of the U.S. with its divisions, needing all of us to come together, Democrats, Republicans, independents, of any stripe, type, or individuality. Bruce uses multitracking to provide all his desired instruments & vocals, a process invented by Bruce's hometown influence, Les Paul, Waukesha, Wisconsin. In this recording, Bruce layered a 16 voice chorus plus lead vocal over orchestration of guitar, multiple bass viols, cellos, violins, french horns, flute, oboe, snare, timpani, & cymbals. The orchestral instruments were done by Bruce on keyboard midi'd into a Yamaha rack synth. His main instrument is a decades-old Wechter (Made in USA...Michigan) acoustic guitar, double-cutaway. Bruce interrupted his law career for a 20-year run as a songwriter, performer, and parodist mainly on the Dr. Demento Show