Projects

  • NEW Chuck & Mary box set - 2011

    Far East reissue specialist Beatball Records is preparing to release the most comprehensive collection of Chuck and Mary Perrin’s original folk music yet assembled. The 7 CD box set contains remastered paper package replica versions of their long-sought after LP’s: “Brother & Sister” (1968), “Next of Kin” (1969), and “Life Is A Stream” (1971). Also… [ read more ]

  • loose & live - 2006

    Music is the great transporter It can take us out of our bodies away from our troubles to a place where we can’t be touched where all that matters is what we feel inside to a place where there are no restrictions or limits of any kind only pure consciousness. & music is best experiencedin… [ read more ]

  • Beat.itude packaging unfolds - 2004

    The packaging for the 1995 Beat.itude CD was developed & created by Don Hollis & his staff @ Hollis Design – an all paper cover made from recycled French durotone 145# packing carton, featuring liner notes & lyrics printed on a fold out poster – as well as a prototype CD made to look like… [ read more ]

  • The Mahatma/Venice project - 2001

    My good friend, filmmaker Rob Amato, was always brain storming creative visual projects.  He regularly purchased old 16 mm film on ebay – the older the better –  just to immerse himself in the visual vibe of times gone by.    While screening some vacation films taken of Venice in the early 1930′s, it struck… [ read more ]

  • dizzy’s – where the music matters most - 2000

    So my epiphany led me back to where I began, so many stops ago on the journey. I discovered intuitively that, if I could stay around the music, immerse myself in a close knit creative community, keep my head in the zone & away from the bullshit/competition/demands of the business, then I could continue to… [ read more ]

  • Asphalt Americana – Route 66 - 1999

    My friend filmmaker Rob Amato approached me about using some of the tracks from the Beat.itude album as musical beds in his film on Route 66 – Asphalt Americana.  He felt the energy of the music was the right accompaniment for the visual journey he was portraying.  So I went back into the studio to… [ read more ]

  • Tierra Santa - 1994

    In the early 1990′s, many of us in the San Diego acoustic music community were grappling with the ever-evolving recording technology, striving to find some way to capture the intimacy and spontaneity of our musical performances in a way that was fun and financially feasible.  Along came a guitarist named Michael Tomeo, who had purchased… [ read more ]

  • Mary T - 1979

    In 1979, things were changing. . .My daughter Aja Ann was born, & I came to realize that there were things I wanted that a gigging musician’s lifestyle couldn’t give me: a dependable car, health insurance, & a home of my own. So I took advantage of an opportunity to work for a national restaurant… [ read more ]

  • Nashville - 1973

    In 1973 we headed South: Mary moved to Atlanta, & I received an invitation from famed Tennessee theatre director Paul Crabtree, who was overseeing the production of live performance shows for Opryland, to come to Nashville to help create a folk music show. It was an enticing opportunity to once again immerse myself in folk… [ read more ]

  • wlw. records - 1968

    When I first started Webster’s Last Word Records with the 1968 release of BROTHER & SISTER, little did I realize that 25 years later, technology would make it possible for literally anyone to record & release their music in a quality fashion that could compete with what the major labels produce. Back then, we sought… [ read more ]

  • Webster’s Last Word folk theatre – South Bend/St. Mary’s - 1968

    The year before, while I was studying in Angers, France, I was a part of a tight knit group of 45 creative American students. We were very close, & used to hang together all the time. I loved that sense of community, & decided to try to bring it back to Notre Dame, & vibe… [ read more ]

  • Webster’s Last Word / Pekin - 1966

    Part of the problem with being a performer is finding a sympathetic atmosphere in which to present your music; some place that allows the nuances & visual aspects of performance to develop & flourish. You can only get so far entertaining at benefits, rotary club meetings, & high school assemblies. So I hit upon the… [ read more ]

  • Chuck & Mary - 1965

    I was the oldest of 12 children, so naturally my passion for folk music spread to my younger brothers & sisters. But it was my sister Mary, 4 years younger than me, who seemed taken by it the most. Of course, it helped that she had this amazingly unique voice, honest & natural in timbre,… [ read more ]

  • 60′s garage rock bands – the Shaggs/the Shags - 1964

    When I graduated from high school in 1964, I returned home to Pekin, Illinois to work for a year in order to save up $$ to attend the University of  Notre Dame, but I used to go back up to ND a couple of times a month on weekends to hang out. On one my… [ read more ]

  • Early Years - 1963

    As a junior in high school @ Holy Cross Seminary, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, I formed & started performing with my first folk groups: The Newports & The Brandywine Trio. I was heavily into Peter, Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio, as well as researching Alan Lomax’s collections of American… [ read more ]