Samuel A. Johnson

FAITH & REASON and a New Piece of Music

Theme 228 – Merry-Go-Round

Theme 318 and a Set of Vocals

Theme 318

If We Had Known

Tumbledown Shack, the first song I ever wrote, 1964

Falling in Love

Moon on the Hill

Oh Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now

Five pieces that have held up over the years

Here are some pleasant (not experimental) pieces that I like. Now you won’t have to search for them! What a deal. Enjoy.

Theme 231 – 2022

Theme 40 – 2018

Theme 3 – 2008

Theme 36 – 2015

Theme 245 -2023

Theme 316

For those of you who need a listen in these hard times. Enjoy!

Theme 316 – 2024

Two More Pieces

That I hope will brighten your day a bit. An old one, from 2018, and a new, experimental one. Have fun.

Theme 66 – 2018

Theme 317 – 2024

A Pastoral Piece to Calm Nerves on Election Day

Theme 315 – 2024

THEME 255

Here’s a study for piano and guitar. A bit chaotic, maybe, but give it a shot.

Theme 255 – 2023

Put your ears on. Here’s another.

I hammered this one into something interesting, I think. You decide.

Theme 240 – 2022

My 314th “Theme” from my garageband. Hope it’s fun and interesting!

Theme 314 – 2024

Well, many years ago, before computers and the internet, I wrote a short story about a man who carried an enormous length of garden hose up a mountain with the goal of starting a siphon to run water from a lake to his cabin below. His only friend, a water attorney (?!?!), warned him that stealing water could get him in a lot of trouble. But, undeterred by this cautionary advice, he proceeded to climb to the lake and start the siphon. Meanwhile, his friend cooked breakfast in the cabin below. By the time the hose was hooked up, his friend had set fire to the kitchen and lost control of his wits. Just when it looked like the cabin would be burned to ashes, the hose began blasting water, and he was able to save the house. This was the first of several short-short stories in a series that I called Mountain Breakfast, in which each tale involved cooking or eating breakfast in the wild. It was all about humans, all about nature, and all about human nature. I’m still at it, still hiking and thinking and writing tales, although they’re longer now, and not about eating breakfast.

Author: Samuel A. Johnson