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Richard Daub
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Writer. Musician.

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Tracy and the Big Sombrero, a song about a crush on a second cousin during a family vacation in Tampa, and passing by the old Tampa Stadium.

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#SingerSongwriter #OriginalBallad #IndieMusic #Tampa #BigSombrero #SecondCousin #FirstCrush #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Nothing Left But Night, a song about reaching the end of the road and making peace with it.

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#SingerSongwriter #OriginalMusic #TheEnd #OriginalSong #indieartist #GoodBye #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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42nd Street, a song inspired by the Times Square area of old in New York City where there wasn't a tourist in sight and you can find nearly any vice you wanted.

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#CoolJazz #CoolMusic #WildSide #SingerSongwriter #TimesSquare #42ndStreet #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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El Farolito, a song inspired by a visit to the El Farolito Bar in The Mission District of San Francisco when a stranger in town needed to rest his weary feet.

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#AcousticVibes #SpanishGuitar #Acoustic #SanFrancisco #TheMission #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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At Some Point, a song about how, sooner or later, all good things come to an end, but also so do the bad things. A tune with a bit of a Wilco vibe.

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#IndiePop #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #PopRock #WilcoVibes #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Owls on the Propeller, a wise acoustic tune about keeping your wits as everyone else around loses theirs. Loosely inspired by Pink Floyd's Pigs on the Wing.

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#SingerSongwriter #AcousticMusic #AcousticMusic #PinkFloydVibe #KeepYourWits #MusicianSky #musicsky #Acoustic
September 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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I Cried, an original ditty about the overwhelming grief felt after a man has to leave his lover behind on the ferry pier and go home by himself.

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#Lovesong #MusicVideoShort #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #RomanticShorts #sadromantic #ferry #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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I Saw Leonard Cohen in a Bookstore, a song by Richard Daub based on a dream about the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter. From the album Songs From the Barn.

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#LeonardCohen #MusicVideoShort #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #MusicianSky #musicsky
September 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Lonely desert, a mellow song about being exposed by the expanse of the unfeeling desert, where there is nowhere to hide from yourself. Sort of a Joshua Tree vibe, perhaps.

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#Songclip #MusicVideoShort #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #MusicianSky
September 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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The Greater Massapequas, a rap song about growing up in Massapequa on the South Shore of Long Island during the 1980s. This original tune is from the album Songs From the Barn by Richard Daub.

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#Massapequa #LongIsland #HipHop #RapMusic #Songclip #IndieMusic
September 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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arl Anthony, a punk song tribute to the legendary left-handed professional champion bowler, who always seemed to do well during his trips to the Garden City Bowl on Long Island.

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#PunkRock #BowlingLife #IndieMusic #Songclip #OriginalMusic #MusicianSky
September 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Bakery Girl, a longing love song of a frozen foods man about a girl who works in the bakery. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn.

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#MusicianSky #MusicVideoShort #LoveSong #indieartist #OriginalMusic #Songclip
September 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Electric Bed. An intro like Marky Mark leading into a pop rock tune about an electrically charged one night stand. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn.

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#MusicVideoShort #indieartist #RetroDance #IndiePop #DanceRock
September 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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On a Hillside Beneath the Power Lines. The music vibe is pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the visual inspired by a psychedelic afternoon. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn. Listen to full track on richarddaub.com #MusicianSky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic
September 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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On Phil Lesh Lane just outside the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY... I don't know if someone purposely vandalized the crosswalk sign to make it look like Jerry Garcia's hand telling you not to cross, but, if so, it is genius!

#CapitolTheater #JerryGarcia #PhilLesh #GratefulDead #music
May 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Saw the Avett Brothers last night at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY, amazing show at an amazing venue.

#AvettBrothers #music #livemusic #concerts #CapitolTheater
May 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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"Tracy and the Big Sombrero" is a #song set in early-1980s #Tampa about a boy who develops a crush on his second cousin during a family vacation. #rock

open.spotify.com/album/2HvhWeZMUKuRThN5RlhVDV

#MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #NowPlaying #music #SongWriting #Spotify
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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#Song about staring into the eyes of death, the long day almost over, nothing left to look forward to, and all that remains is the hope that you were kind to others.

open.spotify.com/track/4un8udyYURwQCPzFPVnWnO

#MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #MusicForAll #NowPlaying #music
Cover of the single "Nothing Left But Night" by Richard Daub, a black and white portrait of an older man staring into the abyss of death.
February 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A jazzy, Beat, Waits-ish #song about seedy 42nd Street in Times Square before Rudolph Giuliani turned it into a Disneyfied tourist den in the mid-1990s.

open.spotify.com/track/0dGyRRqjk42k0Uvy6YsFiT

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll
An early 1990s photo of a XXX movie and peep show place on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York City.
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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RIP Tom Robbins, one of my all-time favorite writers. This photo was taken in 1967 while he was working on his first novel, "Another Roadside Attraction", in what appears to be a cardboard office in South Bend, WA.

#TomRobbins #authors #booksky #WritingCommunity #fiction #Literature
Tom Robbins in 1967 working on his novel "Another Roadside Attraction" in an office that appears to be made of cardboard.
February 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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History of von Schatt (1913-1960) is a #HistoricalNovel about the most feared captain on the high seas who steamrolled over everyone in his quest for nautical immortality.

Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNL47PJ/

#WritingCommunity #author #fiction #books #IndieBooks #KindleUnlimited #IndieAuthors
A hardback copy of the novel "History of von Schatt (1913-1960)" by Richard Daub placed on an Icelandic pier in front of an old ship.
January 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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"The Island Country", a #novel about a broken family on Long Island and insight into how this suburb became the MAGA cesspool it is today.

Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNGQBYZ/

#booksky #WritingCommunity #author #fiction #LongIsland #Literature #books #IndieBooks #kindleunlimited #IndieAuthors
Front and back covers of "The Island Country" by Richard Daub with a blurb from The Independent Book Review: "A post-World War Two family saga that is by turns sedate and explosive, perspicacious and intimate... it peels back the flimsy veneer of respectability and breaches the shield of duty to expose the simmering passions and resentments lurking behind the facade of the All-American family... a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of the nature of family and the innate drive to find a place to belong."
January 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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My new single "El Farolito" is now streaming. The #song is about visiting the El Farolito bar in #SanFrancisco during my #Kerouac inspired first trip out west in 1995.

#Spotify: spoti.fi/3WgGF0C
#YouTube: youtube.com/@rdaub82

#music #indiemusic #singersongwriter #MusicianSky #IndieArtists #indie
Cover art for the single "El Farolito" by Richard Daub, a photograph was taken in 1995 outside the El Farolito Bar in the Mission District of San Francisco as crowds of people on the sidewalk went about their business.
January 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Thanks to On the Run for publishing my #flashfiction story "Silence" in May 2023 about a third grade boy who discovers his silent classmate Lisa's secret. #shortstory #fiction #WritingCommunity

Read the story at On the Run: www.ontherunfiction.com/stories/sile...
At the top, the logo for "On the Run" literary journal of contemporary flash fiction. Below, the blurred image of a child of a group photo and text: "Silence, a short story by Richard Daub".
January 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for publishing my short story "You Be Illin'" in Oct 2020 about a kid who attempts to confront a racist relative with some help from RUN DMC. #MaudlinHouse #shortstory #fiction #flashfiction #rundmc

Read the story at Maudlin House: maudlinhouse.net/you-be-illin/
Maudlin House logo atop the cover image of the short story "You Be Illin'" by Richard Daub. At the bottom of the image, a Run DMC-style "You Be Illin'" graphic.
January 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM