AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY

 

Brendan's Biography

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Please see my Cherokee Ancestry Page for assistance in searching for your own Native heritage. Also see the link for Operation Fig Hill, a Mercy Mission to the Kingdom of Jordan in 1970.

 

 

 

Biography

 

Brendan's life is the result of what happens when a fifteen year old boy raised in southwest Iowa is transplanted to the Pacific Northwest.

"When we moved out here, I went into complete culture shock. Clothes were different, hair was different, no one had an accent like mine. Mom used to say we were grass roots people.
People used to ask me what part of Texas I was from and I'd say the part that's in Iowa." "

(South midlands dialect, by the way. If you've ever been to Missouri you've heard it but you'd think it's southern.)

Country music was a staple both on radio and in life as Brendan often listened live to an uncle and cousin who played such standards as “Your Cheatin’ heart” by Hank Williams and “Railroad, Steamboat River and Canal” by Jim Reeves. Johnny Cash was a hero to both his uncle and father.

Of course the Beatles came along and changed the face of music, at first by being different than everything else and then by assimilating everything else.

Brendan has absorbed many genres of music and created a synthesis of styles in his original songs and compositions.

Every thing is a circle and coming back around and incorporating all of the musical influences of a lifetime into a new album is a humbling experience.

This album was a labor of love and like love it required a lot of hard work and a lot of second guessing. Brendan hopes people listen to it and discover something that touches their own lives.

Welcome to American Mythology.

 

 

Brendan has created a page for Operation Fig Hill, a Mercy Mission to the Kingdom of Jordan in 1970 during a cease fire in the "Black September War." This mission was a profound experience for a  21 year  old young man and was of major importance in shaping his world view.

 

 

      

                    

 

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