Welcome to the official web site for the songs and music of Joel Murach.
Here are some of the songs Joel has written over the years. You can click on the song's title to download it for FREE. Or, you can get all of the tracks for an album at once by clicking on the link for the zip file.
Free Range Donut (2005)
Unlike Greetings from the Middle of Nowhere with its multi-layered instrumentation and numerous guest musicians, Free Range Donut features only Joel's voice and guitar. An honest and compelling lo-fi album that forsakes studio trickery. No donuts were harmed in the making of this album. Recorded by Brett D. Cline (aka Young Frying Rabbit). |
Track List 1. Close Your Eyes2. Cry Me a River (Let It Flow to the Sea) 3. Talking Duct Tape 4. My Heart Exploded 5. All My Ex-Girlfriends 6. I Wish I Had a Tuba 7. In Love on the Fourth of July 8. If You Stole the Baby Jesus 9. Ila 10. Long Black Hair and a Pretty Face 11. Little Red Shoes 12. Talking Too Much Whiskey 13. The Old Swimming Hole 14. You'll Be the Sun Zip File Click here to download the zip fileCD Baby link Click here to buy this album from CD Baby(It's easy and cheap) PayPlay.fm link Click here to buy mp3 files from PayPlay.fm(77 cents per track) |
Greetings from the Middle of Nowhere (2003)
Painstakingly recording over several years in a series of basements, garages, sheds, and cabins, Greetings from the Middle of Nowhere features ten Joel Murach originals comfortably nestled within intricate layers of acoustic guitar, fiddle, pedal steel, electric guitar, bass, drums, organ, musical saw, and musical broom played by some of the SF Bay Area's finest local musicians including Carrie Bradley, Jason Kleinberg, Joe Rut, Melanie DeGiovanni, Max Butler, Paul Rustigian, Cynthia Wigginton, and John Ormsby. Recorded and co-produced by Joe Rut. |
Track List 1. Blue eyes blue2. Two million miles away 3. Fall into place 4. Ragged lullaby 5. The middle of nowhere 6. Falling so far 7. Crooked 8. Esmerelda 9. Give it time 10. Starry old sky Zip File Click here to download the zip fileCD Baby link Click here to buy this album from CD Baby(It's cheap and easy!) PayPlay.fm link Click here to buy mp3 files from PayPlay.fm(77 cents per track) |
The 86 Years (1998-2006)
Here are eleven of Joel's songs that were originally released on three 86 CDs between 1999 and 2006. 86 is Jason Kleinberg on guitar/violin/vocals, Andy Davis on banjo/vocals, Joe Rut on guitar/lap steel/vocals, Joel Murach on bass/vocals, and Tom Murach on drums. |
Track List 1. Anna Walks By2. Wildflowers 3. Don't Close Your Eyes 4. California Flyer 5. Beer-Soaked Day 6. Long Way To Go 7. She Fell Asleep On The Train 8. It's Nothing that the Whiskey Won't Cure 9. It Looks Like I'll Never Be a Rock Star 10. You Are A Star 11. Three Sheets To The Wind Zip File Click here to download the zip file86 (the band) Web Site www.86theband.com |
The Paddlefoot Years (1995-1998)
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Here are eight of Joel's songs that were originally released on the two Paddlefoot CDs along with two unreleased songs from those sessions. All songs feature Jason Kleinberg on viola, Timothy McCrystle on electric guitar, Lee Chae on electric guitar/mandolin, Joel Murach on bass/vocals, and Phil Hereso on drums. Corey Allen Porter played lap steel on "Twist Away" and "Take a Picture," and Margaret Moore sang backup vocals on "Tank Hill." All songs were engineered by Greg Freeman. Both CDs are currently out of print. |
Track List 1. Twist Away2. Take A Picture 3. 64 Corvair Part 2 4. Kangaroo's Paw 5. She's Moving Back Home 6. The Angel's Share 7. Amaxti Smiled 8. Tank Hill 9. Armenian Wedding 10. Airplane Zip File Click here to download the zip fileMore Paddlefoot mp3s Click here for more Paddlefoot mp3s |