Songs From the Prince of Palos Verdes Novel

Listen to the Songs in this Book

You will notice that in Chapters 19, 36 and 59, songs are referenced in the text. These are original songs. For a limited time, you can hear those songs in their entirety for FREE on this page.

These songs will be available later in 2023 via all popular streaming services, e.g., Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, et al.

Musicians Acknowledgement

In the novel I allude to the Michael Hall character playing live music with the aid of “tracks.” The tracks were supposedly recordings of himself playing piano, drums, bass, and other musical instruments. When Michael played guitar and sang along with the tracks, he sounded like a full band.

The fact is that three great and well-known musicians played on those tracks. John Burchett played bass on “Oh Virginia,” and “Crawlin’ Through Glass.” Bobby Furgo, who played violin and piano with Leonard Cohen for many years, played violin on “Oh Virginia” and “Crawlin’ Through Glass.” Matt Podschweit, one of the best keyboard players I’ve ever heard, played piano on “Crawlin’ Through Glass.” I cannot thank these guys enough for lending their considerable talent to these recordings.

Parallel

Stephen’s upcoming novel Parallel features a complete soundtrack that includes 12 songs. For more information click here. 

Overview: After briefly losing consciousness as the result of an automobile accident, Nick Sands feels lucky to be alive. A few hours later he’s not so sure. Before the accident he was a successful San Francisco lawyer on his way to a deposition in Los Angeles. After the accident, he’s a 40-something faded rock star scheduled to headline a 90’s nostalgia concert later that week in LA. People know him in this alternate world as Nick Sands, the rock star. And while Nick remembers his “real” life in San Francisco, he also has all the memories of the rock star’s life.

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After briefly losing consciousness as the result of an automobile accident, Nick Sands feels lucky to be alive. A few hours later he’s not so sure.

Before the accident he was a successful San Francisco lawyer on his way to a deposition in Los Angeles. After the accident, he’s a 40-something faded rock star scheduled to headline a 90’s nostalgia concert later that week in LA. People know him in this alternate world as Nick Sands, the rock star. And while Nick remembers his “real” life in San Francisco, he also has all the memories of the rock star’s life.

Nick desperately wants to return to his life in San Francisco because his girlfriend is about to give birth to their first child. He doesn’t know where to turn for help without sounding like a lunatic.

During his bizarre odyssey in the alternate world, Nick meets people like Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, but they are not rock stars in the parallel world because they made different life choices. Nick is truly through the looking glass when he meets other eccentric characters, e.g., Rebecca, a psychiatrist—who also is a parapsychologist—specializing in “Parallel Reality Therapy”; and The Thin Man, a secretive tech genius and multi-billionaire who has devised a machine that projects virtual reality images created by the brain, simulating how the mind actually creates reality.

On his journey Nick receives assistance from many sources.

But nothing can prepare him for how that journey ends.

For a “limited time” you can listen to these songs in their entirety for FREE, by CLICKING HERE.

At some point this page will only offer “Samples” of the songs. At that time the songs will be available via the normal music distribution channels: Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Digital, and most other music distribution sites.

All songs were recorded by the group Shakespeare’s Cadillac. They can be accessed for FREE. We hope you enjoy the experience of having the choice to actually HEAR the music described in the novel.