Photo credit: Aurillie Slegers

Photo credit: Aurillie Slegers

I wrote this song when I first moved to Telluride, Colorado. I had no friends there yet, so I had a lot of time to play guitar in my little studio. I've played it a hundred times over the last couple years and I've never been happy with the recordings of it.

Original song written by Jamie Catchpole with violin performance by Jeff Miller. Recorded on GarageBand. "A Song For The Living" (Carry On) Thanks for watching.

The Behal Himself

Jamie Catchpole

 I am very happy to introduce you to a young man that I know well and who has written and recorded some beautiful music.
This is my son, Jamie.

This collection of songs was put together by Jamie around 2013-14 and was the inspiration for me figuring out how to do the same. You will probably find, as I do that his music is diverse, clever, intricate and very well executed. I try to keep up.

Jamie resides in Norwood, Colorado near Telluride where he relishes the music scene and volunteered as a DJ at KOTO Radio as Larry's Neighbor (because a guy named Larry lived next door).  The black girl is Whitley.

This collection of songs was written at a time when he was pretty bummed out about relationships so the songs tend to reflect that mood. I am happy to say that he is no longer in that space. So, It seemed to  be appropriate at the time to call this collection: "Off the Chest"

For some years now, Jamie is building custom (electric) guitars: Alder & Main.


These songs are all uploaded to the various platforms . Go hunting. In the meantime, one of my favorites is also  here with a video.

To listen to the songs on "Off the Chest", go here and pick a platform that you like.

On My Own                                 4:09
My Blue Heart                              3:23
Shaking Up the Room                 2:36
Colt 45                                           2:56
It's a Damn Shame                       2:43
Ethereal Stuff                                3:13
Time to Begin                               2:28
Live On                                          5:17   Life story in two verses. So well done. I like it so much that I put it on the ‘Fathers & Sons’ album along with another of his: ‘After Telluride Plus’ He later wrote a companion song "A Song for the Living: Carry On" not on the Album.
Perfect Dischord                          4:33
Wasting My Time                        2:31
A Stray                                           3:41
Nightmare                                     5:57    This one will give you the chills

Steve Behal

Steve Behal is: an Artist (BECA International) behalcatchpole.com, photographer, actor, teacher and occasional songwriter. He is married to Jeannie Catchpole - my “used to be.” As an Artist and trained actor, he is very free-form and loose. This contrasts massively with my engineered style. There are songs of Steve’s sprinkled across my albums and they are hard to miss:

You and Me on 12 infinities
Suede Boots, Wide Awake Most of the Night and Wrong Woman on Polarity
There is a Song on What’s the Point?