(gentle guitar music) - [John] Montana musicians perform in many genres.

Their styles are broad, diverse, and eclectic.

We celebrate this wide range with a baker's dozen of Montana musicians performing from home, from the stage and from our state's great outdoors.

I'm John Floridis.

Join us for more fun and more music on Live From Home.

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Thank you.

- Hello and welcome to another episode of Live From Home.

I'm John Floridis.

Let's get right to our first video for the program.

We're gonna start off with a duo that came out of one of Montana's most popular bands, the Clintons.

Josh Keehrr and John McClellan form a powerhouse duo with a big sound that explores Montana lifestyle through immersive lyrics, catchy melodies, and driving rhythms.

Their music is a fusion of genres that draws on red dirt rock, blues, country, Americana and polyrhythmic Latin percussion.

El Wencho brings us our first song, which it's safe to say is unlike any other video we've had in the first four programs.

Here's El Wencho and "Sugar Beets".

♪ I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ I grow sugar beets ♪ ♪ Sometimes winter wheat ♪ ♪ Alfalfa to trade the cycle ♪ ♪ I grow sugar beets ♪ ♪ A wet beet's a happy beet ♪ ♪ I'm your sugar daddy, yeah ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ You call it dirt ♪ ♪ We call it soil ♪ ♪ Worry 'bout the organic matter in my fields ♪ ♪ Trying to maximize my yields ♪ ♪ Flood irrigation ♪ ♪ Gets the job done ♪ ♪ Laying pipe all day ♪ ♪ In the hot sun ♪ ♪ I grow sugar beets ♪ ♪ Sometimes winter wheat ♪ ♪ Camelina in my dry land fields ♪ ♪ Biodiesel, cooking oil ♪ ♪ Back to the sugar beets ♪ ♪ A wet beet's a happy beet ♪ ♪ I'm your sugar daddy, yeah ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ When it rains ♪ ♪ I complain ♪ ♪ When it's dry, I complain ♪ ♪ I know I'm insane ♪ ♪ I'm a farmer living on the Plains ♪ ♪ Everybody knows, knows, knows, knows ♪ ♪ How this story goes, goes, goes, goes ♪ ♪ Most of my blood ends up on the soil ♪ ♪ Stolen by the cursed mosquitoes ♪ ♪ I grow sugar beets ♪ ♪ Sometimes winter wheat ♪ ♪ The malting barley ♪ ♪ 'Cause grass grows great in Montana ♪ ♪ And we love beer ♪ ♪ Back to the sugar beets ♪ ♪ A wet beet's a happy beet ♪ ♪ A happy beet, a happy beet ♪ ♪ I'm your sugar daddy, yeah ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ Every day I pay attention to my MPK ♪ ♪ Farming my life away ♪ ♪ I know I'm crazy ♪ ♪ When my days are done ♪ ♪ Farming in the hot, hot sun ♪ ♪ Hope that everyone can say ♪ ♪ We grow sugar beets ♪ ♪ Sometimes winter wheat ♪ ♪ Alfalfa for hay for my friends ♪ ♪ Who are crazy enough to raise cattle ♪ ♪ Back to the sugar beets ♪ ♪ A wet beet's a happy beet ♪ ♪ A happy beet, a happy beat ♪ ♪ I'm your sugar daddy, yeah ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a farmer, baby ♪ Get 'em out of the ground.

- Our next video comes to us from Madeline Hawthorne of Bozeman.

Boots marks her solo debut as she steps into the spotlight with equal parts grit and charm.

Written following the dissolution of her longtime band, The Hawthorne Roots, this album is a work of deep reflection, self-discovery, reckoning with evolution and independence.

It faces down the pressures of modern womanhood with unflinching honesty and steadfast resilience.

Here's Madeline Hawthorne and the title track from "Boots".

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Stepping with boots she's breaking in ♪ ♪ Running on dreams and adrenaline ♪ ♪ Hit the pavement ♪ ♪ Walk a mile ♪ ♪ Don't know what she's doing ♪ ♪ And it makes her smile ♪ ♪ Living on the edge ♪ ♪ Dancing in the dark ♪ ♪ Blindfold on, looking for a spark ♪ ♪ Still don't know there's another way ♪ ♪ But baby that's the point ♪ ♪ That's how you play the game ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ I can make 'em line up ♪ ♪ Oh, crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ Can you walk beside her ♪ ♪ She don't tiptoe through her resume ♪ ♪ Train that won't make 'em sit and stay ♪ ♪ Dog's are howling, she makes you move ♪ ♪ They'll all be dancing inside the room ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of day ♪ ♪ How you made your mind up ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of day ♪ ♪ Yeah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Boots stolen off a mannequin ♪ ♪ Ain't that so American ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ Have you made your mind up ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ You can walk beside her, yeah ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ You can walk beside her, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Crazy kind of thing ♪ ♪ You can walk beside her ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ - Joseph Running Crane grew up in Browning, Montana along the Rocky Mountain front as a member of the Blackfeet Nation.

This video features the song "Bowling Ball", which was released in 2019 as part of his album, "Dog Winter".

Joseph played for several years in various rock and country bands across the state.

He describes his music as highline folk reservation rock.

Focusing on his lyric writing moved his music more to the folk end of that spectrum while still maintaining the grittiness of the rock part of that as well.

Here's Joseph Running Crane and "Bowling Ball".

(folk guitar music) ♪ Came into town into the one place he could go ♪ ♪ To the outskirts of town to the tribal casino ♪ ♪ Dollar for dollar's a night on the town ♪ ♪ Breaking even, leveling out ♪ ♪ The one place where his dream made no sound ♪ ♪ All the family that he left ♪ ♪ Still living in old glory ♪ ♪ Obligations to his father ♪ ♪ Led him back out again ♪ ♪ Home for a day or two, maybe more ♪ ♪ Takes out the trash, a couple runs to the grocery store ♪ ♪ 25 years old, the horizon is clear ♪ ♪ Hopefully it takes him away from here ♪ ♪ Since every place he sees looks like a fun house mirror ♪ ♪ All drunken and disheveled looking ♪ ♪ For an old government worker ♪ ♪ Failure feels a little different here ♪ ♪ But it don't take away the hurt ♪ ♪ I am you ♪ ♪ You are me ♪ ♪ Choices I've made just to keep you and your sisters free ♪ ♪ You may stumble or ♪ ♪ You may crawl ♪ ♪ And it's cold in the world for all like a bowling ball ♪ ♪ You got love ♪ ♪ You got your friends ♪ ♪ Got the start ♪ ♪ You've got the means to the end ♪ ♪ You'll be back again ♪ ♪ But I don't know how ♪ ♪ And I sure don't know when ♪ ♪ Green grass in the summer ♪ ♪ Moss on the field in a farm ♪ ♪ Spring coming from the winter ♪ ♪ And now it don't mean that much at all ♪ - Amber Olsson of Helena is a singer-songwriter who has honed her evocative lyrics and unique style through two decades of collaboration and musical experiences.

Echoes of folk, pop and acoustic music can be heard in Amber's work, elements she attributes to her rural Montana upbringing.

Amber has performed as both a supporting musician in touring groups across the Midwest and as a headlining singer in her own right.

She has one full length studio album, "Take What You Can".

Here's Amber's video, "For A While".

♪ We're not given tomorrow ♪ ♪ 'Cause how could we ever plan goodbye ♪ ♪ We take what comes ♪ ♪ Joy or sorrow ♪ ♪ All we have is here tonight ♪ ♪ So if you don't mind ♪ ♪ I'll hold your hand ♪ ♪ A little longer this time ♪ ♪ At least for a while you were mine ♪ ♪ I'd risk my heart to love you again 1,000 times ♪ ♪ For the chance to sing you one last lullaby ♪ ♪ To hold you in my arms and know for a while you were mine ♪ ♪ I didn't see you coming ♪ ♪ But your light shined a way in the dark ♪ ♪ And how could I know you'd leave ♪ ♪ And change forever the key to my heart ♪ ♪ At least for a while you were mine ♪ ♪ And I'd risk my heart to love you again 1,000 times ♪ ♪ For the chance to sing you one last lullaby ♪ ♪ To hold you in my arms and know ♪ ♪ For a while you were mine ♪ ♪ And so I let you go ♪ ♪ And just when I don't know ♪ ♪ I'll trade what could have been ♪ ♪ Just to have this moment ♪ ♪ 'Cause at least for a while you were mine ♪ ♪ And I'd risk my heart to love you again 1,000 times ♪ ♪ For the chance to sing you one last lullaby ♪ ♪ To hold you in my arms and know ♪ ♪ To hold you in my arms and know ♪ ♪ To hold you in my arms and know ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ You were mine ♪ - It would be pretty hard to talk about the history of music in Montana over the last few decades and not mention Richie Reinholdt.

His bio plays down this fact a little bit as Richie says, "I played in a bunch of bands.

I recorded a bunch of albums."

Across many genres, collaborations include Live Wire Choir Pine Grass, the Acousticals, Lockwood, Britchy, and the Tom Capital Band, to name a few.

In this video, the prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist gives us a very unique approach featuring kind of a multi-track video that really showcases his skills.

Here's Richard Reinholdt and "New Day".

(folk music) ♪ The clock is counting the hours down ♪ ♪ Minutes turn into days ♪ ♪ The time I see in front of me ♪ ♪ Quietly slips away ♪ ♪ The world is stilled by the smallest things ♪ ♪ My place here is in doubt ♪ ♪ And the life I thought I knew ♪ ♪ Has turned inside out ♪ ♪ We were there once upon a time ♪ ♪ Holding hands while we dreamed ♪ ♪ Of a place where hearts get a second chance ♪ ♪ And we become destiny ♪ ♪ Leave me here alone at sea ♪ ♪ The desert I know that I am ♪ ♪ Forsaking the shipwreck world outside ♪ ♪ For a castle in the sand ♪ ♪ I run away from the moonlit shore ♪ ♪ To the land where vision bends ♪ ♪ I watch the moon and stars go by ♪ ♪ And the nights that have no end ♪ ♪ We were there once upon a time ♪ ♪ Holding hands while we dreamed ♪ ♪ The place where hearts get a second chance ♪ ♪ And we become destiny ♪ ♪ A comet lights up the midnight sky ♪ ♪ In the smoky memory ♪ ♪ Our shadows dancing in a firelight glow ♪ ♪ And your hand was on my knee ♪ ♪ Leading me to a solemn vow ♪ ♪ To drink in the moment deep ♪ ♪ And live my life in the here and now ♪ ♪ Until the final sleep ♪ ♪ We were there once upon a time ♪ ♪ Holding hands while we dreamed ♪ ♪ Of a place where hearts get a second chance ♪ ♪ And we become destiny ♪ ♪ We were there once upon a time ♪ ♪ Holding hands while we dreamed ♪ ♪ Of a place where hearts get a second chance ♪ ♪ And we become destiny ♪ - Our next musician is Su Suits from Great Falls.

She's a recipient of the Montana Individual Artist Fellowship from the Montana Arts Council.

Along with her many solo performances, she plays in the Mistral Duo, with her husband, cellist Thad Suits.

They've released two CDs and Su has recorded on the New World and World Concept labels.

She's recorded for this program, "Piano Prelude in G-Flat Major Opus 23 Number 10" by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Here is Su Suits.

(gentle piano music) Lyndsey Jacobsen comes to us from Billings, Montana.

Lyndsey says she strips down music to reveal its purest form, emotion, grit, and rhythm.

She was voted the Female Vocal Act of the Year at the Magic City Music Awards in Billings in 2013 and 2015.

In addition to her music career, she has also a private practice in counseling specializing in work with children.

Here is Lyndsey Jacobsen and "To the Hills I'm Running".

(upbeat guitar music) ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm going far, far away ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm going far, far away ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ No, no you can't make me stay ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ No, no you can't make me stay ♪ ♪ Zombify me, ostracize me ♪ ♪ Annul me from the day ♪ ♪ Make me believe in American dreams ♪ ♪ Then serve me on a plate ♪ ♪ Now baby, I won't stop running ♪ ♪ Now don't stop running ♪ ♪ Not gonna be part of your plan ♪ ♪ You know I'm doing all I can ♪ ♪ Just not to give into the man ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ No, no, you can't make me stay ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ No, no, you can't make me stay ♪ ♪ Hidden agenda, I can remember when you mold me out of clay ♪ ♪ Do what you're told ♪ ♪ And don't break the mold ♪ ♪ Unnecessary pain ♪ ♪ Now baby, I won't stop running ♪ ♪ Now don't stop running ♪ ♪ Not gonna be part of your plan ♪ ♪ You know I'm doing all I can ♪ ♪ Just not to give into the man ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ To the hills I'm running ♪ ♪ Up to the hills I'm running ♪ - This next video comes to us from Butte, America.

The Desperate Electric consists of Ben Morris and Katie Court.

They fused their many influences to create a sound that's both contemporary and nostalgic of past decades of funk, rock and roll and soul.

Ben and Katie want to make you feel alive with their music and their lyrics are playful and honest exploring themes of both vulnerability and resiliency.

Here's Desperate Electric and their song, "Still Not Giving You Up".

(funky music) ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ No, no, no ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ How badly do you want to believe ♪ ♪ Bad enough to give up everything ♪ ♪ Have you ever wanted something or someone enough ♪ ♪ It's leaving everybody in the dust ♪ ♪ So many reasons to let go ♪ ♪ But I know ♪ ♪ I'm still not giving you up ♪ ♪ I'm still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Ooh yeah, no ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Oh not giving you up ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Still not giving you up ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ - Maria Zepeda of Missoula is a native Montanan so it's not a surprise that she helped create and is the executive director of the Montana Area Music Association.

MAMA connects and supports musicians through professional development and advocacy while strengthening and engaging the greater Montana music community.

Maria says this song, "Howling" came out of the grief she felt when thinking about our world's state of affairs and says the song is a call forward for humanity going into the future.

Here's Maria Zepeda and "Howling".

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Do you hear howling in the wind ♪ ♪ Do you see her suffering ♪ ♪ Do you ever question what your actions do ♪ ♪ The ways we consume ♪ ♪ She strings you up in her hairs and tell us ♪ ♪ She's trying to open our eyes and warn us ♪ ♪ She's trying to open our eyes, engage us ♪ ♪ It's outrageous ♪ ♪ How we did not see that our meddling we were ♪ ♪ Pissing off the mother ♪ ♪ We've been pissing off the mother ♪ ♪ How we did not know that by staying silent ♪ ♪ We've been letting her go ♪ ♪ We've been letting her go ♪ ♪ Well I am her and she is me ♪ ♪ And there's no them, there's only we ♪ ♪ And if we fall back asleep ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ To her, I'll fall again, again, again ♪ ♪ Do you even realize the power that you hold ♪ ♪ Stories running through your veins ♪ ♪ Ancient, untold ♪ ♪ Do you even realize ♪ ♪ The things that we could be ♪ ♪ All the ways we aren't free ♪ ♪ She's trying to open our eyes and tell us ♪ ♪ She's trying to open our eyes and warn us ♪ ♪ She's trying to open our eyes, engage us ♪ ♪ It's outrageous ♪ ♪ How we did not see that by meddling we were ♪ ♪ Pissing off the mother ♪ ♪ We've been pissing off the mother ♪ ♪ How we did not know that by staying silent ♪ ♪ We've been letting her go ♪ ♪ We've been letting her go ♪ ♪ Well I am her and she is me ♪ ♪ And there's no them, there's only we ♪ ♪ And if we go back to sleep ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again, again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again ♪ ♪ I'll fall to her again, again, again ♪ ♪ To her, I'll fall again ♪ - I can still remember the first time I heard Keven Van Dort sing at Sean Kelly's in Missoula probably in the early 2000's.

His strong baritone voice grabbed me right from the first few notes he sang.

Now based out of the Flathead Valley area, Kevin just keeps getting better and better and the video he sent us proves he's in his prime.

Kevin's high mountain soul music combines dirty delta slide on a barn wood box guitar with a vocal styling reminiscent of the blues musicians of the 1950s and '60's.

Here's Kevin Van Dort and "Fishin' Shoes".

(folk guitar music) ♪ I can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ I can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ No, I lost my babe ♪ ♪ Oh, down by the fishing shore ♪ ♪ I can't wear no, no ♪ ♪ Or cast no fly no more ♪ ♪ Can't pay no hood ♪ ♪ No cash, no fly no more ♪ ♪ Lost my baby to a fishing guide ♪ ♪ Oh, down by the fishing shore ♪ ♪ I can't pull no tugboat river ♪ ♪ No Blackfoot no more ♪ ♪ I can't pull no tugboat river ♪ ♪ No Blackfoot no more ♪ ♪ I see that fishing guide that took my babe ♪ ♪ He took her down by the fishing shore ♪ ♪ I can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ I can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ No, I lost my babe ♪ ♪ Oh, down by the fishing shore ♪ ♪ I can't go to Charlie B.

's ♪ ♪ Drink at Charlie B.

's no more ♪ ♪ I can't go to Charlie B.

's, no ♪ ♪ Go to Charlie B.

's no more ♪ ♪ I see that fishing guide drinking with my babe ♪ ♪ He took her down by the fishing shore ♪ ♪ I can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ Can't wear my fishin' shoes ♪ ♪ My fishin' shoes no more ♪ ♪ No, I lost my babe ♪ ♪ I lost my babe ♪ ♪ You know I lost my babe ♪ ♪ Down by the fishin' shore ♪ - Our next video features Flathead Valley songwriter, Michelle Rivers.

Her music most closely leans towards Americana featuring traditional bluegrass instruments in a live performance that is both captivating and raw.

She's performed at the Red Ants Pants Festival, been a two-time scholarship recipient for the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival and won the Red Lodge Songwriter Festival Contest along the way.

This video also features David Piland, Sean Tribble and Amelia Thornton.

Here's Michelle Rivers and "Gone".

(upbeat American music) ♪ She's running from the life she knows ♪ ♪ Running like a trains off the tracks ♪ ♪ Off the tracks ♪ ♪ And it doesn't matter where she goes ♪ ♪ As long as she ain't slipping through the cracks ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ She pressed that bottle to her lips ♪ ♪ Said, "It's not strong enough to numb the pain" ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ And she took a breath between each sip ♪ ♪ The lightning hits and tears fall at once ♪ ♪ She says I'm gone ♪ ♪ Gone like goodbye ♪ ♪ Gone like last night ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ ♪ Gone like this train ♪ ♪ Gone like the leaves ♪ ♪ I'm wasted ♪ ♪ As she's staring out the window ♪ ♪ Watching dreams of what could be pass her by ♪ ♪ Pass her by ♪ ♪ Think she's close enough to touch it ♪ ♪ But why can't she grab hold of it ♪ ♪ Why, oh why ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ ♪ The wheels are turning way too fast ♪ ♪ She blows right past the stop she meant to make ♪ ♪ And that boiler's boiling over now ♪ ♪ And she can't get a handle on the brake ♪ ♪ She says, I'm gone ♪ ♪ Gone like goodbye ♪ ♪ Gone like last night ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ ♪ Gone like this train ♪ ♪ Gone like the years ♪ ♪ I'm wasted ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ She says I can see the light at the end of the tunnel ♪ ♪ She says I have finally reached the bottom of the bottle ♪ ♪ And I'm gone ♪ - I first found out about Eureka Montana's Isaak Opatz when he was performing with the band Best Westerns, who as a side note, had to be the tallest band of musicians in the state.

Izaak's songwriting stood out to me right from the start.

He's described his music as, "Dirt waive, a genre, Woody Guthrie might've fallen into if he'd surfed and dance with his hips."

Many of the songs grew out of Opatz's time working on the trail crew in Montana's Glacier National Park pining for unavailable women and grappling with his decisions to duck stability.

And speaking of ducks, here's Izaak Opatz and "Duck Lake Road".

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Down this road ♪ ♪ Just two tracks of gravel ♪ ♪ Wide at the sack ♪ ♪ Of a hill out on the Plains ♪ ♪ I used to drive there ♪ ♪ I wanted to sleep under the moon ♪ ♪ At dusk, when the hills just clobber black on blue ♪ ♪ I'd scramble off the main road ♪ ♪ And idle at the gate ♪ ♪ Untie the lock of rope ♪ ♪ As the music from my truck escaped ♪ ♪ As flat as a deck of an aircraft carrier ♪ ♪ When I get to the top ♪ ♪ Nothing's quite as quiet ♪ ♪ As when I turn my engine off ♪ ♪ Is it wrong ♪ ♪ I want to pull off here ♪ ♪ Here in my memories of the Duck Lake Road ♪ ♪ Is it wrong ♪ ♪ I think I know what I want ♪ ♪ Already am so close to home ♪ ♪ Yeah, so close to home ♪ ♪ So close ♪ ♪ To home ♪ ♪ One time in the evening ♪ ♪ For the benefit of a girlfriend ♪ ♪ I killed and conjured ♪ ♪ A coyote with my right hand ♪ ♪ Another time we woke up ♪ ♪ Surrounded by a herd of cows ♪ ♪ Rubbing the side views and licking the hood ♪ ♪ Staring at our naked selves ♪ ♪ Is it wrong ♪ ♪ I want to pull off here ♪ ♪ Here in my memories of the Duck Lake Road ♪ ♪ Is it wrong ♪ ♪ I think I know what I want ♪ ♪ Already I'm so close to home ♪ ♪ So close to home ♪ ♪ Yeah, so close ♪ ♪ To home ♪ ♪ My cousin took me there the first time ♪ ♪ We just went and stood in the grass ♪ ♪ I was gonna say, "Is this all there is?"

♪ ♪ But I never got the chance ♪ - Guitarist and composer, Grant Ferguson from Billings closes out our program.

Grant's latest musical endeavor is Modern Rock orchestra, a unique blending of a live rock band and a full strings section.

This video is taken during a recent performance at the Ellen Theater in Bozeman.

I like this description of his music from his bio.

"He doesn't disappoint the demanding fan and never pushes away a newcomer, but rather pulls all listeners together on a common musical journey."

Here's Grant Ferguson and the Modern Rock Orchestra with "A Taste of Eternity".

(smooth rock music) That's gonna do it for this program.

I'm John Floridis.

Thanks so much for tuning in to watch Live From Home."

We'll see you next time.

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