MY FLORIDA HOME (written by Jack Speer & Julie Speer, production & vocals by Tim Buppert):
In 2008, Florida’s state song, Down By The Suwannee River, by Stephen Foster, was deemed racially offensive and a contest was launched by the State of Florida to select a new state song. This was the song my wife, Julie, and I submitted. It’s worth noting that a song was never selected and no further word was ever communicated about this contest. I had considered trying to get this song to Jimmy Buffett...
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I wrote this song as a memorial to my younger (by 2 yrs), gospel singer brother, Billy, who recently died (11/1/16) of Lewy Body Dementia. We were quite different in so many ways and I wasn't as kind to him as I wish I'd been in our youth. He loved making people laugh, even to the point of being self-deprecating and it would embarrass me. Nevertheless, he was crazy talented and, no matter how much I would try to compose myself, he knew how to break me down and make me laugh!
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TO KISS YOU ONCE MORE (written by Jack Speer, produced by Tre' Corley, vocals by Tim Buppert):
This song evolved very quickly when I saw Nancy Reagan kiss the casket of President Ronald Reagan on TV. I became extremely emotional, as It brought back images of my mother kissing my father goodbye, as he passed away suddenly, only 2 years previously to President Reagan. I realize the more upbeat songs are preferred, but the emotions of this sad occasion dictated the slower, somber meter.
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HOT WOMEN, WHISKEY AND BEER (written by Jack Speer, sung by Matt Dame, produced by John D. Willis):
When my folks moved to Central, FL, 1956, my folks initially rented a large, 2-story wood-frame house. Early after moving there, a man appeared at our front screen door, with a fairly rank odor of alcohol. My mother shooed him away, but I later learned this man was my grandmother’s brother. And, on occasion, if I did something that was deemed despicable to my mother, she would say, “You’re going to be just like your Uncle.” I thought he deserved a song. I later learned he had been a war hero on an island in the Pacific, during WWII.
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BABY, COME HOME (written by Jack Speer, produced and sung by Tim Buppert):
This came from no particular inspiration, accept that I’ve thought about the numerous times I’ve driven for miles (while tunes roll through my head), without being aware of where I’ve been.
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