The Timeline — Chapter Two
1970 — 1979

First songs, first dates
& the mud of Wyoming.

Writing THE FIRST SONGS

The 70s were coming-of-age years: junior high, high school, concerts, surfing, sports, first love, first heartbreak, first recordings, and the Martin D-35 that turned songwriting from a hobby into a diary.

The Timeline — Chapter Two

First songs, first dates & the mud of Wyoming.

The 70s were coming-of-age years: junior high, high school, concerts, surfing, sports, first love, first heartbreak, first recordings, and the Martin D-35 that turned songwriting from a hobby into a diary.

1970 — 1979
Judd Abrams — the 1970s
The Timeline — Chapter Two · The Music

The 1970s
in five songs.

Five songs from the decade my writing started to sound like me.

Five songs
01 Time
02 Torn Down Inside
03 Flower Lady
04 The Harder I Try
05 Meeting Someone New
Pick a song
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1976

Yee haw! My mother threw my father a surprise 49er party in 1976 for his 49th birthday.

The Timeline — Chapter Three · Homecoming & Prom

Homecoming and
prom night.

The girls who touched my heart, and the inspiration for some of my early songs.

Chapter Three · Homecoming & Prom

Homecoming and
prom night.

The girls who touched my heart, and the inspiration for some of my early songs.

Wyoming · Prom dates · First songs

Thrown from a horse, thrown into heartbreak, working summer jobs, learning guitar, starting piano, and writing the songs that made the private weather visible.

Wyoming · Prom dates · First songs

Thrown from a horse, thrown into heartbreak, working summer jobs, learning guitar, starting piano, and writing the songs that made the private weather visible.

The Timeline — Abroad

Israel

Visiting my brother on the kibbutz and smoking hash. 1974.

The Timeline — Abroad

Israel

Visiting my brother on the kibbutz and smoking hash. 1974.

Wyoming · Summers

Ranch
hand.

A day at the Spotted Horse. We went there every summer starting in 1970. Thrown from a horse, thrown into heartbreak, summer jobs, learning guitar, starting piano, and writing songs that said what I actually felt.

Wyoming · Summers

Ranch hand.

A day at the Spotted Horse. We went there every summer starting in 1970. Thrown from a horse, thrown into heartbreak, summer jobs, learning guitar, starting piano, and writing songs that said what I actually felt.

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