Ballad of the Deer Tick – Single

Commentary: Melissa Crabtree is a singer/songerwriter friend, and she encouraged me to get my song about Lyme disease on iTunes and CDBaby for Lyme Awareness month. I wrote “The Ballad of the Deer Tick” several years ago in a cafe while driving through Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Shortly after I returned from vacation, Daryl Hall was in my office, so I decided to pull out my guitar and sing it for him to see what he thought. He had a good laugh and told me that we should record it in his studio in Pawling, N.Y. for an upcoming Lyme benefit we were doing. I thought he meant I was going to record it alone, but when I got to his studio, Daryl started playing his guitar, singing backup and laying down tracks on the Hammond organ, and his lead guitarist and bassist, T. Bone Wolk, sang, played guitar and laid down mandolin tracks! The post production editing was by the very talented Peter Moshay. It was an amazing experience. We performed “The Ballad of the Deer Tick” live in NYC for a Lyme benefit concert for the Turn the Corner Foundation when I was honored as Humanitarian of the Year. Here are the links for the song for those of you who would like it as a ringer for your phone, to sing to as you’re getting your Bicillin shots, or simply to pick you up whenever you feel a bit down. Daryl told me he can’t listen to it too much, because he can’t get it out of his head. I’m very appreciative to Daryl for his generosity in helping to produce this song professionally with T Bone and Peter. Enjoy.

Ballad of the Deer Tick – Single, by Dr. Richard Horowitz, ITunes