MP3's
Purchase high quality (192 Kbps CD Transparent Audio) MP3 files of my music below. For $0.99/song, you can use PayPal or a credit card to pay, and once I receive payment, I'll email you the audio files. There are also some free songs below, so please help yourself. To preview a song, simply click on the link on the left. To download a free song, right click and select Save Target (or Link) As.
| St George's Lake | Song about I feel when I go to Saint George's Lake in Maine, where I've gone since I was a kid; Mike - all instruments. Drums - Sony Media. |
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| Change Agent | Song inspired by Barack Obama's change message. Watch the video on YouTube! Mike - all instruments. Drums - Sony Media. |
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| Never Ever Knew | Lost love song with a twist. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| Windy Hill Farm | Song about an old friend and place. Mike - all instruments. Drums - Joe Vitale collection. |
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| Annie | My one foray into country music. Mike - all instruments. Drums - Joe Vitale collection. |
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| Make It Last | Song about an early love. Written in the 80's but recorded in 2006. Re-mixed 2010. From New Old Stock. |
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| Left the Worst Behind | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| He Thought He Felt Something | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| I Want Me Some Love | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| Life Is Better | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| Great American Way | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| The Searcher | Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. From New Old Stock. |
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| There Is No One | FREE |
Song from the early 1970's. Mike - all instruments. |
| Voyager's Song | H.D. Thoreau - poem. Mike - all instruments. |
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| Brother | H.D. Thoreau - poem. Mike - all instruments. |
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| The Darkest Night | H.D. Thoreau - poem. My favorite poem/song. Mike - all instruments. |
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| Love | H.D. Thoreau - poem. Mike - all instruments |
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| The Eagle's Wing | H.D. Thoreau - poem. Jeff Moulds - drums. Mike - other instruments. |
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| A Winter and Spring Scene | H.D. Thoreau - poem. Mike - all instruments |
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| Love (live) | FREE |
Kathy Slack - vocal. Mike - guitar & vocal. Recorded live in Orono, Maine - 1984. |
| Restless Heart | Clayton Crawford - lead guitar. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Summer Girls | Song about a summer love (1968) from Bayside, Maine. Jeff Moulds - drums. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Brand New Start. |
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| Sweet Spot | Love song (nothing to do with tennis). Mike - all instruments. From Best and Sweet Spot. |
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| Don't Hurt Your Head | Song about a taxi driver from St. Kitts. Jeff Moulds - drums. Peter Kasianchuk - bass. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Brand New Start. |
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| Cast Iron | Song about my old Jotul wood stove. Mike Hughes - electric guitar. Kathy Slack - vocal. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Heart of Hearts | Best song I've ever written! Jamil Alvi - electric guitar. Robert Shepherd - vocals. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Sweet Spot. |
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| The Yankee Flyer | Song about the New England train called The Yankee Flyer or Flying Yankee. Watch the video. Mike - all instruments. From Best of Cress. |
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| Love Came Round | Song about a friend's divorce. Mike - all instruments. From Best and Brand New Start. |
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| From My Heart | One of my first songs (early 70's). Mike - all instruments. From Best of Cress. |
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| On a Roll | Clayton Crawford - electric guitar. Jeff Moulds - drums. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Sweet Spot. |
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| First Love | Mike - all instruments. From Best and Sweet Spot. |
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| Push Comes to Shove | Sam Berg - electric guitar. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Brand New Start. |
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| Crush | Kathy Slack, Elizabeth Ross - vocals. John Stewart - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums & production. Mike - vocal, harmonica, guitar. From Best and Brand New Start. |
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| Love's Black Hole | A friend once referred to love as a black hole - loved it! Mike - all instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Running Away (from Love) | Mike - other instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Still Cressey (After All These Years) | With apologies to Paul Simon. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Those Were the Times | Josh Tardy - sax. Mike - other instruments. From Best and Can of Worms. |
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| Dying Rock 'n Rolled | Answer to Neil Young's My, My, Hey, Hey. Clayton Crawford - electric guitars. Mike - other instruments. From Sweet Spot. |
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| Hole in My Heart | Jamil Alvi - electric guitar. Mike - other instruments. From Sweet Spot. |
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| Lived To Tell About It | Song about WWII from my father and step-father's perspective. Mike - all instruments. From Sweet Spot. |
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| Rumble Strip | FREE |
Written back in the 70's. Sam Berg - lead guitars. Mike - other instruments. From Sweet Spot. |
| Never Grow Up | FREE |
Mike - all instruments. From Sweet Spot. |
| Full Speed Ahead | Don't look back! Mike - all instruments. From Brand New Start. |
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| Goodbye Frozen Pipes | Song about living in New England. Mike - all instruments. From Brand New Start. |
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| 300 Taxis | Song about St. Kitts. Jamil Alvi - lead guitar. Mike - other instruments. From Brand New Start. |
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| Little Licks | FREE |
Two instrumental pieces sewn together. Mike - acoustic & electric guitars. From Brand New Start. |
| Blues in Open C tuning | FREE |
Mike - acoustic guitar & mandolin. From Brand New Start. |
| Now I'm 40 | FREE |
Michael Hughes - dobro. Kathy Slack - vocal. Mike - other instruments. From Can of Worms. |
| The Back Way | FREE |
Kathy Slack - vocal. Mike Hughes - dobro. Mike - other instruments. From Can of Worms. |
| Never Wrong | FREE |
Funny, throw away song. Mike - all instruments. From Can of Worms. |
| All the Time (in the World) | Mike - all instruments. From Can of Worms. |
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| Blues for Jerry | Dedicated to Jerry Garcia. Mike - all instruments. Lyric phrases - Robert Hunter. From Can of Worms. |
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| Mary's Waltz | FREE |
Song written for my wife Mary - it was our wedding waltz. Paul Fackler - fiddle. Mike - other instruments. From Can of Worms. |
| Babylon | Play |
Song by David Gray. Recorded live with the Mike Cressey Trio in 2003 |
| Heart Of Gold | Play |
Song by Neil Young. Broken Arrow demo recording - recorded in 2004 |
| I'm the Only One | Play |
Song by Melissa Etheridge. Recorded live at Lake Arrowhead (3/25/07) with the Coyotes. Rockie Shelton - vocal. Mike - slide guitar |
| The Deal | Play |
Song by the Grateful Dead. Recorded live at University of Redlands (2/19/07) with the Coyotes. Mike - lead guitar |
| Tattler | Play |
Song by Ry Cooder. Recorded live (cassette) with The Lost Weekenders, 1982. |
| Tore Up Over You | Play |
A Jerry Garcia favorite. Recorded live (cassette) with The Lost Weekenders at COA, Bar Harbor, ME - 1982 |
| Romeo & Juliet | Play |
A Mark Knopfler favorite. Recorded live at the Damn Yankee with Kathy Slack - 1985. |