ALL MUSIC (OURS) POSTS
We Owe You A Christmas Album
For Now, "Mele Kelekimaka"
Here's an early listen of one of our upcoming Christmas songs set for release next year. This post shares the story behind the track and a message for the season.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2025-12-23 Read post
Deja Vu
My Favorite Not Popular Song
I shouldn't describe this as my favorite song I've written that nobody likes. It's just my favorite that people haven't fallen in love with yet. Just a couple of weird guitars, some odd voices and a drummer tapping on a wooden stool.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2025-04-01 Read post
In The Daytime
Our First Music Video - And Memories Of Bigfellas 1.0
Everybody should have access to home movies of themselves. We do with this music video and a short almost film called "Idiots." What's even better about your home movies is that they contain great absent friends AND are legitimately funny.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2024-12-03 Read post
Stuff On The Moon
Easier To Write A Song Than A 20,000-Word Article For Wired
This post looks at how the track came together, why it ended up closing Chubbed Up, and how humor, curiosity, and being too lazy to be a real writer all aligned to make a spacey groove. A behind-the-scenes look at a Bigfellas song that doesn't shout for attention, but sticks around long after the record ends.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2024-06-04 Read post
The Hiya Photo That Never Was
Solo Album Cover Outtake
Brief look at a family photo that I almost used for a solo album, but didn't; why I still love this picture of my dad even though it was unusable from the get-go.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2024-03-19 Read post
Merry Xmas - A Free Album From Me
I Mean, It's On Spotify And YouTube So It's Free
Not to sound bitter but all of the places an independent recording artist has to put their music for any exposure means that everybody can listen to it without paying. No worries. I did it anyway with this recent live album. Enjoy, it's all good.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-12-26 Read post
We're Going To Be In The Movies
Upcoming Documentary About Us!
It still feels weird to say but there is going to be a documentary about The Bigfellas called "You Are Here" from Rick Bowman and Backyard Green Films. Read on about an idea so stupid that it just might work.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-12-12 Read post
My TV Friends
The Story Behind The Song
Of all the songs we've done about how terrific television is, this is definitely our favorite. All about the horn section song that gives a taste of what we'd sound like as a 7-person band.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-11-21 Read post
Independence Day
The Story Behind The Song
Everything you want to know about "Independence Day" by Chuck Charles - the origin story, lyrics meaning, the rehearsing and recording. Listen to it here with lyrics and personnel.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-07-04 Read post
Our Polka Moment
I Wish That I Were Gay - Polka Version
Once upon a time we made an EP with some remixes of our song "I Wish That I Were Gay". If you can turn that song-loving market over to polka: bingo! Jackpot! (That joke works if you've seen The Last Polka with John Candy and Eugene Levy.)
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-03-14 Read post
Dollar For Every Dime
aka "The Lotto Song"
Why don't more people write songs about money and more specifically: not having enough money? We're doing our part.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-11-29 Read post
Always Be
An Unusual Song ... For Us
Reflections on a song that doesn't really sound like us about a topic most people don't sing about. (Spoiler Alert: it's about suicide)
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-09-20 Read post
The Ballad Of Bob Dylan
"Like A Maggie's Positively Leopard-Skin Homesick Blues"
Full disclosure: I'm about to brag a little about a song I love that I wrote and performed. It's a LONG love letter to Bob Dylan that sounds like mid-1960s Dylan while singing in 2020 about his past 55 years.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-08-09 Read post
Adam & Eve & Ted & Alice
The Comic Book That Instead Became A Song
Once upon a time, we wrote and recorded a song called "Adam & Eve & Ted & Alice" which isn't as irreverent as one would think. Here's everything you want to know about the song. And more.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-05-31 Read post
4:20
Bah Humbug
Why we wrote and recorded the 4:20 song about the tradition of 4/20
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-04-19 Read post
