Larry
Lobert has been playing the guitar and writing songs for several decades. He is influenced by the songs of his generation that spoke to and inspired social change.
Chris
Stoddard is life-long writer, editor, contributing columnist and author of two novels. He has served an important lyricist role in this collection of songs.
WENDELL
is a ten-year-old cross-breed beagle who hangs around much of the time. Though nobody would dare mention it to him, he adds no particular value to any music endeavor but heard about the website and very much wanted to be pictured here. It seemed a reasonable enough request.
About Us
Lifelong friends, Larry and Chris have been partners in creative endeavors for over four decades. Passionate about the role music has played in social change, they now offer Songs That Need To Be Sung, a collection of musical ideas about our tumultuous times, and few other things about cowboys and dogs.
The songs
Written and recorded at the time of the 2017 Women’s March which brought over 500,000 to Washington as the first major protest to Trump, The Song That Needs To Be Sung recalls the important role of music in the nation’s great moments of Social Change.
The Song That Need To Be Sung
Isn’t This a Time which was selected as finalistin the 2025 finalist in Great American Song Competition, examines current the attacks the core underpinnings of American Democracy and urgency to confront it.
Isn’t This A Time
Shut Him Down, an earlier rendition of Isn’t This A Time, urges the impeachment or legal removal of this President as soon as possible.
Shut Him Down
Pardon Me considers the historic abuse the presidential pardon and shear volume of law breakers that Trump has already and will continue to pardon in exchange for his own protection.
Pardon Me