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Richard Daub

@richarddaub.com

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Musician. Fiction author. Writer of songs, novels, short stories, flash fiction. Ally 🏳️‍🌈BLM🌎☮️🐈🐕 Main: richarddaub.com Spotify: spoti.fi/42us6KJ Medium: medium.com/@rdaub82 Substack: substack.com/@rdaub82 Video: youtube.com/@rdaub82 No DMs please

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · May 4

On Phil Lesh Lane just outside the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY... I don't know if someone purposely vandalized the crosswalk sign to make it look like Jerry Garcia's hand telling you not to cross, but, if so, it is genius!

#CapitolTheater #JerryGarcia #PhilLesh #GratefulDead #music

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · May 4

Saw the Avett Brothers last night at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY, amazing show at an amazing venue.

#AvettBrothers #music #livemusic #concerts #CapitolTheater

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Apr 8

Thanks, much appreciated!

Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Apr 4

"Tracy and the Big Sombrero" is a #song set in early-1980s #Tampa about a boy who develops a crush on his second cousin during a family vacation. #rock

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#MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #NowPlaying #music #SongWriting #Spotify

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Mar 10

A jazzy, Beat, Waits-ish song about seedy 42nd Street in 1990s Times Square before it became a Disneyfied tourist den.

open.spotify.com/track/0dGyRRqjk42k0Uvy6YsFiT

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

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42nd Street

Richard Daub · 42nd Street · Song · 2025

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 15

Thanks so much!

Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 15

Thanks so much!

Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 15

#Song about staring into the eyes of death, the long day almost over, nothing left to look forward to, and all that remains is the hope that you were kind to others.

open.spotify.com/track/4un8udyYURwQCPzFPVnWnO

#MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #MusicForAll #NowPlaying #music

Cover of the single "Nothing Left But Night" by Richard Daub, a black and white portrait of an older man staring into the abyss of death.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 11

During a Kerouac-inspired journey to #SanFrancisco in 1995, my feet were hurting bad when I spotted the El Farolito Bar.

open.spotify.com/track/6kHIOxieRGkxPTXdEwlKkx

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

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El Farolito

Richard Daub · El Farolito · Song · 2025

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 11

Thanks so much, that means a lot! I like your song "FYC", it reminds me of The Smiths.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 11

I dig this tune, reminds me of The Smiths. Nice job!

Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 11

A jazzy, Beat, Waits-ish #song about seedy 42nd Street in Times Square before Rudolph Giuliani turned it into a Disneyfied tourist den in the mid-1990s.

open.spotify.com/track/0dGyRRqjk42k0Uvy6YsFiT

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

An early 1990s photo of a XXX movie and peep show place on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York City.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 10

RIP Tom Robbins, one of my all-time favorite writers. This photo was taken in 1967 while he was working on his first novel, "Another Roadside Attraction", in what appears to be a cardboard office in South Bend, WA.

#TomRobbins #authors #booksky #WritingCommunity #fiction #Literature

Tom Robbins in 1967 working on his novel "Another Roadside Attraction" in an office that appears to be made of cardboard.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 5

A song about facing past mistakes and realizing there is nowhere to go but forward, no matter how barren the landscape.

open.spotify.com/album/10t3SNIMD0evzTqxAFCJXN

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

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Lonely Desert

Richard Daub · Single · 2024 · 1 songs

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Feb 1

A Wilco-ish song about when later in life many things you had are gone and the world you once lived in no longer exists.

open.spotify.com/track/51GNxN41bZK8nZ4gwQWRGn

#MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

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At Some Point

Richard Daub · At Some Point · Song · 2024

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 26

History of von Schatt (1913-1960) is a #HistoricalNovel about the most feared captain on the high seas who steamrolled over everyone in his quest for nautical immortality.

Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNL47PJ/

#WritingCommunity #author #fiction #books #IndieBooks #KindleUnlimited #IndieAuthors

A hardback copy of the novel "History of von Schatt (1913-1960)" by Richard Daub placed on an Icelandic pier in front of an old ship.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 24

"The Island Country", a #novel about a broken family on Long Island and insight into how this suburb became the MAGA cesspool it is today.

Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNGQBYZ/

#booksky #WritingCommunity #author #fiction #LongIsland #Literature #books #IndieBooks #kindleunlimited #IndieAuthors

Front and back covers of "The Island Country" by Richard Daub with a blurb from The Independent Book Review: "A post-World War Two family saga that is by turns sedate and explosive, perspicacious and intimate... it peels back the flimsy veneer of respectability and breaches the shield of duty to expose the simmering passions and resentments lurking behind the facade of the All-American family... a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of the nature of family and the innate drive to find a place to belong."

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 15

Inspired by late 80s-early 90s pop, "Electric Bed" is a catchy tune about an evening of romance sparked by a frayed extension cord.

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#IndiePop #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #IndieMusicians #playlist #musicsky #pop #listeningnow

Electric Bed

Richard Daub · Electric Bed · Song · 2024

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 14

"Bakery Girl" is a love song through the eyes of the supermarket frozen foods guy who falls for the girl who works at the bakery.

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#singersongwriter #IndieMusicCommunity #playlist #rockmusic

Bakery Girl

Richard Daub · Bakery Girl · Song · 2024

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 11

Hey Martin, thanks for the listen and the kind words! I see you are a Bukowski fan... nice!

Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 10

My new single "El Farolito" is now streaming. The #song is about visiting the El Farolito bar in #SanFrancisco during my #Kerouac inspired first trip out west in 1995.

#Spotify: spoti.fi/3WgGF0C
#YouTube: youtube.com/@rdaub82

#music #indiemusic #singersongwriter #MusicianSky #IndieArtists #indie

Cover art for the single "El Farolito" by Richard Daub, a photograph was taken in 1995 outside the El Farolito Bar in the Mission District of San Francisco as crowds of people on the sidewalk went about their business.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 6

Thanks to On the Run for publishing my #flashfiction story "Silence" in May 2023 about a third grade boy who discovers his silent classmate Lisa's secret. #shortstory #fiction #WritingCommunity

Read the story at On the Run: www.ontherunfiction.com/stories/sile...

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 6

Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for publishing my short story "You Be Illin'" in Oct 2020 about a kid who attempts to confront a racist relative with some help from RUN DMC. #MaudlinHouse #shortstory #fiction #flashfiction #rundmc

Read the story at Maudlin House: maudlinhouse.net/you-be-illin/

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 5

Thanks to @newpoplit.bsky.social for publishing "The Huffy" in Dec 2020, a #shortstory about the new kid with the lame bike and the lengths he goes to find acceptance. #shortstories #flashfiction #fiction #huffy #BMX #mongoose

Read the story at New Pop Lit: newpoplit.com/portfolio/th...

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · Jan 4

History of von Schatt (1913-1960), a novel about the most feared ship captain on the high seas who steamrolled over everyone in his quest for nautical immortality. #vonschatt #Novel #fiction #WritingCommunity #writerslift #BooksWorthReading #booksbooksbooks

Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNL47PJ/

Cover of the novel "History of von Schatt (1913-1960) by Richard Daub depicting the painting of a ships captain overlooking a ship passing through stormy seas. Next to the cover is a blurb by Kirkus reviews that reads: "Overall, it's a delightful book about a person who inspired no delight... An often enjoyable tale of an unpleasant man."

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