PBDBooks and Music

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Gentle On My Mind Part Two - The Song

Companion video to discussion of meeting John Hartford where I perform an original arrangement of Gentle On My Mind. Enjoy. Part One is titled: Introduction

Gentle On My Mind Introduction Part I

A brief discussion on how I met John Hartford and his music prior to playing Gentle on My Mind. The live performance is in a follow up video titled Gentle on My Mind Part II

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Factory Girl - Solo Acoustic

Keef and Mick's 1968 Classic Factory Girl. Love the lyrics on this one so fun to sing. Enjoy my arrangement as I was unable to book Dave Mason in to play mandolin :)

Journey Home Reviews

Paul Burke is some fantastic, talented writer. Journey Home is an eye-opener. It is down to earth and humanly raw! I highly recommend it as must read!! -- Knowledge Tree Bookstore

I randomly stumbled upon this book online and it looked intriguing. Little did I know that it was more than just a curious cover... wonderful -- Johnny

Paul, I got Journey Home sent to my house and eagerly devoured it -- Ken

It is so insightful and powerful and it emanates such wonderment of reality. It is Phenomenal on so many levels tremendous! -- Aimee'

When I first started reading Journey Home I couldn’t put it down! Each person and situation became vivid in my mind. I could feel the book. It became one with me and the sounds ... here on Big River. The unexpected twists and turns, continued to peak my interest, and the first night I read till I could see no more. Then, as I awoke I read till I was done. A book of this quality is an Amazing Gift for all to read and Understand!!!! -- Dusty