I grew up at West Point NY on the Military Academy Grounds. Right outside the South Gate was the town of “Highland Falls”. In the summer of 1975 Billy Joel moved into Highland Falls to write his “Turnstiles” album. One…

 After attending Steve Earle’s “Camp Copperhead” I wanted to go home and write a “Copperhead Road” type of song as an homage to the experience.  Steve Earle uses “Drop D” tuning quite often in his songs so, that’s what I…