This song started as the riff on my Strat while fooling around with some FX. I knew it needed to be a big dance number, and then realized there is a great story about the power of music and dance, which I hid in the lyrics. See if you can figure…
This one started as a the title line while driving in my car. All I had was the line and it's melody. I built the song around that about 6 months later. The lyrics are self explanatory.
I played this one fairly straight. It still sounds a lot like the raw 30 second idea I recorded on my phone in an elevator in Chicago in early Feb of 2010 and discovered this RPM season. It's not about what you think it is.
There's a historical marker near the side of the road on McCrea Hill just down the road. Jane gets a passing credit as the last line of the plaque reads "Sister Jane was martyred."
Neat little piece of American history you might want to delve…
I struggled to get this thing completed. I've been sat on it for weeks, finished, debating whether I was really prepared to let it go.
I loved the song when I wrote it, inspired by a wonderful week at the end of September. But the recording…
Here is my entry for the "Who Knew" Song Writing Challenge. Thanks for including me :)
Lyrics:
When I was a young boy
I never knew what it meant
to be unloved
When I was a young man
I never knew what it meant
to be undone
Now I’m…
Here is my contribution to the latest song writing challenge posted in the Alonetone Forum.
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Who Knew when I first met you
That all your troubles would be mine
And you’d be coming around again…
Here's a new one. Well, a new old one, actually... And a bit different than the last one!
Something old, something new, something borrowed, and, er, something blue...
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**Nobody Loves You - A A J Russe**
Nobody loves you
Like you…
I wasn't going to post this - it's the original demo that the finished version is based on. This is the same lead vocal and resonator part that's on the full version - no EQ or anything, just the naked tracks. There's two bars of silence before…
This song's going on 32 years old...
Some 12 years older than I was when I wrote it!!
I borrowed the title from one of my favourite madrigals, The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons:
"The silver swan who living hath no note, when death approached…
This is the first thing I recorded using the telecaster you can see in my profile pic. It's a one-take jam played over one of those guitar magazine backing tracks. Thanks for the listen :-)
My humble tribute to Freddie King... Without him we wouldn't have Eric & without Eric, I would probably have never picked up a guitar.
This is sort of a pastiche of Hide Away & The Stumble & tracks like that :-)
With huge thanks to the awesomeinfinity Jake, Wrinkled Shirt, who let me use his gorgeous instrumental track "Gaza".
The sun left the city, from the ground
Moonlight woke up, falling down
Why are you scared, free as a bird
Now that the heat…
A remix in lieu of a cover for the Angie Fights Crime Covers Album. I can't sing in my house at the moment since it either wakes up the 5 month old, or pisses off the 3 year old. So I thought I'd try something different.
The original, is very…
Our cover of the Angie Fights Crime song "Fall Down Trying".
Featuring Bob Sorace on guitar and backing vocals and Leslie Sorace on backing vocals.
It's all a matter of he said/she said
If only he could remember what he said…
Comments on Gary Fox's stuff
Woo - what an opener.
VERY COOL Gary! You rock!
Best song evaaaaaah!
Diggin' the horns, bro! And this is one funky groove.
Killer opening track!
I am diggin all the horns....
Yep that's sure a kick arse tune
faved and saved
kick arse tune GF
Listened to the entire album and liked every song. Also enjoyed your use of horns. This one is also very nice. Keep on rockin', amigo. ER
Love the groove no matter what year it was recorded. ER
Ok - complete album downloaded! And this track gives me an earworm!!!
I agree with your lyrics wholeheartedly. Nice funk groove, sir. ER
This entire album WILL be downloaded! Holy crap, Gary, what a kick ass album!
Bad ass tracks here once again. Always love the upfront big guitars. Horns give it a Beatles feel.
Rockin' wonderfulness.....ness...ess
Its like a beautiful mixture of Deep Purple, and ELO to name a couple.
I always felt ballads in 3/4 allow the singer to emphasis the vocal anx lyrics. This is a great example.
Big smiles :)
Yep... it is ok already :)
Comments made by Gary Fox
I like the minimalist approach on this one, nice feel!
Great sound!
Great song.
The whole record has such a cool atmosphere, but this one really grabbed me. I love the simple beauty of it.
Great song!
Brilliant. Love the atmosphere...
Like the feel of this one, nice one, Nick!
Sounds like it belongs on Nashville Skyline...nice one, Greg!
I like the way the last "Who Knew" in the chorus twists...Nice work!
Hooked!
Great atmosphere! I love the delicate nature of the playing and the sound.
Wow, amazing transition from the demo. Both are great in their own way...nice work!
Love this. Love the gtr...
Great song, Andrew. Love the chorus and the gtr riffs.
Great playing!
Great number!
Ohhh....nice use of space...great number, James!
Love this...
Nice, totally out of the blue remix. Very cool, my friend!
Alonetone needs a thumbs up icon! Nice work, Tim!