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The first track on the new FONTANELLE album. HAPPY Key - Am Happy is the anvil as the hammer strikes the blade (AM) A fleeting spark that fades as the memory is made (G) Happy is the spark when the hammer strikes the steel (F) Before the…
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Excellent lyrics, clearly delivered at breakneck speed. Superb! This album is really great, the tracks are well written, performed and it's clear a lot of fun was had putting it together. A jolly good listen.

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DIGGIN’ A HOLE by Jeff Prince This is Jeff on the vocal From an album we made as THE GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY All that fun guitar stuff is Jeff. Diggin’ a hole is a natural thing to do. Out in Odessa searching for Texas crude. Or up in the…
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Now, you are one cool dude! I love everything about this track, it's my favourite on the cd!

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I JUST NEED A GIRLFRIEND ‘TIL MY BABY COMES BACK Key - D I just need a girlfriend ‘til my baby comes back. ‘Til my baby comes back. ‘Til m baby comes back It ain't no permanent position And there's no lifetime guarantee You'll be…
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Hang on James, I'm on my way! ;)

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BLUE CORVETTE by Jeff Prince Friday afternoon I stop to cash my check Buy a case of Bud and pack of cigarettes Oh, something to shake. Oh, something to break. Someday I’ll be riding in a blue Corvette. I could get myself a corner Laundromat…
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Oh, I would have liked to be on the backing vocals here. It reminds me of some 50's stuff where the backing was girlies repeating the end of the previous lines. Fun track!

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There's a biker bar about two miles from my house. Guthrie and Rick and I sang there for a few months on Thursday nights. Guthrie and I many a Sunday afternoon and night. It calls itself THE 2500 CLUB and claims to be "The best little biker bar…
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Brilliant lyrics! I love this track! Super performance!

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HALF AS MUCH AS MY WIFE - by Jeff Prince I drink Jim Beam and water I drink much more than I otter Whiskey flows thru me each day of my life But I drink half as much as my wife She drinks more than George Jones on a bender. She’s got…
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Ha, love the lyrics. A nice bit of fun. Cool guitar going on too.

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SEASONS Midnight rendezvous. Window to her room. Teenaged lovers under cover. masquerade of sound: Thunder from the sky. Train passing by. Wind howlin’ strong. The world is their song. Don your winter down. Snow falls all around This…
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Pretty song. I like the gentle music with the firm percussion, it works really well.

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IN MY DREAM by James Michael Taylor Last night I held your hand Reached out and touched your hand I know it's just a dream I say, "What does that change?" Today the sun will shine Because you made it mine IN MY DREAM I held…
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This is a great song. Good strong vocals.

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THE GIRL HERE IN MY HEART by James Michael Taylor If you ever see her tell her that I love her She might not remember. She has found another I you ever see her you will recognize her The girl here in this picture. She's the girl here in my heart…
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A beautiful love song JM, most tenderly sung. The country music is perfect.

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THE TABLE by Jeff Prince Funny, running into you this way after all these years You hardly aged a single day except those lines around your eyes when you smile. She laughs as she recalls the girl that she was and the boy who chased her around…
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It's really difficult to talk on a track, I have done it once. This is very well done.

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SHALLOW GRAVE by Jeff Prince/JMT Oh, well, well. Oh, my, my. I'd like to see you on the other side Oh, well, well. Oh, my, my. I'd like to see you in the Bye & Bye. I tried to write you a song but I couldn't thin' think of nothin…
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Jeff's voice reminds me of Jeff Lynne. (That's good). Nice and perky guitar work.

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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Sounds like a thumping good jam! Great vocals! It grows on ya!

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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Pitch this to N.Young and Crazy horse. Perfect fit. Lovely, the freedom here!

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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Greg Connor said

Reminds me of one of those sparklers on the 4th of July. Good One James!

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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kirklynch said

Nice! I'm digging the raw edge to this one, especially that guitar stuff at around 3 minutes.

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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:)

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This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
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terrysongs said

do they still line dance out that way.

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Making movie music... DARK BLOOD (C) 2012 Royal T Music
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Ah good for True! Why Mr Taylor, I am quite stirred. Really digging the atmosphere. Definitely native american influences.

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Making movie music... DARK BLOOD (C) 2012 Royal T Music
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coelocanth said

Hey JMT your experimental side is showing! I'm diggin it!

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Making movie music... DARK BLOOD (C) 2012 Royal T Music
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terrysongs said

Ah yes now I get it.

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