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Randy Brown and I did a little co-write this evening and this is what we came up with... I MISTOOK IT FOR THE MOON Capo @ 2 Key D (Play in C positions) I was coasting across West Texas/Had my top down, it was late at night I caught a coyote…
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I love the"Mistook Moon" song! Like one of your fans commented, it's both a story and magical! Definitely a sense of the magical. I relate to the voice of the song... my vision is so wonky these days, when I am riding w/ Greg or Shanna (my red-heaired daughter) I have had a couple of screaming scares (terrifying my driver) thinking an odd play of light and shadow was another car we were about to hit full speed! So I can understand, mistaking a train for the moon. Only for me it would have been reversed: I would have screamed and duckedin terror from the moon! Gwyn Henry

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HUNGRY EYE He goes down to a honky tonk to see the people there He'll pick him out an angel and he'll stare But it does not really matter if she is alone It's not his thot to take the lady home Hungry eyes. Hungry eyes. He's just come…
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What a great song... what a great album. Good Lord, this album has been part of ALL my adult life! Thank, you, JMT... Thank, you, very, very much.

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CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…
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No bs Lyle Lovette? It’s got a cool groove. Kind of reminds me of Ray Wylie or James McMurtry style. Dana Deathridge

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CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…
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...there’s something about Cedrich the Indian that I can’t get enough of. Very dynamic and unexpected. I love when you come in out of know where w the vocals. Dana Deathridge

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CEDRICH/DRUNKEN INDIAN CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van…
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There are some great songs on this album! Y’all were a trip! This may be my favorite. He still limps Honey child Cedrich (my favorite for some reason. Dana Deathridge

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Lordy, I'd forgotten how damn good this album is.

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Randy Brown and I did a little co-write this evening and this is what we came up with... I MISTOOK IT FOR THE MOON Capo @ 2 Key D (Play in C positions) I was coasting across West Texas/Had my top down, it was late at night I caught a coyote…
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Martha Es I love it!! That's an amazing song! It's emotional, but also mystical magical. I like how you put the lyrics with the song.

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Dad wanted me to write him some funeral music. This is it. He's still alive at 91 and sings this song to himself and tears come to his eyes. I have a video of Dad and me singing a duet of this song. EULOGY He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma…
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lsnaples said

Is that the melody from East Virginia Blues? It fits very well with your words.

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After Brook drowned. Ra Byn did everything but rhythm guitar. He must have been about 12. Open 9th tuning... Well, you say that you're lonely I see that you are Tell me, where have you been Life ain't no lay pen Yeah, you call it a…
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Gwyn Henry Meet Me at the Club-- darker than its exterior. I love it. Barbara and Peggy sound great! What a lot of pain must have been wrapped in those sassy harmonies. This song has a Bopcat feel,. musically--- apples that fell from the same tree, and didn't roll too far from ea other. Your vocals especially good in this.

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BEAVERS AND WILLOWS Capo @ 5 in C FCG FC FCFG F C G F C Like beavers and willows Bats and mosquitos F) Toad C) frogs and F) flies (G DA DA - E Am G C Algae and oil spills Shovels and coal hills Black holes…
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Bruce Balmer I listened to “My New Shorts.” Brilliant use of time. Like mini-oreos or something. Interesting production, nice vocals.

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TWO POUNDS - (Diethylstilbestrol Daughters) "DES, which was once prescribed to prevent miscarriages, caused obesity, rare vaginal tumors, infertility, and testicular growths among those exposed in utero." http://www.motherjones.com/environment…
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Holy cow. What a song. Michael Rehahn

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CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD) Also, called THE BUG SONG On Feathers in the Wind album They’re flying in from miles around - C They circle and they settle down – Bm They sit and feel the world go round with you – Am…
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Enjoyed that one, I think I've actually heard you do that live once.

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About "If I'd Been A Lutheran *" Dodie told me not to use her real name. C Csus C Csus C Csus C If I had been a Lutheran I might have married Csus Dodie Harris…
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lsnaples said

A great song about how conditions early in life shape our future and how some great potential just disappears.

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...after reading John Steinbeck's IN DUBIOUS BATTLE and watching the John Ford movie of GRAPES OF WRATH. The opening and closing statements are quotes from the Preacher in the movie. A friend said he wanted to do a video of this track. I…
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No doubt you my friend are genius. Ghost dance.

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I wrote this after I sang with a friend at his mother's funeral. He had always wondered why he looked nothing like his brothers... DOOR MAT Key - A A) My daddy treated Mama like a door mat D) Me and little brother didn't like that…
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Gwyn Henry Thanks for writing this, Jim.

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I wrote this after I sang with a friend at his mother's funeral. He had always wondered why he looked nothing like his brothers... DOOR MAT Key - A A) My daddy treated Mama like a door mat D) Me and little brother didn't like that…
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"Powerful stuff." Ray Russell

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HOME (Am D) or (F C) VERSE 1. Where the (G) windmill sings to the mocking bird And the (CM7) prairie wind, without a word (Am) Whispers thru tall (D) grass, I’ll be (G) home (F C G) or (Am D) VERSE 2. Where the butter cups and…
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Pat Bondy said

I like coming back to listen to this one in particular sometimes. Sweet tune!

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That's some sweet guitar playing. Ray Russell

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When I was a kid, my dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ in Tehachapi, California. We lived in Palmdale, so we'd get up early on Sunday mornings, pile the 5 of us into our 1950 Chevy coupe and head up thru Lancaster and Mojave, over the…
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'Very good capture." Gwyn Henry

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There is nothing like the presence of a horse. The quiet understanding. The gentle strength. Woodlake, California...1961. I had a horse. She was my friend. There were times in my teens when Babe was the only being that did not judge me…
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Visions and emotions that I haven't felt in a long time. Thank you so much. Jere Reiser

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