In a parallel universe by late 1968 the band began to become more solo in their writing. One of the final tracks of the Telethon album shows the soul numbing social and cultural norms of grinding out a living while also trying to remain positive…

I could not ignore this hypnotic circling guitar riff on my mind keeping me awake endlessly spinning above the drop "D" tuning registers of a complicated web of entangled guitars that are driving atop the very solid bass horizon the tension is…

some fun with drop C tuning Nothing New Under the Sun ©2016 words and music by Jeff Cole They say here’s nothing new under the sun What there’s nothing like Has already begun They say there’s nothing new under the sun You get those dirty…

STEPPIN' ON SOME TOES Key - Em and E Em Well, some folks got big noses Some folks got big hats Some folks stand out in the aisle Make it hard to pass Am Some folks they got money Em They…

Em Well, some folks got big noses Some folks got big ass Some folks stand out in the aisle Make it hard to pass Am Some folks got money Em They say, “That’s just how it goes.” B7 A They make it hard for folks like me Am Em To keep…

CHOICES "After my house burn down I was confuse. Why are they burning down my house? My neighbor house..." "We called it The American War." My friend, John, said this about this bit of audio drama: I had forgotten how painful I find…

I suppose we've all known a bossy girl. They don't age well. OKAY "You stand here and you sit there and you will be my friend, Okay? You hold hands and you lie down and, you just wait for me, okay?" Well, it was cute when she was three…

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

STRICKEN - James Michael Taylor Boy's Theme (River Phoenix) in River's last movie, DARK BLOOD. ...none the less, in my broken mind, some of the false hope leaks thru... Key D capo @ 2 in C I've been C stricken. I've been pierced…

NEW DAY Key Am In the morning when she gets me up Pours some wake up in my coffee cup She opens the window, lets the new day in She says, “Open your heart and embrace it. Take that frown and erase it. I whistle a happy song…” So…