in memory of ben keith man of steel heard your sound as i roamed in early days of wonder time was right cast that spell ever since i've been under bendin' notes waves of air all colors of emotion dark and light deeply stirred…

From the RPM Challenge album "Take Us Into the Sky"

originally written and recorded by the Foo Fighters

Short piece for small string quartet, Inspired by the tea rooms in the old Carnforth train station(hence the title!).

The story of how I did this is here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=871 goodnight.

We warned you.

Recorded in 2005. Joe Silence - vocals and all instruments; tracked by Joe Silence at Spit Recorders. Mixed by Joe Griffin of Toxic Bag Productions. The guitar solo is not actually a guitar.

each time I’d look at you I was looking for a breakthrough some emptied sigh, some reasons why everything I’d left behind reckless provisions for some blooming vine followed me, in the back of my mind forgive me, mother for the lamb…

This is another of my miniatures, kind of 'baroque' style. It's from 1998, and I consider it my best guitar composition. Not a good interpretation here, but it took me a lot to play it this way after all these years. I hope you like and/or enjoy…

Here's a sample myself and Paul Mimlitsch playing on August 20th In Evergreen, CO. I'm playing baritone guitar and Paul is playing clarinet.