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this is from college an old free jam with Joel and Dean.
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I wrote a lot of songs as a teenager in the early 80's and recorded them on a cheap push button cassette recorder. This song was sent to a local radio station as part of a contest and actually garnered some airplay and was a minor local hit, despite…
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This is an unmixed preview of the song "Amy" from our upcoming record "Du Willst Action!"
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Conga (John David) & Kaosollator (Dean Palermo) 1st take.
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acapella vocal loop
In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron
Water turned to stone
Snow had fallen
Snow on snow on snow
In the bleak midwinter
Long, long ago
- Christina Rossetti 1872
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Another festive cover, this was recorded in December 2010.
Written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan.
(Please let me know if there is a copyright issue here and I will happily remove the track. Thanks.)
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The experience: First reaction - "This sound feels so wrong!". Second Reaction - "My eyes are opened!". Third Reaction - "This sound feels so right!".
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The first sound reminds me of my father's first electric piano that I play with when I was 5 years old. It's a simple beautiful thing! I tried to create a snapshot of simplicity that blossoms into a full blown "Christmas Extravaganza".
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originally written and performed by Rural Alberta Advantage
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(Snakeskin Sally)
Open E tuning - EBEGBE
She wears a snake skin belt that says SALLY
and she's working at the lumber yard
I know you're thinking, "With a job like that
the lady must be hard."
She cuts my glass. Threads my pipe.
She really…
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My most requested song.
(c) 1990 Royal T Music
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THE BUDS AND BLOSSOMS
I've been meaning to write you a letter
But I did not know what I would say
I've been thinking about you and your new love
And wishing that there was a way...
And the buds and the blossoms remind me of you today…
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I wrote this song after planting and fertalizing a crop of sudan grass just to have the sun shine down with no relief on it for 100 days and no rain. We, Texas Water, were heading home one night AFTER A GIG at Gringo's in Grapevine when the…
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Rough draft Gustav Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter. Debating whether to ruin this with a vocal part or not.
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This is the title song from my first LP.
FEATHERS IN THE WIND by SNOWGEESE.
Snowgeese was my first wife, BarbaraAnne and me. Michael was a new friend we met when we moved to Texas that liked my songs enough to produce and arrange and record…
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HOEDOWN
Hey now. Hoe now. Hey now. Hoe now.
Chop that cotton. row now. Oh. Oh.
...two, three, four. Hoe now. Hey now.
What you got to say, now? Tell me what you
said. What’s in your pretty head now.
Swing your partner. Oh. Allemande right…
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COAL FEVER Key D
D D sus D D D sus D
When I got the fever I was eight years old
Mamma called the doctor. So the story is told
G…
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The lyrics of this song,
as they pertain to plot,
are my exact memory of the event.
I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…
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PEGGY'S GONE Capo @ 3 in C
C G
Peggy's gone, after twenty nine years
Am F
Three grown children. What…
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This song was written about being around someone who just didn't take any notice of what they were doing and took no notice of the warnings you had given them about their actions, so you had to go.
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Dare ya to not be singing this the rest of the day
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Something like a Johnny Cash song, at least that's where it started. Demo.
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Was this the first song I actually recorded? Degraded copy since the original has perished.
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The guy who lives next door to the guy who has lots and lots of friends...
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This is the third song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Lyrics and vocals - Michael Thomas
Wildgeas Music - Paul Lennon
Enjoy!
Love is Free
as you let it…
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Recorded for an Album we are going to sell to raise Money for a Great Kid called wren who needs help to fund a Special programme for children with Autism (Son-Rise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son-Rise)
Music By OsCKilO
Words and Vocal by Oldrottenhead…
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We were having a little tipple down the cellar last night and we came up with a Christmas song for the festive season...hope you enjoy..........
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE DRUNK’S HOUSE (Lyrics)
it's Christmas time in the drunks house
and the…
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A little bit of pop with a strong 80s touch (I hope).
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Summer Love
Lyrics: John Scunziano
Vocals: Domenico Mercurio
Guitars: David Patterson, Domenico Mercurio
Composed by Steffen…
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Thanksgiving Day
11/28/11
Its cold like November in the autumn of my life
Too far to remember my subtle suicide
And your words came and swept me away
And i woke up on this Thanksgiving Day
I was lost like a child in a secondhand store…
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I keep my mouth shut cos I don’t wanna be
I don’t wanna be obscene
I keep my eyes shut cos I don’t wanna see
I don’t wanna see what you won’t see in me
Sheared, shucked, soaking in the mud
None you could shake from me
Tucked up, pulled tight…
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inside, i feel so strange
but who am i to complain
inside, i feel alive
something died in my heart again tonight
...tonight
why are you everywhere?
you've poisoned everything i know.
your poisoned hearts, I drank them all
as you ask me why…
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New AR track, really keen to get a great mix, so I'd be very grateful if you could let me know how it sounds on your speakers. I'm a bit unsure about the bottom end.
Any mastering tips?
Thank you!
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Improvised/recorded on 11-12-11 in Alpharetta GA, mixed/edited on 11-13-11 in Summertown, TN.
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A bit of a Jazzy noodle under influence of a nice drop of Red.................
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I heard Jimi Jamin for the first time the other day after M.T.C commented on it with ".yep....this jim is jammin today" and it got me thinking about Jim when he's jamming and his inspirations i may be well of the mark but hey! were trying…
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow.
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Cover of the early eighties Japan song, motivated by the Songcrafters.org Cityfest.
Deliberately meant to sound 'Eighties'. Decided to leave the last two minutes in as 12" extended remix.
New mix uploaded 16th November
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I found a cassette tape the other day from 1991 which turned out to be live to 2 track demos that Scartaglen did in the studio in preparation for our 3rd and (as it turned out) final album. This tune didn't make the cut for the record but I always…
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from the album "Que Vive!"
before you throw it, the tragedy unfolding
make sure you look him right into his eyes
look him right into his eyes
pull the pin, one Mississippi, two Mississippi
hurl away and watch it arc into the sky
watch it arc…
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and sail around the world
like some permanent celebration.
The continuing adventures aboard the High Powered Love Craft
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Theme song for the "Occupy" movement.
From the album GIVE TOO MUCH, available for sale here: http://bit.ly/GiveTooMuch
More info here: http://bit.ly/WorldEntertainmentWar
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A melancholic blues ballad for piano and guitar. Dedicated to the memory of Sophie Lancaster (1986-2007).
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In memory of my cousin Mike, nicknamed Shovel Head, because of the Harley Davidson Shovel Head motorcycle he drove.
Lyrics
I can feel the wind blow
Lean into that winding road
Setting Sun against my skin
Shift into that high gear
Get…
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Okay...so Godzilla comes to YOUR town and wants to get funky. What does it sound like?
When I first came to Japan, there was a time when I spent three months homeless and living out of a coin-locker at Shibuya station. Eventually, I got out of…
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Reg was looking through you tube videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGQxhaPhFDs&feature=related and was shocked at what he saw.........
THE PLAGUE OF METH (Lyrics)
She seems twisted in her agony
her pain is visible
its destroyed her
tormented…
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Dedicated to the pastime of watching birds.
YouTube video attached:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_x2C-uq4M&t=30s
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This is a story written by a friend in England (Andy Rashley) who I also write music with, it is about a guy who had a stalker chick when he was young..then she found him 30 years later on Facebook and started stalking him again...until his wife…
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this song - purple mountains was iriginally a jam back in 75. chris vaisvil was the guitarist and i always remembered it cause i liked it. he had an echo-plex then and it was pretty psychedelic. no keys were originally in the song but it was a…
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starts as kind of a uriah heep instrumental then right into a haunting gothic love song.
13. ethereal stagecoach ride / dance macabre ©
the suns gone down
no humans to be found
the shadows will…
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Sometimes I just get fed up, and it starts showing.
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performed by Ashley Reynolds
from the album "Sunny, sorta..."
and she opened her eyes
the frailness all gone
but she wasn’t surprised
it was fortold all along
and the healing complete
not a shell anymore
what a magical feat…
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This was our first run-thru jam on this country cover....
Magic Mike on vox and guitar
Myself - lead guitar
LG
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Not really Irish ... a Scottish ballad ...
An earthly nourris sits and sings
And aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean
(and) no ken I, my bairns father
Far less the land that he dwells in."
And up come he to her bed fit
A grumly guest I'm sure…
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This reflects what I think the dust bowl poet may have said in the current housing market.
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Oh well, nothing like going to a middle school music function to break writers block, all those posters and flare about achievement...
Special thanks to my sons middle school band, The Preston Pumas playing at the end !
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Day-by-day, I find it harder to forgive the busboy who killed the metal dobro I used when I recorded this one. Lawdy, I miss that guitar!
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fucked up priests run the whores atomic powers win the wars
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It'd be a single, if we ever stood a chance of being on the radio.
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Live in the Living Room cover of Hawkwind's Master of the Universe
Done for the Songcrafters.org fest Live in the Living Room, I made this recording in one take. Which isn't how I usually work. My guitar was put through fuzz and distortion…
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It's not funny 'cause it's true. God's a very busy man.
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Reg has nipped down the cellar tonight to contemplate the big question...this is what he came up with ...he could be wrong who knows...and now he's going for a nice hot bath...............
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Reg heard the color of the lonely street by Vaisvil and Norbert and got himself all Jazzy inside.... so he's released it .........by going out for a walk along the lonely street..........
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Vaz Modular, Drum loop, and some filtered delays,
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In 1984 George Sluizer, a Dutch director filmed RED DESERT PENITENTIARY in and around Sweetwater, Texas. This is the theme song of the lead character, Danny McMann. I played that role in the movie and wrote the music to the film.
Video at:https…
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quirky song with a lot of sounds that groove together, It's kinda my attempt at house music.
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Well Johnny kindly bought Rock n Roll down the cellar tonight and Bon decided to jump up and give this beauty his best it was a hell of a time and Johnny nearly blew his amps up. The whole cellar was shaking and so was Bon when he finished singing…
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I had a little time this evening to noodle about so i noodled with the Zep...i've Regged another one another classic i had to take down the cellar and Reg over ....i'm gonna revisit this so class it as a work in progress ....Hope you like it...i do
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Fuzz bass didn't sound too bad on this, original is mostly synth, but I really like the song.
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i love this but can't figure out how to flesh it out. Would love some ideas
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Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity…
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I just got myself a new toy called Maschine. Maschine is a "Groove Production Studio." So I guess that makes this my first groove product.
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Hmm. I tried to add a vid of some of the devastation in the northeast, but I crapped out. Code issues I guess.
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Thanks again Johnny for letting me have a go on this classic from my school days ...it's been Regged a little hope you enjoy...........
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Reg had a bit of tiff with the Mrs so he stormed down the cellar to release his anguish with Elvis and turned it into this little beauty .....now he feels a lot better and is making Mrs Reg a nice cup of tea to say sorry....because lets face it…
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Mama Corn is popular with several distinct audience types. Fully capable of pleasing the most finicky traditional audience with favorites from Flatt & Scruggs, The Stanley Bros, and Bill Monroe, the band is also very popular with Americana…
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A classical jam w/ a bass. There's a direct Rolling Stones quote in there, too.
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I tried to write a country/bluegrass song over the simple G/C/D progression, but my aversion to country music shows through here since it ended up sounding more tropical than anything else.
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An acoustic guitar piece played in the style of a sitar. This is sort of a default chillout tune for me to play, and I hope other people like it as mood music. It is 14 minutes long so cross your legs, shut your eyes and enjoy, warts and all!
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Alee- own - ee - rection.
It's got a mind of its own.
And when it comes, its gonna be the death of you all.
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I've been trying to think of some lyrics for this riff for ages.
Then along come Super Bethan, who also gave me the melody.
Many, many thanks.
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After the damp squib of a start to the party it eventually got started and what a party it was........you should have been there....the whisky started to flow......it must have been the most debauched night down the cellar yet…
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It Regs birthday tomorrow and he's in party mood already getting it on in the cellar....with James and the crew....ooooh yeahhhh!!!!!!
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Back to basics here. recorded with the Yeti mic.
Ramblin' round your city,ramblin' round your town
I never see a friend I know
As I go ramblin' round boys
As I go ramblin' round
My sweetheart and my parents I left in my old hometown…
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It's a story about life and death, and how we look at our mortality, and time, until one person gets an idea how to cheat death, or cripple the rusted, timekeeper, otherwise known as 'The Doomsday Clock". Can they actually alter fate, and 'recalibrate…
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If you like The Phantom of The Opera then you will love this. This song features the main theme from "The Phantom of The Opera". This is an arrangement using that theme and therefore I call it my "Phantom Rendition".The easiest way to describe…
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This is a composition that uses indeterminacy with respect to pitch (and instruments but since this is one recording that doesn't apply). However, all of the other musical elements are controlled. This performance occurred at the Praxis Xenharmonic…
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I stumbled across a sample I took of a cd skipping, which is the base rhythm/pulse track for this.
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One guy, one day. 2005 Labor Day. I dig this song personally.
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And in the end, if love doesn't work, or if the connections are missed, we keep on waiting for it and working for it.
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Some people are better staying in the past.
(Also- an awesome short story/collection by Joe Hill- check it out.)
LYRICS:
She calls herself a mother
Leaves her kids behind
Might be eyes on the back of her head
But the two in front are…
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The answer to the question:
What if The Eagles wrote for elevators?
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Electronic experimental
Album Lisen to rumors
www.alexeslavon.blogspot.com
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This song is written by Keith Landry.
He asked me to sing it and off course I wanted that!!
Thank you Keith!
About "Keep It Simple (with Inge)"
Well, I wrote this song as a note to my wife (who makes lists from time to time). I thought…
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Don't judge me!!!
This was a first run first recording thing!!!
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Reg was watching a documentary called the half ton man and it got him thinking...............
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Just playing around with my keyboards and drums. This was just updated today with a new mix.
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After the Alonetone meetup in Dublin, I promised Tess & Bethan I'd get my finger out and finish/upload some more stuff. So this is the first thing that's reached "good enough" stage. A trancey/ravey number featuring monotron samples after…
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Instrumental version of the song "Border Patrol" by the Wetband.
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Along with her magnificent harmonizing vocal tracks, Inge sent me one track which was crashed by her 2-year old son Willem. He pretty much takes over the whole operation at about 3:00.
In the background you can hear the original rough vocals…
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Chris sent this track to me earlier today with the request that I add some percussion to it.
I had something different in mind.
After the first take I was afraid to return it to him, fearing that he would convert it to 23 edo or something…
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This one was saved from an old cassette heading towards the bin....some might say it should have carried on ..............it is an early recording of Thetworegs ad-libing unplugged from an hotel room in Germany on a wet Sunday in 1994......Elvis…
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They had a piano fight down the cellar last night Reg doesn't understand whats happening with all this violence i mean he's just a hippie at heart.....At least no-one got hurt......They just had fun this time!
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i was listening to a post of this Beatles cover by oldrottenhead this morning,,it is a really great song, so this evening i sort of just sort of sat down an let it happen,,i didn't even really know the song as much as i might like,, but i find…
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Two Peas in a Pod, Kindred Spirits you know the feeling about spending time with someone whose heart beats well with yours.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Blackburn/109630439067289?sk=app_57675755167
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The island of Cuba was a Spanish possession for almost 400 years (1511-1898). The land-owning elite held social and economic power, supported by slaves, both indigenous and of South American and African descent, until slavery was abolished…
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I REAAALLY wish I had a better vocal plugin. Voices of Passion, for instance...
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The B side to Dad's father's day present. This is an instrumental celebration of his 45 years in the printing industry, and an acknowledgement that while other kids got bedtime stories, I got the history of lithography..
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