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Written by an unknown preacher in Dalton GA in the late 50's/early 60's, this song was popularized by the gospel duo, Don & Earl, then-stars of WWVA-AM's Jamboree. Mama Corn's dobro-player brought the song to the band, having sung it in his…
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A snippet of Seeing You Again, from Mama Corn's self-titled CD. Written by Ben Nelson, and originally recorded and performed by the influential 70's PA bluegrass band, The Grass Strings. The song tells of the singer's regret at walking away from…
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Snippet taken from Mama Corn's self-titled CD. An original tune written by our guitarist, Bruce Forr, "Goin' Up The Mountain" showcases the band's easy-going nature and lush vocal harmonies. A bit beyond traditional bluegrass, the song never strays…
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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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Written by John Stevens, Grieving Old Man is the lead-off track on Mama Corn's debut CD. A tale of unrequited love, the song's upbeat melody and catchy chorus make it one of those songs that stick in your head long after you've heard it.
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here's the lyrics:
Inside a casket, ... broken dreams
six feet under, it starts to leak
six feet over he gets a whiff
assembles the puzzle piece by piece
on salty water a thought is born
sailing regardless of a coming storm
the mast is broken…
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Another one from my ambient crackpot series.
This features two instances of my new instrument the Novaphone 340 Imperial. A grand name for a grand instrument (Xylo just didn't do it justice).
The first Novaphone is playing three samples…
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This is an expirement. I started this song during my first RPM Challenge attempt in 2007. All I had recorded was the rhythm guitar, bass, and the drum program. I want to start using garageband for my recording but I had never gotten around…
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The rhythm guitar is a scratch track. Can't you tell?
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The guitar is my 12-string. I only had a couple of minutes left on the tape so I threw on something short.
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The rhythm guitar is a scratch track. Can't you tell?
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This is about everyone in my family being on the same page about how to go about dealing with some scary health symptoms a loved one was showing.
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I give up! I totally bit off more than I was willing to chew. Three things. One, I wanted a song to hit 10 minutes. Two, I wanted to record a song in sections and then edit them together later. Three, I wanted to program something in 7/8…
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These songs were written during the most ridiculously awful winter I can remember. The damn blizzards just kept coming and coming.
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Why is it that the first song I work on when I start a writing/recording project almost always comes in at less than 2 minutes? Who knows.
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