It all started with a tinkle on the ivories
Blue eyed boy
some say you’ve got it
The gift of the gab
The harmonious Tounge
That can sing a love song
With all the good intentions gone
Somewhere some blue eyed boy weeps all…
Another RPM
Reg has turned matchmaker he's better at that than being a partner himself
Love makes their world roll
I had a friend who told me, he wasn’t the man he should have been
He’d got tangled in his mind and…
Possibly the last one for this years RPM
The Only thing I feel
The wind blew against the window and brought the morning I
Sunlight hit the curtain and I’m sure it trying to break on through
My senses woke to the smell of tobbaco…
Another RPM
Reg is just turning himself inside out
Inside out
Everything seems inside out
My guess is thats what its all about
No body knows, how I feel
Everythings hidden, no one, has a clue
No one knows how I…
Another Rpm Reg is still sad ......
A sad song
I’m going to sing you a song
It won’t take long
The story is sad
But the story isn’t long
I’ll begin the song
About a woman who’s dead
Died in her sleep
alone in her bed…
Another Rpm Reg is still sad ......
A sad song
I’m going to sing you a song
It won’t take long
The story is sad
But the story isn’t long
I’ll begin the song
About a woman who’s dead
Died in her sleep
alone in her bed…
One for the Rpm challenge poor old Reg he always has to run he has the fear of love ....will he ever be happy?
I gotta leave
Well I’ve been running from my love for you
Don’t ask me why I’m being stupid
Just seems…
Rachel & I went to see the new Bob Dylan movie "The complete unknown" last night of which I throughly enjoyed although Bob did come across as a bit of an arse at times. But anyway I was having a strum and thought I'd try and write a song in…
Another for the RPM
Reg starts to thinking about things...
Why did God give us thought?
Everyones afraid of the darkness
close your eyes you dissapear
Suddenly you are nothing but a voice
Syllables of sound a constant…
Another RPM
Reg starts to worry that he's forgetting his loved ones that have passed
Your memory fades
I can’t see your face no more in my mind
With my eyes closed your image starts to fade
I forgot your vioce how it…
Reg reckons he's found the essence of his problems if only he found that little bit of love earlier in life it would have all been different...... or would it ?
Little bit of love
I’ve been lost in this maze we call life
I…
Its been a while since I jammed with Norm so i've used his mile of sorrow and turned it into a Christmas song........Merry Christmas Norm .....
Christmas
it is here
Christmas
everywhere
On a moonlight drive with the midnight sun
The…
Its very windy here today i think that has something to do with the lyric ....
The Answer
the answer, they say is blowing out there in the breeze
Smoke from the burial fire will putyour soul at ease
The winds of change, the winds of…
Reg reckons he's found the essence of his problems if only he found that little bit of love earlier in life it would have all been different...... or would it ?
Little bit of love
I’ve been lost in this maze we call life
I…
Reg as gone introspective ..... too long looking in the mirror this morning while shaving and he started thinking not a good thing to do first thing in the morning....Thinking...i mean the sun wasn't even up!
It all started with a strum…
Have you ever had the Tuesday feeling? Reg has....
Tuesday feeling
The reflection staines the window not realising it’s already dead
it doesn’t understand why the thoughts it has are not in in itshead
it’s been…
Reg had a night on the tiles and ended up on the magic road luckily he got home again it all started with a strum on the guitar......
Out on the tiles
Well I got lost on the magic road
I Closed my eyes didn’t know where to…
I was watching a short documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZJCLce1cY
on Peter Green and the LSD Party in Munich where the band members say Peter started to lose his mind...this song is loosely based on this...
Lost…
I downloaded the spitfire discover app its free and a lot of fun try it out here https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover and now Reg has become an Apprentice composer/conductor
I downloaded the spitfire discover app its free and a lot of fun try it out here https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover and now Reg has become an Apprentice composer/conductor
Vocals: Tricia Dovidio
Lyrics: Bob Beckley
Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
This one was tricky to do because the piano does not play at a fixed tempo, and it was an online collaboration (like all my collaborations).
EDIT final version now posted and the page turning is gone but i left this intro as is in case anyone is reading the comments. Does anyone read the comments? or the intro?
i turn a page somewhere in the middle of all this - you'd think i would…
it had got a hold of me by 15 sec... oooh yeh the wind did blow......just like the rest....a fantastic album.... if i was king ..... i would give you a tital...arise Sir Gumbo.....master of guitar and vocal
Can i get a little whisky in this water said John
The day the world stopped being fair
I didnt know what to say so I said yeah.
I poured a double whisky and I placed it in his hand
And said friend, only true friends understand
He said friend…
It aint like no ones done this before
But how can you tire of beautiful chords
In the fifties
In Tenessee
Where my love
was born
Two young men upped and
crossed the yard
both cold cos it was rainin hard.
One of them turned said…
This celtic folk piece is a collaboration with lyricist Donna Devine.
This is Donna's explanation:
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Background: In earlier centuries, young men were captured by "press gangs" - often literally torn away from…
Finally going to end this RPM with a slop fest.
Pretty disgusted with my efforts. I did have some fun though.
I feel like I just gave birth to a full set of Ludwigs.
High gloss black of course.
Still reminds me of a 70's tv show but all i can say is it would have had to have be good one ... i would have watched it whatever just for the theme music...excellent....
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Aw yes... love it. And it reminds me - I haven't finished listening to Lonely in the Park :/
...okay... I am starting to understand the character "Reg" - I think I have to look deeper into your catalog...
sounds great love the vocal , brill......cheers tony cee
I've just been trying to explain Reg to Mrs R... decided I can't do it as well as he does himself.
A truly happy ending!!
Loving these.... I'm hearing the ghost of Alex Harvey trying to break through here... probably my imagination.
It's good to hear old Reg again. I was gonna say "will he ever be happy?" ... and then I read the blurb lol
That works!! Pretty much nailed it. And it's got me into the mood to listen to the early Bob Dylan albums again.
another superb track love it ......cheers tony cee
great track reminds me of the style of the faces type track , great listen .....cheers tony cee
Nice. Very soulful.
Merry Christmas all x
great strings and tune , ......cheers tony cee
sounds great, love the vocals , superb lyrics ......cheers tony cee
great song love the vocals great work .......cheers tony cee
great track love it , cheers tony cee
superb great listen , love it great vocals ......cheers tony cee
Nice one. Big Peter Green fan here. I’ll check that video
This sounds like a Bond film!!!
that sounds great , love it .....cheers tony cee
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i'm just so impressed ...your vocal, lyrics ....has drawn me in.... i cant escape till the end ......not that want to...........
Bravo...Bravo
excellent
I should just fav them all .... lovin it a breath of fresh air
like Sandy says Love your stuff with a big L...
like listening to a thought beautifully done
ooooh yeah i'm staying to hear some more
loving it..... excellent approach ......
A beautiful vocal....a lovely track
it had got a hold of me by 15 sec... oooh yeh the wind did blow......just like the rest....a fantastic album.... if i was king ..... i would give you a tital...arise Sir Gumbo.....master of guitar and vocal
A pumping Fe-lion .......and like Wrinkkle says a touch of Prodigy.,... yeeeah loving that little vocal element....
Can I get a little whiskey in this water Said John ,the day the world stopped being fair a cracking start to an excellent song
This is beautiful ALex pardon the pun......
Beautiful the guitar and voice..............
A good rocking tune to end with......
Great sound.... Good voice ...kinda reminds me of a Bond theme or rather it should be one
Still reminds me of a 70's tv show but all i can say is it would have had to have be good one ... i would have watched it whatever just for the theme music...excellent....
12 you say.....i suspect Borat is in there somewhere.....Scareface......Taxi driver.....i know, i Know thats only three.... but at least i tried
oooh yeeeah!!!!!
beautifully heavy.....