thetworegs

a bit of doodling turned into this …..
The clock strikes midnight and Jennys heading home
Peter, makes do with bus and he sits there on his alone
He’s Watching the streets fill with people as the the raindrops form to the glass
the falling beads of water race neither one cares who comes…read more

Heres a collab from the otherside the excellent backer is by Kari and the waffle is by yours truly…
THEIR AT IT AGAIN
WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW THEIR WISDOM
TO BE PART OF THE KINGDOM
JUSTICE MUST BE DONE

THEY MAKE US LOOK LEFT
WHILE THEY DO IT TO US FROM THE RIGHT
THEY WALK WITH A SWAGGER…read more

A BIT A DOODLE TURNED INTO THIS
ALL MY DAYS ARE JUST DRIFTING INTO ONE
BOREDOM COME ALONG AND TAKEN EVERY ONE
I FEEL STUCK HERE MY FEET ARE STUCK FIRM IN THIS MUD
ITS TIME I CALLED IT; I’VE REALLY HARD ENOUGH HAD ENOUGH

GOTTA MOVE ON TO WHERE THOSE PASTURES ARE GREEN
GOTTA GET GONE…read more

Old age is relentless for some…….
Here

I can hear the telephone ringing but I don’t know who it is on the other end
I hear a voice that sounds quite friendly I can tell you I don’t really understand
Seem to know the voice from somewhere out there in the distance
I know he won…read more

One more demo for the band …Big Bad Dog
WHAT KIND OF LIAR ARE YOU?

WE‘RE ALL ROLLING AROUND IN THIS BIG OLD WORLD
ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES SOMETIMES IT BECOMES QUITE A BLUR
THE TRUTH, GETS LOST, IN THE TELLING OF A TALE
BUT
EVERYWHERE I LOOK
EVERY FACE I SEE
SOMEONES TRYING TO…read more

Gene sent me over this beaut of a funky backer of the song by Tower of Power a real tounge tister i’m guilty of the vocals Gene did the good bit Thanks Gene

Live in the cellar a little bit of Janis Joplin just acoustic and voice Thanks for listening

For a fest on the otherside a completely different version than Rays but then it has been Regged

I’ve been listening to a lot of Bowie and Elton John latelyso i thought i should start to learn some of their song as it may help me with my own so this one is live in the cellar. Thanks for listening

A Bowie cover for the fest on the otherside live in the livingroom…Thanks for listening

track 7

Track 2

Rpm track 1

RPM track 6

RPM Track 9

RPM Track 3

RPM Track 4

RPM Track 5

RPM Track 8

RPM Track 10

another for the RPM ….Live in the living room

I came to the city
A G D FsharpM A

I CAME TO THIS CITY
I WAS WANTING IT ALL
I CAME TO THIS CITY
TO HAVE MYSELF A BALL
I CAME TO THE CITY TO SHOW THEM HOW WELL THAT I COULD SING
I CAME TOO THE CITY SO THE STORY COULD BEGIN

I WANTED…read more

I’ve decided my theme for this years RPM challenge album is going to be the problems in the world today….. A little bit of politics!!…why not!!..i can’t say i believe in any of them……

You still want us to believe
You say you govern with concerned ,but is that true
You say you work…read more

A collab with Tod from the other side….Thanks Tod….. i’m responsible for the waffle & lead ….Thanks for listening

Drink the whiskey
The earth has burned nothing here will grow
It’s just a dust bowl and earth as hard as bone
There ain’t no more water
theres nothing left to drink…read more

I heard some really sad news on the TV that an 11 year old girl had been suspected of committing suicide on the way home from school…..what is the world coming too……..
Nobody knew
She disappeared from the bridge
Nobody saw her fall

She disappeared from the bridge
Nobody saw her fall…read more

It’s RPM time and it seems to have given me the kick i need to get the creative juices going again so i’m 2 songs in and more to come. Vote Big Bad Dog!!

Big Bad Dog Gonna Find Out The Truth
They have shaken, all of my belief
]their all liars and manipulators underneath
Their breaking…read more

Old Age is a bitch…..
As this game of truth, slowly fills up with lies

As the happy ever after gets more and more disguised
The inner truth will pull the mind closed tight
As we introduced ourselves to the end of the night
Somedays as clear as the blue sky above
Others, brooding…read more

OH YEAH
SOON AS YOUR BORN YOUR MADE TO FEEL SMALL
THEY TAKE YOUR TIME INSTEAD OF GIVE YOU IT ALL
THE FRUSTRATION THE PAIN YOU FEEL
NO ONE SEES IT SO IT CAN’T BE REAL

THEY CONTROL YOU AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL
THEY SEND YOU CRAZY WITH SO MANY RULES
THEY MAKE OUT YOU KNOW NOTHING AT ALL…read more

a bit of Zep with Speeddemon (Gene) from the otherside Thanks Gene

First one for a long time thanks for listening …. thought i’d try playing everything…still got to work on that bass and drums

\DARLING.DARLING,DARLING

G D G D G D C G D

EM7 A A7
EM7 A A7
EM7 A A7
C G AM A6 AM D

Oh darling darling darling you got that hold on me
Maybe more…read more

My heart goes out to all those people who lost loved ones in the fire last night that played out the terrible scenes on the TV this morning. I watched with my mouth open at the horror of it all and wished i was dreaming……

Small town Blues have you got them?

Take 3

Thats all i’m trying to do…….

Desirea is playing with Regs head again….

another for the one chord song club…..
WHITE LINE FEVER
coming up like a speeding train
as the powder hits my brain
i can taste every grain as the brain begins to stain
begins to stain

Got the white line fever

i’m set alight like butane
Burning brighter than a star
as my mind…read more

Yesterday i was a dreamer
Today am i just a fool
got nothing to give you in this life i’m just your tool
i feel like someones mule
i feel like someones mule
Pull this gun from fingers
Take this anger out from my soul
let it go

Your too loud when you whisper
Your to quiet when…read more

messing around jamming and came up with this

i want to start to feel real
This old heart mine has had nothing but bad times
Every time i think i got it made
By christ it all goes wrong again
yeah Everything goes wrong and i’m left singing this sad song
i want to feel some love
running right through my soul
i don’t want the same…read more

Gary the drummer sent the lyrics and chords over and im guitlty og the rest. I must add it sounds nothing like it will finish up but hey i’ve just got my computer back and can record again so who cares!!!

My computer decided to give up the ghost so while its being fixed I dragged out an old laptop and recorded this through the inbuilt mic adding a little lead after …

A 1st mix

This is the start of an idea for the band, i googled three words to describe President Trump and the result gave me the idea for the lyrics not sure if it works or not but hey it’s an idea…..
Idea for Lumbering beast

he’s gross and disturbing, calculating, self serving, opportunist, determined…read more

With Rat a tat ta t’s drums from the other side …Thanks Tod

Live in the Cellar………..

another for the RPM the seeker the psychic the depressed turn to to put there life back on track…..
THE SEEKER
so your the seeker, who can unfold the dreams
can you tell me whats waiting out there in the foreseen
can you see in to my minds eye behind my frown
that disguises my mind…read more

A demo for the band

Heres another from the collaboration list on the other-side another excellent backer by Kari Thanks for letting me play with it….
TRY TO LOVE ME
why are you so scared of things that, you can not change
Why do you spend your time worrying about yesterday
why do you cry each time i say i…read more

Kari had this backer on the collaborations list on the other side and i couldn’t resist giving it a go. Hope you enjoy Thanks for listening.
IT WAS A MADNESS
I met this women she said she was,
the women of my dreams, full of lust
cause she knew who she was,
and knew just what it was…read more

I’ve taken up Kens Challenge to work on this backer with him.I hope no one is offended by this too much. Its just an opinion , i’ve tried to describe the conflict in American politics and the world to the new President Trumps and his attitudes to the world around him as i have seen it through…read more

An outline for another for the RPM ….
PASSWORD
I can fly for miles and miles with the money i spend
I can go back through time, with the deal i’ve signed
i know the secrets you told your, very best friend
i was winning the race, till the very en

I can see through the darkness…read more

One for the RPM…
THAT WOMEN

A E D
I tell you this women she got no soul
she gotta heart made of stone
That makes her blood runs cold
She’ll take a young man with all that love in his heart
When she leaves him he’ll have nothing left at all
she’ll fill you up with her promises and…read more

This is a song written by a new friend Reg met , while walking Monty the dog in the woods at the top of the hill, Sherlock the dog and Smed where walking too and they started to make conversation and the conversation turned to music. Reg told Smed he sang in a band and they were looking for…read more

Been busy revising….but hey!! i passed…..

JUST LIKE THE 70’S
Everybody knows that the 70‘s rocked man
That rock stars where made of gold
 Everybody knows everyone was plugged in
the music played with everyones soul
Everyone knows everything went crazy
everyone knows that there were…read more

Feeling in love Grin no better feeling …. Tried drums bass rhythm guitar and even a bit of lead oh ! and not forgetting the organ….but jumped in a bit too early at the start but hey!! i’m trying…Thanks for listening

it’s last train out of memphis
it’s time i lay this love to rest
it’s time to look to future
stop being obsessed

she doesn’t want to know me
she doesn’t want me near
she wants me to leave her alone
it’s become clear
it’s become so clear

Yesterdays love has gone
all is now lost…read more

live in the celler..Hope you Enjoy…Thanks for listening..

A bit of a musical kinda song…..
I DID WRONG
Counting on my fingers, counting on my toes, the years go by, but life is so slow
where life leads, to where it goes ,where it’s heading, no one really knows

But a small mistake a wrong place a wrong time suddenly your life is at stake…read more

A bit of a blue one live from the cellar…..
Time Please Fly Away
time has that way of healing pain
it can can turn a madman back to sane
long ago a dream was made
but like my thoughts that dream has strayed

now i’m lost on a dark and lonely road

a voice inside tries to claw back…read more

Ken sent me over this AC/DC kinda backer and asked if i was interested in doing something with it and i sure was ….Heres’ what we came up with Thanks Ken for letting me warble on this…..SHE SER MY BLOOD ON FIRE
six foot one with those dark Green eyes
How was i to tell she was the devil…read more

Johnny sent me over this backer of the theme song for the old TV series Auf Weidersein Pet …..

Just back from a lovely two week holiday in Cornwall and Gene sent me the finished version while i was away….another excellent backer by gene …hope you enjoy our take on a Stevie wonder classic ……

Reworked by the band into this demo…
LET EM FLY
Easy money is an easy life
An easy woman wont make a good wife
we’re all enjoying the ride
while know no one gets out aliv
so I say, Let them cards fall
let them fly

some people say that love is life
cause life isn’t worth much without…read more

i had a visit this morning when i got to the door there were a couple of Jehovah witness’s sprouting the gospel i explained i was an Atheist but he was a nice chap ao we had a little chat about the state of the world and what was to be done when God came to sort it all out as the time was coming…read more

Another from live in the cellar….
WE’RE ALL ON OUR OWN
You can write a thousand songs about Heart ache
you can hold your heart open to the world
but no one gives a damn about your heartache
there’s too many broke hearts already in this world

you can write a thousand songs about loneliness…read more

a little live in the cellar song …
Nobody Knows
well i’m sat here watching the waves go back and fourth
Eating away at this here shore
Like years on a life always wanting that little bit more
then time comes along like a demon and takes even more

Nobody knows where it’s all leads too…read more

A little disgusted at our former Prime minister…
to say the least…
HE’S THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
we have travelled down the road
from what yesterday was to be
i switched on the TV and guest who i see

i saw Blairs dishonest eyes looking at me
they spoke to me one word
guilty
but inside…read more

A Regged version of this classic by Free…Hope you enjoy………

a demo for the band..gave the Blues harp ago on this one ..a little bit of politics
So everybody’s spoken
so theres nothing more to say
they seem to know where we’re going
it’s to the other side today
so lets get going while the the sun’s still shining
before the clouds remember tit’s…read more

Thanks Rob for the idea…..
well Nigel he’s full of mouth
he seems to tell us all he knows what its about
but i’m afraid Nigel will always be a twat

A face of rubber and fat
That Nigek farrow is such a twat
he really suit athat kkk hat

He’s mislead million fools
to a future of nothing…read more

For the 48%……

this is the only reality we know
we can touch it feel it we’re the one who take the blows
but we can’t stop this world spinning
never ending it’s turning all the time
i’m getting lost in this whirlpool
swimming in my mind
in my mind
i’m but one of many
that feel…read more

The raven fly’s high with those big black wings
High in the sky it can see everything
Down on the ground is little Louise
Dead in the bushes her soul in the breeze
Her father rings his hands and starts to cry
Her mother can’t believe it and asks the lord why
The world watches the news…read more

another demo for the band……..
LET THE CARDS FALL
Easy money
easy life
easy woman wont make a wife
but we’re all trying to enjoy this ride
while knowing full well no one gets out of here alive

so I say, Let the cards fall
let them fly, let them land, where they will

some people…read more

a demo for a band song with badly played guitar but hey i’m trying …..
you lie to my face
you treat me with disgrace
you can’t speak to me right your always in a rage
come on, look me in the eye and tell me you don’t love me
Yeah! Look me in the eye and tell me you don’t love me

everything…read more

Another great backer by Speed Demon Gene …

and another for the 50’s fest on the otherside….

One for the 50’s rock n roll fest on the other side……….

For some reason i jumped straight in, i was rushing it as time is short but why ??? your guess is as good as mine. Anyway it was a lot of fun Hope you enjoy…….

My 1000th Upload in 6 years…Thanks for listening it’s been quite a journey from my first tentative step into this new world of making music.I couldn’t have done it without you THANKS!!…..Here’s a live in the cellar production…..

THE DREAM
EM B7 (Verse)
Am Em X2 Am Em B7 Em (Chorus…read more

well it is. Isn’t it?
Truth Is Such A Slut
stained sheets on a hotels bed
bloodstains left from the living dead
ash from a smoked cigarette

burns the soul from the tangled head
the sailor fills his pockets with earth
trying to get that dollars worth

he’s awake with both eyes shut…read more

A bit of a mess around on an old Elvis song….

Gene has made an excellent backer here’s a first mix the finished one is to come..i know i’m like a puppy dog i should wait….Thanks Gene

Another attempt at playing the drums mmmm maybe i should have left them off…
THE HURRICANES COMING

the storm clouds start gather and surround
the rain comes pouring down
The hurricanes coming
run for cover
get out of the way
get out of the way
The hurricanes coming
get out of the…read more

Another quick one while escaping the madness of the house in the cellar…it’s Saturday which means the children have their friends over which is great don’t get me wrong but we take it in turns to escape for a couple of hours and this is what i did with my time in hiding…Hope you enjoy! Now…read more

Haven’t been about for a while…been busy doing nothing but i had some time this morning to have a strum and this is what i came up with after a bit of pondering…..Thanks for listening
One and one makes two
two in turn makes one
everyone
were all wanting
were all wanting that one…read more

Kari was lookin for a collaborator and after listening to the track i jumped at the chance of working with him…Thanks Kari
BURN
I hear your voice
through the darkness
i hear your words and they
Burn
i see your look
i feel you be
i just want to stop bleeding
Bleeding out my love
Just…read more

A Tom Waits cover live in the cellar…….

Parker sent me over this great backer to add some lyrics to…and i came up with this

WAR OF WORDS
life has become a war of words
all my meanings are being misheard
i know you can’t take no more
i don’t want us to fight anymore
i just need you to understand
i’m just man who loves,who…read more

For my contribution to the RPM this year i thought i’d tell a little story……

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For those of us who think it impossible to stop these full throttle hands.

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(STRANGE DAYS) Thetworegs

The Blue sky in my dreams suddenly turned Pink. Sunlight was trying to…read more

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10.(II BELIEVE IN BELIEF) Thetworegs

Finally the plane lands in Geneva safe and sound, My fears have not, they haven’t you know materialized at all, i’m still here , I have not been smothered by the Bulk who just sat quietly next to me stinking and sweating through out…read more