First the disclaimers: this is not intended in any way to be offensive to practitioners of any New Age/Pagan faith who might think "This guy is painting us with a broad brush that's based on archaic stereotypes.", Sorry if that impression comes across to anyone. Secondly, this song was written and first recorded in the very early 1990's, when sensibilities about being PC or "woke" were a bit different.
This is basically a lighthearted take on something that really happened to me on a Long Island roadway about a mile from home one late afternoon. I fearfully observed another driver nearly clobber a few of us at an intersection. It just so happened that their car was absolutely covered with bumper stickers and decals telling the rest of us that they'd rejected many conventional belief systems and embraced what's mentioned above as their alternative.Beyond the stickers and decals, there were crystals hanging from mirrors along with a spirit catcher or 2.
We all very narrowly avoided an accident and I was soon home, shaken and stirred to commemorate the experience in a rather curious way. I'd recently gotten an old cassette port-a-studio, and set out to document the experience and soothe my shattered nerves through song. Witchie was born, and a very old version of this survives somewhere in my basement on a cassette tape. My wife and daughter actually helped out on the "Which witchie was it..." part on that version.
My wife is now part of an upcoming run of Macbeth at one of our local theaters. Of course, the famous "Weird Sisters" are part of that, and the director and cast are having a bit of fun with that aspect of the production. Therefore, my wife asked me about that old cassette of Witchie. Rather than finding that, and dusting off whatever might still exist on that tape, I set about to do a 2023 DAW version, and here it is!.
No help from others on this. It was all written, played, programmed, produced, engineered, and recorded by yours truly here at Swetchsongs studios in early October of 2023. Hope it'll be heard in the tongue in cheek fashion in which it was written and intended.
ASCAP (C) Swetchsongs 2023. Photo adapted by John Schwetje

Witchie

Lots of good, and hopefully different, music here. I'm rooted in rock that's informed by influences like Kurt Rosenwinkel, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Weather Report, and Pat Metheny. Huge impact from Todd Rundgren, Neil Finn, XTC, the Island Records stable circa 1968-74 (Traffic, Free, Fairport Convention, etc.); and 70's prog-rock from Yes, King Crimson, Soft Machine, and Mike Oldfield. This all filters into what you'll hear from me.

Witchie

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