Playlist for Mad Hatter Tea Party 2019

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Madd Hatter Tea Party (Playlist 2019)

I remembered

Original by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 1991

Learning To Fly

Hey…. So this is a little Blues tune about days gone by in the life of a guitar picker. It is a new version of an old song, with some new lyrics, way more decent vocals (man, I had pushed my gravelly vocals to the limit on the original. Which contained the essence of the moment, but was musically flawed.) Since I don’t have a bass guitar or a drum set, I used my acoustic guitar for bass, and a keyboard for drums. (The keyboard sounds better than me banging on whatever on some of my previous songs.) I am losing the ability to solo on guitar as I age, as can be heard on this, but my big mouth (vocals) are holding strong. The lyrical theme is an amalgamation of two distinct periods of my life. Military service and college in that sequential order. In college, I was walking out to my car in the parking lot, late one night, when I saw these dudes jump out of a dark sedan in the lot. They began smashing car windows and stealing whatever they could. These college dudes coming back from a late night party tried to stop them by yelling, as they drove by, and one of the dudes from the sedan pulled out a handgun and began shooting at them as they went by. Suddenly, a bullet wizzed by my head. I heard it whistle. I just stood there in the darkness, as if my life had just flashed before my eyes, taking it all in. I watched as those dudes jumped back into the sedan and they sped off, tires screeching. They turned onto the access road nearby with their lights off, heading in my direction. I looked and saw a cinderblock within reach and thought to myself that I could easily pick it up, walk over to the road and throw it through their windshield, what being the hero that I am. (That was part of my military training). They had no idea I was there. Hahahahaha…… but I quickly decided now was not the time for such things being a college student as it were. So I just continued walking to my car and ended up hanging out with my college compadres, in the parking lot, as we rehashed the incident while looking at all the smashed car windows and stuff spilled onto the pavement. I was glad I had such an old, beat up looking car, with nothing inside. Anyway, I hope you like this song. Mark

Life Of A Guitar Picker

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Selmer Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Korg Synthesizer Bass. Acoustic full drum kit set. Percussion, Bongos, Congas, Cowbell, Ago Go Bells. Electronic Kick Drum.

Cannery Row

Hey Bartender

Summer

Hello….. It’s snowing now. I recorded this song in a snowstorm the other day… inside of course. I was working on a folk song. Fingerpicking and traditional lyrics, and as what sometimes happens, I really wasn’t really feeling it. So I cranked things up a bit and here we go. I’ll be 70 years old in a few months, which seems like some sort of milestone. (Better than a tombstone) I started listening to music as a young teenager in the 60’s, when my friend Joe turned me on to a lot of great music, most notably, the Woodstock Album. He’s dead now. I never played an instrument or sung until the late 80’s when plucked my first guitar in Germany. Within the last 15 years, I have been learning about and playing music. (Now’s my chance.) Ha. So this is really Old Timer’s music: Hahahahahahahaha. Hope you like the song and thanks for dropping by. Mark

On The Road Again

This composition will be my last post for the year, and would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Blessed and Happy Christmas, and may all your wishes come true for the New Year.....

Art picture is by IIbrahim Gueatar on Unsplash...

Bagatelle opus 15

O Holy Night

Original song by Ancien live at Wolf Tree Winery in Athens Ohio visit 
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Black Dove (live)

The Chase

Recorded Band practice -  New Song original song "Bakla Kava" in 10/8 .

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Bakla Kava (Violin / Guitar / Dumbeck )

Recorded live at Wolf Tree Winery - original song 
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Black Dove w/Accordion ( sexy taxim )

From the Practice Sessions , take03 of "Falling" . Rehearsing for the Enchanted Creature Ball 4/20/2019
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Falling w/ Kemehce & Guitar ( Take03)

From the Practice Sessions, a beautiful version of Summer Dance with Lara Wallace on cello . 
Original song with a Baroque feel .
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Summer Dance w/Cello

Ancien is a world fusion jam band that blends sounds of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy, Medieval, Sephardic, Flamenco, Blues, Turkish folk, Middle Eastern and Classical music traditions. The band members come from a variety of musical disciplines and perform on instruments such as the violin, classical guitar, double bass, accordion, recorder, and kemenche (Persian spike fiddle). Middle Eastern percussion (like the darbuka, doumbek, and riq) and unique improvisations provide the driving force of Ancien's rhythm and style.

Black Dove (live)

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