Fake tatoos and Dr. Marten shoes

track 01 / big fuzzy bumblebees
short stuff EP / released july 17, 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

short stuff

big fuzzy bumblebees

Words/Music by Netta&McGill
Available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes and other music streaming platforms.

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Bloody Birds 2

I was still asleep.
As the door made a squeak.
Dreams so bleak.
With effortless care

Turning with unease
Hearing the neighbor sneeze.
Allergic to trees.
Still dozy unaware

Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
And the cat is also there

Stretching as I yawn
Could it already be dawn.
Bloody birds on the lawn.
And the cat is also there.

Out of bed with a goal
Tripping over kitties bowl.
Pain taking hold
The kitties victim cold

Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
And the cat is also there

Bloody birds

Bloody Birds 2

If Only.....

This one was originally inspired by a song by Ocie and Elliot who are a male-female duo and both singers. In one of their songs the female vocal harmonises over the male main vocal all the way through the song. I really wanted to try that too.
This is a duet.... my first duet. Mark 'doesn't sing' but here is this song! And for this one, Mark wrote the lyrics, also a very rare event.
Enjoy!

Into the Deep Blue

A little smooth jazz in the style of Peter White, but your comments have revealed something deeper; a fragility and vulnerability in the music and the playing. 
To love anyone, even a pet, is to make oneself vulnerable, and in any love relationship, how fragile our feelings can become.  This is dedicated to all who choose to make themselves vulnerable by choosing to love.

Intimate Interlude

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocal
Hans-Michael Albers:  All instruments, arrangement & production

Whenever we send Hans the demo of a new song, one of the most enticing parts of the process is that we never know what is going to come winging it’s way back from Hamburg.  We never try and steer him in any particular direction because we have total faith that whatever he sends will  be much, much better than anything we’d had in mind.

Quite often, once a week or two has passed and he’s had the chance to expand on his thinking, he’ll send another version, totally different from the first but always something equally as brilliant, causing both Tel and myself to ponder which one to post.   A quandary of the very best kind.  

Chris O is a multi-faceted musician who seems at home within any genre but there’s no doubt she is best known for her mastery of The Blues, hence the demo leaning very firmly in that direction…or so we thought  However, on hearing it for the first time, Hans heard something very different.  His thoughts focused on a simple piano / voice ballad, something we were certainly not expecting but which totally blew us away.

By the end of that weekend though, along too came the blues version, a delicious groove to which I couldn’t wait to add some drums and as those who’ve already heard it will know, that’s the one we eventually posted.  Nevertheless, the indelible mark imprinted on my sensibilities by the unplugged mix simply refused to go away.  Even though it’s precisely the same vocal, the pared-back accompaniment pushes it’s heart and it’s power to the fore and I felt that it deserved to be heard.  So that’s the reason we’re posting ‘The Love of Mrs. O’, phase two…

In closing, despite our retirement from active involvement here on SC, Cripple Club wanted to send each and every one of you our sincere thanks for continuing to support our work.  Your generosity of spirit and kind words always mean so much to the three of us.  (Gary Reeves)

I met a brave woman by the name of Mrs O
Playing ‘The Blues’ flying high sometimes flying low
Guitars and Banjos pitching..always acoustic 
Singing and sharing a love affair with music

The Love Of Mrs O

No distance too far, mile by mile growing warm
Confidence of written word believing in art-form
Marriage strings and voice harmonising sounds
The love of freedom scales tightly in bounds

The Love Of Mrs O

Concerts of brave, pulse to a time
Ensemble in waves, helping the climb
Brothers of blues, traveller of love
Live music choose, to fit like a glove

The Love Of Mrs O

Mrs O keeps soaring magnum opus in her hands
Song of friendship for a man from many bands
Expanse of cumulus clouds, filming for all to see
Never hiding from the challenge in the Nebulosity

The Love Of Mrs O

Up and down across the world finding a closeness
No discrimination of any kind, love is always best
From ‘The Beatles’ land to a Sydney education 
Fondness for Mrs O, giving a continuous ovation

The Love Of Mrs O

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