@sunnidayz: Thanks a lot - yes, it's such a charming song, and I'm very glad about your liking my version!

Really nice atmosphere. It's as if I watch a scene of movies!

Goodness, a delight to listen to Wolf!  Your Concertina playing is so wonderful!

i would love to hear you on some beatles tunes like obladi oblada and so on ;)

LIKE 4 LIKE PLAYLIST!

I really like this song by Johnny Guitar Watson; Etta James did an amazing version of it too.

I Want To Ta Ta You Baby (Johnny Guitar Watson Cover)

As a left-handed person who plays right-handed I'm very interested in Doyle Bramhall II's playing (he plays left-handed with the strings switched, so the high E is on top of the fretboard).

The Veil (Doyle Bramhall II Cover)

This is a cover of Lance Lopez's version of the Robert Johnson song. Stones in my passway refers to a type of curse; an arrangement of stones in a familiar place to the victim. I would highly recommend Lance Lopez to anyone who loves the blues, and brilliant guitar.

Stones In My Passway (Lance Lopez Cover)

Signs

The Karmic Dive

Starting the new year playing my telecaster. :)

Listen (Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack Cover)

Played on a 30 button Jeffries Anglo GD concertina.  Tune by Roy Hugman

Shielding Feb14

Now The Green Blade Riseth

Bagpipers, an English tune from the late 1700s, played on a 30 button Anglo CG concertina.

Bagpipers 5 - 4-2023

I have to express my gratitude to fellow SC member Peter Dunk here who pointed me at this both lovely and significant song from John Connolly and helped me on my way with it providing some basic information!

Took me some time to think my arrangement over with which I'm content at the moment; the performance is still a bit rough, but "live" as always...

Charlie In The Meadow

Pinhead.
Ramones cover.......Ramones composer.
From the Ramones Leave Home album.
My tribute to Tommy Ramone who died recently.
Pappy: Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Production.
July 2014

Pinhead

Obscured By Clouds.
Pink Floyd cover (Gilmour/Waters composers).
An old track that got blocked on You - Tube.
Re-mixed and re-loaded.
Pappy 2012

Obscured By Clouds

LITTLE MISS ELUSIVE
EPHEMERAL MESSIAH
YOUR MIST IS HERE A LITTLE WHILE
THEN QUICKLY DISAPPEARS
	
WHY DO I KEEP TRYING
WHEN TRYING BRINGS YOU NEAR
WOULD THAT I JUST CLOSE THE DOOR
PRETEND THAT YOU’RE NOT HERE

BRIEFER THAN THE TWINKLE IN A MAYFLY’S EYE
LIKE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ACID THAT MELT UNDER SUN
LOVE; A BIRD OF PASSAGE IN A TRANSIENT SKY
APPEARING / DISAPPEARING LIKE THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

WHY DO I KEEP CRYING 
WHEN NO ONE SEES THE TEARS
WHY DO I KEEP REACHING OUT
WHEN NO ONE EVEN CARES

WHAT’S THE POINT OF CRYING
WHEN NO ONE SEES THE TEARS
WHEN FRANKLY DEARS DON’T GIVE A DAMN
AND LOVE IS INSINCERE

BRIEFER THAN THE TWINKLE IN A MAYFLY’S EYE
LIKE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ACID THAT MELT UNDER SUN
LOVE; A BIRD OF PASSAGE IN A TRANSIENT SKY
APPEARING / DISAPPEARING LIKE THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

LADY PRIMADONNA 
QUENCHER OF DESIRE
RAINS ON EVERY LOVE PARADE
AND QUELLS THE INNER FIRE

INDIAN AND GIVER
EQUIVOCAL DOVE
BRINGS THE GIFT OF TROJAN LOVE
THAT TAKES YOUR WILL TO LIVE

BRIEFER THAN THE TWINKLE IN A MAYFLY’S EYE
LIKE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ACID THAT MELT UNDER SUN
LOVE; A BIRD OF PASSAGE IN A TRANSIENT SKY
APPEARING / DISAPPEARING LIKE THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         INDIAN AND GIVER                                                                                                                                                             AMBIVALENT LOVE
WHO CAN FATHOM YOUR ORIGIN:
BELOW OR ABOVE

CHANGING LIKE THE WEATHER
AN INVISIBLE AGENDA
THE GREATER EIGHTH WONDER
AND THE GREATEST PRETENDER

BRIEFER THAN THE TWINKLE IN A MAYFLY’S EYE
LIKE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ACID THAT MELT UNDER SUN
LOVE; A BIRD OF PASSAGE IN A TRANSIENT SKY
APPEARING / DISAPPEARING LIKE THE STAR OF BETHLHEM

WHY DO I KEEP WAKING UP 
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
WHY MUST I DRINK FROM THE CUP
OF OVERFLOWING TEARS

WHAT’S THE POINT OF STAYING
THE FATES ARE SO UNFAIR
MY SEVEN DAYS OF WAXING PASSED
I’VE WANED FOR SEVEN YEARS

EPHEMERAL MESSIAH vocal

SOME OF US AFRAID THE WORLD WILL END (SOME OF US AFRAID IT WON'T)

An old Northumbrian pipe tune. Technically it's a polka, but we like to play it at this relaxed tempo so we  can explore the interesting harmonies and rhythms.

Salmon Tails Up The River

Having played a bunch of pretty different instruments but mainly the piano for some decades, I luckily  took up the English Concertina in the summer of 2011 out of instant inspiration and can't get my hands off of this great little box (which is such a fine solo instrument as well as allowing some modest self-accompaniment when singing songs). Find more content at concertina.net.

Update: After a  hiatus due to technical failure of the beautiful instrument shown on top of my page I resumed my playing in October 2017 following the acquisition of my "new" Wheatstone model 24 (while the Lachenal Excelsior is awaiting some future restauration)

Update II: Having finished my denying the need of a Tenor-Treble to myself, I now own and am playing a beautifully (looking and) sounding metal-ended Aeola as well, which happens to be my main instrument - however the ET is still not being neglected...

Update III: Happily added the 20b Anglo (Lachenal and Crabb) and Crane Duet (again Crabb) to "my" instruments as of October/November 2018 :)

It is a myth that unsigned music equals inferior music; the only way we can blow that myth out of the water is to do it together!
DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT! And support musicians that support you!

MY TUNES ARE ALL ABOUT CREATING ON THE FLY; NO COOKBOOK, NO RULES, NO PREPARATION, NO PLAN; IT JUST HAPPENS!

FORMULA THINKING AND BOUNDARIES PUT EXTREME LIMITATIONS ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS; TRUE ART CAN NOT BE PRODUCED WITHIN A RESTRICTED SPACE!

I DON'T BREAK DOWN BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BOUNDARIES IN MY WORLD TO BEGIN WITH!

MUSIC MUST CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND THE ECLECTIC APPROACH IS NOW THE ONLY WAY FORWARD, BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL GENRES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED!

CREATING WITHIN A SINGLE GENRE, THEREFORE, RESULTS IN REGURGITATION, REPETITION, AND MEDIOCRITY!

And way too much emphasis is placed on production value; actual creativity and diversity are taking a back seat! Inventive lyrics also rarely get the credit they deserve. This indifference to the talents that actually set musicians apart plays into the hands of a money-minded music industry, signing our own death warrants!

PROGRESSIVE MEETS POST-PUNK MEETS THE 60'S/70'S

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