18 months ago in Virginia two young men were shot by an unknown gunman. 
They were airlifted out to the nearest hospital.
They were 19 years old and 22 years old, the 19 year old survived.
When Jesse the 22 year old went on his final journey from this earth his mother sent his guitar with him.
These are the words she wrote.
No one was ever convicted of the crime

Lyrics 
Yesterday Jesse I saw that smile 
I was was just thinking that it’s been a while 
I want to shout to let it out and make it oh so clear 
My child is gone and I’m left here 

I remember when you played your guitar 
I loved your music thought that you’d go far
So I sent it with you when you went along your way 
You need it more than I do son 
Let them hear you play 
Play your guitar

Chorus 
Play it for the babies who miss their daddies 
Play for the mama’s sitting all alone 
And play it to the angels you meet up there in heaven 
I’m sure that sometimes they all miss home

Not in a million years did I see this coming 
If I’da heard it I would not believe 
That one day you’d go away leaving me behind 
Waiting just to see you and counting time

Chorus repeat……

Jesse’s Song

Just got my first Gretsch guitar
This is my first recording using it
Lyrics and inspiration are by Axl Hodge who also wrote Jesse's Song

That Dang Twang

One  of those old time story telling, country songs
Third one me and Axl Hodge have put together

Lyrics 

Verse

He worked the crowd with ease
One summers eve
Yet no one would explain
Why he was due to preach in Boston
But in Georgia he remained

Thought he’d be leaving soon
But a there’s a baby due 
And Bostons got the word
So he won't be leaving Georgia
'less it's underneath some dirt

Chorus

Rise up on a Georgia mornin'
Rise up and make a stand 
Rise up against that low down 
No good preacher man 

He thinks we’re slow ‘caus  we’re from the valley
Thinks we’re low ‘caus we work the land
Thinks we don't know about our Katie 
That no good Preacher Man

Verse
Young Katie wept as her daddy kept 
His girl close by his side
The preacher said he was staying 
And he loved her but he lied

We may be backwoods south
Home country proud
But we know our right from wrong 
And there ain’t no way that Preacher man
Is gonna be movin’ on

Repeat chorus

Well I have no doubt we can work it out 
I have this simple view 
There’s the preacher in his pulpit 
And his family in the front row pew

Yeah we’ll happy then like way back when 
Come together on a Sunday morn
Looking forward to the afternoon 
When we’re sitting round shucking corn

Repeat chorus 
FIN

Preacher Man

Bit of happy rockin' country
One I did on my own, everything live, hope you enjoy it!

Oh My My (Live)

another axl/bob production this time I started it off instead of Axl
I think it turned out well, thanks for the lyrics 
Axl. 

Lyrics 

It’s Alright in this World 

On a Westward  train from Georgia
I was California bound 
I’d had too much of everything 
I’d just quit my town 

I was staring out the window 
When she sat right next to me 
I felt my poor heart skip a beat
Pure ‘lectricity

CHORUS 

Oh it's alright in this world
Since I 
found my baby girl
Yeah it's alright in this world 
Since I found my baby girl

Seems it only took a moment 
To burn 5 hours of miles 
Never saw too much of Tennessee
I lost it in her smile 

She held my hand so gently 
Like I'd known her since a child
We were soul to soul and then I knew 
California gonna wait a while

CHORUS

Oh it's alright in this world
Since I 
found my baby girl
Yeah it's alright in this world 
Since I found my baby girl


BRIDGE

I can’t believe she sat there next to me
When it seemed that I’d been searching for her,
my whole life
On that westbound train just outside Mississippi
Well I knew right there and then she gonna
Be my wife

CHORUS 

Oh it's alright in this world
Since I 
found my baby girl
Yeah it's alright in this world 
Since I found my baby girl

Oh it's alright in this world
Since I 
found my baby girl
Yeah it's alright in this world 
Since I found my baby girl

On a red eye 
I'm on top of the world 
I found my baby girl

Alright in this world

This is the my first collaboration with  Matthew Hearn it may be the first of many.
Stay tuned.
Enjoy and please comment.

Superman’s gone

New mix with Tammy Day singing lead vocal.
Thanks to Avvie Hughes for his production skills on this one.
Also fantastic lead guitar provided by Brian Parnel.
Not forgetting Staycie Tuned who set this whole remix in motion.




I’VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM 

Loaded up with pills and booze
Left arm full of new tattoos
I’ll try anything I can 
To change the way I feel
Another six pack on the table
Don’t know if I’m still able
Just to tell 
What is and is not real 

I’ve hit rock bottom
Not a dollar to my name
Lost all the money
Chasing fortune and fame
I’ve hit rock bottom
Can’t go on no more
I gotta pick up them pills
I got scattered all over the floor

I can barely breathe on my own
My whole world just up and gone
Trying by any means 
To get you outta my head 
Smith and Wesson on my nightstand 
I ain’t saying I had this planned 
Cause I don’t know 
If I want 
To wind up dead 

I’ve hit rock bottom
Not a dollar to my name
Lost all the money
Chasing fortune and fame
I’ve hit rock bottom
Can’t go on no more
I gotta pick up them pills
I got scattered all over the floor

I’ve hit rock bottom
Not a dollar to my name
Lost all the money
Chasing fortune and fame
I’ve hit rock bottom
Can’t go on no more
I gotta pick up them pills
I got scattered all over the floor

I’m gonna pick up them pills
I got scattered all over the floor

I've Hit Rock Bottom

First track with Luke Blowing as lyricist.
Here’s to many more Luke.
GarageBand demo.

Lyrics

Sitting here patiently
Waiting on empty
My mind in overdrive
How will I survive
It goes round endlessly
Inside I'm hopelessly
Losing control 
I'm losing my mind

They sit there waiting for me                      
Never want me to be free
They’re after my eternity             
Consuming my reality

Here we are now
Waiting for demons
Waiting for them to awake.     
And For me to lose control 
Lose control of my mind

This is insanity
Way beneath vanity
Under my skin
Where it begins 
No way up or down
Is this over now
We just go round an round
Over again

Is this way the end
Meets the beginning
Where we lose it all
The Demons winning 

Here we are now
Waiting on demons
Waiting for them to awake
And for me to lose control
Lose control of my mind

Here we are now
Waiting on demons
Waiting for them to awake
And for me to lose control
Lose control of my mind
Lose control of my mind 
Lose control of my mind

Demons

A fun country song
One of the few times when I’ve written the whole song myself

I’m Gonna Party Now You’re Gone 

I awoke this morning, I found the note you left 
You said you’d had enough and you’ve moved on 
I decided not to dwell on it
‘Caus I did not feel bereft 
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 

I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Invite my friends to come along 
Me and my buddies 
At the local honky tonk
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Hell what took you so long 
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 

Well I poured myself a whiskey, and I sat there for a while 
Just wondering how I’m gonna cope alone 
Then I thought about your nagging babe, and I just had to smile 
Cause I’m gonna party now you’re gone

I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Invite my friends to come along 
Me and my buddies 
At the local honky tonk
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Hell what took you so long 
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 

You said was too untidy for ya 
I didn’t wash enough 
You said I was bone idle 
And that I drank too much 
I’d rather play on my guitar 
Than spend my time with you  
I’m so happy now we’re through 

I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Invite my friends to come along 
Me and my buddies 
At the local honky tonk
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Hell what took you so long 
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 

I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Invite my friends to come along 
Me and my buddies 
At the local honky tonk
I’m gonna party now you’re gone 
Hell what took you so long
I’m gonna party now you’re 
I’m gonna party now you’re 
I’m gonna party now you’re gone

Party (now you're gone)

A Better Man
LYRICS-Donnie Ray Perry/Bob Mouat
MUSIC -Bob Mouat 

We're all branded early in our lifetimes
We’ve got memories and scars that never fade
All the bad things seem to happen at the worst times
And we’re haunted by mistakes we’ve made 
DNA and fate control our chances
Tragedies and pain shape who we are
Destiny is just a series of glances
How come what's so near can seem so far 

The man I am, ain't the man I was
The one you see, ain’t me because 
I’m changing everything that I can, to be a better man 

I blamed my dad for all that happened 
And sure as hell he blamed his old man too 
So I guess it means we’ve got a lot in common
Way much my more than either of us knew 
Cause his hurt him, and he hurt me, and I've hurt mine and honestly,
Is this some stupid scene all men go through 

Cause the man I am, ain't the man I was
The one you see, ain’t me because 
I’m changing everything that I can, to be a better man 

I’ll embrace my past, fix my mistakes
Open up the door and let ‘em in
I know I’ve got to do, whatever it takes
I can’t let history, repeat again 

The man I am, ain't the man I was
The one you see, ain’t me because 
I’m changing everything that I can, to be a better man 
I’m changing everything that I can, to be a better man

A Better Man

Remember the Days

We met in a dancehall when we were just teens 
You were the sweetest girl I’d ever seen 
You danced round your handbag with your closest friend 
And I walked you home when the night had to end 

Remember the days the days gone by 
When our hearts were strong and our hopes were high 
When we go to town now little remains 
But my love for you remains unchanged

Well they pulled down that dancehall where we used to meet 
They pulled down the town hall and even my old street 
My old school building was razed to the floor 
The places we loved then ain’t here anymore 

Remember the days the days gone by 
When our hearts were strong and our hopes were high 
When we go to town little remains 
But my love for you has never changed 

Looking back to the days of the penny arcade 
The laughs that we had the dreams that we made
We dolled off from college just to get there 
Seems life was so easy then without a care

Remember the days the days gone by 
When our hearts were strong and our hopes were high 
We go into town little remains 
But my love for you has never changed 

Well I know that it’s progress and we must move on
But so much we loved then is forever gone
Seems nothing is sacred and time moves so fast 
But time can’t erase memories of the past 

Remember the days the days gone by 
When our hearts were strong and our hopes were high 
When we go to town now little remains 
But my love for you has never changed 

There used to be shipyards, and glassworks and mines 
The breweries, a ropery and bright tramcar lines
A huge leisure centre with queues all around 
They’ve forever changed the face of this town 

Remember the days the days gone by 
When our hearts were strong and our hopes were high 
When we go to town now little remains 
But my love for has never changed

Remember The Days

What a collaboration 
Words and music 
Bob Mouat-Sunderland UK
Keyboards-Trevor Gissing - Auckland NZ
Drums-Adam Grossman - Corona CA USA
Vocals-Cindy Lou - NewYork USA

You watch the news, and you see all these terrible things going on in the world, and you just don’t realise just how close you are to your own world falling apart, this song was written years ago, but it is still relevant today.

House Of Straw

Saturday morning, just dropped Judith off at her part time job in Washington, thought of this on the way home.  Hooked the mike over the sitting room light and recorded it in one take.

Bob Mouat

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