copyright 5/2020 written by Robert G. Lenti

My Melancholy

I was fascinated about the goings-on with regard to calling the instrument a DOBRO or a RESONATOR guitar.  ENJOY and thank you for listening.

To Dobro Or To Resonate

My lady called me up yesterday and she had some very good news.  With all the worldly craziness, it was terrific to hear and I said to her, "I'm Happy As Hell For You!!!"  And I thought what a neat title for one of my instrumentals.  So I proceeded to write and record, HAPPY AS HELL FOR YOU.  Please enjoy. And please stay safe and healthy.

Happy As Hell For You

Here’s THE DOBIE AND BLACKIE BLUES.   it’s a straight up blues...   Except for the turnarounds.  
Here’s the story:  I’ve always loved Gene Pitney’s voice and his songs.  One of my forever favorites is his 1964 single gem I’M GONNA BE STRONG.  As a kid just learning music, I was amazed at the way the end of the song sounded!!!!!  As I learned more, I musically understood how and why the song arrangement at the end of the tune worked.  Flash forward a few years, 1967, and to my amazement The Beatles used the same chord sequence in WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.  You’ve heard it a million times:  the chord pattern happens as they sing, “BILLY SHEARS.”  I learned that that was a pretty standard chord sequence buildup in a number of classical pieces.
So I borrowed it in my tune to give a little nuance to my rendition of the standard blues progression.
I kept it very simple:  piano, kick drum, dobro (Dobie) and slide guitar (Blackie.)
That’s it.
Please enjoy!

The Dobie And Blackie Blues

As I'm working on  A LITTLE TOO PUSHY, I noticed that I had quite inadvertently borrowed a chord sequence from Johnny's Dance Band's I'VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND TOO LONG.  No harm...that's my old band and I'm on the original recording back in 1977!!!  And that's why I named my miniature, A LITTLE TOO PUSHY.  I had fun putting it together.  Once again, thank you kindly for giving it a listen...Stay safe and well.

A Little Too Pushy

I wrote this in 2006.  There's nothing more that I can say.  What I wrote all those years ago still stands strong!!!!!

But When You Go

Hello to All, I hope you are staying well.
I wrote this as I was pondering the nature of existence...Who am I kidding?!? No I wasn't!!! I was messing around with my slide guitar and my keyboards and, voila, COOL BREEZE.
As always, I thank you for giving it a listen.

Cool Breeze

Puffy & Blackie Strike Again!

Back in 2006, I had a relatively severe ant infestation problem.  Well, it seemed that way.  At that point in time, my computer/recording gear was close to a window.  Ants were traveling all in and about whether the window be open or closed!  So I wrote ANTS.  copyright 2007

copyright 2007

Inst. - Ants

Eddie Van Halen was a supremely gifted and talented guitarist/composer/musician. As you all know, he passed away on Tuesday.  This is my meager tribute to Eddie.  When I first heard Eddie back in 1978,  I thought to myself, "Bobby Lenti, you're such a hot shot guitar player, you can play like him." HA!!!  Yeah Right!!!  In all these years, I'm lucky if I can marginally play maybe two of Eddie's riffs properly...He was brilliant...With my tribute appropriately entitled EDDIE, I tried to employ a little bit of Eddie's finger tapping and I also threw in the Oberheim synth sound he used in JUMP.  Dear Eddie, thank you so much.  Please rest in peace.

Bobby Lenti

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