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Blues, Jazz and Funk

"Heart Keeps Dancing" is the first single taken from  the album "Belvedere" - OUT NOW!
Album «Belvedere» on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ch/album/belvedere/id904319029

Artist: James Gruntz
Track: Heart Keeps Dancing
Copyright 2014 - Bakara Music

James Gruntz - Heart Keeps Dancing

Dependence

The California Honeydrops
Singin’ My Prayer
Release date: 4/26/24

Written by Antoni Lech Wierzynski
Recorded at 25th St. Studios in Oakland, CA
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Jacob LaCally


INSTRUMENTS
Antoni Lech Wierzynski - Lead Vocals, Trumpet
Benjamin John Malament - Drums
Beaumont Beaullieu - bass
Lorenzo Loera - Piano
Yanos Lustig - Saxophone
Oliver Tuttle - Trombone
Scott Messersmith - tamborine
Leon Cotter - Clarinet, Saxophone  

LYRICS:
Another day gave way to moon glow
Another day gone just like June
Another day and I know tomorrow
Sunshine or sorrow I'll be singin’ my prayer

I know its best not to borrow
I know I've got all I need
And that's why sunshine or sorrow
First light tomorrow I'll be singin’ my prayer

Woah
Good morning
Noon or night
All you need is a melody 
To make everything alright

Another day gave way to moon glow
Another day gone just like June
Another day and I know tomorrow
Sunshine or sorry I'll be singin’ my prayer

Woah
Good morning
Noon or night 
All you need is a melody 
To make everything alright

I know it's best not to borrow
I know I've got all I need
And that's why sunshine or sorrow
First light tomorrow I'll be singing my prayer

I'll be singin’ my prayer

Singin' My Prayer

It's Alright But It Ain't The Same

Worthy

The California Honeydrops
See Me Cry

Written by Antoni Lech Wierzynski & Amethyst Bickham
Recorded at 25th St. Studios in Oakland, CA, and The Cave in Oakland, CA
Produced by Antoni Lech Wierzynski
Additional Production by Jacob LaCally
Engineered & Mixed by Jacob LaCally
Additional Engineering by Scott McDowell
Assistant Engineering by Jeff Kolhede
Mastered by JJ Golden


INSTRUMENTS
Antoni Lech Wierzynski - Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Trumpet
Benjamin John Malament - Drums, Background Vocals
Beaumont Beaullieu - Bass
Lorenzo Loera - Clavinet, , Background VocalsPiano
Yanos Lustig - Saxophone
Oliver Tuttle - Trombone
Scott Messersmith - Drums
Leon Cotter - Saxophone  
Jay Gandhi - Flute
Agnieszka Uscinska - Violin 
Graham Patzner - Violin
Samantha Feliciano - Harp
Kelyn Crapp - Electric Guitar


LYRICS:

I won’t let you see me cry again
I won’t let you see me cry again

There’s nothing you wouldn’t use against me
And I’ve seen all I have to see
I know there must be something better out there for me
I know

I won’t let you see me cry again
I won’t let you see me cry again

You tell me it’s a mean old world to live in
Yeah but I think I’m better off on my own
When you say you love me
It don’t mean a thing anymore
Woah
Yeah

I say goodbye
Oooh
For the last time

I won’t let you see me cry again
I won’t let you see me cry again

See Me Cry

A Lover Was Born

Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)

Fall In Love Again (with Lindsay Lou)

x-ray eyes

x-ray eyes (extended trash can dub)

"Good Times" is the first single taken from James Gruntz' album "Until We Get There"

Good Times

"Everything Is Gone" is the second single taken from James Gruntz' album "Until We Get There"

Everything Is Gone

The Skin I'm In

Way Down In The Valley

The Head And The Heart

Down in the Valley

Download the EP from iTunes

Closer

https://soundcloud.com/djobone

Original: Tweet Feat. Missy Elliot - Thugman
https://open.spotify.com/album/5gjMx7kUU4rEjSaAxkWPRg

Thugman (Ruck P  X OB One Remix)

Abracadabra

Trash Can

“The California Honeydrops...evoke the greasy rumble of Booker T and channel the spiritual ecstasy of Sly and the Family Stone.” -Rolling Stone

Formed in the subway systems of Oakland, retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops are an electrifying group that defy convention at every turn. They’ve become a mainstay at festivals including Byron Bay Bluesfest (Australia), Outside Lands, Monterey Jazz, Lightning In A Bottle, and touring with B.B. King, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, and Allen Toussaint. Led by the enigmatic and energetic frontman, Lech Wierzynski, and drummer Benjamin Malament, each member of the band is a virtuoso in their own rite — Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig on saxophone, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards/guitar, Beaumont Beaullieu on bass, and regularly accompanied by Oliver Tuttle on trombone, Leon Cotter on saxophone/clarinet, and Miles Lyons on trombone/sousaphone — navigating through a vast repertoire of original songs and timeless classics every night. But what truly sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to the art of improvisation - a skill so finely honed that they have completely abandoned the use of set lists and no two shows are ever the same. Off stage, their music has been streamed more than 200 million times, and placed in a variety of TV and films, including “Dead To Me,” “Alaska Daily,” “Black-ish” and more. They are currently touring North America in support of their new deluxe album, 'Soft Spot'.

https://ineffable.to/softspotdeluxe
 

The Honeydrops have come a long way since guitarist and trumpeter Lech Wierzynkski and drummer Ben Malament started busking in an Oakland BART station, but the band has stayed true to that organic, street-level feel. With the additions of Johnny Bones on tenor sax and clarinet, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards, and Beau Bradbury on bass, they’ve built a powerful full-band sound to support Wierzynski’s vocals.

 

Listening to Lech sing, it can be a surprise that he was born in Warsaw, Poland, and raised by Polish political refugees. He learned his vocal stylings from contraband American recordings of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Louis Armstrong, and later at Oberlin College and on the club circuit in Oakland, California. Bringing all those influences together with the rest of the band’s diverse experiences into a unified musical vision, the California Honeydrops expect to play parties for a long time.

 

 Discography:

    Like You Mean It (2013)
     Honeydrops Live (2012)
    Spreadin' Honey (2010)
    Soul Tub (2008)