"This Broken Heap" and its sister album, "Red Rocket" are the culmination of five years of recording. In 2015, I had the *brilliant* idea to do a "quick project" (famous last words) and record a secret EP of new material written for the fictional band (Red Rocket) central to a screenplay I still haven't finished. From those demos came "Down," "Thin," "Bound in Blue," "Let My Light In," and "This Broken Heap." On top of that, we were eager to record an album that represented the songs we played most often live. It quickly became apparent that we liked the results best when we kicked conventional wisdom to the curb and recorded either live or live-in-studio. With a band like ours where the whole point is we don't know each other's every move from night to night, it made sense that we'd have to allow for our normal level of improvisation and interaction. So we recorded every gig, and bottled our favorite magic, adding a few overdubs afterwards to fill out the mix. Along the way, the songs naturally organized into "acoustic" and "electric" camps, so we decided to sever the title into two separate albums. And believe it or not, we had to actually cut the list down quite a bit to arrive at the current 36-song roster between the two, but we hope we've given you your $7 worth and then some.

Be sure to check out the other half of this project, "Red Rocket," right next door...
credits
released December 4, 2020

The Band:
Jean Gustin: lead & rhythm guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass, backing vocals, add'l guitar & keyboards
Cody Weathers: lead & backing vocals, drums & percussion, rhythm guitar, keyboards

all songs written by Cody Weathers, (c)(p)1990-2020, all rights reserved, except "Wings to Carve" by Cat Mayhugh and Cody Weathers, (c)2000, all rights reserved

Cover art by Cody Weathers

Recorded live and in-studio by Sean Mersereau and Cody Weathers at Checkmate Studios and Measure by Measure
"Shadows Fall" basic tracks recorded at Jeremy Wilson Studios, Sam Densmore engineering
Mix Editing and Engineering and Master Engineering by Sean Mersereau, Measure by Measure Mixing and Mastering (MeasureByMeasureMixing.com)

Special Thanks: Vaunne, Cara, Hadley, Janet, Anna, John Addington, Erika Arentzen, Amy Bleu, Eli Castillo, Jill Duffield, Scott Farr, John Fried, Siri Harding, Jason Henderson, Chachi Hernandez, Elise & John Keith, Tim Krajcar, Lindsey Lea, Jessica Love, Neil MacPherson, Dave Mavis, Cat Mayhugh, Bill Neighbors, Daniel Nickels, Joh3n O'Meara, Connie Pazienza, Steve Quintana, Eric Rorem, Josh Schoonmaker, Jonathan Sherrill, John Speranza, Jon Steidemann, Evan Whitacre, Lon Whittier, Karl Wicklund, Jill Zanger, Insomnia Coffee, The Blue Room Bar, Tigard Chamber of Commerce, Tigard Farmers Market, Sherwood Farmers Market, Newberg Farmers Market, KPSU & DJ Rachelle, Shady Pines Radio, Parrotdice Guitars, Rupp's Drums, Rhythm Traders

Extra Special Thanks from Sean: Thanks to Anna for coming to all my performances, except when she was performing, supporting me through the years, and for encouraging me to work with these guys, despite being in three other bands at the time; Vashti for showing up and bringing friends; Rahnia and Adam for their support; and to Shiba and Gnocchi for still being excited to see me despite my coming home at 2:30 A.M.

Sean exclusively played Spector and/or Rickenbacker basses, and Italia and/or PRS guitars on these album. He also played through any damn amp that would work, and some that tried not to, but he preferred Ampegs. Oh, and thanks to Jean for loaning various light rigs for many of our shows.

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This Broken Heap (acoustic album)

"Red Rocket" and its sister album, "This Broken Heap" are the culmination of five years of recording. In 2015, I had the *brilliant* idea to do a "quick project" (famous last words) and record a secret EP of new material written for the fictional band (Red Rocket) central to a screenplay I still haven't finished. From those demos came "Down," "Thin," "Bound in Blue," "Let My Light In," and "This Broken Heap." On top of that, we were eager to record an album that represented the songs we played most often live. It quickly became apparent that we liked the results best when we kicked conventional wisdom to the curb and recorded either live or live-in-studio. With a band like ours where the whole point is we don't know each other's every move from night to night, it made sense that we'd have to allow for our normal level of improvisation and interaction. So we recorded every gig, and bottled our favorite magic, adding a few overdubs afterwards to fill out the mix. Along the way, the songs naturally organized into "acoustic" and "electric" camps, so we decided to sever the title into two separate albums. And believe it or not, we had to actually cut the list down quite a bit to arrive at the current 36-song roster between the two, but we hope we've given you your $7 worth and then some.

Be sure to check out the other half of this project, "This Broken Heap," right next door...
credits
released December 1, 2020

The Band:
Jean Gustin: lead & rhythm guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass, backing vocals, add'l guitar & keyboards
Cody Weathers: lead & backing vocals, drums & percussion, rhythm guitar, keyboards

all songs written by Cody Weathers, (c)(p)1990-2020, all rights reserved

"Mad About You" intro piano resequencing by Sean Mersereau

Cover art by Cody Weathers

Recorded live and in-studio by Sean Mersereau and Cody Weathers at Checkmate Studios and Measure by Measure
"Shadows Fall" basic tracks recorded at Jeremy Wilson Studios, Sam Densmore engineering
Mix Editing and Engineering and Master Engineering by Sean Mersereau, Measure by Measure Mixing and Mastering (MeasureByMeasureMixing.com)

Special Thanks: Vaunne, Cara, Hadley, Janet, Anna, John Addington, Erika Arentzen, Amy Bleu, Eli Castillo, Jill Duffield, Scott Farr, John Fried, Siri Harding, Jason Henderson, Chachi Hernandez, Elise & John Keith, Tim Krajcar, Lindsey Lea, Jessica Love, Neil MacPherson, Dave Mavis, Cat Mayhugh, Bill Neighbors, Daniel Nickels, Joh3n O'Meara, Connie Pazienza, Steve Quintana, Eric Rorem, Josh Schoonmaker, Jonathan Sherrill, John Speranza, Jon Steidemann, Evan Whitacre, Lon Whittier, Karl Wicklund, Jill Zanger, Insomnia Coffee, The Blue Room Bar, Tigard Chamber of Commerce, Tigard Farmers Market, Sherwood Farmers Market, Newberg Farmers Market, KPSU & DJ Rachelle, Shady Pines Radio, Parrotdice Guitars, Rupp's Drums, Rhythm Traders

Extra Special Thanks from Sean: Thanks to Anna for coming to all my performances, except when she was performing, supporting me through the years, and for encouraging me to work with these guys, despite being in three other bands at the time; Vashti for showing up and bringing friends; Rahnia and Adam for their support; and to Shiba and Gnocchi for still being excited to see me despite my coming home at 2:30 A.M.

Sean exclusively played Spector and/or Rickenbacker basses, and Italia and/or PRS guitars on these album. He also played through any damn amp that would work, and some that tried not to, but he preferred Ampegs. Oh, and thanks to Jean for loaning various light rigs for many of our shows.
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Red Rocket (electric album)

Speed by Hal Mortensen

When I was 12 years old I was drivin' my first car, I left a cloud of dust, but I didn't get too far before those lights came on, swirlin' turnin' red. That smokey looked at me and this is what he said: Chorus: Don't stop now speed will set you free! Don't waste your time sittin' here with me! Put your head on straight and get down that road. Waitin' here will just increase your load! When I was just 14 hey I stole my first kiss, I thought she was the one, I didn't make her list! I found myself behind the wheel in that first car, I put the pedal down and started peelin' tar.... Chorus When I was 16 years well I had my first beer, I thought it was the end, I wasn't even near! As I look back on those days what I thought then was fun, It scares me half to death, makes me want to turn and run!

Hal Mortensen: vocals, guitar
Cody Weathers: djembe/percussion, harmony vocals, keyboards, bass 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

2x3<4

Speed

Oui, Je Sais 
by Cody Weathers

Sophie's in the river and the river floods the trees. Sophie's in the water --Sophie's in it past her knees. They say she's like her mama; in her day, she was a queen. But Sophie has the fairest face I think I've ever seen. Chorus: Oui, je sais ton coeur n'est pas le coeur enfant, you are no babe upon your lonely mama's knee. Mais oui, je sais ton coeur est fait pour seulement moi. Your heart was made for only, made for only me. Sophie's in the kitchen dark, Sophie's in my bed, Sophie's in my wooden heart, and Sophie's in my head. They say to watch her sleeping is to wash your sorrows clean, but Sophie has the saddest face I think I've ever seen. Chorus. Frère Jacques.... Lord bless us and this ambulance and steer us to our dreams. Her simple, honest circumstance I pray that I might keep. They say that none can love her, but I don't know what they mean. Sophie is the only one, the only one for me. Yes, I know your heart is not that of a child, you are no babe upon your lonely mama's knee. But yes, I know your heart was forged to fit my hand and it belongs to only, always only me.

Cody Weathers: vocals, guitar, djembe/percussion, bass 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

Oui, Je Sais

The Rage by Hal Mortensen

I can see her standing there, all tan in her white cotton dress. The wind is whispering quietly, her robin hair to caress. I just can't help myself, I'm lost in her control. This rage inside me never sleeps. Ah, the girl, she's in my soul. Deep blue eyes forever on any given day. Mr. Crosby, tell me what did you mean, now what did you say about those.... Guinevere and her green eyes, tell me what did you say? As I look deep into her eyes, it all comes clear to me. This rage inside me never sleeps, I'm lost in her control. I just can't help myself, ah the girl, she's in my soul. Here I sit, my head in my hands, wondering where did time go? It's been twenty years and then some, as if it were standing still, is it so? Now I've found my true soulmate --this girl she's never gonna leave. Our ups and downs are only there a tattered weave to weave. This rage inside me never sleeps, I'm lost in her control. I just can't help myself, ah the girl, she's in my soul.

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Hal Mortensen: vocals, guitar
Cody Weathers: djembe/percussion, harmony vocals, lead guitar 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

The Rage

Separate Ways by Cody Weathers

She was fast and sleek, dancing cheek-to-cheek. I don't know why I loved her --I knew she would leave. Now everyone's telling me I never should've met her. Like cyanide, I should've known better. Chorus: Baby, why did you lead me astray? You kept me in the dark, knowing you'd leave anyway. Baby, you know that I want you to stay, but you thought that we should go our separate ways. Well the light was red an awfully long time, when it finally turned green, I thought she was mine. My senses all told me she'd shed her skin. Shark-infested waters I'd jump right in. Chorus. I was saturated with love, sweet love. Thought she would fit me like fingers in glove. Now all my money's wasted and my time's all spent, but we had a good time as far as we went. Chorus. Now that she's gone, I've got to find me a date. Take her out early and bring her home late. Now everyone tells me I'm a crazy dog, but falling in love's just like falling off a log.

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, drums, guitar 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

Separate Ways

On A Shelf by Hal Mortensen

What stands between you and me, besides this old wooden bar? Well all I can see from here is a beer or two and that half smoked cigar! When I first saw you standing there, I said to myself, this one she's too good to be true! She won't be mine, she belongs on a shelf! What stands between you and me, besides this old wooden bar. Well now I can see quite clear, there's more to it, than this half smoked cigar! When I first saw you standing there,well I said to myself, this one belongs to someone else, she can't be mine, she belongs on her shelf!!

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Hal Mortensen: vocals, guitar
Cody Weathers: djembe/percussion, harmony vocals, lead guitar 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

On A Shelf

Cocoon by Cody Weathers

Lift up your eyes now, Jodi. Don't tell me what they've done. I'm sorry the world's as tart as that. Shouldn't there be some kind of cocoon to take your pain away? I'll help you inside now Jodi, but I can't give you peace. I'm sorry that that takes so much time. Shouldn't there be some kind of cocoon to take your pain away. Chorus: Step inside and find your old cocoon on the doll shelf in your old bedroom. Find it dusty --fragile to the touch. Realize you can't make it your crutch. Butterflies must always carry on. You can't crawl back; you've been out here too long. Please, Jodi, cry. If you hold this coal, it won't cool down. Please, Jodi, fly. You must trust your wings or fall and drown. Look at the lights now, Jodi. Herein, you will be safe. Stay with a crowd 'til the dawning of day. Try to not think of the kind of cocoon that hides your face away. Look at the sun now, Jodi. Know that you can fall in love. Know that this love shall be returned. you can find love outside a cocoon and flutter down south again. Chorus.

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, djembe/percussion, guitar 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

Cocoon

2x3<4 by Hal Mortensen

Waitin' at the station, watchin trains go by, remembering us together, oh it makes me sigh! The pain's deep inside me, to the point I could die.No longer can hide it, it's coming outside. Chorus: Oh I've been, too long, too late, too short for fate to put me in the arms of the one I love! Yes I've been too long, too late, too short for fate to put me in the arms of the one I love! Wonder what you're thinking, oh I wonder if you care! Was it all one sided, did we ever share? Or was I so blinded, I just couldn't see, that there never was two dear, just foolish old me Chorus He's yelling all aboard now, I'm taking that train, the one that is leaving all of this pain. Way over yonder, where I can be free just to let go of you girl, and take care of me! Chorus. Ain't gonna be too long, aint gonna be too late, I know that I'm short but I know that fate will put me in the arms of the one I love, it'll put me in the arms of the one I love, oh it'll put me in the arms...... of the one I love!!!

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Hal Mortensen: vocals, guitar
Cody Weathers: djembe/percussion, harmony vocals 

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

Round the Bend
by Hal Mortensen, Jerry Green, and "Ronnie"

He rode alone, high on a mountain. She rode alone, down in the valley. It's been a long time ago --she was a rodeo queen and he fought the broncos. And surprise! did they know, as their horses rode alone right round the bend. They sat down and had time to drink. Together they sat down and had time to think. "It's been a long time, Isabella. Thought by now, you'd have had yourself a fella." She said, "Well now, my friend, I will love you 'til the end, that's in the stars. Well now, my friend, I will love you 'til the end, I'll be your sun." It's been almost 15 years since he's seen her eyes. Oh, he longed to hold her once, just to see her heart, to make a brand new start. Well, by now, this night had to end. So together they rode out round the bend. Horse and horse, a woman and a man. Together they rode, right round the bend. And the stars led their way, and their love is here to stay, here round the bend.

Larry Elwood: acoustic upright bass
Hal Mortensen: vocals, guitar
Cody Weathers: djembe/percussion, harmony vocals

produced, engineered, mixed by Cody Weathers

Round the Bend

Advance single of "Astoria" from forthcoming "Roadhouse" album
lyrics
Astoria
by Cody Weathers

Walk to Astoria,
Next to nothing in my pocket
Walk to the end
Of every road that I've been down
Gonna wear down these shoes,
Gonna see the great Columbia
Gonna strip off these dusty things
Gonna jump right in and drown
Maybe I'll get there
Going nowhere, going somewhere
Maybe I'll get there,
Then again, might turn around

(Solo)

Walk to Astoria
On a damp and misty Sunday
Maybe by Monday night
I'll see the bridge ahead
I'm gonna walk though I'm weary
I'm gonna walk though I hunger
I'm gonna use all my living strength
Surrender when I'm dead
Maybe I'll get there
In the sunrise or the sunset
Maybe I'll see the light
And turn around instead

(Scat)

Walk to Astoria
Right beside the mighty river
We go together
Ever onward to the sea
I'm gonna walk where it leads me
I'm gonna walk 'til it frees me
Gonna peel back my troubled robes
And wash my sorrows clean
Maybe I'll rise up
Or maybe I'll sink down
Maybe it'll be enough
Just to see the shining sea

Fade:
Oh, the river is
The destiny I've chosen
Oh, the river is the way
credits
released September 2, 2022
Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)2020, all rights reserved

produced, recorded, and mixed by Cody Weathers

Astoria (Single Mix)

Rough mix of "You Know Me" off forthcoming "Roadhouse album

I've a secret or two
No one knows what I've been through
You can sense I've concealed
Something you want revealed
No, the shadows of the past
Don't need to be recast

Pre-CH
Love me, show me kindness
Trust who I am
Curiosity's not blindness

CH
We live right here and now
We wake again each day
You can care about me like I care about you
Together we'll find our way
We are not who we were
We are who we will be
Can you have a little faith
You don't need to know me to know me
You know me

You've a rough road ahead
Many hard miles to tread
I can sense you're concerned
Sometimes bridges must be burned
No, the shadows in the way
Don't need to rule the day

(Pre-CH)/(CH)
credits
released February 26, 2022
Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, songwriter

recorded and mixed by Cody Weathers

You Know Me (Rough Mix)

We've all had unreliable cars, unreliable jobs, unreliable circumstances... This is a song about perseverance, putting your head down and moving forward as best you can in the face of whatever adversity confronts you.

This Broken Heap
by Cody Weathers

This broken heap has done had it
It is plumb out of ways it could die
But I need it this morning to get there
If it don't, we ain't gonna get by
If it don't, we ain't gonna get by

CH:
Please don't fail today
Please don't fail today

(scat Verse)/(Guitar CH)

Give it some gas, but don't flood it
There is only so much it can take
For a moment it turns, but then shudders
'Cause it don't care how much is at stake
No, it don't care how much is at stake

(CH)

Pray for a spark and then crank it
With a push and a pop, hear it roar
And I trace the worn wheel just to thank it
As it ferries me forward once more
As it ferries me forward once more

Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass, backing vocals
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)2016, all rights reserved

This Broken Heap Demos

This Broken Heap

Perfect Love
by Cody Weathers

My heart beats with overjoy. My love is endless, everything is you. You and you. Love forever, permanent and true. Money has no meaning now. My only treasure, only diamonds you. You and you. Wealth forever, permanent and true. CH: This is pure love. This is perfect love. All my pride grown uncorrupted, my wish is for the happiness of you. You and you. Joy forever, permanent and true. (Guitar) (CH) (Inst BR) Flesh and sinews all as one, we fuse together, all myself is you. You and you. Blood forever, permanent and true.

Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

Perfect Love

Like You Do
by Cody Weathers

Pain within, my cancer grows, familiar ache, despair I know. My heart so blue, so ever blue. My heart so blue, so ever blue. On the drip, my pulse is slow; I'm running with no place to go. My north is true, so ever true. My north is true, so ever true. CH: Come around and love me like you do, like you do. In this scar, the anger shows --the fretted wound will never close. I thought you knew, you never knew. I thought you knew, you never knew. Safe again, the poison goes, and for a time, here blooms the rose. My love is you, forever you. My love is you, forever you.

Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)2008, all rights reserved

Like You Do

I'll Never Be Far From Your Side
by Cody Weathers

Walk beside me and light me up slowly, in your arms I never am blue. Say you love me and need me and kiss me. I give you this ring and I'll always be true. Fly my flag and I'll find you, I'll never be far from your side. Never hungry, nor freezing, nor lonely, my darling, my soulmate, my wife. Trust and patience and love without boundary --I give you this ring and this promise for life. CH. Don't you worry, it's all right. I would never let you down. Home is happy, home is warm, home is where we're headed now. CH. Years of friendship and boxes of laughter, my favorite surprises and tears. Happy endings and Hollywood wishes, I give you this ring and the rest of my years.

Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)2001, all rights reserved

I'll Never Be Far From Your Side

Coyote
by Cody Weathers

So cold says the coyote as the willow whips the crow. So quick, thick, and easy just to let these arrows go. I try not to break you, says the coyote to the snow. It's hot-fought and rotten, but it's the only food I know. Chorus: Seeking my anguish, this dog loves a tree. Fill me with warmth, and I'll feed you with me. I know I travel to die at your knee. Take me from cold, and I'll feed you with me. So fierce is the fire that the willow might explode. So cold is the coyote, he forgets the ashen crow. She whispers and touches with her passion underglow. The canopy collapses, and the coyote smokes his bones. Chorus. So cold, screams the coyote, and his hide it heals too slow. So scabbed-up and skinless, I'm a skeleton, I know. I pause just to die here --let my inside-out unfold. Silent seeds turn to saplings, sprouting willows feed and grow. Chorus. Feed me with fire and I'll feed you with me.

Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass, backing vocals
Cody Weathers: vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)1993, all rights reserved

Coyote

Mad About You
by Cody Weathers

She was crazy when I met her, just as crazy as today And I knew that I would need her, but I couldn't make me say that if my heart could find no other, I'd be happiest that way. But then I saw the way she wants your eyes to stray. And I feel that I must tell you even though you don't deserve her. CH: She's mad about you. Something crazy in her eyes just says he's mad about you. And there's nothing I can do if she's mad about you I was up to my old no-no's when I told her not to love you, for I was all too cautious not to tell her how I felt true. And you still just perceived her as a carnival balloon: possession pretty soon is ugly and is taking too much room. Even though you don't respect her or enjoy her as I do. CH. Bridge: Mistakes of mine, you are too soft, the ruthless win this game. Vicious, cunning, hearts of steel attract and cut and maim. And that which may be tender can't compete, which is a shame. For love is built on cloudy things that paralyze the brain. CH

from Red Rocket, released December 1, 2020
Jean Gustin: electric guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass, piano resequencing
Cody Weathers: vocals, piano, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)1990, all rights reserved

Red Rocket Roughs

Mad About You

It Can't Rain Every Day
by Cody Weathers

Hey, hey, it's time to gather 'round, time to hear the tale of a sad and lonely boy who dreamed of love, a tale begun in secret long ago --a damsel knew him well and spun her sad heart on a copper wire through endless rain. Hey, hey, these are things that damsels do, but he lit the hidden fires that burned himself and warmed no one. A quest was made for Fall, when leaves and lives are changed and hearts are broken, every single one. CH:It can't rain every day, sometimes clouds must go away. Goodbye storm, goodbye rain, it's a new day. Hey, hey, it's time to take a shot, time to speculate and take the risks at once you dream and fear. The only things worth having have a price, you know, but sometimes you make back what you paid and more. Hey, hey, the price he paid was high, weighed in blood and gold the worth of what he sought could make him well. You pack your bags, you drive your car through dusty towns on wheels of fire. You go to her, you mend your heart, do what you have to do. CH. I lost my faith in finding love then it found me when I just stood still. Hey, hey, the love we found was good, easy, deep and true, and better than we dreamed that love could be. We traded rings, we traded vows, we made a family name. We found our dream, we found our hearts, did what we had to do.

from Red Rocket, released December 1, 2020
Jean Gustin: guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, drums

written by Cody Weathers (c)2000, all rights reserved

It Can't Rain Every Day (electric version)

Dead Man's Blues
by Cody Weathers

I've got the waking man's fever, the dead man's blues, I'm bundled in a blanket with only you to think of, and I know you think it too. I've got the wisdom of children that guides my head, I think about logic, but blush instead to turn you from your titan and his bed. CH:But I will retain your heart when it's over. You and your rattletrap cargo are overdue, you're hunting through the islands for something new to chew on, and you know I taste it too. You say the thunder doesn't scare you when you're alone, you only wanted weakness to draw someone beside you. Now this weakness is your own. CH. Something quite disturbing when you turn yourself upon your past. Still, I am invited, though there is no promise this will last. I've got the waking man's fever, the dead man's blues, I'm tripping on my coffin in these new shoes, do you hear that? Because the titan hears it too.

from Red Rocket, released December 1, 2020
Jean Gustin: lead guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, drums, guitar

written by Cody Weathers (c)1993, all rights reserved

Dead Man's Blues

At First Sight
by Cody Weathers

At first sight, the only line into your heart was over-tangled in a knot, an endless, complicated snake. That first night, I didn't dream of you at all, but in my lonely bed, my heart had come awake. At first light, I went about my daily ways, but something different in the maze --the smell of cheese. CH: You would be the one for me. So I tried to look for happiness around, and as my hopes went up and down, my heart said, "she has not been found." And you tried to find a love worth fighting for. You travelled bravely shore-to-shore, and yet your heart said, "something more." (CH) And in my old age, I hope I'll be a happy grandpa walking by the sea. All my life, I've been a failure and a fool, but then I took a chance or two and turned the corner into you. So, my wife, although it took a little time, I wouldn't change this knotted line which --once unraveled-- made you mine.

from Red Rocket, released December 1, 2020
Jean Gustin: lead guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, drums, guitar

written by Cody Weathers (c)2004, all rights reserved

At First Sight

There are some things I will never talk about, but that bottle's gonna break and let 'em out. Feeling hopeless, overwhelmed and overboard --know I oughta, but decline to seek the Lord. CH: With a sudden shift of light, the shadows fall, like the inky flood of night consuming all. There are reasons I believe, but cannot prove. Heavy troubles that no lever ever moves. Feeling lonely though surrounded by my friends --know it oughta, but the pain just never ends. (CH) There are some things I could never live without --trusted beacons when I'm dark and gripped by doubt. Feeling humble, tempest-tossed, and homeward-bound. Though my purpose briefly lost, my soul was found.
credits
from Red Rocket, released December 1, 2020
Jean Gustin: guitar
Sean Mersereau: bass
Cody Weathers: vocals, drums, keyboards

written by Cody Weathers (c)2019, all rights reserved

Shadows Fall

Cody Weathers and the Men Your Mama Warned You About re-imagine this song from Cody's hard rock Haardvark album as a groovy piano exploration of desire and temptation.

Get You Dirty
by Cody Weathers

There's a fire on my floor, there's a fire in my house, and it's burning through the roof, and it's burning through my mouth. An inferno at my heels, and I cannot quench the blaze; if I want to breathe again gotta solve the burning maze. CH: It's a late, late night, gotta get up early, but before I sleep, gotta get you dirty. As the blacksmith strikes the blade, gonna shape her molten steel, gonna hammer it with stone, gonna make the leather peel. There's some water in the well, there's some water in the stream. Gonna douse our bodies cool. Gonna turn it all to steam. (CH). Bridge: (No dark) No dark (Can swallow up) Can swallow up (This light) This light (So bright) So bright.

Get You Dirty (MYMWYA Piano)

Multi-instrumental scat-singing acoustic-rock fool-for-hire. Card-carrying nerd since 1989. Not afraid of hyphens. Super powers include: [deleted for reasons of national security].

Hard rock sensibilities fused with acoustic upbringing and jazz acumen operating in a truly independent consonant harmonic system.

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