HEROES & VILLAINS

Superhero (Heroes & Villains)

Rich Man and the Reaper

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

Rich man told the Reaper
Can I buy a poor man for you?
Reaper told the Rich man
You’ll have to do.

Rich man told the Reaper
Let me buy you some fine wine
Reaper told the Rich man
All I want is your time

Ghost laughed at the Rich man
Said don’t you ’member me?
Threw me out in the rain
I’m so happy you came.

Rich man asked the Reaper
Can I buy my way outta this?
Hush, hush said the Reaper
Let me seal it with a kiss.

Rich Man and The Reaper

GALLERY BELLS 3

A cover of Sinead O'Connor's beautiful beautiful song. Originally four part acappella, I pared it to three parts, and composed a piano part as well.

JPF: piano, vocals, arrangements

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In This Heart

A Trio version of "Haint". Words and Music: Cornelius Eady. CE: Vocal; Charlie Rauh: Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Vocal, Drums. Lisa Liu: Electric Organ. w/ Concetta Abbate, Violin. Track arranged by Rauh and Liu. Strings arranged by Concetta Abbate. Mixed by Charlie Rauh.

Haint (TRIO VERSION)
Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

I got this ache in my heart
The state of Texas is my host
I got this hole in my soul
The State of Texas made me a ghost

And my ghost howls 
Woe

Now I’m a wandering spirit
My body swings in my cell
When they cut this poor gal down
Who’ll know how I got here?

And my ghost howls
Woe

Maybe I died by my own hand
Maybe I died by hands unknown
Maybe I was dead
The moment I talked back
Maybe I was dead
‘fore I was born

And my ghost howls
Woe

Damn the cop
Who damned my black skin
Damn the judge
Who agreed with him
My name’s Sandra Bland
I should be alive 
Sass back in Texas 
You commit “suicide” 

And my ghost howls
Woe.

Haint (for Sandra Bland)

On December 15, 2019 I performed a solo acoustic guitar concert at The Center For New Music in San Fransisco.  This is the entire set that was comprised mostly of music from my two albums (Viriditias and Hiraeth) as well as music from my upcoming project, The Bluebell, which takes its inspiration from the poetry of Emily and Anne Brontë.

Solo Set at The Center For New Music 12/15/19

Robert Anthony Gibbons is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on January 15th, 2020.

Robert Anthony Gibbons

A Trio cover of the John Prine song "Paradise". Words & Music: John Prine. Arranged by Charlie Rauh. CE: Vocals & Mountain Dulcimer; Charlie Rauh: Acoustic Guitar. w/ Concetta Abbate, Vocal and Viola. Mixed by Charlie Rauh.

Paradise (John Prine Cover)

Another track in the on-going CE Trio Corona Project. Words and Music: Cornelius Eady. CE: Vocal; LIsa Liu: Acoustic Guitar; Concetta Abbate: Mandolin, Violin & Vocal. Arranged & Mixed by Lisa Liu. Photo by B A Van Sise.

Birdwatching
Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

Oh the Robin is
A pretty little bird
She chirps and pecks
And then she flies

The grass is lush,
The sky’s so blue
But danger has 
A roving eye

You better beware
Oh, have a care
Someone has their eye
On you
Your particular skin
Is a popular sin
Doesn’t matter what you do.

And now the cop kneels
Down to prey
His heaven’s a place
Where you go away.
One and one and one is three
Gonna sweep you away
On his bended knee.

Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day
Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day.

And now the cop kneels
Down to prey
Their heaven’s a place
Where you cannot stay
One and one and one is three
Gonna sweep you away
On his bended knee.

Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day
Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day.

Oh the Karen is a
Saucy little thing,
Swoops through the park
Like a breath of Spring.

Got the world on her side
And her dog on a leach 
Got a phone to practice
What she preach.

And now the cop kneels
Down to prey
His heaven’s a place
Where you cannot stay
One and one and one is three
Gonna sweep you away
On his bended knee.

Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day
Oh, to be birdwatching
And not be seen a stalkin’
Oh, to be birdwatching
On such a lovely day.

	for Christian & Amy Cooper

BIRDWATCHING

Another track in the on-going CE Trio Pandemic song project. Words and Music: Cornelius Eady. CE: Vocal; Charlie Rauh: Electric Guitar, Electric Bass; Lisa Liu: Acoustic Guitar. W/ Concetta Abbate, Vocals, and Mandolin. Track arranged by Rauh, Liu & Abbate. Mixed by Lisa Liu Photo by B A Van Sise.
Shuck and Jive
Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

C’mon, baby, I’ll take you for a ride
I’ll drop you on the corner of Shuck and Jive.

A fool and his money must one day part
Someone wrote the patent on your broken heart
Someone tuned the fiddle ‘fore the city burned
Shake hands with the lesson you’ll never learn.

C’mon, baby, I’ll take you for a ride
I’ll drop you on the corner of Shuck and Jive

The circus is waiting, follow me down
I’m a high stepper, and I’ve been around
Short and sweet is my renown
Wake up bitter in old clip town

C’mon, baby, I’ll take you for a ride
I’ll drop you on the corner of Shuck and Jive

I’m your gun for hire, your extraordinary friend
Your pocket’s so deep, the fun never ends
Daytrip a fool, everybody in the pool
Your wallet grows lighter as you descend.

C’mon, baby, I’ll take you for a ride
I’ll drop you on the corner of Shuck and Jive

Fish in a barrow, that’s what they say
Use ‘em and lose ‘em, that’s the way
Call for the cop, but the judge is bribed
Got a big house on the corner of Shuck and Jive.

Shuck N Jive

Written by Hank Williams Sr.

JPF: Piano, organ/acoustic bass programming/orchestral programming/vocals

Rich Man and The Reaper

Cornelius Eady

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