Monday Playlist week of 1/16/2023

(Written by Terry Reeves, Feb. 2021)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocals
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement, Production & Final Mix

The past few months have been a wonderful time for my eldest son and his partner, who are expecting a child. They wanted to share the good news of the pregnancy but had some concerns about going public in the early stages and decided to wait until the first sonogram and medical check confirmed everything was as it should be. 

During those early days the undivided love they felt for each other in starting a new family grew and when they felt secure enough they finally shared their news with the family.

I’ll never forget the excitement when they showed us the first sonogram photo – that new family was becoming more real with every passing day.
Then came the second image, showing the baby nearing full development, with a clear indication of gender.  Jason and Nicky felt it was time to name their child, choosing Richard Terence Reeves – RTR.   Sharing the name Terence with me makes me so very emotional.  
Being a granddad was something I had never expected but I am filled with pride to be just that to Richard Terence Reeves.

Deep thanks to Hans for once again producing such a wonderful arrangement for the song I wrote to celebrate the occasion.  It really captures the growing excitement we‘ve all been feeling over the past few months. Thanks so much for listening. 

Gary has asked me to apologize to anyone who has messaged him over the last couple of months and hasn’t received a reply.  Health problems and hospital appointments, among other things, have been taking up much of our time recently.  We both want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has listened to, liked, commented on and reposted ‘Soundcloud Village’ - your support is keeping our spirits sky-high.  (Terry Reeves)

***STOP PRESS***
Baby Richard Terence Reeves born at 6.12am this morning, Tuesday 20th. July 2021.  Weight 4.7Kg / 10lb. 3oz.  Mother and baby both doing well. 
 

We have a secret to tell you
An excitement of questions 
A certainty of desire
And no fear of direction 

The importance of sharing
A desire to include
The love of two increasing 
Wanting to tell all the moon

It’s the time to share what we see
It’s the time for what we are
It’s time for going far

Trying to be very careful 
Of a single life responsibility 
Without holding an existence 
Hugging more making 2 to 3

A very beautiful picture
Development of our family tree
Gradually growing confidence 
Of what a future life will be

It the time to share what we see
It’s the time for what we are
It’s time for our growing star

Our selfish single reasons
To each other a love we see
No apology or justification 
Another chapter of feeling free

There never was a question 
Of commitment to achieve
The question is for others
Beliefs for you and me

It’s the time to share what we see
It’s the time for what we are
It’s time for R.T.R

A SECRET, CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS (Please Read Description)

This track is about Yareli and Yasmina, two Ecuadorian refugees ages three and five that were dropped over the US/Mexico border wall by smugglers late last March miles from nowhere.  Thankfully this was all seen by Border Patrol cameras and they were quickly rescued uninjured and in good spirits--no small miracle.  This is when the immigration issue became very personal to me and the need for our national leadership to solve a very real crisis instead of using it as an issue to bludgeon the other political party.   
The track is in four parts;
1--Dropped Over the Wall
2--Abandoned and Bewildered
3--The Rescue
4--Epilogue; Please Find An Answer

Abandoned At The Border

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2022
Gentle Rain Records
Featuring Adam Haynes on the Fiddle
https://www.fiverr.com/fiddlesnoop/professional-fiddle-mandolin-and-audio-service?context_referrer=logged_in_homepage&source=recently_and_inspired&ref_ctx_id=3f7b8ef89d572190bd296374ad59c329&context=recommendation&pckg_id=1&pos=5&context_alg=recently_viewed&imp_id=8b220836-3af3-4eff-b67f-c252a68dd055
Craig Durgy Vocals and Mandolin
Nat Daniels Vocals and Piano - Production 
Written by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
 
Our Profound thanks to Mr Adam Haynes, who is no stranger to the Grand Ole Opry Stage, for lending us your Exquisite talent on the fiddle!

Lyrics:

The Tripwire

Through the window, I can hear your voice
It calls to me in tones of Red..
On the outside… Perfect pearls and shades,
That hide so much I just never say.

But the silence is like a Tripwire, 
That explodes in thoughts of you!
And like a slow fire with golden embers
We remain unmoved…

Two hearts open, souls forever bound..
A happy place in you I found..
But the truth hurts..  in a different time,
I was yours and you were mine

But the Silence, is like a Tripwire
That ignites all thoughts of you!
And I remember every moment,
I had spent with you, and Hope remains unmoved

Tripwire

Written by: Hoyt Axton, Kenneth Elvin JR. Higginbotham
Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Evangelina

Houston We Have A Problem

Jimmy says to Johnny “What’s goin’ on
everyday people killed by bombs
in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
seems to me there’s no turning back
the enemy’s knocking at the door
history repeats itself - just like before
the whole world’s become a wreck
think you’d better take a reality check
is it a Clash of Civilizations
tell me it’s not my imagination.”
Houston
Houston
we have a problem
we have a problem
you got a problem.

Well Johnny tells Jimmy “God is an American
you can draw a line in the sand
things will get worse before they get better
even the Angels can’t predict the weather
don’t go looking for any miracles
no one has ever squared the circle
for when all is said ‘n done
‘n heaven’s been blown to kingdom come
you should know still waters run deep
yeah these guys they play for keeps.”
Houston
Houston
we have a problem
we have a problem
you got a problem.

Well I’ll tell ya man if looks could kill
Jimmy would be reading Johnnys’ will
like the lady said “A Rose Is A Rose
the emperor has no more clothes”
hope there’s no more Ground Zeros
no more fires burning below
someday the lion will sleep with the lamb
‘till then keep your ear to the ground Uncle Sam
yeah the pen is mightier than the sword
by the grace of God go we  - “Praise The Lord.”
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
we have a problem
we have a problem 
you got a problem.















Houston We Have A Problem

The tribal leaders are ever at war to protect their power base,they try to force us to take sides.

The earth is my country and it's people are my tribe.

Warmongers can do one.

Tribal

Original by Walter Trout year 1992

Bass, drums, vocal & mix : PJ Project
All other instruments: PdB Orchestra

Motivation Of Love W/ PdB Orchestra

A bit bored so I mixed some words and vocal with Bob Warner's Lazydayz Blues instrumental track.

Lazydayz Blues - Lyrics & Vocal by Tony Harris - Music by Bob Warner - Original

When Chuck Aaron asks me to collaborate I drop what I'm doing and get on it, especially if it's an old Merle Haggard tune. Chuck, always a pleasure working with you!

Jesus Take A Hold (Chuck Aaron Collab.)

Brenda Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004)

Much thanks to Arkestar https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents for hours of slog and oceans of brilliance!
A big thanks as well to Russell Sinfield  https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield for initiating this project and for all the encouragement and pointers

Vocals by Pravinand Maharaj aka Johnny Minstrel
All Instrumentation by The Ocean Of Tunes Arkestar
Backing Vocals by The Aquabooty City Choir

 
Brenda – Words & Music by Pravinand Maharaj 

Showstopper, pill popper
What’s it all about
Bad weather coming down
The fans sing and shout
Cry heaven, earth in ruin
A battle won and lost
Somewhere up a Muslim moon
Somewhere down a Christian cross

And oh it’s a situation
A bad situation

Survivor, revive her
She can’t die again
What will we do without her
The last link on freedom’s chain
Cities fall, madmen rise
Fear everywhere
Kids learn the facts of life
From bigots who don’t care

And oh it’s a situation
A bad situation
Oh…it’s a situation
A bad situation

Singing sweet and strong
Weeping deep and long
What voice comes to you today?
Singing sweet and strong
Weeping deep and long
What voice comes to you today?

And oh it’s a situation
A bad situation
Oh…it’s a situation
A bad situation

Laid to rest, she was the best
To her grave alone
With every song she ever sung
To find a way back home
A lone wind calling, sirens howling
Somewhere someone screams
If we could lay our weapons down
And like her start to sing

Brenda - with  The Ocean Of Tunes Arkestar featuring The Aquabooty City Choir

Once there was a Band....aptly named 'The Band'.....They were very much THE Band, too. Featuring Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm (RIP), among many other most memorable contributing Musicians in their Halcyon Days. That was many Moons and Tunes ago, but this remains my very Favorite of the many Classic songs The Band wrote, performed and recorded. This version is intended with all due respect to them and 'sketched' in my own AcoustaTronic way. Had done a previous version of this song, but have also wanted to create an alternative variation of it for quite awhile. Anyway, hope it's enjoyed?!!! ;-) As always, Thanks for Listening! Always, most genuinely appreciated. :D

The Weight - 2016 Version

The Weight - Version - AcoustaTronic Version ReMiX

Quick demo of one of my fav Bob Dylan songs: Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather. Thinking I'll work on this some more and release it on a CD. With a little cello maybe.  Yes?

https://www.facebook.com/BethWilliamMusic/

Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather by Beth Williams

'WATCHING YOU'
Written, Performed & Produced
by Andrew Borderick, Copyright 2016/2020
Mastered by Andrew Borderick

MAKE PEACE WITH EVERYONE
DON'T FORGET TO FEED THE ANIMALS
WE MAKE THIS LIFE WE'RE IN
TAKE YOUR TIME IT SHOULD BE ONLY THEM / ONLY THEM

MAKE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS FAST
DAYDREAMS WILL WAKE UP IN THE PAST
SOME SEE THE ANSWERS IN LOVE
MAKE PEACE THE HIGHEST THING ABOVE / THING ABOVE

I'M WATCHING YOU
ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE
I'M WATCHING YOU A'INT NO SURPRISE

WE CAN FEEL THE CHANGING SKY'S
THE GREED OF LIFE IT'S NO SURPRISE
IT'S A WORLD WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD
ONCE IT'S TAKEN AWAY YOU KNOW IT'S GONE / IT'S ALL GONE

I'M WATCHING YOU
ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE
I'M WATCHING YOU A'INT NO SURPRISE

(break)

I'M WATCHING YOU
ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE
I'M WATCHING YOU A'INT NO SURPRISE

I'M WATCHING YOU
ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE
I'M WATCHING YOU A'INT NO SURPRISE

Timeline

WATCHING YOU

My Little girl Brooke singing simple man .Iam so glad you did this.We hope all of you like it .

Simple Man

took this down a couple years ago forgot all about it - Re-mastered it putting it back up - Rock on

February Day

The lyrics listed below inspired Chuck to create this Country track.
Lyrics by Tony Harris
Vocals, Music, Production & Mix by Chuck Aaron

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL
WAS A SMALL COUNTRY STORE
BUYIN' A COKE AND MOON PIE
IT WAS QUITE A THRILL

WHERE THE OLD MEN GATHERED
TO PLAY DOMINO'S AND CHECKERS
YOUNG BOYS GATHERED TO PLAY BALL
IN THE PASTURE OUT BACK

THE KID'S LOVED CATCHIN' FIRE FLIES
AND PUTTIN' THEM IN A JAR
WATCHIN' THEM LIGHT UP
UNDER THE STARY SKIES

(CHORUS)
GOIN' BACK IN TIME
WITH COUNTRY ON MY MIND
GOIN' BACK IN TIME
TO A SIMPLER TIME
YEA, GOIN' BACK IN TIME
TO A SIMPLER TIME

SETTIN' OUT FISH HOOKS
ON A SMALL CREEK BANK
SITTIN' AROUND A CAMP FIRE
TELLIN' STORIES AND JOKES

NO CITY STREETS OR BOULEVARDS
PLAYED SOME BASKETBALL
WITH  HOME MADE GOALS
IN OUR BACK YARDS

NO I-PAD OR I-PHONE
JUST SOME GOOD TIMES
AND GOOD MEMORIES
OF A WONDERFUL HOME

(REPEAT CHORUS 1 or 2 times)

2019 © Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Back In Time - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Chuck Aaron - Original

Back when the world was old style 'normal' and I was young and mad for love i knew this girl.......... 
I hope you're all well out there and you and your families are navigating the new normal......."New Normal" Who came up with that ?  Has there ever been a time when the madmen were not at the helm ?  That nice lady who is leading New=Zealand should be made Queen of the world. I'd sleep a lot easier.   I hope you enjoy this love song.

You say that you're a goddess......I could have told you that,
as you adopt a position on your yoga mat.
I'm on my knees, I've got one eye on the door,
little queen of heaven, lying on the floor.

Standing in the river where the fishes swim,
waste deep and dappled, you've got freckles on your skin.
Flowers in the meadow, big bird in the sky,
thunder in the mountains, and laughter in your eye.

I trace the patterns, on your summer dress,
just to feel you tremble, and just to make you guess.
Living in the moment, we've got nothing planned,
an extraordinary woman and an ordinary man.

An Extraordinary Woman. (Steve Killingbeck)

A track from the album Time and Tide, available on Bandcamp
amandasanderson.bandcamp.com/album/time-and-tide

Lyrics, music, mixing, production: Verulium
https://verulium.bandcamp.com/releases
Vocals: Amanda Kim Sanderson

Selene, the goddess of the moon 
Mercurial and hewn 
From ashen rays of afterglow 

High, presiding through the night 
Her veil of silver light 
Cascading over all we know 

Deep in my subconciousness 
Arcadia survives 

In the dismal days of 
Emptiness 
We try to turn the tide 

Before my eyes 
The truth in a strange disguise 
So I ran and I ran 
But the future had a plan 
To catch me out 

If you attune 
To the phasing of the moon 
Like chasing a ghost 
From the pillar to the post 
It wears you down 

Turn the tide 
By leaving the past behind 
Buried in the sands of time 

So in the end 
The phasing wins again 
Come the dark, come the dawn 
Come the chasm of the morn 
It wears you down 

Turn the tide 
By leaving the past behind 
Buried in the sands of time

credits
from Time and Tide, released June 4, 2020
license
all rights reserved

Time and Tide

Buried In The Sands Of Time

Well as it's that time of year we thought we'd throw our, er, leaf into the autumn song ring.

Following "Summer Rain", this is the second of a seasonal series of variations on a simple musical theme.   Eat yer heart out Viv.  :)

An Autumn Pastorale

The year’s getting late, now summer’s sleeping
I contemplate how autumn’s creeping in.
Berries shining for the birds
As they harmonise each others’ words
In a chorus like the angels heard.
Smiling with friends at ease
Laughing under sleepy trees
Kicking up the fallen leaves…year’s getting late

The year’s getting late, for carefree living
Lazy times, with honest give and take.
Simple joys like baby smiles
And climbing hills to see for miles
Anticipating each sunrise.
Spider webs in the evening sun
Calling geese on their Southern run
The evening star switching on…year’s getting late

The year’s getting late, memories clinging
Better times, that sweet hope’s bringing in
The last of this year’s butterflies
Mother nature’s neat surprise
Delighting even tired eyes.
Sunbeams dancing in the breeze
On crazy colour painted leaves
Can’t those days come back please? … year’s getting late.

Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash

An Autumn Pastorale - Feat. Jude

A Songwriting Man

Very loosely based on a songwriter we know.

Lyrics;
He sits at his desk
with a pencil in hand
Furrowed the brow
Of a song writing man

He's searching for words
But blank as the page
Could be the drinking
Or maybe old age

He's full of loose ends
Nothing connects
Thoughts lose their track
The day seems a wreck

The night will move on
No vision to pass
Without a story story
He empties the glass

This battle is lost
So tonight he'll retreat
Back in the morning
To retake his seat

He Flies through the air
Vivid this dream
A magical world
So real it all seams



Quickly he rises
And gets out of bed
To record the adventure
Still fresh in his head

A new day begins
Well armed with a plan
He's fills up glass
With his favorite brand

He sits at his desk
with pencil in hand
Furrowed the brow
Of a song writing man

A Songwriting Man

Love country, folk, rock, gospel, blues and 60's style rock/pop music. I also post a Monday Playlist each week. My main page is Tony's Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

Monday Playlist week of 1/16/2023

Country/Folk/Rock/Blues/Gospel - Monday Playlist