What a gorgeous song, performed with such sensitivity and craft.  Beautiful work, D&D...

Beautiful track, and vocals/vocal harmonies! :)

full of insight with a great new country sound

Beautifully sensitive and insightful writing and gorgeous delivery from both of you!

Nat's vocals on this are so evocatively powerful (wonderful harmonizing Craig) I like the theme of love and understanding, when hurt feelings overwhelm.

Great in country how you can lay out the bare facts - just the best country sound around too

Black posies
round the fringes
of a memory untapped.

The same piano
that shadow now
a vampire bat.

A phantom dance
through cemetery smoke
in boots of kerosene
and glass.

Stop-sign under idle moon.
Riding to survive
beneath the dome light.
One to scar and it stayed
while the rest left.

Tar traces.
The pavement fissures.
Thin coat rise to neons.
The afterglow a mystery.

A round, a stage
an empty rink.
A drama of the ashes.
Air embedded with sweat
and leaking sinks
and snakes.

Underground unbound.
Unbolting each lock to soul.
Silent and slow 
but wrong it goes
until the fractured
break to fall

to the cellar
where all the lost ones let
the poets of the moon
ink the wall tattoos
for which to paint
their future
or their doom.

Words by Riley Robinson

Extinct Ignition

Songwriter : Boz Scaggs \ ISWC : T-070.203.176-2 
Publishers : Boz Scaggs Music - Kobalt Music
Released : November 1976  
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I've wanted to sing this song, Rita Coolidge's version, for a very long time. She has a beautiful voice. We kept the song structure pretty much the same.
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Arrangement (Yamaha PSR SX900) : Phong
Vocal : Anh
Recorded : January 25th 2025

We're All Alone - Cover (Rita Coolidge)

my futile attempt at transcendence despite the wise teachings of Ram Dass (aka Richard Alpert), whose insightful words bookend this song


Get Lost  

Gonna take a trip inside myself                                                
To find serenity
It’s not a place I know so well
But it’s where I’m taking me
I start this meditation
Close my eyes and count to ten
Lose myself and take a breath 
Repeat it once again

I get lost, get lost
Then I think too much and grok it up
My mantra just got tossed
Get lost, get lost
Conscious seething, breathing
Got my toes and fingers crossed

Drive the coast to Big Sur
A former hippie way
Timmy Leary, Dicky Alpert
What do those mushrooms say?
Well, Timmy went to prison
And Dicky changed his name
And me I go in circles
I can’t understand my brain

Get lost, get lost
Albert Hofmann’s in the kitchen
He can cook that secret sauce
Get lost, get lost
I wanna reach the 5th dimension
Go beyond my permafrost
                                                                                         
OOHH  the infinite beauty
OOHH the infinite me
OOHH the intoxication
Oh don't do don't do
 just be…. Let It Be

Ram Dass, the Dali Lama
Baba is my name
Yogacise don’t moralize
I play the Buddah game
Psilocybin take me higher
Mother Earth I feel her near
Holds me in her sunshine
I dissolve and disappear

Get lost, get lost
Then I think too much and grok it up
My mantra just got tossed
Get lost, get lost
I wanna reach the 5th dimension
Go beyond this permafrost



Get Lost

Crossroads

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Lyrik (the English translation is below the Geman lyrics)
Jahre lang bin ich gerannt
Blind dem Schein der Welt gefolgt
(Blind gefolgt, blind gefolgt)
Hab den Wert der Zeit verkannt
Und mein Herz dabei verlor'n
(Zeit verlor'n, Herz verlor'n)

Dann kam der Tag der alles nahm
(Der Tag der nahm)
Und nichts mehr war wie es einst war
(Nichts wie es war)
Die Leere die mich überkam
(Die Leere kam)
Machte alle Wahrheit klar

Was wirklich zählt im Leben
Sind nicht die großen Dinge
(Sind nicht die Dinge, sind nicht die Dinge)
Ist nicht das ewige Streben
Sind nicht die gold'nen Ringe
(Gold'nen Ringe, gold'nen Ringe)
Es ist die Zeit die wir uns schenken
Die Liebe die wir teilen
(Die wir teilen, die wir teilen)
Die Momente die wir lenken
Wenn wir bei uns verweilen
(Bei uns sind)

In der Stille dieser Nacht
Höre ich mein Herz ganz klar
(Höre klar, spüre wahr)
Was ich früher nie bedacht
Wird mir endlich offenbar

Durch den Schmerz des Loslassens
(Lass los, lass los)
Fand ich endlich zu mir selbst
(Zu mir selbst)
In der Tiefe meines Falls
(In der Tiefe)
Fand ich einen neuen Halt

Was wirklich zählt im Leben
Ist jeder Atemzug
(Jeder Zug, jeder Zug)
Ist das Nehmen und das Geben
Der sanfte Herzensflug
(Herzensflug)
Die Wahrheit in uns drinnen
Die leise zu uns spricht
(Leise spricht, leise spricht)
Wenn wir uns selbst gewinnen
Im warmen Seelenlicht
(Seelenlicht, Seelenlicht)

In der Stille dieser Zeit
(In der Stille)
Find ich endlich meinen Weg
(Meinen Weg, beide)
Was ich bin, was mich befreit
(Was mich befreit)
Trägt mich über jeden Steg

English translation:
For years I ran
Blindly followed the world's illusions
(Blindly followed, blindly followed)
Did not recognize the value of time
And lost my heart in the process
(Lost time, lost my heart)

Then came the day that took everything
(The day that took)
And nothing was as it once was
(Nothing was as it was)
The emptiness that came over me
(The emptiness came)
Made all the truth clear

What really matters in life
Are not the big things
(Are not the things, are not the things)
Is not the eternal pursuit
Are not the golden rings
(Golden rings, golden rings)
It's the time we give each other
The love we share
(We share, we share)
The moments we direct
When we dwell within
(Within ourselves)

In the silence of this night
I hear my heart quite clearly
(Hear clearly, feel true)
What I never considered before
Is finally revealed to me

Through the pain of letting go
(Let go, let go)
I finally found myself
(Found myself)
In the depth of my fall
(In the depth)
I found a new foothold

What really counts in life
Is every breath
(Every breath, every breath)
Is the taking and the giving
Of the gentle flight of the heart
(Flight of the heart)
The truth within us
That speaks softly to us
(Softly speaks, softly speaks)
When we win ourselves
In the warm light of the soul
(Soul light, soul light)

In the silence of this time
(In the silence)
I finally find my way
(My way, my way)
What I am, what sets me free
(What sets me free)
Carries me over every bridge

Was wirklich zählt

My friend JJ Terrell reminded me of Piano Day, so I decided to join in the celebration with two humble piano themes that I dug up from my earlier recordings. Unfortunately, I didn't dedicate enough time to the piano and I regret that.

Two piano miniatures (Piano Day March 29 2025)

Nat wrote this beautiful song about the complexities of marriage that can lead to unfair assumptions, where one spouse takes advantage of another based on the “wedding ring”. The words attempt to get through to the guilty party in hopes of easing the burden on her friend and revitalizing the marriage.

Nat Daniels: vocals, piano, guitar, bass, percussion
Craig Durgy: guitar & vocals
All music written and performed by Daniels & Durgy
Produced by Nat Daniels of Gentle Rain Records ©2025

Lyrics:
Gun For Hire by Daniels & Durgy

It’s time to set aside 
All the shouting and the drama
To look inside yourself 
And release a little karma
‘Cause I heard the way you talked 
About a man I call my friend
And just because you’re married 
Don’t mean you own him ‘till the end

No a ring and a contract 
Won’t keep a good man faithful
It‘s in the way you choose to treat him 
When you’re being mean and hateful
When you break down all his friends
And his ideas just cause you can 
Then expect him to love you with a fire, 
On command like he’s a gun... for hire

No a man needs some comfort 
And some words that understands him 
The hardships that he faces 
‘Cause he's the man to whom you're turning
He carries that with gladness 
For his woman and his kids
And he’ll treat you like an equal
If you do the same to him

So try to show some kindness
Without a reason or a motive
Allow him to have his dreams 
So he can come to you for purpose
And listen without judgement
Before sarcasm leaves your mind
As he is, don't change a single thing 
And he’ll be faithful without a wedding ring 

Oh love him with passionate fire
Not just.. like he’s a gun.. for hire

Gun For Hire

Ashes Of Love # 3, Gene Jumper, The Desert Rose, ( cover )

The Earth Love II

Open Your Heart

Lyrics and vocals by me
Simple music made in Garageband
I added some echo on my vocal for best effect..

Thank you so much for listening :)


Lyrics:

I buried my head in the sand
Didn't think I would be seen
But you did
You saw me..

I lived like in a cave
Didn't think I would be found
But you did
You found me...


You....... You found me....

I didn't speak very loud
Didn't think I would be heard
But you did
You heard me...

I didn't do much of myself
Didn't think anyone cared
But you did
You cared....

You......You cared....

I didnt dare to belive
Didn't think it was true
But it was
It was true....

I put all my love on hold
didnt think I would be loved
But I was
You loved me....

You....You loved me....

You Did  (Original)

My Frist Track for the new album. Mixing with my new high end equipment. A song of reflection about the early music festival scene near San Francisco  where I grew up.

Freedom Free Love Free To Be Heard by GLEN GRANTHEM
Play it like you use to play it when you were young
Tearing up a fret board until you reached number one
Spend those days on the green lost in the crowd
Shoulder to shoulder as the band rocks out
Singing songs about peace and love and Smoking grass as guitars strum

Day after day the music was life 
Turntables spin all through the night
One hand on a pipe carved out of stone
All your friends felt right at home
With both hands in the air and Every face wore long hair
Viet Nam was miles away  Every song had its place
Solo
The sixties were like no other time in our life
Draft cards ,Protests , Equal rights
We were coming of age to save the world
Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard
Singing songs about peace and love Smoking grass as Guitars Strum
With Both hands in the air 
Singing Songs About Peace and Love.....

Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard ( Original ) with Lyrics

Two song writers, two kindred spirits... that found each other by pure happenstance and great fortune, to collaborate and create music together.
To see our separate artist pages, please click on the following links:
Nat Daniels   https://soundcloud.com/natdaniels
Craig Durgy  https://soundcloud.com/durge

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