January 2021

Monday Playlist 3/1/2021

Related tracks: We Gotta Bring This Together - Georg Boehme / Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Danniels & Durgy

Although this song was written by me about one of my most loved places in the world, I heard Nat sing it when we were figuring out how to present it, and I just had to have her stick with the lead vocals as she sings it so beautifully, even though she has never set foot in the great Mountain State (now she wants to!). So we just changed "she" to "he" and it all fell into place. It tells the story of someone who has watched a lover leave and seeks solace in the Wonderful and Wild of West Virginia. The state became a bit of a passion for me since I first visited our friends in Keyser when I was still a boy. And it still represents a place of reflection and spirit to me. A place where one can find themselves and answer the deeper questions perhaps. And that's what happens in this song. It celebrates the wonders of this beautiful place even while it describes the complicated challenges of this world. This is dedicated to the entire Campbell family, without whom I'd not know the beauty I've tried to capture in this simple song. I especially want to recognize Margaret & Richard as the head of that Campbell clan, bless them both in heaven. As long as there are mountains and rivers in West Virginia, their memory will live large.
(lyrics below)

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records.
Produced, Written & Performed by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Pedal Steel - Dakota Holden  
https://www.fiverr.com/dakotaholden/play-pedal-steel-on-your-song
Craig Durgy: Vocals, Guitar & Mandolin
Nat Daniels: Vocals, bass and production
Dakota Holden: Pedal Steel
See Our video! :  https://youtu.be/-FVLtkalVlA

Lyrics;
Hey, West Virginia, I’m crossing your state line
It’s me again, hello old friend, it’s been a long, long time
Four windows open, to feel your mountain air
To breathe you in, rememberin’, the child in me out there
You see I need your wisdom, your reassuring smile
I just want to listen, to the wonderful and wild
I know he’s leaving, I just came to tell you so
These backroads lead me back to me
To watch your Greenbrier flow
Yeah, he’s moving on now, you knew long ago
It’s what I do, so much like you, 
They come, they love, they go
You see I need your wisdom, your reassuring smile
I just want to listen, to the wonderful and wild
He loved my stories, and sunshine, wind and rain 
But like before, he’s found the door, and here I am again
Hey West Virginia, the tall grass crickets call 
The stars appear, much closer here
You catch ‘em when they fall
You always catch me when, I fall
You always catch me when,
You always catch me when, I fall

Back To West Virginia

West Virginia

This terrific song is the work of our friend Steve Low who granted us permission to attempt a cover. As much as we love Steve's original, we saw no point in trying to do it the same as he so wonderfully did, so we thought it would be fun to go country, perhaps a bit bluegrass and we're very excited to share it here. The song has some terrific lyrics that describe the longing one experiences when the one they love is gone. We thank Steve for allowing us the privilege and we also are pleased to again feature the amazing banjo work of Hamilton Belk.

Music and lyrics by Steve Low
Performed by Daniels & Durgy
Nat Daniels - piano, percussion, vocals, bass
Craig Durgy - guitar, vocals
Hamilton Belk - banjo

Lyrics (by Steve Low):
You yes you’re living in a cage
You’re bouncing off the bars
But it’s my ribs and tissue that’s inflammed
Yes it’s I who’s watching for your car
My roots are deep here in the west
Invested here I have to stay
But you got gypsy in your blood
Your fiddles playing the sounds of Spain
And so I’m watching yes I’m watching
All the headlights - all the headlights
Oh I’m watching yes I’m watching 
All the headlights - all the headlights
Coming up over the hill - hoping that one of them is you

Though you’ve had a travelling circus life
You been courting stability
And I’ve been prostrate at your feet
I been licking your toes to sleep
And though you bathe in pleasures warm
I sense our wine is running dry
I know as you commute each morn
You’re not the type to say goodbye
And so I’m watching . . . you

This evening’s sky is coal dust cloud
You’re late and I’m a clairvoyant
This house empty of all sound 
This house is empty
This house is empty

All The Headlights

Written by Paul McCartney and released near the end of the band’s existence on the Let It Be album in 1970, something made Craig try it out for our own style. It was a live home recording and we liked it. Nat then took it and added her magic harmonies and piano to pretty it up so nicely. Made it a very much more straight forward country folk sound with the accent on the lovely lyrics.
Gentle Rain Records

Deja Views

Long and Winding Road

Long and Winding Road (live cover)

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records
From Durge and Myself...  THANK YOU for listening to our Songs, and sharing our Truths!  Have a Safe, and Blessed New Year!!  

Seafaring Wanderer 
Produced, Written & Performed by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Starlight star bright 
I wished upon a city light
That the Western Winds will lead me to you
Like a long desert road with no detours or turns one can miss…
Ending in arms wide open
That greets me for certain.. with a kiss.

Oh that sun sets low 
And time waits suspended,
Mesmerising me, like the warmth of your smile
And though I’ve seen it all, the seafaring wanderer
Has found nothing new …
All this time I was searching for meaning
I found it in you.


Starlight star bright 
The bourbon made this night all right..
But the city streets, holds empty and cold
Every neon sign flickers a heart beat the beckons 
“Come on home”..
Every newspaper flutter, is like Angels that Mutter.. 
“Call his phone..” 

Oh this road I’m on has one destination,
Every star I choose just leads me to you…
Yes I’ve seen it all, like a seafaring wanderer
But one thing held true!
All this time I was searching for meaning 
I found it in you..

Seafaring Wanderer

I had posted this song a few months back last year with just acoustic guitar, vocals and harmonica. Russell Sinfield heard it in his own special way and wanted to add something to it. He took up the tempo a little and then got Gary Reeves to add percussion. He then did the bass himself and finally had Gavin Stephens to do the trumpet. I was quite blown away with the end result! I hope you don’t mind giving this song a listen again. These are three supremely talented artists and I can’t thank them enough! 

Russ (https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield) Bass and Mix
Gary (https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs) Percussion
Gavin (https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents) Horns
Johnny- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar and Harmonica
Cover Art: Russell Sinfield


When I’m Young Again – Words & Music by Pravinand Maharaj aka Johnny Minstrel

Met a man with a broken wheel
Had the ride of his life
He turned to me to make a deal
To do it one last time
Off we went into the night
Through the dark I drove
The sky with stars and satellites
The road with tar and stones
Then he spoke after a while
Said things have really changed
Guess I’ll be where I should have been
When I’m young again

I was wondering about my friend 
Just what had turned his tide
Did he think that this journey’s end
Would be one happy ride
Do you know I was happy once
In the silence he spoke
His tone of voice had me in a trance
Like a reed that broke
It’s always once upon a time
And on and on, on this road
Guess I’ll write my own fairy tale
When I’m young again

Twice I stopped for fuel and beer
Back on the road we went
It was all becoming clear
This was no accident
At last I spoke and asked him straight
Where he wanted to go
He smiled the smile we smile at fate
And said where I was before
Each passing year I think of him
And of that journey so strange
Guess I still want to be with you
When I’m young again






When I'm Young Again - with Russ, Gavin and Gary

Songwriter - Beth Williams    
www.BethWilliamsMusic.com
LYRIC VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/9L1VvuHXq3Q
Download Available https://bethwilliamsmusic.bandcamp.com/

A LADDER  I CAN CLIMB - Beth Williams Music

Para Lia - Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)
from the new album ‘Gone With The Flow’
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni
cover design: John Farley, SPR Designs

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www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

The song features the fantastic musician @terrywigmore on cello. Thank you so much Terry for joining us here and for giving the song an extra dose of melancholic elegance. 

lyrics:

he has doubts. sometimes.
is she still here? always?
the daily grindstone sometimes thins the skin.
when you're back to back the ocean in her eyes can not be seen.
sometimes.

and then she says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

she has doubts. sometimes she doesn't know him.
testiness and tiredness. the ocean in his eyes seems to be
not clear.

and then he says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

i send you all my love

Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)

Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 3mov 
Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
Version Neoclassic by Christian Levitan
Electronic Adaptation - This album required more than 1,360 hours of work - Recorded in Shenyang - Liaoning - RPC

Symphony N.1 - Version Neoclassical

Op.21 - 3mov - Neoclassical Version

Symphony No.1 In C Major, Op.21 - 3mov - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2020
Gentle Rain Records
Written, Performed and Produced by Daniels & Durgy

Lyrics:

Unveiling of the night
Leaves a misty moon 
In the morning light
Driving in my car 
I know what’s up ahead
And seeking what’s behind

Floating down I’m lost within this feeling
As your sweet sweet words own all meaning
I’m in trouble....

Chorus
Chances are... you’ll stare at the same moon
Chances are... you’re needing my love too 
I can see your lights are on,
As I’m passing on your line
Chances are... I’ll give in one more time
Chances are......Chances are....

Memories rewind like a broken film
Taking me through time
Wish I had a dime for every time I said
I’m leaving it behind

It’s no use, I’m locked within this feeling
‘Cause your sweet sweet words ...
Owns all meaning ...  I’m in trouble..

Chorus
Chances are...my phone will play a tune
Chances are... you’ll sway me like you do
It’s a game the fates keep playing 
And It’s playing you and I
Chances are... 
the road will lead me to your arms tonight ..  
Chances are...   
Chances are...   
Chances are.

Chances

Chances Are

Written by John Fogerty
Performed and Arranged by me

Have you ever seen the rain

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records  
Available to Buy: https://danielsdurgy.bandcamp.com/track/the-hardest-part
Written Performed & Produced by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica: Craig Durgy
Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Bass: Nat Daniels

Lyrics:

The Hardest Part of Loving you is letting go

The Hardest part of loving you, is letting go
Because i’m deeper in the storm
You Hint at words of love for me,
But nothing solid and concrete
it’s always some damn mystery
That's paved by so much history 

The hardest part of knowing you is loving you
For I couldn’t help it if I tried
But I got no place left to speak
Beneath a silent you and me
But without words the bones grow cold
Like some forgotten graveyard stone

Chorus:
I always say I’ll walk away,  but never do
Because you’re part of me and who I am
And if the earth came to a stand
No more oceans… no more land
The words I’m not allowed to say 
Would still endure through any age.

Instrumental

The Hardest part is bearing love I cannot show..
To burn so bright it cannot die
I wish that you could feel the same
I’d love you in a thousand ways
And though I know you never will
I hope you know I love you still...

The hardest part of loving you.. is letting you go.

The Hardest Part

© Joe Liberty 2021. All rights reserved

Driving Me Wild

You got the kind of walk
Making all the boys talk
And the long blond hair
Makes em’ stop and stare
Yea you’re doin’ alright 
Clean out of sight

You got them big blue eyes
Got me hypnotised
Nobody’s fool, yea you play it cool
And when you move
You’re really in the groove

You got them ruby lips
That were made to kiss
And taste so fine, like cherry wine
I like your style and you’re driving me wild.

Guitar solo :)

Mercy, mercy, mercy me 
You got everything I need
And you know I ain’t lying, there’s no denying

Can’t help myself
Don’t want nobody else
Under your spell, as you know so well
It’s no fling, it’s the real thing

You got the kind of walk 
Making all the boys talk
And the long blond hair
Makes em’ stop and stare
Yea you’re doing alright
Clean out of sight
And when you move
You’re really in the groove

I like your style 
And you’re driving me wild
Yea you're driving me wild
Yea you're driving me wild

DrivingMeWild

The frequency of this jam will uplift!
Let the bass enter your bloodstream!
Love to the artists and creators making their dreams happen.

RAISE YOUR VIBRATION

Always a pleasure to work with the very talented Ren Faye.  I strongly recommend you take a listen to her independent work here: https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1

Across the Miles (Ren Faye and Classical Glass)

Vocals by Amanda Sanderson.

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

I said, “quiet, please …”
I then fell to my knees – my heart wide open
Then, I said, “marry me”
Silently, his eyes said you must be joking

I said, “what have I done?”
He said, “you’re not the one … and you never will be.”
I said, “pretty please.”
The pity in his eyes, it almost broke me 

Pretty, pretty please
I’ve lost my dignity
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?

Just a Phase

Pretty Please

This is an original song.
I hope you like it.
Thank you.

You’re Still In That day

Last night I saw you
it’s been a while
same like before
in my dream

Sometimes I wonder
what would have changed
if I could tell
I love you

I think I knew
this could be the last
that you are there

I always loved you
always loved you
I’d love to tell you
but I can’t

I always loved you
always loved you
I should tell you
since that day

You’re still in there
you’re still in there
you’re still in there for me

You’re still in that day
you’re still in that day
you’re still in that day for me
for me

（日本語訳）
昨晩、君を見かけたよ
久しぶりに
いつもと変わらない君を
夢の中で

時々思うんだ
何か変わっていただろうか
もし、思いを伝えることが出来たなら

わかってたんだ
これが最後かも知れないって
当たり前のように君がいる事が

君をずっと愛してた
ずっと愛してた
伝えたかった
でも出来なかったんだ

君をずっと愛してた
ずっと愛してた
伝えるべきだった
あの日から

君はそのまま
そのままなんだ
僕の中の君は
いつまでもそのままなんだ

君はあの日のまま
あの日のままなんだ
僕の中の君は
いつまでもあの日のままなんだ

You're Still In That Day

Back with the wonderful Georg Boehme on tenor sax and Stephan Lipinski on guitar with this original, We Gotta Bring This Together.  Such talented musicians!  Love what they do
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/pinner

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

We Gotta Bring This Together - Georg Boehme / Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Never See The Cliff Until I Fall                  c. 2021 M. A. Manetz

V1
When the cuckoo calls they say it's gonna rain.
The whistle marks the comin' of the train.
But when I woke up this mornin',
My love was gone without a warnin',
And it hit me just like a hurricane.

V2
When the mornin' sun turns the sky to red,
Sailors know storm clouds lie ahead,
I never looked to the the horizon,
Should have come as no surprise when,    
She left me in this cold and lonely bed.

Chorus
I never see the writing on the wall.
Only see what I wanna see, when I see at all.
Like Wiley Coyote when ol' Roadrunner calls,
Never see the cliff until I fall.

V3
They say that love will set you free.
Free isn't what I wanna be.
Love is blind, fools rush in, 
I'll get back up, start again, 
Find a love who loves as blind as me.

Chorus

Tag
Like Wiley Coyote givin' it his all,
Never see the cliff until I fall.

Never See The Cliff Until I Fall

Original Lyrics by Tony Harris (listed below)
Vocals, Melody and music by Chuck Aaron

YOU MAY THINK THAT I'M FOOLISH
FOR WANTIN' MY OWN SPACE
AND IT MAY SEEM CHILDISH
TO THE FEMALE RACE

DON'T PUT ME DOWN
FOR WANTIN' MY OWN PLACE
DON'T MAKE IT A SHOWDOWN
HONEY, IT'S NO DISGRACE

(CHORUS)
EVERY MAN NEEDS A MAN CAVE
A PLACE TO GET AWAY
EVERY MAN NEEDS A MAN CAVE
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
EVERY MAN NEEDS A MAN CAVE
AND SOME TIME ALONE
EVERY MAN NEEDS A MAN CAVE
A PLACE TO GET AWAY

IT MAY BE A BASEMENT
OR A MAKE SHIFT STUDIO 
IF IT'S A PLACE OF ENJOYMENT
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS

WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY
IN THIS OLD WORLD WE LIVE IN
WE NEED A SPECIAL PLACE
AND SOME OF GOD'S AMAZING GRACE

(REPEAT CHORUS 1 OR 2 TIMES)

2021 © Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Every Man Needs A Man Cave - Original collab with Chuck Aaron

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