@user-138663860: Hi Sandy and thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts for opening up to some of our music which means so much to any artist, of course. I think you feel what i feel about good old West "by gosh" Virginia. I've written more than once about the state which i grew to love in my younger years. It's hard to explain unless you're there and you know some of the true Mountaineer folks that live there. I'm glad the song connect with you. Much appreciate all your kind comments here. Durge

Love this unusual style ( for a french guy) , and voices are gorgeous ! 

Beautiful singing, & the song conveys a loving nostalgia for the place. A pleasure to listen :)

Voice of an angel! My ears perked up! Great song guys!

omg ...when Nat sings ...it could be the out house we'd want to be there  ...what a voice

what a great tune, don’t get much better, that pedal steel fits perfect weaving around those beautiful vocals

beautiful vocal performance,  very authentic.

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

MY NEW SINGLE OF MY BRAND NEW ALBUM "AMETHYST". 
IS OUT NOW ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORM: SEARCH "ALE RIATTI" ON APPLE MUSIC and SPOTIFY...check out my new video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DawvhvW9Ic

OLD IRISH DAWN

Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock.

A weird version of the classic Sex Pistols tune.

In the absence of or in waiting of "Pistol", the upcoming TV series about the legendary band, I started listening to the old Sex Pistols songs. Pretty Vacant was and is my favorite. 

I tried to do the song like the original but I'm way from the attitude and sound. So... This is my version!

Dynamic mix: https://soundcloud.com/kapten-hammock/prett-vacant-edit?si=a1af4689a70d4399820037dbc231edae&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

PRETTY VACANT (Sex Pistols cover)

Got some slavic vocals and made a song out of them trying to capture some mystique feel in this song.

Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century.

SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY

Origins

Halcyon Nights

Recurring Pattern

I’m alone with my thoughts
Don’t know if I should give up or go on
Again, this fear that I won’t
Stand up against myself to hold on.

Fuck this depression!
Get me out
This recurring pattern
No escape
My mind is a prison.
Locked in a mental cage
In a regression
I’m gonna break
Hatefully mental
Turns to rage
Full of aggression
The darkness that is in me, voices that never leave.

Won’t let them see, this pain this agony
Always feeling down, hiding it behind a smile
Master of disguise, never a tear in my eyes
It never sleeps, internal beast unleashed

Sometimes I stand there with a blade,
Force myself to not cut my veins
Like demons take control of my brain
If I lose this battle I hope it won’t be in vain

Recurring Pattern

Live from Christianshavns Beboerhus 1988
Trommer: Kim Ruzz
Bass: Fin Valentin
Vocal : Søren Blet
Keyboard: Preben Poulsen
Guitar, finger pick guitar & 2 vocal: Per Jensen ( PJ Project)
Guitar & lead guitar: Per Rasmussen ( Docvet)

Jeg Har Hørt Dig Sige W/ Linie 18 live fra Christianshavns Beboerhus

E_SWEET_BIG_FOH_FT_SUGER_PEE1705562181.mp3

Written and Recorded by Nate Jessee at Trash Island Studios.
Remastered on 3/23/2024

I can't remember a time when death wasn't a friend of mine.
I stood in the cold, dark, and rain tryin' to make sense out of
everything in my brain.
But nothing can wash these feelings away, if the dead can't
feel our pain, is that OK?

On the other side, it's a savage afterlife
They'll take everything, including your mind
But I don't want to spend my afterlife with you
I got things to do.

Once is never enough for you, the greed, the need, I hate it, it's true
I feel the pull of you from the other side
it invades my brain and I cannot hide.
When you're six feet down it's hard to have a life and I know you're gonna take mine

Savage Afterlife

Birnbaumblüte

It has been a pleasure to work on a new collaboration with Jay Walker Black.
Jay is a POET of Rap!
Check out the great work of Jay Walker Black: @jaywalkerblack

Lyrics:
Tryna keep my life in balance 
I ain't gone lie lifes a challenge 
And I got a wife in marriage 
She fed up I should a got her twice the carrots
But why cry over spoiled milk
I be outside where them boys killed
Same reason why that boy knelt
All I hear is skirt like a boys kilt
Cover me cause they color me bad
From the hood never had a luxury pad 
most people good the government bad 
Tellem I been reppin it wasn't a fad 

Hit the studio jars of Kush 
Bars to push
Walker black always going off the hook
Make cash off the books 
U lookin at a saucy crook 
I dont know what u thought this was
The mission is to climb and never go down
Non stop like a merry go round
Fuck settling down don't wrestle with clowns never a doubt when peddling loud feeling like the president now but more like Eric b
U sweeter than a Cherokee cherry tree

And we wont stop cause we cant stop
And we wont stop cause we cant stop

I want the finer things in life 
I want the same thing for u
I want the finer things in life 
I want the same thing for u

Tryna get my shit in order 
Gotta shipment that's ready to hit the border
Reading everything like I hit the borders
Anything heaven sent I'm a big supporter 
Moving at god speed 
his Angel's my army tango with the devil and his demons cant harm me 
Feeling blessed when I shouldnt be rapidly graduated with a hood degree

Finer things in life (Feat. Jay Walker Black)

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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