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Three Photons Weekly #11

Monday Playlist week of 4/4/2022

Monday Playlist week of 7/4/2022

Late 2025 Soundcloud Playlist

Fine string artist Don Jennings brought to my attention that not everyone knows what a "Requinto" guitar is.  It is a smaller nylon-string guitar tuned a 4th above standard tuning; think shifting each pitch one string toward the low E--A becomes E, D becomes A, etc. It is the tenor voice of the Mexican guitar family.  I became enamored with its tone a few years ago when guitar shopping during the pandemic.  I picked this one up as the others were being "disinfected" and was immediately smitten.  Music just poured out of it, even the beginnings of a song.  I had to buy it then and there so I could see how the song would turn out:)  It is the first on the playlist, "Return to Innocence".  It has the lead voice with a Gibson Jumbo giving some bottom end on some of the songs.

Songs Featuring the Requinto Guitar

First released on St Patrick's Day, I explore some Celtic-flavored melodies that came to me while playing a Requinto guitar.  It's higher tonality sounds a little more harp-like and they just seemed to pour out of it.  I add a little foundation with the Gibson SJ-100.

A Celtic Idyll

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handed down

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

Not being a drummer or having access to a collaborating drummer very often I have been moving away from using the Logic Pro virtual drummer and playing the drum grooves on my keyboard. I have to admit it has given me added respect for the art as it is not easy (at least for me) to keep a consistent beat even for a few bars. For this I used the Vintage Breaks+ drum kit, but to get the deep sound applied the Space D reverb, which I then also used to give the same overall sound to all the stems. The bass is a Logic Baby Bass treated with a Full Stack guitar amplifier. For the vocal in the chorus I used a reverse Space D reverb to achieve the ghostly effect. Lyrically I think this song speaks for itself.

TWO SPEED

There’s vintage and new
All kinds and looks
On this brand new two speed highway
I can see you clearly
You’re holding on and dearly

There’s a clear road ahead
Slipping into 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
There’s a lane you can choose instead
Letting go, letting go 

I’ll pass you by
Why don’t you even try
I want to love you 
I want to hold you

I can’t wait for you
Makes me wanna cry
Stay away from you
I’m afraid of you

Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself
Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself

So much more than you and me
Can’t slip into he said, she said, we said, they said
A shiny city on a hill  
I wanna get there, you wanna get there
 
Free flowing air
Full speed ahead, but
To be close to you
Spend time with you

I’m breaking free
I wish that you could see
I can’t love you
I can’t trust you

Unless you help yourself
Take good care of yourself
And love yourself
Help yourself
Good care of yourself
And love yourself

Two Speed

Meteora

Let your troubles melt away...


Here's A link to the cover art;

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RiZLiX - Tropical Dreams

A peppy little tune written for my fourth granddaughter 11 years ago (she just turned 16) but newly arranged and recorded.  A distinctive feature heard throughout this song is the falling 3rd interval that sounds like I'm calling out her name which I do from time to time whenever I get to visit.  Hopefully it will put a little spring in your step:)

Calling Abby

This track was made during a difficult period for me, when covid drove me into a cage of depression. To cope with it, I, in spite of everything, took out all the light that is in me and, through I can't, tried to make music. And she saved me! This is the first track in a new, now, world. Music Composed/Produced by Guitarbeard © 2021

Buy https://guitarbeard.bandcamp.com/track/introvert

Introvert

Coming Home

The idea of where home is has always fascinated me. How we can always find it within ourselves no matter where we are, and yet how easy it is to feel like we've lost it.

I live 7,000 KM away from my hometown. Finding my home in Berlin turned my world upside down. I realized how we build our lives and create our inner worlds wherever we are. How I could take my home with me and always do...

So remember your always home inside of yourself.

Recorded live with @soneirocollective at Conscious Celebration Festival 2021

This live version is the first glimpse from my 11 track Full Length Album to be released next year!

Coming Home | Live @ Conscious Celebration Festival

Listen to Lane Simkins's new single 'Betty Park', released August 13, 2021

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📖 About the song:
This song is about how we so easily forget our favorite memories with loved ones. It’s sad, nostalgic, but also happy.

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📝 Lyrics:

Swinging underneath the canopy
Back when she ain’t really know me
N’ she said something bout a reverie
I wasn’t listening
She had me with her eyes
Good God we lost the time
All night long, was it so dark?
Can’t recall that silly old park

I should’ve wrote it down 
when I felt my best
When good good days meant losing rest
Oh it’s hopeless now 
Man I’ll just forget 
my favorite memories
Was probably you and me
My favorite memories


Crazy thinking that was years ago
Losing details from us getting old
Well my best guess is it was something sweet
If it was you and me
I probably wasn’t listen

I should’ve wrote it down 
when I felt my best
When good good days meant losing rest
Oh it’s hopeless now 
Man I’ll just forget 
my favorite memories
Was probably you and me
My favorite memories

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Lane Simkins - Betty Park (with lyrics)

Listen to Josh Lee Hamilton's new single 'Hair In The Breeze', released August 6, 021

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🎧 'Hair In The Breeze', released 06-08-2021
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📖 About the song:
This song is about geographic distance showing you how much you love somebody.

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📝 Lyrics:

Said I wanna be with you,
With my hair in the breeze,
Sail away with you,
Darling please can you heal my blues,
Put my mind at ease,
With my heart beating true,
Said I wanna be with you, 

Holding on, said I've been distant yeh 
But I want you to know,
That I wanna understand.
When those tears run down,
Slow mis-undirected
Are we healing now
Said I don't want to let this end.

Said I wanna be with you,
With my hair in the breeze,
Sail away with you,
Darling please can you heal my blues,
Put my mind at ease,
With my heart beating true,
Said I wanna be with you, 

Oh my love, you know I need you now,
And though I'm free your the one I want,
cause I wanna understand 
When those tears run down,
Slow mis-undirected
Are we healing now
Said I don't want to let this end.

Said I wanna be with you,
With my hair in the breeze,
Sail away with you,
Darling please can you heal my blues,
Put my mind at ease,
With my heart beating true,
Said I wanna be with you, 

With You X4

Josh Lee Hamilton - Hair In The Breeze (with lyrics)

Spoken Wizards : Pete Pendragon, Ram Dass, Oracle girl, Leonard Cohen, Praful, Richard Rudd, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Kita Keith Kavisic, Alexei, Praful, Armand Amar, Seckou Keita

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Seven Lions, Wooli & Amidy - Shadows (Acoustic) [Official Audio] | Ophelia Records

Lyrics:
Tell me now
When it all broke down
Was it just lies
And lullabies
To make me stay
I thought I knew
Every shade of you

But I can’t color in the lines you always break

And as we fall apart
It all unravels
Secrets in the dark
When I look back
At what we had

All that I let go is nothing but shadows, woah

You fade away
In the light of day
You’re all that I let go
Nothing but shadows, woah
Ooh, ooh shadows
Ooh, ooh
You’re all that I let go
Nothing but shadows, woah
Shadows
Ooh
Ooh, ooh
You’re all that I let go
Nothing but shadows, woah
Shadows
Shadows
Ooh, ooh
You’re all that I let go
Nothing but shadows, woah
Shadows

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The official record label of DJ/Producer Seven Lions, Ophelia is a label that promotes independent music, and is the official home for the music of Seven Lions since 2018. In just over a year, Ophelia has become one of the hottest new labels in bass music, with collaborations and releases from acts such as SLANDER, Excision, Jason Ross, NGHTMRE, Wooli, Trivecta, MitiS, Blastoyz, Crystal Skies and Last Heroes. Its releases regularly appear in Spotify’s MINT playlist and on Sirius BPM and has also started to host festival stages at flagship events such as Electric Zoo.

Shadows (Acoustic)

Seven Lions, Wooli, AMIDY - Shadows (Acoustic)

Written by Mark Heard
Arranged and Performed by Josh McAlexander

He will Listen to You

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
You can throw away your past, but the devil gently finds ways to bring it back...  Devil's Timepiece is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The fourth tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

Devil's Timepiece
:
Traces of smoke
Lingering soft hope
Words spit like flames
under the up-town train
Together alone
through the heat summer storm

Yes it is…
faded away
No it ain't…
the way it should stay

Church bells of peace
The devil's timepiece
Once in a while
love speaks, to the right one
'Til then I pray at the station
Penn the hymn to the speeding train

Yes it is…
No place to stay.

I saw the city lights
turn dusty moon 

I saw the blue gas-light
split the summer sky

(Yes it is…)
Last place I'll stay
No it ain't…
the only doorway

Oh, gentle violence
Time will rewind it

Oh, blame the summer wind
Sound the sirens

Who will write this down?

Buy on Bandcamp

devil's timepiece [ft. 4catsncoffee]

Song Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwlhqgr83U

Lyrics
Bough
By David Husted

V1

Underneath a funeral wreath
Rests a letter be-neath the sill to read, but I can't breathe ;
as the world spins around I break-down 

But the me that breathes,  is not the me that feels, 
The ache,  of a groaning tree
Let me be with that me;  where

I remember the

Ch1
warm breeze
Upon the bough with your warm heat
Held by a branch with those green, green leaves
Out on a limb
We kissed 
We lived
I'd give anything for this

V2
Patterns lock and dissolve,  shaped by a world that is gone
Chaos in the amethyst; reflecting 
Placed next to the beryl ring and necklace of pearls you see
Inside a coffin; they mean nothing at all without

Your eyes, and your smile, and your mind

Together here in this
 
Ch2
warm breeze
Upon the bough by your warm heat
Held by a branch by those green, green leaves
Out on a limb
We kissed; We lived

Bough

the secluded Inn

Written and recorded to 8 track tape  around 2010

Come Humour Me Now

Jim Croce has always been a favorite singer/songwriter of mine.  
I decided to do another one of his tunes.  I wonder what great
song he might have written if he was still with us?  Thanks
so much for listening.

I Have To Say I Love You In A Song ( cover - Jim Croce)

Spring, though a season, is also a metaphor of new beginnings.  This tune is a celebration of all things Spring:)

Spring Will Come

Lyrics that inspired Glen are by Tony Harris (listed below).
Vocals, Music Production and Mix by Glenny G's "One Man Band"
A tribute to Mr. Windel Page

WHEN I WAS JUST A BOY
VISITING MY AUNT'S HOUSE
WOULD FILL MY HEART WITH JOY
I LOVED THAT OLD FARMHOUSE

MR. PAGE AND HIS WIFE
LIVED NEXT DOOR
THEY HAD A GREAT LIFE
WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE

THEY HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL
THAT I'D NEVER SEEN
HE TREATED HER LIKE AN ANGLE
IT WAS LIKE A DREAM

(CHORUS)
YOU COULD SEE THE FAITH IN HIS EYES
AND FEEL THE LOVE IN HIS HEART
HE WAS BAPTIZED IN GOD'S LOVE
YOU KNEW THAT FROM THE START

HE WOULD SING AMAZING GRACE
WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE
BEING A WORLD WAR II VET
DID HE HONOR THE FLAG? YOU BET

GOSPEL MUSIC WAS IN HIS SOUL
HE LOVED THE LORD AND FAMILY 
WHEN TALKING ABOUT HIS FAITH
HE WAS VERY BOLD

HE LOVED HIS CHURCH FAMILY
NO MATTER WHAT THEIR AGE
WILL FOREVER BE MISSED
REST IN PEACE...MR. PAGE

(REPEAT CHORUS OPTIONAL)

2016 © Lyrics by Tony Harris
(Revised 2022)

Rest In Peace Mr. Page - Collab by Tony Harris & Glenny G's "One Man Band" - Original

Just a little song that I wrote awhile back.  I intended to rework but
never got around to it.  I kinda lost interest in it.  Oh well, seems I 
have a lot of these unfinished projects

Let It Roll  (Original)

The presents are opened and the children are playing with boundless energy.  This is the image I wanted to capture with the solo Requinto guitar.  I thought about putting an adult in the room (bigger guitar) but decided no, let the children play:) There is also a wee little story line; there is playing and playing, trying out a different toy, playing some more, then the fatigue sets in and they start to wind down for a nap only to dream of playing some more...

Child's Play

Attempt on this inspirational track: https://soundcloud.com/petrus-major/kalia-beach-personal
I just added keyboard and tenorsax, each in on go.
I recommend listening to the Original, which is perfect !
The image is simply showing the Dead Sea ... not Kalia Beach !

Kalia Beach by Petrus Major // Keys Sax remix

Scarface (Rehearsal)

create human time 4 bar loop with bodhrán / bongo and guiro for the DAW version
50bpm 6/4 I think
it's setup for strings this and that would allow guitar line as is as in it wouldn't need to get fancier

The Love Beside You

Look around
They're right beside you
Love doesn't change
It's forever new
It's found online when local fear deludes
Love, be beside us,
Cue breath merge deluge

Love is strong
It 'need not presence
It's miracle maker
Magic cosmic essence
'The love beside you faces contempt
Judgement of two
You and Me
Too much is meant

See, love is meaning with no explanation
Unconditional first to station
Spacial glow as Earth shines brighter
Heaven alive births peaceful mightier

Love is for now to make forever
It stays as love in accepting clever
Conscious of the mirrored being
Beside you, don't reflect that mean

Mean 'aint me
Mean 'aint you
Tilt away from scenes that don't ring true
Proof of love is just a feeling
Let's beautify Earth's eyes with beaming

Shining out to the other life
Look, Us humans do it right
We love their cells and not their look
We love existence framed how all eyes hook

Look around you
They're right there
Love doesn't change
Love is the forever prayer
It's found online when local fear deludes
Love beside us cue breath merge deluge
Our love is beside us
Our love is beside us

The Love Beside You (Demo)

Mark says - 
In the 5 years I have been working with Rod, I have been encouraged to reach as far as my experience allows me to, with complete support at all times. So far we have completed 11 songs and have experimented with several others that made for a great learning curve for me, with several more at other stages of development... Watch this space, however as we are methodical and patient, therefore it may take some time to get them off the ground.

The subject matter of this song may be based on a different scenario but it is also a token of my gratitude to my inspirational collaborator and friend Rod, who has given me much confidence to rise to the ambition of his musical creativity and meticulous arrangements. Thank you all for giving this song your time.

Rod says - 
This song was conceived a long time ago to be sung in Spanish, but Mark did a magnificent adaptation with his English lyrics, and the meaning is 100% faithful to the original spirit, even though he hadn't heard the original song in Spanish. Technically, there are three voices together, consolidating a multi-vocal performance. The synth sounds emulate my old analog and FM synths, and the guitars were routed through an old console to achieve the vintage sound I was looking for.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Image by Douglas Corrance

Thank You (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett)

I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been here in my life.
I know I don’t need to draw you a diagram,
Thank you for being there all this time as my wife.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
 
No need to show me all of your gratitude,
I already know how much you show that you care,
When you were prepared to move to my latitude,
Then I was convinced I was ready to share,
My life with you whatever it threw at the both of us.
I know that it’s true, no matter what you care to say.
I’ll always need to express all of my thanks to you 
This will always be true on that I swear.
 
I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been in, in my life.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
Then I was sure that I was ready to share,
My whole life with you, whatever that meant for the both of us.
I know that it’s true, whatever you say.

This song on Continental Collision's own cloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-517923604/thank-you

Thank You - Continental Collision (Rodolfo Planes & Mark J Bennett)

Tomorrow…..Santo Amaro ©
Big Beat Beach
Original - Music - Bravei Brasil  
Lyrics, Vocals - Riff Beach
Why, not take it slow….
Hey now, don’t you know?…
You are  -  My Sunny Day…….
As we sail a-long our way -  yeah
Time to swim in The Bay? 
Lot to see, lot to say?………
Touch the floor…..float Above?
It’s hot and wet with Our Love
(Chorus)
Whoa, Whoa……By Tomorrow, 
We’ll be in Sant-o A-mar-o
Whoa, Yeah, Hey, Hey…….
Time to enjoy Life….. To-day (-aw-yeah)
Cuz’ You know ……Days like these……. 
Don’t let ‘em get away - NO, Please !
In the deep, hopping Waves
Hold My Hand, help me fly……..
Grab a cloud 
….from the Sky! Yeah.
(Pause)
Going Here….. There…..
and Everywhere!
(Bridge)
Stop!……Breathe!….. Close your eyes! 
Your hair swirling…… in the wind.
Oh, yeah……(Let’s) take it all in!……. 
Feel the warm, cool
Up-on your skin!

Original Music Composition - Bravei Brasil
Original Vocals, Lyrics - Riff Beach
Production - Bravei Brasil, RiffWerx

Lyrics by Tony
Vocal, Guitars and Mix by Bob Warner
https://youtu.be/04iGDD06NQM
AS THE OLD COWBOY		
RODE INTO TOWN		
HE WAS LOOKIN'		
ALL AROUND		
		
HE'D BEEN RIDIN'		
LONG AND HARD		
FROM HIS SADDLE		
SWEAT WAS DRIPPIN'		
		
HE TIED HIS HORSE		
TO THE HITCHIN' POST		
WALKED INSIDE		
THE OLD SALOON		
		
HE WAS LOOKIN'		
FOR BILLY DEAN		
A TWO LEGGED SNAKE		
MAN, WAS HE MEAN 		
		
CHORUS		
THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON		
WHERE THE WHISKEY FLOWS		
THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON		
WHERE THE BAD MEN GO		
THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON		
WHERE MANY HAVE DIED		
THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON		
WHERE FROM YOUR SIN 		
YOU CANNOT HIDE		
FROM YOUR SIN		
YOU CANNOT HIDE		
		
THE TIRED COWBOY		
SPOTTED THE ONE		
HE'D BEEN HUNTIN'		
NO MORE SEARCHIN'		
		
AS THEIR EYES MET		
GUNS WERE DRAWN		
THE OLD COWBOY		
BEAT HIM TO THE DRAW

AS DEAN FELL TO THE FLOOR
HE SAID, SORRY OLD MAN
DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HER
GUESS YOU EVENED THE SCORE

(REPEAT CHORUS)


© 2017 Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Rattlesnake Saloon - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Bob Warner - Original

Here's a heavy original fusion recording ... Make A Difference.
Give it a try.  The beautiful photo is from Lofoten, Norway, in the Arctic Circle.

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

Make A Difference

A tribute to my friend Jesse 2019
Original Lyrics by Tony that inspired Glen (listed below)
Vocals, Music and Mix by Glen Granthem

BORN IN THE COUNTRY
A FEW MILES FROM TOWN
LOVE GOSPEL AND COUNTRY
THAT ROCK N ROLL SOUND

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
MAY HE REST IN PEACE………
PLAYED AWESOME GUITAR
ALWAYS THE CENTERPIECE

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I HEARD HIM PLAY……... 
HIS AWESOME PLAYIN'
BLEW MY MIND

HIS NAME WAS JESSE
COULD PLAY THEM BLUES……
AND ALWAYS READY
TO EXPLORE NEW AVENUES

(CHORUS)
WISH I COULD GO
BACK IN TIME………
HEAR HIM PLAY AGAIN
LIKE HE DID BACK THEN
YEA, HEAR HIM PLAY AGAIN
LIKE HE DID BACK THEN

YOU DIDN'T NEED VOCALS
WHEN JESSE PLAYED……
HE WAS A SELF-MADE
GUITAR DECIPLE

TWO OF SOUNDCLOUDS BEST
TOM ADAMS AND ROGER B-TRAIN……
THEIR PLAYIN' INSANE
ARE TRULY BLESSED

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(Rockin' Guitar Solo to honor Jesse)

2018 ©  Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Jesse (Like He Did Back Then) - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Glenny G's One Man Band - Original

The City - Words & Music by Pravinand Maharaj

Once it was a city
Now it’s just a street
With every mile another dream lays crushed
And the sun shows no pity
Pouring out its heat
As mighty towers crumble into dust

One by one they followed
One by one they left without a trace

There were signs on the water
Portents in the sky
The Watchers blind by sleep didn’t see a thing
Six crows at the altar
A bargain for the price
Half less worth an eagle’s broken wing

One by one they followed
One by one they left without a trace

What walks the moon at midnight
Through the narrow lanes 
Lurking in the shadows that it cast
A pestilence upon us, a blight
A spreading stain
Taking everything out on its path

One by one they followed
One by one they left without a trace

So, sing the last love song written
Drink up the vineyard grape
Rouse the ghosts of tomorrow from their slumber
If I break out of this prison
And the hour’s not too late
I’ll be down the road without a name or number

One by one they followed
One by one they left without a trace

Pravinand: Vocals and Acoustic
Bas: Backing Vocals and Electric
Mix and Mastered by Bas Kooman

The City - Johnny Minstrel and Bas Kooman

Tony had sent me some Lyrics as an idea to create a song about New Orleans. Since it's my Hometown, he felt I might be able to add some of my own thoughts to the concept. So, I used his lyrics to inspire a few revisions, then created/edited this Original musical arrangement, along with BIAB Backing Tracks, played and recorded my guitar, Djembe/Shakers, vocals, and mixed it all up.  Hope it's enjoyed? As always, your Listening and Comments are genuinely appreciated. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! ;-)
Away On Down In New Orleans ©
(Lyrics - Beach/Harris) - RiffWerx 2019
Original Music, Vocals, Production by Riff Beach  
Lyrics Inspired by Tony Harris (Tony’s Lyrics)
Oh, just around the corner
Of Hope and Despair
Why there’s Voodoo and Hoodoo 
Can’t you just feel it in the Air?
Maybe, somewhere in The Quarter…
Not far from Jackson Square?
Winding along The Mouth of The Mighty Mississippi
Riverboats, Streetcars, Uptown and Down
Dreamers and Schemers, Jumpin’ Jazz Beats
Why, there’s Music n’ Dancin’
Out in The Streets
(Chorus)
Oh, Away Down in New Orleans
If you’ve ever been….
You know just what I mean?
Whatever happens there….
Not always as it seems
Yeah, Down…Away Down
Down in New Orleans 
There’s Madness in The Moonlight 
Mystery in The Rising Sun
Saints and Sinners 
All praying, or playing, or paying
For whatever it is They Done
Yeah, New Orleans
Ain’t Nothing Like it, Friend
Cajun Queens and Pirates and Mardi Gras
Just a few special things……
But, then there’s so much more

Sunny Beaches Abound

A rambling guitar fest,an overindulgent lyrical example of cereal box religion and home grown philosophy. Still,it's pretty short!

We've been here a million times
The wheel will turn again

Don't think of life in absolutes
To succeed or fail
We are merely players
In a futile tale

I have no pretence of honour
I won't be falling on my sword
Principles are fine you see
If it's what you can afford

I'll tell you my stories
Solemn tales and grave
It took me years to teach
My mind to misbehave

No Principles-The Storyteller

Written by Lead belly
Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Bass- Josh McAlexander

Cotton Fields

With all that's going on, sometimes the heart just wants to flee to a place of innocence. Maybe we could meet there...

Return To Innocence

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

Calling Abby

David Dunham