An adaption of this classic track for two acoustic guitars and bass.

Wicked Game acoustic instrumental

#nylon #acoustic #calm #contemplative #reset #reflection #love

For M & C

Out Of The Sky

The Sky Above The Ocean

I had the privilege to sing with Annette (Vocalatti), a wonderful musician and a very generous person.
Annette - voice;
me - solo guitar

https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti

The Nearness Of You (with Vocalatti)

Ad hoc cover of this 1990s euro dance tune.

Freed From Desire

This tune came out of a wonderful convergence (happy accident); my collaboration with @devin-locke on "Theme and Variations" and a renewed interest in the painting of Bob Ross. One of the variations I became so taken with, I wanted to develop it into a full track using the original steel string voice of the collaboration then adding nylon string to enlarge the melody line.  "Happy Accidents" was a favorite saying of Bob Ross as he would go about his painting on Public Television.  I saw how it applied to me in how I have composed guitar music over the years;  the unexpected note or chord I first thought a mistake became a turning point for a phrase or melody line.  Some would call it "serendipity", for Bob Ross it was a "happy accident".  If you listen closely toward the beginning, you can hear my granddaughter Lily in the background, a bit of a cameo and very much a happy accident:)

Happy Accidents (For Bob Ross)

Sometimes you are trapped, surrounded by so many problems and obstacles. There is nothing to do, time flows slowly and the pain increases, leaving you unable to react or fight. You just wish you had another chance to restart from the beginning.

I hope you are all fine and safe! I wish you the best !💖
Thank you for listening🙏.

Time Rebooted

Like a lot of musicians and songwriters, I've been using the coronavirus shutdown as a time to work intensively on a new album that's slowly been taking shape over the past few months. "Shelter for Your Soul" is the first of the new songs I'll be uploading in the weeks ahead. It features the fabulous Wendy Lynn Staats on violin. (Wendy is the multitalented drummer/ violinist/ singer for the Madison band Sunspot.)
Main guitars are my Gretsch 2420 hollowbody and my '66 Guild Starfire XII.
LYRICS:
Shelter for Your Soul
***Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

We don’t say words that we don’t know.
I can’t believe that you must go.
I understand you’re hurting now but you have got to realize
we never signed up for this show.

Chorus:
I’m hoping you can find your way to someplace whole—
find a little shelter for your soul.

We were so young when we first met.
Your eyes could light the world on fire.
You were so wild even then I knew that someday you’d be gone,
and that just stoked up our desire.

Chorus

Bridge:
I can’t take you there I know.
I was hoping baby that you wouldn’t go.
Now I lie awake through the night
remembering all our days together—I see you in the pale blue light.

Now I’m sitting by the fire,
feeling low as a flat tire.
I wonder if you’re working now or if you’re shacked up with some guy
a lonely rose among the briars.

Words & Music by Timothy Walsh
Vocals, guitars, bass: Timothy Walsh
violin solo and violin arrangement by Wendy Lynn Staats
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios

Shelter for Your Soul

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Shelter For Your Soul (early demo mix)

Such a joy to have Martin Lucas (The Celturian) on this instrumental piece. He is a hugely gifted musician, and I'm honoured to have him on board. His contribution really enhances this simple composition. https://soundcloud.com/the-celturian
https://soundcloud.com/the-celturian/ruah-brian-peters-feat-the-celturian?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=0

Flute/Violin: Martin
Guitar/Composition: Me
Drawing: 'Terebinth' (BP)

Ruah (ft The Celturian)

This is a song off of Volume 2 of That Old Time Americana which you can listen to in its entirety on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/170Dmo9QlaMn62XbwR7Q5s?si=jrKd5mR8QWOU8_aiY-o9lg

This song is about people that hold extreme biases against the lifestyles of other groups of people. The lyrics delve into the isolation and hypocrisy that breeds these biases generationally. There are detrimental costs associated with this thinking.

Lyrics:
Reasoned away the prodigy lying about responsibility breathing down my sweaty neck loading aces in the deck
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Don't you know the prairie life breeds fear and loathing and lack of spice
scared of your shadow some ghostly matter
voting to deny others human rights
Daddy's a liar but Grandpa's dead
They hated each other for the anger they fed
Breaking away is what the young all do
But eventually they will come back to you.
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Should we rise or sit back and wait
while the dumbass teacher demonstrates
Moving off to another state
never able to self-deprecate
seriously though you have to stop
before we have to call the cops
Many have said you aren't our kind
staying up late and mixing wine
Been all day wasn't kind
Waiting for the call to say it's fine.

The Prarie Life

All time stopped
Visions gone
Time ceases to exist
Your Inner world More Important
Than the outside world Surrounding you
Upcoming Release on:   Dark One EP 31/10/ 2020


Artwork by Stefan Keller

All Time Stopped

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.

Happy Accidents (For Bob Ross)

David Dunham