Honey

wc 28 December 2020

David Dunham

This is a single from our album < ONE >
soundcloud.com/oesj/sets/oesj-one-album

OESJ ONE

LOST IN SPACE

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07. LOST IN SPACE (Album "ONE")

Lonely Bear

Driving With The Sun In Your Eyes

Meet You In The Endless Forest
Amanda Kim Sanderson can be found at, https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena

Sounds Divine, Stars In Heaven

Sounds Divine, Stars In Heaven (Amanda / numbers in the dream)

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)

Many thanks Glen for the fab invite... you produced such a beautiful arrangement, love it, and it was again a great joy to work with you <3 Listen to more of Glen's wonderful music https://soundcloud.com/the-glen-granthem-band
This is for my cousin Mahri out there in San Fransisco...hing in there hen, we'll hae mair adventures!! 
Big Big love to all of my friends out there, look after each other  <3 <3 <3
Lesley Duncan(1943-2010) Music and lyrics.  More info about Lesley in katebushencyclopedia.com, and well worth a read!
Glen Granthem - all instrumentation, arrangement and mixing
Lizzie Taypen - vocals
Lyrics
All my friends are travellers
We don't often get to meet
But I know they're out there somewhere
And the knowing keeps me sweet

Now some go out in limousines
And some leave on there feet
And I never really feel as if they're gone
No I never really feel as if they're gone

Amanda's like my sister, and she's out there in L.A.
(sung Mahri's like my sister, and she's out in Frisco Bay)
But the wings of love fly straight and true
So we keep in touch that way
Now there's other friends, they're sensitive
I guess they'll use the phone someday
And we watch the wheels of life, keep spinning on
Yes, we watch the wheels of life, keep spinning on

Now the chain of love keeps growing
And the World keeps getting small
And soon there won't be room enough, to seperate us all
When the voice of love grows strong enough
It could break down any wall
And you'll hear it call....you'll hear it call

Now sometimes when I look ahead
I could cry at what I see
Some say it's an easy road
But it never was for me
The damage, is not half undone
And we've all got dues to pay
But we get the help we need, along the way...
Yes the light keeps growing stronger, everyday
Every day Yeh...growing stronger...chain of love...growing stronger

CHAIN OF LOVE (Lesley Duncan cover) With Glen Granthem

An oldie I like. Smooth chill jazzy vibe. Let's Fly.
BTW : the title Stoned Dreams comes from a Baudelaire poem : conceive me as a dream of stone.
Back vocal : Silvia O >> http://ccmixter.org/people/silviao/profile
Picture by me :D
I forget that a video used this song : 
https://vimeo.com/22477117
Cheers!!

Stoned_dream

Lions Route Re-Solution: Orient Soul

Some tunes you have to work at.  This one came quickly, but I still wanted it to steep a little, especially the middle section.  The title came quickly as well as I thought about my son-in-law's work as a truck driver.  When he is at home, he's home as a loving and devoted family man.  On the road, however, it's all "white lines and deadlines".  For a revealing look into the trucker's "white lines and deadlines", my videographer brother assembled a great video using a shorter version of this track: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4xLPK3TUBA&list=LLj-OlGOzJtweD8nMGsz7Vsg&index=4&t=0s

White Lines And Deadlines

All rights reserved 9/7/2020

Late to the Show

You came in from the pouring rain
And stepped into the light...
Worn and frayed
That stormy night...

You slipped up to the microphone
Held with all your might
Quarter past ten
That Tuesday night....

The kit it fell silent
The bass man he froze 
Echos through the rafters
Straight to the soul...

The silence was so deafening
Until you let it go...
Rich and arresting
How could they know...

The teardrops rolled like thunder
From your eyes into theirs
Rivers of emotion 
For all to hear...

The kit it fell silent
The bass man he froze 
Echos through the rafters
Straight to the soul...

Late to the Show

From the album:
'All feel and no technique ' (2020)
I still believe in lost love. This song should feel like eavesdropping on a conversation

Lyrics:
I went down to that bookstore where you worked that summer
Sometimes, I'd go down 2 or 3 times a day
Just to hear all the crazy things you'd say
You told me that you were an "Abstract Impressionism Painter"
Whatever that means
And that painting that you made of me
It made me look more sad and depressed and strange than I really am
That little apartment that we had there on the beach
We'd watch the waves
And shoot the fireworks into the sky
Like a temporary joy
Catharsis and destroy

(chorus)
We seem to breathe a different air (2X)
Cerulean Blue, that's what I called you
Cerulean Blue

We were a mismatch
And you could see right through me
That day, you tried to dye your hair blue!
I said: " What is that color?'
(Azure? ) 
Cerulean blue
(chorus)
You're the most interesting person in my world

You had a painter's eye
I had novelist words
You told me that all my favorite songwriters
Have crappy, crappy singing voices!
I fell in love with you that entire summer
What's a stupid boy like me to do, Cerulean Blue?


Note: Some of my favorite songwriters with crappy voices
Dan Bejar (destroyer)
David Berman (Silver Jews)
Kurt Wagner (Lambchop)
Randy Newman
Mark Eitzel (American Music Club)
Check them out.

Cerulean Blue

Faith and social issues can be contentious and polarising. But for me, both combined is a marriage made in heaven. As a young songwriter I wanted to explore that, and this was one of those attempts. It is based on the ‘I Am’ sayings, and I thank you for listening.

Drawing: Qesheth (BP)

Another version by Raging Rausch: https://soundcloud.com/raging-rausch/brian-peters-i-saw-jesus-raging-rausch-cover-version-8

I Saw Jesus (Brian Peters)

I saw Jesus in a man who didn’t have a home
He was left to wander alone
Nowhere to go, no place to rest
And nothing secure
Jesus, won’t you be the door
Jesus, won’t you be the door

I saw Jesus in a woman holding empty hands
Living out of empty cans
Her children starve, it’s been a while 
Since they were fed
Jesus, won’t you be the bread
Jesus, won’t you be the bread

I saw Jesus in a boy within a prison cell
What he’s done he cannot tell
Accusers lie, and so his life
Will end at youth
Jesus, won’t you be the truth
Jesus, won’t you be the truth

[I saw Jesus in a little girl of eight
In her hands she held her fate
Away from home the city’s cold
But she must stay
Jesus, won’t you be the way
Jesus, won’t you be the way]*

I saw Jesus in a baby who has not a prayer
Death and illness ever near
May last the night,
Tomorrow baby won’t survive
Jesus, won’t you be the life
Jesus, won't you be the life

[I saw Jesus in a people living under siege
Never having what they need
Their lives have been a horror
Of eternal night
Jesus, won’t you be the light
Jesus, won’t you be the light]*

*omitted verses

I Saw Jesus

A while back fine guitarist @devin-locke inspired me to revisit some of the early Miles Davis' recordings which are brilliant jazz masterpieces.  I wanted to try my hand at the style and have Devin join me if he felt so inclined.  He hasn't yet, but may do so in the future:) Anyway, a little tribute to a master...

Miles And Miles To Go

Written for my 2nd granddaughter who turned 20 last November, she is pictured here as a three year old about the time the song was first written.  It was a stylistic breakthrough for me finding its birth on a Mexican classical guitar I found at a pawn shop and bought at a bargain because it needed repair.  Shortly after the glue dried, I started playing it and the opening phrases of the song just poured out and I thought "that sounds like my Grace".  So here it is on the Godin, a song for Grace and a prayer for you.

Grace To You

Angels play a huge role throughout the Biblical narrative.  They also play a role in our lives as well, probably much more than we realize...May Lemke is one such angel. I read about her years ago and her rescuing of a hopelessly disabled, premature baby she would adopt and name Leslie in an article titled "The Miracle of May Lemke's Love".  Here is a brief video of that angel telling her story.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWtZA-ZmOAM&list=PLKj3m-0NiJ6VpEOx8YE1dhsRg0umHaQ8N&index=1  Debra Buesking gives the song yet another dimension of ambience and power in our collaboration: soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203/on-the-wings-of-angels-second-flight-with-debra-buesking-piano

On Angels' Wings (In Memory of May Lemke)

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.