1968 
A Little "Country Rock"  From My Living Room
With My Parents On Vacation For The XMas Holidays
I Recorded It - On A Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel Tape Deck
With Robbie Seidman - Elec. Guitar 
Dave Charles (Not The Brit) - Drums, Vocals 
Marvin Goodfriend - Bass
Me - Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
So
Cindy Lived Right Across The Street...
Back When I Was 11... Her Older Brother, Kevin 
Would On Occassion Take Me To Yankee Games
The Bronx Was Close By Train
Some Years Later I'd Pay Forward Kevin's Kindness  
Sitting On My Front Lawn 
Showing His Younger Sister, Cindy 
How To Play A Few Chords On Guitar
Cindy Got So Good She Became 
90's Folk Icon, Cindy Kallet 
Who Never Forgot The Neighbor Boy Across 
The Street Who "Showed Her A Few Chords" 
But Yeah, At 18, 
I Was Spying On Cindy Kallet  
& Writing A Lot Of "Galloping" Songs
This One's A Good Example

CINDY OH MY

Cindy Oh My Won’t You Come To Your Window
I’ve Waited Five Hours In The Dark Of The Evening
For You To Look Towards Me & My Window
We’ll Peer At Each Other 
Through The Dark Of The Evening
We Could Be Friends 
If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days

Cindy Oh My Your Little Heart's In The Right Places
Come See Your Neighbor & Smile With Your Faces
We Could Be Friends If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days
Cindy Oh My
Cindy Oh My

Been Looking So Long That I Feel Like A Statue
Cindy Oh My You Must Know I Want To Reach You
Brush Back Your Hair & Peer Out Your Window
I’ll Be Right Here Appearing Back At You
We Could Be Friends If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days

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CINDY OH MY '68

1971





So I Had A Bad Habit Of Developing Crushes On
The Lead Guitarist's Younger Sister 
I Was Only In Two Bands - Two Crushes
The Probability Of Me Joining A Third Band
And 'Crushing On' The Lead Guitarist's Younger Sister
Was Something Like 97%

YOU’LL NEVER KNOW

Go & Make Me Lonely
It Won't Mean A Thing
Go & Take It Slowly 
It Won't Mean A Thing
And Don’t You Worry None
Don’t Worry About Me
I Won’t Let You Down
I’ll Only Let You Be
And You’ll Never Know
How Good It Feels To Love You
I Love You

And Hey I’m Sorry If I 
Complicated Things
I Never Meant To Feel That Way
You Know How It Is
And Who’ll Catch The First Plane?
I’m Not Really Clear
You Mentioned Something But I
Didn’t Really Hear
And You’ll Never Know
How Good It Feels To Love You
To Love You

So Can You Kindly Give Back
All That I Gave
You Took The Calendar
I Just Want The Days
No They Don’t Amount To Much
It’s Just My Keeping Sake
I’m A Little Funny When There 
Ain’t Too Much At Stake
And You’ll Never Know
How Good It Feels To Love You
To Love You

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YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

1968 

If There Was A 'Humble-Brag Songwriting Contest'
I Would Definitely Submit This 
This Also May Have Convinced Me To Leave School
And Go Become A Songwriter... 
Or At Least Try To
This Is A Recently Unearthed Take 
& NOT Evan Stover's Previously Posted Fiddle Version
While #marvingoodfriend Accompanies Me On Bass Here
I Thought I Was Kinda Doing My "Sad Eyed Lady" 
But Both Evan & Marvin Heard 'Whiter Shade Of Pale'

MAKE IT DO

And How I Know That I Can’t Speak
Oh How I Know That I Can’t Speak
And How I Know That I Am Weak 
Like The Day
And How Her Face Will Never Change
And Why Her Face Will Never Change
And Why My Face Won’t Be The Same 
As Today
And I Remember All The Ladies & The Songs
This One I’m Sure We’ll Make It Do

And How I Know It Will Right
And How I Feel She Will Be Right
And How I’ll Know It Through The Night 
And Through The Day
And How I’ll Always Seem To Know
And How She’ll Always Seem To Know
And How We’ll Always Sort Of Go 
Like The Day
And I Remember All The Ladies In My songs
This One I’m Sure We’ll Make It Do

And How I Tell Her That I Do
And Why I Tell Her That I Do
I Guess It’s Me I Just Hate To
Make It Do
And I Remember All The Ladies & My Songs
This One I’m Sure We’ll Make It Do

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MAKE IT DO '68

2006

I Was Still Learning How To Record 
Digitally, On My Computer 
I Used A Little Metronome/Drum Machine
I Felt Like A Greyhound At A Dog Track 
Chasing A Mechanical Rabbit
----
Thanks To Rogério de Almeida Nogueira For The Art!

This Then 
Is A "Live" First-Time Play Through 
That Went Really Well  
Till I Listened To the Playback...
And Heard The Horrible "Buzz" From The Drum Machine  
Which Ruined This Performance
However - Fast Forward! :) 
To The Modern World Of Sound 
Which Helped Me Minimize... The Buzz


LIES

Lies
We've Got Lies
We've Got Lies Because 
The Truth Can Compromise
Our Previous Lies
Of Serious Size
Because The Truth Is Neither 
Lucrative Or Wise
So We've Got Lies
That Everyone Buys
Whenever You See The Truth 
You Can't Believe Your Eyes
That’s Why We've Got Lies
And A Lot Of Red Ties

We’ll Be Lying In Our Graves 
When We Are Dead
Only God In Heaven Knows 
What Lies Ahead

Lies
We’ve Got Lies
We’ve Got Lies Because 
The Truth Needs A Disguise
Of Serious Size
That’s Why We’ve Got Lies
Lies Lies Lies

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LIES

Jan '69
Oh My Tortured Youth
I Was Way Too Young To Figure-Out My
Disney 'Hippie Princess'
I Was So Happy When I Was With Her
We Found The Same Things Funny
I Think I Shared My Feelings Way Too Much 
& Gave Her Too Much Power 
I Wasn't Old Enough To Meet The Right Person
But She Would Be A "Sign Post"
Of What The Right Person... 'Felt Like'
-----
However, In The Fall Of '68 
I Was Lucky Enough... 
To Attend The Same College - Beloit
Live In The Same Dormitory - North Hall 
And Room On The Same Floor - Basement
With One Of The Best Country/Bluegrass Fiddle Players
Of His Time (Ashokan's Farewell)  
Evan Stover Was A Good Pal 
At Beloit College In The Fall Of 1968
We Recorded Three-Tunes Together
They All Concerned Stuyvesant Eagle... 
Pictured & Sung About Here...
Evan Is Pictured On This Track... 
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/sooner-or-later-68-wevan-stover

Finally... Truth Be Told!
There Is No Janesville River  
It's Called "The 'Rock River'
But I Clearly Had My Head Up My Ass 
Because I Was Returning To College
To Pick-Up My Belongings & Say Goodbye 
To My Two-Closest Friends
It Was As Mournful As Evan Plays This...
All Three Of Us Were Loners
& This Has A Lot Of Major/Minor - Hotel California
About A Decade Before!

JANESVILLE RIVER BLUES

Walking By The Tuesday Evening
Near A River Where The Water
Has To Be Ten-Feet Deep
You Were Sleeping Wednesday Morning
And The Time It Had To Be
Somewhere Near One-O'Clock Deep
I Was Walking With A Loner
Who Wondered If You Wanted A River
He Said That I Should Be Home With Ya
He Didn't Have To Say It Really

I Walked Into Wednesday Morning
I Figured That You Were Somehow-Up
And Somehow Yawning
I Went To Sleep Ten-Feet From The Loner
Who Would've Slept Much Better
If He'd Somewhere Met-You
Or Somehow Known-Ya
I Was Walking With A Loner
Who Wondered If You Wanted A River
He Said That I Should Be Home With Ya
He Didn't Have To Say It Really

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JANESVILLE RIVER BLUES '69  (ft. #evanstover)

Written, performed, mixed, mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by BIGfoot Beats. https://soundcloud.com/funzo-1

Album art picture of the Dodomyte Posse taken in 1997. Up top: Jim. Middle row from left to right: Sonny, Micah, Jed (Cozmo Jethro), and Steve.
Below: Rachel. 

Lyrics:

The Year 1992.
Me and The Posse don’t know what to do.
Shiiittt, we’re all 16 years old.
Jump in the ride, yo yo let’s gooooo.

To downtown Portland, yo.
Let’s get busy on the dance floor.

Our first time at the dance club.
Underage at Planet Rock.
The line is around the block.
As we wait we can hear the block rock.

The gangstas ridin up and down the block.
Their bass boomin like an aftershock.

As we strut into the club.
I’m like dammmnnn, this shit I love.
I can feel the music take control.
Of my mind, body, and soul.
I’m wigglin and jigglin and feelin it.
We’re loosin our minds first time.
My Dodomyte Posse in the club all night.

Planet Rock is goin crazy.
Nobody standin around, no way.
The lights and the sound and the DJ.
Everyone dancing like a melee hey day.
The warm sweat on our bodies.
It’s hip hop foreplay.

So Jim and Rachel and Sonny
Hop up on the stage that’s money.
Wigglin it in the stage cages.
As the dance party rages.

As the night comes to an end. 
Hip hop stops we’re like God damn.

Me and Steve and Micah
Grab our friends off the stage on fire.

On the way home in the whip
We're all god damn, that was the shit!
We’re all hyped and we wanna do that again.
After that we did it every weekend.

First Time At A Dance Club (beat. BIGfoot Beats)

1968

A RARE RECORDING!!!
Without Drums! 
Or A Third Verse
Me - Vocal & Guitar  
Marvin Goodfriend - Vocal & Bass
Peter Noah - Vocal 
The Three Of Us Went To The Same 
Elementary, Middle & High School Together 
& Lived Within A Mile Of Each Other 
Marvin & Peter Were Inseparable
The Three Of Us
Didn't Really Become Friends
Till We Heard How Good We Sounded Together
At Age 18 
Later That Day
David Charles 
A Younger, But Highly Recomended Drummer Showed-Up
With The Best Drum Part Ever...
We Recorded That Too
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/winter-afternoon-68?in=dragbunt/sets/best-of-the-60s
I Thought I Was Swinping The Chords To 'Let It Be Me'
Turns Out - I Was Also Swiping Pachobel's Canon 

WINTER AFTERNOON

And So I Hear
It’s Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon
Cold With A Wind
Wet With A Wail
Winter After All
And I Hear It’s 
Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon 

I Stand On The Corner
With A Tune In My Mouth
In The Afternoon
My Ears Are Praying
That I’ll Go South
And That I Do It Soon
And I Hear It’s
Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon 

And They Say It’s 
Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon 

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WINTER AFTERNOON '68

1967

Donovan (On Speed) Meets Merriam-Webster
Be Impressed - Be Very Impressed 
High-Speed Finger-Picking!
Big Words! & Odd Baltimore Accents! 
College Level Lyrics!
Still Not Quite Sure What 'Sanguine' Means?
Sounds 'Sad' 
But Actually Means "Cheerfully Confident?"
Why Did I Start The Song With 'Seamen?'

Robbie Seidman Joins Me Often In These Early Recordings 
RIP - He Passed At The Beginning Of The Century...

While Recording, Rob & I Completely Trusted Each Other
Outside Of That, He Was A Total Mystery
We Were Each Other's Childhood Songwriting Pace Horses
We Pushed Each Other
This Is Robbie On 'Recon' - Surveiling His Foe
But Turning In A Stunning Arthur Ganfunkel Performance
His Blend Is So Good... It's Almost Sarcastic

THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF MADAME SEIVERS

A Seaman Wished 'Good-Sailing' 
Upon His Madame’s Ship
Fair Winds Were Prevailing 
For His Madame’s Trip
And The Vessel Flew A Sanguine Sail
& The Air Was Drenched With Bismarck Thoughts
Of Silver Sins In Foreign Ports

Relentless Winds Were Blowing 
Despite An Undertow
A Dream That Kept Her Going
But Never On The Go
She Faltered Only For A Moment
As We All Do Sometimes
But The Loss Was Gained In Madame’s Mind

Hoping Groping Waters 
Unchained The Madame’s Ship
And Love Had Come To Mean The End
Of Madame’s Maiden Trip
Come, Come Dark World & Praise This Trip
A Run Is But A Hastened Skip
Leave Us Go To Build A Ship

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THE MAIDEN VOYAGE Of MADAME SEIVERS '67 (ft. #robbieseidman)

1989  #tracynewman
IT'S NOT HER BIRTHDAY...
To Be Sure 
I Believe It's December 10
This Was Recorded On A Tascam 4-Track
With Me, Playing A Couple Of Electric Guitars 
& Singing A Couple Of Vocals  
& Playing Bass To A Drum Machine
-----
This Was In Fact A Birthday Gift To Tracy  
My Friend & Occasional Songwriting Collaborator
Tracy Was Always Fun To Work With
I Think We Wrote 'Already Missing You' In 1978 
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/already-missing-you-78
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On Occasions After That 
I'd Swing By Her Place To Chat About Something
And We'd Often End-Up 
Writing More Verses To 'Already Missing You'
It Was A Sweet Ritual
I Think We Just Both Loved Singing It Together
-----
Back In The 1970s I Watched Tracy 
Support, Mother & Hone
Some Of The Most-Talented Comic Actors/Improvisors 
Of The Era  
She Had A Way Of Getting The Best Out Of Others
Merely By Thoroughly Enjoying Them
At Some Point, Early On In Our Friendship
She Told Me To Trust My Instincts...
Because, She Did...
That Helped

WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

The Sun Goes Up The Sun Goes Down
It’s Just Another Day In Town
The Same Old Life 
The Same Old Calls
The Same Routine
But At The End I See A Light
I’m Lookin’ Forward To Tonight
Wishin’ Happy Birthday
To Tracy Newman Dean
It's Your Birthday To Be Sure
It's Just So Hard To Ignore
Happy Birthday
To Tracy Newman Dean

I Do My Best The Whole Day Through
Just To Keep From Feelin Blue 
And Runnin’ Off
In A Chauffeured Limousine
But At The End I See A Light
I’m Lookin’ Forward To Tonight
Wishin’ Happy Birthday
To Tracy Newman Dean
It's Your Birthday To Be Sure
It's Just So Hard To Ignore
Happy Birthday
To Tracy Newman Dean

The Sun Goes Up The Sun Goes Down
It’s Just Another Day In Town
The Same Old Life 
The Same Old Calls
The Same Routine
But At The End I See A Light
I’m Lookin’ Forward To Tonight
Wishin’ Happy Birthday
To Tracy Newman Dean

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WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY

1978

A Sappy Waltz 
With All The Right Chords
I Double-Tracked My Voice 
So I Could Sound 'Better' 

Back In 1978 - The Boys Wore Big Collars
And The Under 40s All Had Telephone-Answering-Machines
That Answered Phones With A Pre-Recorded Cassette
One Of The Ways I Made Money 
Was Singing Phone Numbers 
Creating 30/60-Second Symphonies
As Personalized Outgoing Messages
Someone Asked For A 60-Second 'Richard Song'
And Got 'Long Distance Moment'
But At Least I Was Getting Paid 
For Writing Singing & Playing Music

This Goes Out To Catlynn & Jesse!
For Falling In love On The Telephone
Cheers & Good Luck!

LONG DISTANCE MOMENT

She’s Just A Voice 
On A Telephone Line
Someone I Speak To
When She Gets The Time
But We Share A Moment
A Long-Distance Moment 
And Maybe I’ve Fallen 
In Love On The Telephone

But We Share A Moment
A Long-Distance Moment 
And Maybe I’ve Fallen 
In Love On The Telephone

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LONG DISTANCE MOMENT '78

It was a positively perfect recording experiment with my oldest son - edison -  who'd returned from college as the best bass player in the family - and best lead guitarist in the family - So - We collaborated - Trading Tracks and generally having fun - Later, I threw on words - Creating something out of nothing musically with one of my boys was as dreamy to me as the accompanying photo -     

BOY MEETS GIRL

La, la, la, la, la, 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 

BOY MEETS GIRL - BOY MEETS GIRL

It was a positively perfect day
We talked the night away
There was so much to say
Then your boyfriend went to Mexico
Because he had to go
It was so sad you know

La, la, la, la, la, 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 

I want to be beside you everyday
I want to make you stay 
And never go a-way
And when we go out to the restaurant
We’ll act so nonchalant 
At the restaurant
BOY MEETS GIRL - BOY MEETS GIRL

I want to be beside you every night
I want to hold you tight
I want to say goodnight  
I’m glad your boyfriend flew to Mexico 
Because he had to go
He flew to Mexico
La, la, la, la, la, 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 

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