The cutting edge

Anybody else feeling like they need to get away these days?  This song's for you!
Rock on
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Lyrics
**Verse**
Breaking out, time to leave this place
There’s somewhere else I want to be

The sun is hot
But you can cool off at the shore
And then walk to the bar
The nights go long
Nowhere to be the next day
So see you at the beach

Shoes off and your feet in the sand
Clear your mind leave the stress at home

cut loose and find a little love
or just kick back and let your life flow

Forget yesterday, 
It was a little too little and a little too late
Sometimes all we need is a little bit of time
And a whole lot of wine

**Chorus**
I’m on my way
Nothing stopping me
Go to get away
Get me out of here

**Verse**
Line ‘em up, pour the tequila
Lick it, shoot it, suck it, pour it again and repeat

Feeling the grove?
Check out the copper-tone cutie
With the really fine booty
Looking pretty fine
Much sweeter on the eyes
Than a coked up kitty

**Chorus**
I’m on my way
Nothing stopping me
Go to get away
Get me out of here

Rock on

On my way

On My Way

This song started off many years ago with a band called "Latella".  Vocalist Joe Flesch wrote the lyrics and bassist/guitarist/songwriter Matty Harper wrote the original guitar parts under the lyrics.  When I joined the band, I added the Em-C section in the middle and a second acoustic part to compliment Matt's original guitar line under the lyrics.  Both acoustic parts have now been combined into one in this adaptation.  The Em-C section in the middle went through a few transitions and at one time had an extended David Gilmore style guitar solo that was really cool, and one of the reasons I wanted to remake this song.  When recording this remake, I decided to add just a little something more to that middle section.  This took on a life of its  own and the guitar solo just didn't seem to work anymore so I took in another direction.
Vocalist,  Joe Flesch, has since left the world of rock, has been born again, and is now a minister.  He occasionally picks up his acoustic and sings for his church.  Matty Harper left music behind as well for a while, but that was just to smoke shit load of pot.  He still has some serious bass chops though and he will soon be featured in some upcoming tracks.  I have another track posted here called "We are" in which you can hear Matt's bass chops from years ago.

Time (featuring The Sharp Philharmonic)

Like You Do

People naturally follow, conform the majority, and this has allowed us to evolve and survive together as a species.  Throughout history it has also made groups of people vulnerable to totalitarian rule that tends to help the ruling class more than the people, when the people are complacent and don't realize their position until it is too late.  While there may be some parallels to governments in the world today, this song is inspired by this "cost of complacency" throughout history rather than any specific events today.

Lyrics:
Verse 1
No time being patient
It takes too long
rewrite history

You shall be programmed
And truth dictated
Don’t ask any questions

Chorus
(backing chorus)
Fill your mind
Or it will be filled for you
It’s the cost of complacency
And mindless conformity

Open your mind
And open your eyes
Get your head out of your ass
Avoid the cost of complacency

(over chorus)
Control what they see
Control what they read
The masses will conform
and shutdown the opposition

Each has their own truth
In their own reality
The war has started
Better run for your life (2nd time only)

Verse 2
Sides are assigned
believe as you’re told
Oppose and be censored

pawns are suppressed
Divided and conquered
Blindly fighting the war

[Chorus]

Cost of complacency

Heroe's Overture

"Wants you to know" is one written for the ladies.  It is a post-breakup song about a strong, bright, beautiful, and confident woman who's been hurt, broken, and moved on.  She leaves town and leaves the past behind her but she isn't running away, she's running to her future and on to amazing things.

The lyrics starts off with a brand new day, going out for a ride in a hot car and feeling good.  In the second verse, she's leaving town but she's not running away.   She's "running to her future" and doing so with a new tattoo.  People tend to get tattoos for meaningful things and changes in their life.  She's making a big change and moving on to bigger and better things.  When the chorus comes in at the end, we learn that she threw away everything she was given in that bad relationship, the memories have gone away so whoever hurt her means nothing to her now, and she wants someone to know.

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She’s ready to start a brand-new day
All those memories are so far away

Push the seat back
Drop the top down 
Fasten the seat belt
Crank up the music

Fixes her mascara
In the rear-view mirror
Gives herself a wink
Says ‘damn I look good’

[Verse 2]
Feeling free and ditching this old town
Maybe someday she’ll see you around

With a new tattoo
She’s running to her future
Like a shooting star
Bright and beautiful
Wishing you knew her
Wishing you had her
Watch her tail as 
It likes up the sky
[guitar lead]

[Chorus]
Ooo She threw it all away
All the things you gave
She threw them away

Ooo She threw it all away
The memories you made
She threw them away

She wants you to know

Wants You To Know

Song written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell.  Arrangement by Eddie Sharp.

Billie and Finneas have a good thing going, they're writing good music and have an original style.  Just about all of Billie's vocals are a whisper though.  As if the screaming girls at a show aren't enough, Billie is whispering and you can't friggin' hear her.  That's right folks, I went to a Billie Eilish show!  I saw her last show of the 2020 tour just before the pandemic shut down the world.  I respect all music and I have two daughters.  So back to my point, I wanted to do one of her songs where the vocals weren't whispered and there was  no doubt they could be heard.  I took one of her quietest songs and "sharpened" it.  I hope you enjoy it.
. . . and one more thing, that's Dee Dee Ramone counting it off.  He's really really good at counting to four.

Rock On

Come out and play - Billie Eilish cover

That's your brain, this is coked up kitty.

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Kiss my ass

Coked up kitty

"Don't let your bitch run large" has been incorrectly  stamped with an "Explicit" label by Apple Music.  For those who actually listen to it, here's the story behind this song.

A friend of mine was dating a lawyer and one day she shared with him a screen shot of her world, an NC Statute she came across that reads as follows.

67-2. Permitting bitch at large.

If any person owning or having any bitch shall knowingly permit her to run at large during the erotic stage of copulation he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1862-3, c. 41, s. 2; Code, s. 2501; Rev., s. 3303; C.S., s. 1670; 1993, c. 539, s. 529; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

He knew I would love it, shared her picture with me, and I immediately said "that's a song".  

I was already messing around with the guitar part on my twelve-string, wrote the lyrics for it, and a day or two later "Don't let your bitch run large” ￼was born.  

My original recording was done all on the twelve-string but it didn’t sound right to me.  So I opted to re-record with a warm sounding Martin six-string and added a new twelve-string track to back it up.

Here are the lyrics so you can sing along and see what it’s actually about.

I saw her running
Pheromones were flowing
Out on the town 
looking for satisfaction

She wasn’t picky
Ended kind of sticky
Sixty seven two, yeah
It’s a misdemeanor

Don’t let your bitch
Run large
No one likes
A large bitch screwing 'round

She’s taking it in the alley
And in the back yard
Giving it away 
like a cheap door prize

hounds sniffing around
they like her style
running large
in erotic copulation

Don’t let your bitch
Run large
No one likes
A large bitch screwing 'round

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Don't let your bitch run large

Don’t let your bitch run large

Made from a conglomeration of shared experiences.  Pairs well with a little “Coked up kitty”. 
https://soundcloud.com/eddie-sharp-3/coked-up-kitty?ref=clipboard

Nutcase

Endeavor (remix/remaster)

A friend of mine called me with this problem one day, and I'm not the sensitive type who is good at giving people advice on their problems. It turns out him and his wife were partying with some friends one night and after everyone went home, one girl remained. One thing lead to another and his wife brought the girl into their bed that night. Now keep in mind, this guy is calling me because he's upset about this. Apparently it continued when he wasn't around. He'd leave for work out the front door, the wife would bring her her girlfriend in the back door.
He told me "this is serious, it may ruin our marriage". I thought about it and said "you know, this would be a great song." So here you go. . .

Gonna tell a story ‘bout a lady
She thought she’d try something new
There’s a man who had some competition
Some say he bit off more than he could chew

One night they started getting busy
then in came some more company
There’s one thing they all have in common
They know when they’ve been licked

She She She, She likes girls
She likes her hand in the bush not his bird in her hand
She She She, She likes girls
Curiosity of the tongue got the cat

So he tried and tried a little harder
But now she craved something softer
girl in flannel and a purple beret
knew all the tricks he could not match

every day while on his way to work
bumper to bumper back at home
now there’s a lesson to be learned
When you have your cake, you have to eat it too

She She She, She likes girls
Which came first the chick or the chick
She She She, She likes girls
She likes them to lick softly not carry the big stick
[guitar solo]
She She She, She likes girls
She likes her hand in the bush not his bird in her hand
She She She, She likes girls
Curiosity of the tongue got the cat
She She She, She likes girls
Which came first the chick or the chick
She She She, She likes girls

She likes girls

She Likes Girls (remix/remaster)

Rockaway Beach from The Ramones, featuring Eddie Sharp and The Remains.

Rockaway beach (Ramones cover)

My objective of this song is to rock.  It's a great song for me to practice and record my vocals, record some powerful guitars and bass and some kicking drums.  It was a great Ramones tune that didn't mean anything, and one I enjoyed adding my own touches to.  There's no more political or racial message intended by me than there was by The Ramones when they wrote it in 1981.  
Now that we have that out of the way, let's rock!

The KKK Took My Baby Away (Ramones cover)

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Independent artist making songs that rock.

I don’t know about you but I miss hearing songs that just rock.  A couple of guitars, bass, drums, vocals, and harmonies make such a powerful combination.  It’s this power and energy that I’m after in the songs I record.
I perform all parts on these recordings unless otherwise specified. I’m primarily a guitar player and never considered myself a singer but I started doing it to complete my songs and I may be finding a voice for myself.
I’m open to collaboration so reach out if you’d like to work on some tracks.  I don’t have any rap on my tracks, don’t listen to much rap, but I have a couple of incomplete songs I’m interested in brining some rap into.  So let me know if any of you rappers want to collaborate with a rocker.
Recording, mixing, mastering is just as much of a hobby as playing the music is.  If you’d like another ear on your mix or some mastering done, drop me a message.  I’m not looking for money for it, just the opportunity to practice my skills on other artists work, see what I can do, and help a fellow musician.
Finally, I’m looking to put together a band to see how my songs work live.  Reach out if you’re interested and in the RDU area.  Follow me on my social media links to get the latest updates on the journey and share some music and laughs.
Cheers!