Played a few times by Christopher Robin during our acoustic period.

DS Demos 1

Armchair Anarchist

My attempt at a Jimmy Buffett style tune. And sensitive JB at that! Not sure that’s how it turned out but it was clearly another for the future Fuzzard pile.

Hurricane Heart

I'm Not Here

Another tune I realized was a castaway on the island of misfit toys pretty early on in the process.

The End Of My Dream

This song spent a good portion of its existence titled “Let It Go” which never really sat with me. 
Not sure what finally motivated me to make the switch ;)

Wrong Too Long

Ten, Twenty, Thirty

Even though I ended up recreating stuff with all the digital benefits at my digits, there’s something nice about a tune that seems to sit nicely with all the panning faders at noon. Welcome back mono, I missed ya.

Planet Earth

A broken-robot-meets-Tom-Waits space waltz in glorious mono.

A Day In Late Autumn

Matt Kennedy wrote most of this one's lyrics. I shuffled 'em, filled in some gaps and set it to a tune. The companion piece -- Snake River Canyon -- is a rare instrumental for me.

Evel Knievel / Snake River Canyon

Found this recently on an old cassette tape. Musta recorded live to digital then bumped to tape. ?

Nyquil And Whisky

Econoline

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Better Than Being With You

Bottle Of Wine

Note: There's a lyric in this version that has changed from "front yards" to "back yards" which marries better with "bad cards"

Who I Am

This one got a little haircut and a shave but the bones are firmly grizzled.

Live Slow And Die Old

Too Much Too Late

The Map

The Enemy

The Worst Day Of My Life

Tail Lights At Nine

The Drive

Lyric note: Pulque (PUHL-kay) is a beer-like beverage popular in Mexico's pre-Columbian era. It was fermented from the maguey plant (Agave americana). Whereas Mezcal, distilled from agave, didn't pop up until the 17th century.

Mezcal

Is And If'n

Fuzzard actually stumbled through a version of this one time at the old Highland Grounds but it never took root in the set.

The Regret Song

Thanks to Allan Moon for laying down piano on this one. If you wanna hear what he can really do, check out some of his compositions at https://soundcloud.com/allanmoon

Peace As You Travel

Wolf Man

Roscoe And Rain

The Ghosts Of The Palomino

Those Nights (electro)

Tequila Wings

The run-on title kinda tips ya off to the baffling nature of an otherwise simple tune. So even if it did have legs, I couldn't think of a good way to truncate that title line in a way that made sense for the song. Luckily... it was never an issue.

I Don't Love You The Way You Say You Don't Want Me To

Lonely And Desperate

Greasy Steven

Inspired by a minor character in the 1947 Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street." The title comes from his memorable catchphrase and imagines what might have happened had he not been removed from his holiday duties.

To Keep Warm

Pickle

All I Can Recall

Another example of planning to make a simple demo that went completely off the rails. Complete with plenty of synth and a freeform and unfiltered bass "pass" that became the bass "part."

Squandering My Potential

An example of a song in process. Previously and briefly posted as a tune titled, "Version of Me." A simple shift in perspective tells a more interesting tale in my humble and not-at-all conclusive opinion.  Also, the solo "harmoniccordian" is a sound I've used many times before. I always liked it's very unnatural sound. Using it here as a harmonica sub, it kinda rubs me the wrong way. It sounds like a fake harmonica and not the strange hybrid I prefer.

Poser

Closer To Good

Song demonstrations in various states of disrepair mostly envisioned for FUZZARD, the supremely serviceable music-making outfit that stumbled around L.A. in the wee days of the 21st century. Archives from a "country-western" past and speculations for a genre-fuzzy future. Originally intended as a public dustbin for old ideas, each playlist houses tunes of similar era or origin (see individual descriptions for more vague explanations).

May these land on your ears solely as scenes from a sonic sketchbook, varying in performance and production value, neither of which was the primary focus at the time of their recording. Hastily mixed, hardly EQ'd and wholly unmastered. That said... enjoy the adventure!

Name note: Since these demos were largely created by me, myself and a rotating troupe of Garageband drummers, I don't wish to implicate the actual and awesome members of the original FUZZARD in the suspect execution of these mock-ups. I have now filed these under the nom de plume Doc Fuzzard with a likely transition to "Fuzzard's Ghost," as I move on from good-natured but ultimately culturally-appropriated twang that tinge many of these tunes.

Doc Fuzzard

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