IN the SHADOW of MOUNTAINS

A friend of mine, who shall be known as Cheat, and I decided to record a PInk Floyd tune a long time ago, 20+ years, on a whim.  Here's what we came up with.

Looking at my notes, it would seem we recorded this piece on July 19, 2002.  Later, Cheat (aka Mr. Egan) added drums to the recording to great effect.

I remember hearing a version of this song with parts one and two stitched together by a guitar solo Snowy White played around 1976-77, a super hard recording to get back in the 80's when I first heard it.  I thought it was cool as hell.  This is my version of that solo I heard many many years ago when I was about 15 or 16 years old.

More details can be found here:  https://www.flupe.com/music/music.htm

Read details on the album entitled "Messin' Avec History".

Pigs On The Wing, Pt. 1 (a Pink Floyd cover by Bounder and Cheat), 19-Jul-2002

A Beatles cover my buddy Brian and I recorded 20+ years ago in Boulder, Colorado.  Where does the time go?

A Day In The Life (a Beatles cover by Bounder and Cheat), 21-Jul-2002

Nostalgic For The Present - Take 1,   Mix 1, 18-Jun-2017

Pray for the streets

A song for my girl, my best friend.

NOTE: This is the 2nd mix, a better mix.

Eve Song, 30-Aug-2020

From the Other Side

A tune I wrote many years ago when I first moved to Boulder, back when I was a Naropa Cosmonaut (student?). I must admit, I still get a little nostalgic for that time and this tune takes me back... back home... when I was young and the world still seemed full of possibility.

Back Home - 26-Nov-2020, Take 2

A new recording of an old song I wrote as a Berklee student circa 1992.

Faces In The Clouds - 30-Dec-2020

Seemed an appropriate way to play out 2020. Here's to better times ahead, not just for our country but for the whole world too.

This was a spontaneous improv performed on New Year's Eve in Boulder, Colorado, at Music Corner Studios (my living room).  It's a little loose, not perfect, as improvs tend to be, but the recording captured a certain vibe and mood - the culmination of feelings felt for a tough year past.  I think there really are some magical moments in this performance and it's worth sharing and hearing.

NOTE: This track was mastered by SoundCloud with the Aurora engine at a 50% setting.  This version is the MP3 edit that includes one extra time through the chorus at the end because some things are worth repeating.

Blues For America - 31-Dec-2020

Sailing On

Sailing on Cloud Ships
and Wild Horse Dreams.
Reaching through the Sky
with my Fantasies.

Serpent Flies, glimmering.
Silver Stars, shimmering.
The Silence
awakens me
to Castle Spires surrounding me.

A few thoughts about the origin of this piece...

This is a song a dear friend of mine wrote many years ago in late 1977 or early 1978. It touched me deeply when I first heard it almost 25 years ago and it still moves me today when I hear it. So, I decided to record my own version of it because I like the song so much and I want to be able to hear a proper recording of it. I added a little something to the piece as well, a middle section or bridge, if you will. Sail on, fellow travelers. Journey well. Journey well.

~Captain Flupe

Nostalgic For The Present - Take 1, Mix 1, 18-Jun-2017

Gabriel Perry