A most jesting song with a beautiful arrangement

Very nice and interesting track! (sounds like a musical scene of a theater play, to my ears...).

written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher from the Beach Boys album "Pet Sounds"
arranged by Gary Lucas 
GL--1941 Gibson J-45
recorded on Gary's iPhone 8/30/22
Chez Lucas West Village NYC

God Only Knows--Gary Lucas

from his acclaimed album "The Ordeal of Civility"
garylucas.com/www/civil

Produced by Jerry Harrison

Gary Lucas--guitars, lead vocal
Jerry Harrison--keyboards
Ernie Brooks--bass
Billy Ficca--drums
Alva Rogers--vocals
Jenni Muldaur--vocals
Jason Candler--alto sax
Joe Hendel--trombone

words and music by Gary Lucas

A track from our new album commemorating the pogrom in Jedwabne Poland July 10th 1941 in which the entire Jewish community (including my family on my mother's side) was rounded up and herded into a barn which was then torched
drawing by Cheyenne Schiavone 
http://garylucas.com/www/grfx/LETTER_FROM_JEDWABNE.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaL_uyEcaM8

"Jedwabne"--Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters

from Kevin Coyne's album "Knocking On Your Brain"

Kevin Coyne--vocal
Gary Lucas--guitars

(Coyne/Lucas)

with Ali Neander, Tom Liwa, Willy Wagner and Ralf Gustke

recorded in Dusseldorf 1996



English Rose--Gary Lucas and Kevin Coyne

Live in Tokyo at the Volga Club, Roppongi 3/96

Gods and Monsters East:

Gary Lucas--electric guitar
Shu Yamaichi--drums
Lloyd Love--bass
Misako Kano--electric piano


(Trad. arr. Lucas/Freddy King)

from compilation "Operators Are Standing By--Essential Gary Lucas 1988-1996"




"The Volga Boatman/The Stumble"--Gary Lucas Live in Tokyo

composed and performed by Gary Lucas 
recorded to iPhone on his 1941 Gibson J-45 acoustic 
6/12/24 NYC
watercolor and pen and ink drawing by David Scher

"That taut rope sound" was how my friend Paul Haines, the late Canadian poet and jazz lyricist ( Carla Bley's "Escalator Over the Hill" and Kip Hanrahan's "Darn It") once described my playing

"That Taut Rope Sound"--Gary Lucas

composed by Richard Wagner for his opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" 1843
arranged for solo electric guitar by Gary Lucas
recorded by Marc Urselli at Eastside Sound NYC

absolutely no overdubs

collage by 3XA

Fantasia on "The Flying Dutchman" Overture--Gary Lucas

"She's a Rainbow" Gary Lucas solo acoustic

Recorded live NYC by Gary Lucas, absolutely no overdubs

composed by Florian Fricke/Gary Lucas

"Höre, Der Du Wagst" (Listen, You Who Dare)
taken from the soundtrack of Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979), music by Popol Vuh

Gary Lucas--'64 Stratocaster, fx


from the Gary Lucas album "Improve the Shining Hour--Rare Lumiere 1980-2000" 
originally released 2000 on Knitting Factory
available now on iTunes on Rare Lumiere Records




Listen, You Who Dare/Improve The Shining Hour--Gary Lucas solo

written by Hoagy Carmichael

arr. by Gary Lucas

GL--1941 Gibson J-45

Recorded live at the Knitting Factory March 1991 by Bob Appel

from the album "Monsters from the Id (Rarities and Verities" (Rare Lumiere)

Comicosmics--Gary Lucas solo acoustic live

original composition by Gary Lucas

recorded on his 1942 Gibson J-45

from the album "Street of Lost Brothers" (Tzadik)

"Level The Playing Field"--Gary Lucas solo acoustic

a rough mix from Gary Lucas' forthcoming album
"The Edge of Heaven Vol. Two"   
Gary Lucas--acoustic guitar and arrangement
Feifei Yang--vocals
Jason Candler--alto and baritone sax, bass clarinet and Peking cymbals
Professor G--vocals
(女)閑來得無事真煩惱，I have nothing to do and I am bored
(男)搓搓那麻將解心焦。Lets play a game of mah-jong to pass the time
(女)沒搓那麻將先說好，Before we start let us agree on the rules
(男)平和斷么一般高。Different variations of the game are mentioned - No flower and all straits is equal to a game with no ones and nines
(女)三元那四喜十三老，The 3 big guns, 4 winds and 13 wonders
(男)杠上開梅花海底撈。隔壁的周姑娘生得好，4 of a kind and the extra card you pull helps you reach game, or the last card you pull is one barrel - that is the ultimate-- BTW Miss Chow who sits next to me is looking good (flirting)
(女)韓大哥心裡亂七八糟。明鬥那七索妳鬥二餅，Big brother Han is being unfocused - I wanted seven bamboo but you discarded two barrels
莊家的一色一個人兒包。Banker has gamed and in one full colour so the one who threw him the winning card pays for all
(男)周姑娘推牌忙開口，Miss Chow you talk too much when you are putting your cards together
(女)猴兒妳七索為何不鬥？四七索平和跟著走，Little monkey, why did you not discard seven bamboos. I wanted four or seven bamboos and would have got away
(男)周姑娘妳嘴裡罵個不休！Miss Chow you are a bad loser!
recorded by Jason Candler
originally recorded by Chow Hsuan and Han Lan Ken, written by Yen Hwa
Lyrics
www.garylucas.com/epk

"A Tale of the Mah-Jong Game"-Gary Lucas, Feifei Yang & Jason Candler

gary@garylucas.com

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