5 Der Alte Mann

"When The Moon Pulls In The Waves" is the fourth solo release from Russ Hallauer (The Welfare Liners, The Lures, Sunbrain and founder of Ghostmeat Records). All songs written and performed by Russ Hallauer with Rob Keller on backing vocals. Album cover by Russ Hallauer. Photo by Michael Hayes. All songs copyright 2025 Woolybooger Music (SESAC).

Rye Whiskey

SweetHomeAlabama

My mind is bringing me back to easier days
When fun was riding a bike without any brakes
When you’re part of the pack because of your address 
My mind is bringing me back to easier days

If I could turn back time
If I could clear my mind
If I could come back home, when mom and dad were both alive
Tell me, where do I sign?

Our child is bringing me back to easier days
When fun was staying up late and dancing in the rain
When I was crushing on you all summer break
Our child is bringing me back to easier days

If I could turn back time
If I could clear my mind
If I could come back home, when mom and dad were both alive
Tell me, where do I sign?

I wished upon a star
That I’d never move far
That I’d feel this way evermore, evermore
That I’d stay forever young
That you’d be the one I love
That we’d feel this way evermore, evermore

If I could turn back time
If I could clear my mind
If I could come back home, when mom and dad were both alive

If I could turn back time
If I could clear my mind
If I could come back home, when mom and dad were both alive
Tell me, where do I sign?

The skies are bringing me back to easier days

Easier Days

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Tough Times Never Last Entertainment 

Let Me Rest (prod SHVRS)

The Hopheads - No Chance Saloon

This song celebrates the expressive power of slide guitar blues.  The verses focus on the physical act of playing, describing the fingers dancing across the fretboard and the smooth, slow start of the slide guitar.  The imagery evokes a sense of intimacy and concentration, as if the guitarist is deeply connected to their instrument. The guitar's sound is described as painting pictures and resonating with truth, suggesting that the music conveys emotions and stories that words cannot. The choruses use the metaphor of a "silent/mute canvas" to represent the guitar before the music begins.  The fingers are the artist's tools, and the slide blues is the language they use to express feelings and uncover hidden depths within the silence. The repeated line about the "purest shade" and "energizing solo" emphasizes the raw, powerful emotion conveyed through the music.  The overall theme is the trans-formative power of music, particularly slide guitar blues, to communicate deep emotions and break through the silence.

Slide Blues

The inspiration for Living in a Dream comes from questioning the world around us and the nature of existence itself. It's driven by the fascination that anything exists at all and grapples with understanding the consciousness we experience, knowing we can only perceive what we're capable of knowing. The song explores the contrast between accepting that everything is real while questioning the very realm we reside in. Metaphor and fact blend throughout the lyrics, capturing the feeling of enjoying life while acknowledging we may never fully comprehend what we’re enjoying. Sonically, vibrant and slightly distorted colors inspired the production, creating contrasts between the verses and chorus to highlight this existential wonder.

Living In a dream

Be of Reason

Sudden Realization

I am so empty that I’m inside out; my ad’s been delisted
I am so checked out that it seems like I just never existed
And the world turns, we’re never remembered
We are here one day, but our days are all numbered
But you will keep your little head up, find peace in the frenzy
Coz the answer’s the same, be happy with empty (cause it’s all the same)
Bring back the fire, hell … bring back the pain
Bring back the meaning, bring blood to my veins
It’s the moment when you know it breaks your heart but makes you strong; it’s the truth
When you realise that nobody ever really gave a shit about you
And the world turns, we’re never remembered
We are here one day, but our days are all numbered
But you will keep your little head up, find peace in the frenzy
Coz the answer’s the same, be happy with empty


Empty

With a mixture of catchy pop, rock, heart felt melodies, and tingle in your stomach pop songs, Gary comes across as a seasoned veteran. Inner city Brisbane is home. In past lives Gary was signed to US label, Zip Records, up until 2004 where a domestic suburban intoxication period ensued (for nearly 10yrs!). In further past lives Gary jumped out of airplanes as a 6ft 2inch Captain in the Australian Army. Now 5ft 7inches, Gary recollects his growing up in PNG and has begun crawling slowly and battered out from under this warm and comfortable rock. With hundreds of written songs under his belt about love, family, relationships, friendships, the world and life, ... Gary's mid-life crisis is further fuelled by a more recent purple patch in sing-writing & recording - he is currently producing the best power pop/rock songs of his career. If ever there was a mixed marriage of U.S. top forty and Australian rock/pop ......this is it.

Empty

Gary Pearson