Shut Your Mouth

Tracey

None Of Your Business

Body Language

My Graduation Day

Don't Go Angie

So Beautiful

Cold Feelin'

Haunting, relaxed acoustic guitars and beautiful bass line

In My Mind's Eye

Fun little boogie tune for warming up the band

I'll sing you a song that ain't got no tune
It's only some business I love to do
Just messin', gettin' down
Just messin', messin' around

It's simply a way to warm up the band
But maybe sometimes it gets outta hand
Just messin' etc

I love my girl but I keep her guessin'
That's okay, she knows I'm just messin'
Just messin' etc

Well some of it's new and some tried and true
But baby I love it, now how 'bout you
Just messin' etc

Just messin', messin' around
Just messin', messin' around

Messin' Around

Classic blues/rock

I've got a brand new leather jacket
It fits real good, it's a real cool style
A classic of its kind
A tried and true design
It's a shame you'll never see me in it child
Gonna buy some shades
Practice my frown
And take a long, slow walk down town

I've got a brand new leather jacket
And it's kind of got a real bad attitude
Like the one I had before
But you threw it out, you know
Well now you're gone if you're wond'rin' what I'll do
With my collar up
Soft-top down
I'm gonna go drive all around

I've got a brand new leather jacket
And simply slippin' on that mother feels so good
It makes me feel real mean
And hip just like James Dean
But that's somethin' that you never understood
My problem's gone
A cure's been found
And it's soft, shiny and brown

Leather Jacket

Tom's greatest hit, a cover of the riotous Louis Jordan classic.

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

Blues/rock cover of the super cool Bill Withers soul song

Who Is He?

Moody rock ballad with power chord chorus, co-written with Martin Lewis

I was born and raised in a small country town,
Learned about the land, the sky and the sea.
Then I came down to live this city life.
Whatever became of me?
The flying high and wide and free?
There's so many questions begging for answers.
Whatever became of me?
There's so many questions begging for answers.
Whatever became of the boy I used to be?
Whatever became of me?
Had so many dreams, they're all faded now,
Until I can't remember what they used to be.
My sun has set for good it seems somehow.
Whatever became of me?
The flying high and wide and free?
There's so many questions begging for answers.
Whatever became of me?
There's so many questions begging for answers.
Whatever became of the boy I used to be?
Whatever became of me?

Whatever Became Of Me?

If you like what's on offer here, my tracks can be downloaded on my website, gerrysongs.net.  Drop me an email if you can't find a particular song.  I was born in 1954 and learnt to play guitar during the 60s blues boom.  I used to be a total blues nut but I've mellowed to the point where I can appreciate other music of black origin.  My favourite guitar players are Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher and Pete Haycock from the Climax Blues Band (the most under rated band of all time) but I have listened to an awful lot of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Green and of course BB King.  Favourite singers would include Sam Cooke, Bill Withers and Ray Charles.  For the girls, let's have Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan.  Songwriters, Paul Simon and Carole King, not forgetting Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.  I started writing songs as soon as I had the basic chords down and joined a band so that I could sneak some of my compositions into their repertoire.  There were many bands and I occasionally managed to persuade some of them to record, but that used to run expensive.  Nowadays, with modern home recording equipment, I'm working through my whole back catalogue.  I play as many of the instruments as I can myself and it's a lot of fun.  Discovering Soundcloud has been really great; listening to other people's music is inspirational and energising.  Thankyou to everyone who has taken the time to listen to my efforts and mega thanks to anybody who clicked on "like".  Words cannot express how wonderful it is for me to see those little hearts.

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