Catchy song that really speaks to my lack of culinary expertise!

Cool song Graham, I love your humour and transcribed perfectly into this song.

Such a fun song, made me smile listening to it!

really catchy tune, weird topic, very Bolan

what a luck that you have prepared a delicious vegetable stew. So I can fully enjoy the song as a vegetarian. You transport in your song very wonderfully the feeling with fun to prepare a delicious dish. Seasoned with a pinch of chords and progressions. Delicious.

intrigued by the title and not disappointed by the delivery or should that be recipe :)

A first collaboration between Heliopolis 5 and Graham J Williams. I had the great pleasure of adding vocals to this brilliant track put together by Nick Oldfield (AKA Heliopolis 5.) Check out more of Nick's excellent work by visiting his page: @user-555484870. 
Words & Music - Nick Oldfield
Vocal - Graham Williams
Backing Track - Nick Oldfield
Produced by Nick Oldfield and Graham Williams

I'm Not A Fool

I'm Not A Fool (Nick Oldfield) Heliopolis 5 & Graham J Williams

A cool little tune called "The Icehouse ".  Escape with me to this little jazz club in Minneapolis.

Image obtained from the Icehouse website
Written by TJG January 2023
Mix 1: February 11, 2023
Mix 2: March 18, 2023 - adjusted stereo mix volume using api 535 LA
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Lyrics

Verse 1
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Touched by the stardust
She found her real lust
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 2
Caught in the spotlight
I'm faking the real life
Touched by the starlight
Escaping the real life

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 3
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse

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Technical Details

Rhythm Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Lead Guitar: Fender Jazzmaster
Guitar Amplifier: Vox AC15….set as clean I can get it. 
Bass Amplifier: Fender BXR 60 (not great, but with me since 1997)
Fender pedal board: Line 6 delay; Fender clean boost

Percussion: Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols – played with brushes 
Percussion: Pearl Cajon – played with brushes

Mics: a pair of Royer r10 ribbons for guitar and a Neumann TLM 67 for vocals
Mic preamps: API 312
Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape.

The Icehouse

A 5-Star commended entry in the 'Love Songs' category of the 2023 UK Songwriting Contest.

If You Want To Write A Love Song

What Is You (old panic brain demo)

A song about the golden age of steam trains. 
A 4-Star Commended Entry in the 'Adult Contemporary' category of the UK Songwriting Contest 2023.

A train is waiting at the station, waiting to take you for a ride,
All you have to do is buy a ticket, where you're going to you decide,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Long time ago there was the steam age, I just about remember when that was,
Travelling with my mum on a steam train, looking back that now seems very odd,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
You may recall the Flying Scotsman, it really was the train you couldn't beat,
Travelling up and down the west coast line, fireman generating steam and heat,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Riding on the Great Western Railway, it must have been quite a thrill,
Travelling through all the valleys, steaming up and down the hills,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
They call that the golden age of steam, it's hard to do anything but agree
The trains back then caused much pollution, but they were so magnificent to see,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Now we have the modern trains to go on, buy your ticket on your mobile phone,
All the trains are usually quite fast now, taking people to and from their homes,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
A train is waiting at the station, waiting to take you for a ride,
All you have to do is buy a ticket, where you're going to you decide,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Electric, diesel, inter-city express  ... and steam,
Inter-city express, inter-city express.

Inter-City Express

Inter-City Express (Graham Williams)

UPDATED Aug 25 2023
MIX/MASTER - Woods Studio

NOTE: This melody came to me soon after the tune for "That's the Dream #1" and somehow the same "dummy" lyric idea fit. I was hesitant to use a song title twice but...why not? Who cares? The songs are very different otherwise....

LYRIC
Over the years
And there’ve been quite a few
I’d often think of you
And wonder how
How it would be
If this or that had been
If I had the chance again
I wonder even now

Holding you through the night
That’s the dream
That’s the dream
Seeing you come in sight
In the glow of a lone moonbeam
That’s the dream

No wise old man
I’m still fool enough
To dwell on a lost love
And without fail
With my eyes closed
My arms reach out to you
My heart beats faster too
To no avail

Holding you oh so tight
That’s the dream
That’s the dream
Just as on that last night
The way I remember
To this day I remember
Or is it all just my dream?

There’s someone here
Someone warm and real
Someone who lets me feel
The way I feel

Holding you through the night
That’s the dream
That’s the dream
Keeping you in my sight
As we share a lone moonbeam
That’s the dream

That's The Dream #2

What we go through in life because of others.

Fire And Ice

How hard can it be to make vegetable stew? Inspired by songs on the Dylan/Band 'Basement Tapes'. "Vegetable Stew" was a 4-Star Commended Entry in the 'Retro' category in the UK Songwriting Contest 2023.

Words & Music: Graham Williams
Vocals, guitar, bass & percussion: Graham Williams

I’m busy in the kitchen making vegetable stew, 
I’m looking in the cookbook ‘cause I don’t know what to do,
I’m chopping up some carrots and dicing swedes as well,
Should I put in parsnips, you can never tell,
I get some pots and pans and choose one that’s just right,
Set the pot a-cooking so it’s ready for tonight,
I’m making a decision when a knock comes at the door,
It’s only my neighbour from the fourth floor,

Vegetable stew, how do you do, vegetable stew?
Vegetable stew, tell me, how do you do, vegetable stew?

I ask the neighbour in to give me some advice,
He looks inside the pot and says it’s very nice,
Put in salt and pepper he tells me after that,
And could I make it thicker with some extra fat,
With the salt and pepper and a pinch of spice,
I turn the gas up high, wow this is the life,
Now the stew is cooking my neighbour starts to go,
I don’t know what he came for now I’ll never know,

Vegetable stew, how do you do, vegetable stew?
Vegetable stew, tell me, how do you do, vegetable stew?

I look inside the pan when the stew is getting hot,
It’s starting to boil over so I think I better stop,
I'll put it in the oven and leave it for a time,
And set the timer going and have a glass of wine,
I hear the ringing sound of the timer bell,
Looking at the stew I see congealed gel,
It's black around the edges when I take a further look,
I need to start again and find my cookbook,

Vegetable stew, how do you do, vegetable stew?
Vegetable stew, tell me, how do you do, vegetable stew?

Busy in the kitchen making vegetable stew.

Vegetable Stew

Vegetable Stew (Graham Williams)

Its a slow album in development but heres the 2nd track of Intonarumori Duets with the wonderful AEP interpreting the Italian classic  Sì Viaggiare. The Intonarumori on this occasion is being played in a kind of pizzicato manner. Full album out sometime next year as this project is fitting in around other bigger projects. As always thanks for stopping by : )

Intonarumori Duets #2 -with Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi: Voice

A high octane track with a quick bouncing strum pattern and soulful melody.

Rodge demo

lets just enjoy the view

First of all thanks for dropping in on my page.
I sing, write songs and play rhythm guitar. I'm trying to learn a bit of bass. People tell me I've got a reasonable voice and I have a liking for melody. As I make my way with multi-track home recording, I'm hoping the the end result will be greater than the sum of the parts!
So again, thanks for dropping by. Hopefully you will take a listen to some of my songs and if you like what you hear, it would be great if you could leave a comment.

Vegetable Stew (Graham Williams)

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