Great piece guys!  I love the guitar/jawharp break.  The instrumentation on this one is top notch.

Sensational sounds, great track, it's a wow moment for me...

A wonderfull Song Song with 3 very good Voices :))

I listened to this over the weekend and wasn't looking at the screen - when this part kicked in I thought "G&B!" Fantastic awesomeness, killer collab.

@user-589290242: ^^^^ Loran, he's talking to you

A song by Whalebone Polly 2004 (me, Kate Stables of This is the Kit and violinist Virpi Kettu) from our only album Recordings with the Window Open, a collection of home recordings recorded in Bristol 2004

Sweetest In The Land

Phone recording added to by The Happy Somethings 

I uploaded Bitter before but in my opinion this Bitter is better.
I wrote and played it on the 1st January 2023.

I have loved The Happy Somethings since I first heard them when in Azerbaijan about 6 years ago.  We share the philosophy that if we try harder it sounds worse!  I am pleased and honoured that they spontaneously decided to colloborate and be my "ramshackle"  backing band on this song!  a bit like with Buddy Holly's apartment tapes, only I think Buddy's were better before...and Buddy was never bitter.    

link to their page: https://on.soundcloud.com/87eTU

...and in the words of The Happy Somethings:

"We have been fans of Cobbled Moth's musical output for some considerable time and when we came across this new song called 'Bitter' we just immediately loved it. One evening, bored with ourselves, and without him knowing, we decided to become his backing band... fortunately he embraced our audacity!"

credits
released January 9, 2023

Artwork by Joy.  Not meant to depict me, I'm still just a young lad...in his late 30s. 

Written by Cobbled Moth.
Copyright - all rights reserved - 
Cobbled Moth - Main vocals and acoustic guitar.
The Happy Somethings - other stuff

Lyrics:
I remember you sweeter
Jiving at Saint Peters
You were a spirit transmitter
But now you are bitter
And it's a shame
If you think no one cares
You went through pain
I know I was there
But you always had a wise word
And a kind word too
What happened to you?
I remember you taller
And now you are smaller
Over the land you would skitter
But now you're just bitter
Ooo oo now you are bitter
Ooo oo now we are bitter
And it's a shame
If we think no one cares
We went through pain
Yet always stayed fair
And we always had a wise word
And a kind word too
The disillusionment grew and grew and grew
I remember you fatter
And it didn't matter
In the days before twitter
When you were not bitter
I remember you jolly
In the rain with no brolly
I remember you shiny
Your wit was perfectly briny
I remember you noble
Before the dragon went global
You were never a quitter
Hope you stop being bitter


Bitter - Cobbled Moth & The Happy Somethings

bag of dirt

We're very lucky that Loran, the troubadour of the Alps, brought us another fantastic tune to work on. It showed up in our inbox as an already-complete radio hit, as far as we were concerned, but Loran wanted to layer up the arrangement and we were of course more than happy to oblige. We wound up with a longer chorus and a whole lot of the requested layering, hopefully evoking some of the baroque folk-pop arrangements of circa 1965-68 and with some modern twists. 
We didn't have to do much; Loran supplied not just the voices and guitars, but also the great mandolin and whistle work. We discussed how to build it up without masking the greatness of his input, and over the past few weeks have tried a whole bunch of things, some of which haven't even stayed in - but that's the fun of this kind of project.

Loran Otzer: Words & music, guitars, voices, mandolins, whistles

Greenwood & Burns: Banjo & fuzz banjo, bass, fuzz & slide guitars, jaw harps, xylophone, trumpet, percussion, keys, ukulele, MIDI & electronic effects

Loran's music can be heard, and frequently downloaded for free, at https://soundcloud.com/loran-otzer and we suggest you hurry there to avail your ears of some very fine listening.

John Doe (Loran Otzer with G&B)

A response to Bob Dylan's poem 'Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie' 
I called it "Last Thoughts" as a tribute, but in truth they certainly won't be. In fact my silly naive highschooler butt didn't even put together that he wrote "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" when Woody was in the hospital. You'd think the title would have clued me in but either way hope there'll never be any last anythings. This song is kind of about reaching in the dark, finding strength in the words of strangers and old friends too, lighting the path a little further down the road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OdNY8Aybw

Written/vocals and guitar by J R Altabef/AManCalledJack/Pe+richor, Copyrighted 2008. 
https://illusionsofthespleen.deviantart.com/art/Last-Thoughts-on-Bob-Dylan-82633236

Last Thoughts on Bob Dylan

Written/Vocals and Guitar by J R Altabef/AManCalledJack/Pe+richor, Copyrighted 01/2017

City Of Minds [Rough Studio Mix]

Jason Goldeberg producing/mixing/mastering/harmonicaneering

The Ladder [TEASER]

Windy

Retrofuturistic global old-time, roots pop & electric folk, with a particular joy in our frequent collaborations with other Soundcloud friends.
"The Split Rail Fence of Sound." Hank Tilbury
"Captivating folk vibes in psychedelic sauce." E-Ruizzo
"Packed to the gills, and still works." Jonathan Beckenstein
"Bonhomie encapsulated in a song." Gary Reeves
"Totally transporting music." Mark J. Bennett
"Like the old stuff... but improved." Chris O(2)


We are:
Greenwood: https://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband
Burns: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-burns-4

 Album art by Kenny Keil: http://talestosuffice.com/

John Doe (Loran Otzer with G&B)

Greenwood & Burns

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