Gorge Camp (8/27-29/2021 - George, WA) - Half Step Ahead [The Ben Dom Tony Show]

LIVE from George, WA on 8/28/2021

Performed by Half Step Ahead (The Ben Dom Tony Show)

Guitar & Vocals - Ben Forbeck
Drums - Dom De Luca
Bass - Anthony De Luca

Mastered by Anthony De Luca
Album Art by Yerin Yi 

Ain't No Business - Music & Lyrics by Ben Forbeck  

Lyrics:
I see you bringing forth before my eyes
A feeling that you have draped in a disguise of lies
That shakes the ground beneath and between us.
Fostering chaos will lead one to seize dust.
Must you fabricate a second more of what
You claimed to have done all before?
Contours of wisdom tend to go to and fro
The release of all those things that you have known.

But, it ain't no business of mine.
It ain't no business of mine.
You make your choices, not I.
It ain't no business of mine.

Words, they say, are simple to speak.
You're hopeful to trick fools when your talk is cheap.
Not me, I can see exactly who you are.
The facade you put up was doomed from the start
Of when you must fall before we may build up again
What we had so dearly as friends.
The end is as real as you make it to be.
Choose what you will, but I'll still be me.

'Cause it ain't no business of mine.
It ain't no business of mine.
You make your choices, not I.
It ain't no business of mine.

Gorge Camp (8/27-29/2021 - George, WA)

Ain't No Business (8/28/2021 - George, WA)

LIVE from George, WA on 8/28/2021

Performed by Half Step Ahead (The Ben Dom Tony Show)

Guitar & Vocals - Ben Forbeck
Drums  - Dom De Luca
Bass & Vocals - Anthony De Luca

Mastered by Anthony De Luca
Album Art by Yerin Yi

Back Again - Music & Lyrics by Ben Forbeck

Lyrics:
Besmirked the wingtips of the shoreline.
Undo the deeds that must be done
Unto the cackling bad king, forthright.
The truths brought forth are always spun.

Gone with the leaves into the wind
Brought by the sly, watchful regime.
What was not known became godsend
As the past became a dream.

And soon thereafter shot loose the noose.
And true companions championed all.
The feeling could not be refused
As the many mass crowds stared in awe.

They say that history repeats itself
Due to the law of push and pull.
For it was told in books on back shelves,
Disheveled, dismantled by the fools.

Spaced, but containing connection,
The stories start to write their own.
Each containing its own perspective
Until the greater one is shown.

Cast the light into the fields.
The brazen blades reflect the dew.
For this is what willpower yields.
It is to I as is to you.

Back again
Back again
Back again
Back again

Back Again (8/28/2021 - George, WA)

LIVE from George, WA on 8/28/2021

Performed by Half Step Ahead (The Ben Dom Tony Show)

Guitar & Vocals - Ben Forbeck
Drums - Dom De Luca
Bass - Anthony De Luca

Mastered by Anthony De Luca
Album Art by Yerin Yi

Moon Man - Music & Lyrics by Ben Forbeck

Lyrics:
Hey moon, bright and blue.
Earth people dance, and above, you loom.
Men they sway, and ladies swoon.
You'll have your time to dance soon.

Look to the stars above you there.
Your answer comes as a comet's tail.
Grab ahold, and fly away.
Hey, hey.

Hey moon, on the ground.
People swarm from all around.
They misunderstand what you're about,
Then lock you up just to take you down.

But, don't you worry 'bout life in this cell.
As the moon grows thin, you do as well.
Wait, and slip away from this hell.
Well, well.

Hey moon, all alone.
Standing still on the forest floor.
Waiting there until you grow.
Then to a garden party, you roam.

And, the music shines on through.
Your dancing dream finally came true.
'Till someone calls the heat on you.
Woo, oo.

Hey moon, on the run.
Brutish minds are on the hunt.
But, in a hidden castle, there's one
To aid in gaining your freedom.

He built a vessel to head to the skies,
But lost his chance with time gone by.
Step right in, and fly, fly, fly.
My, my.

Moon Man (8/28/2021 - George, WA)

LIVE from George, WA on 8/28/2021

Performed by Half Step Ahead (The Ben Dom Tony Show)

Guitar & Vocals - Ben Forbeck
Drums - Dom De Luca
Bass - Anthony De Luca

Mastered by Anthony De Luca
Album Art by Yerin Yi

Be Set Free - Music & Lyrics by Ben Forbeck

Lyrics:
Life rolls like a river running down,
And you can hardly wait until your soul will leave the ground.
Open up your eyes and find the good in all you see.
Then you'll finally be set free.

Summertime is coming to an end,
And darkness broods like vultures circling 'round your troubled head.
Let the light inside you shine, brightly as it can be.
Then you'll finally be set free.

Standing at the crossroads with a dollar in your hand,
Waiting for the devil, hoping he will understand.
Why all of the waiting, though, when you can plainly be
Finally set free?

Stepping to the beat.
Stepping to the beat.
Life moves on when you are moving on your feet.
Spend your time while you're alive by
Stepping to the beat.
Stepping to the beat.
Life moves on when you are moving on your feet.

Waking in the middle of the night.
All that's on your mind is that if things will be alright.
Wait until the morning comes, and dawn light you will see.
Then you'll finally be set free.

Be Set Free (8/28/2021 - George, WA)

LIVE from George, WA on 8/27/2021

Performed by Half Step Ahead (The Ben Dom Tony Show)

Guitar & Vocals - Ben Forbeck
Drums - Dom De Luca
Bass & Vocals - Anthony De Luca

Mastered by Anthony De Luca
Album Art by Yerin Yi

Waiting for the Morning - Music & Lyrics by Ben Forbeck & Anthony De Luca

Lyrics:
Stop! I don't need any help from you
'Cause I've got my own mind to help me through.
Sure, it's hard to tell just what is true,
But that's the way of life that I'm used to.

I'm not called a financial protege.
Work real hard, but still don't get no pay.
I'm wanted for my debts, but that's okay
'Cause that's the way of life I live today.

Waiting for the morning.

Guess I could have used a hand or two.
Got too caught in thought of what I'd do.
Would your hand in mine while we're still alive make us fools?
But, your way of life is shaped by what you choose.

Waiting for the morning.

Waiting for the Morning (8/27/2021 - George, WA)

Band Members: 

Ben Forbeck - Guitar & Vocals
Anthony De Luca - Bass & Vocals

Genre:

Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Psychedelia, Etc.

- The Lore -

On a fine spring day in 2013, Ben Forbeck met Tony De Luca in the wooded hills near their hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From that moment onward, through the years and across the country, Ben and Tony have been playing, performing, and composing music together.

The music of Half Step Ahead spans many diverse genres, always embracing new sides of sound. With each performance, the band intently focuses on group improvisation to continually reinvent their songs and sound on a nightly basis. The end result is an action-packed show full of fun and unpredictable twists and turns with something for everyone!

Half Step Ahead has been and will continue to be on a mission and a journey to fill lives with groove.

Come along! Take the Step! Let's boogie!