Mysterious rhythm with sonic drones diving in left & right.   I'm inspired too....just gotta find somebody to do the pickling....

Again nice guitar sounds. Some nice creative sound ideas. Cool groove. Well done job! 👍

Oh this is quite ab experimental one and still bluesy catchy

Your lyrics are so damn good haha, another really enjoyable bluesy hit!

Superb blues, great vocals, guitar & live sound

To be able to get all this tracks recorded is really something but to come up with so many brilliant lyrics is incredible, I dont know how you do it.

Unlike our previous two collabs, Dan does lyrics, vocals and lead guitars on an instrumental by me.
I made a 7/4 track for him, knowing he can sail odd waves, and here you are the fantastic result !!

https://soundcloud.com/user-276716031: lyrics, vocals, guitar solos and fills, percussion, artwork on logo by WouWou
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: instrumental idea, rhythm guitars, bass, drums

Verse 1:
A promise was made
And It shouldn’t fade
The words were spoken
Then they was broken

We were in the bright sunshine
I thought she was mine
It’s not something you can pawn
And asa now she is gone

I was here forever beau
It was years ago

Verse 2:
But I thought it still held
Like a solid weld

A promise is a promise
Even for a doubting Thomas
It should carry some weight
It doesn’t have an expiration date

But a last I find
That things can unwind
And we are not together
In this Summer weather

Verse 3:
She made her assurance
But I had no insurance
From the broken promise she made
Yes our romance began to fade

Now I am in the dark
What was there was just a spark
Now I Don’t know
Which way to go

No direction in my life
Yes I’m living in such strife
Wondering if life means anything
My joy has no more spring

I am that sad guy you passed by
Not noticing the tears in his eyes

B E T R A Y A L (with Daniel Lockhart)

Terry Reeves:  Vocals
Gary Reeves:  Drums
Hans-Michael Albers:  All other instruments, Arrangement & Production
(From the forthcoming album ‘From London To Hamburg’)

Photograph and post production by Dan Duchars.
Hans’ video: https://youtu.be/Lm8WoxCegRE?si=XFq1zX8Gkz3oLDmH

When you’re brainstorming ideas for album covers, you never really think they might involve placing yourselves in the middle of a road as traffic bears down on you.  However, that is precisely what we did.
Now I’m not one to tell tales but it was all Gal’s fault.  He thought our front cover  should feature an image of the entire band, which was quite compelling aside from the fact that we lived in London, Hans in Hamburg and have in reality never met.  But Gal had a mate called Dan (who lives in Norfolk, hence the title), a professional photographer whose comprehensive knowledge of Photoshop could bring the three of us together.
We’d always loved the pre-fame, Astrid Kirchherr portraits of The Beatles, taken during their club-playing, Hamburg days and two of these became our template - in focus subject occupying the foreground, covert and blurred figure (in our case, 2  figures) in the distance.
And so it was that, armed with a pin-sharp shot of Hans, we met with Dan to photograph the background scene which, as outlined previously, was in the middle of a busy side road.  Camera in hand, Dan teetered on a plastic crate as Gal and me  dodged back and forth to avoid a plethora of oncoming vehicles - everything from lorries to mobility scooters - who were, on the whole, very accommodating in the circumstances. Some even smiled and waved - at least I think that’s what they were doing…
We owe Dan so much, not only for his consummate skills and kindness but also for laying his life on the line in the name of art.  This song is for him.  (Terry Reeves)

I met a man called Dan holding a magical light
Viewing future moments, giving individual sight
Shadows from Hamburg, combination of skills
Show London reflection of a figure standing still

Chorus:
A flash of light, picture to follow
In black & white, diverse as tomorrow

Stand high in right places, enchanted vision of art
Friend of ageing musicians, sorcery skills from the heart
A Wizard conjuring cover, Kirchherr’s copy of claim
Painting light into a picture, producing Album in frame

Chorus

Viewing from height - sparks of vision
Seeing it tight - artist precision
Know left from right - avoid collision
Negative in sight - develop position

Chorus

Confidence in commitment, enjoying musical tracks
Working four to an image, platinum vinyl plaque 
Black and white cover photo, a clue why, when and who
Monochrome life connections, enjoy vision past to new

Chorus

A feeling it’s time to give a show
A feeling making history grow
A feeling, a feeling only one way to go
A feeling thinking fast going slow
A feeling Duchars photos will glow
A feeling CC one day will all know

FROM NORFOLK TO LONDON  - CRIPPLE CLUB  (Video)

From the Album: "Arrhythmia & Blues" 2024

Sometimes simple songs are best. If you get what you wished for, don't mess it up. 
Lyrics:
SHADE: I sailed the 7 seas
And then I climbed a mountain
To seek wisdom at the temple
To make myself known to the Rhythm Gods

RHYTHM GODS: We hear that you are looking for some grooves
Just like a lot of other suburban dudes 
But these grooves
They come with some rules
Don't step on that groove

SHADE: Well, I hear you through and through
Yeah, I've been bestowed with a groove!
So I wrote some lyrics about transcendence
And the energy we exchange
When we fall in love

RHYTHM GODS: Son, why you stepping on that groove?
You've got it all over
On the bottom of your shoe
We told you these grooves came with rules
Don't step on that groove
Son, you're over thinking it

(My small gibberish mind: I'll write about bad relationships, god...)
Don't step on that groove

Don't Step On That Groove

A short song loosely based on a real guy I worked with in a CD/Record store. He was one of those guys who knew everything in their musical area of interest, from the most obscure to commercial. C'mon, you've met this guy!
From the album "Röckers" (2024)

Lyrics:
Are you looking for some metal?
You're gonna have to wait around for a while
Are you looking for some metal?
Yeah, you're gonna have to wait around

For record store Eric
Cause that's his section
And he's possessive about it
Record store Eric
He knows all the metal that you need
Whether it's Screamo
On Japanese Imports
Death metal blue?
Just write down what you want
On a Post-It
I swear
He's gonna call you back
He's gonna call you back

Record store Eric
He's a rock & roll cleric

Ahh, well, we don't touch anything in his section
He says
Eric: "Just keep it in the backroom."
Eric:  " I'll shelve it when I get in."

He knows all the metal bands that you want
If you want a band from the 90s
Put out one album
On Sub Atomic Records
From Reseda
His hair line's receding!
Record store Eric
Rock & Roll cleric
If you want Nu-Metal
Eric: " Why the hell would you want that?"

Record Store Eric

I'm having some Halloween fun with a Screaming Jay Hawkins type song. Theremin included free of charge.

Lyrics:
Oh Caroline
I don't give a damn about your star sign
Caroline
I don't know nothing about those love lines
On your hand
That palm reader 
She put it in doubt!
That same hand you used
To lock me out
You say: Venus is rising
In retrograde
With Mercury
Little Miss Superstition, you know that I must disagree

Everything has been going wrong
Since you told me
Our star signs they're not aligned
That sun is beating down on my house
(It's a Son House!)  😉 
Even when I'm inside
I was at the airport
When my ship, it finally came in
I'm drinking in a rusty bucket
Home-made gin
You say:
Venus is rising
In retrograde
With Mercury
Little Miss Superstition, you know I disagree
Ewwww!
( Because you're mine!")

Caroline
You know it's true
I'll win you back
With those
Cut rate
Reprobate
Back alley
Black magic blues
(Because you're mine?)

You said:
Venus was rising
In retrograde
With Mercury
Little Miss Superstition
Won't you please break the spell that you cast upon me?

Miss Superstition

Some blues for the afterlife...
From the album "Röckers" (2024)
Lyrics:
I've been drinking lightning caught in a bottle
Smoking smokestack lightning and tar
Tasting poisoned honey from the apiary
Watching documentaries
On the sex lives of Czars

I've been promised enlightenment along my path
Reading ancient manuscripts
The demise of empires
Stepping over the bodies of my rivals

If you're going to the afterlife
Yeah, you need to be tough
You need more guts
If you want to go far
I've got mine pickled in my canopic jar

Friends, never take the lowest asking price
When the subject is your human sacrifice
"Spirits, make yourselves seen!"

If you're going to the afterlife
You know that you need to be tough
You need more guts
If you want to go far
I've got mine pickled in my canopic jar

Canopic Jar

New song composed by David Cooper and Mike Fox.

I sent Mike some old lyrics from a song I did many years ago and asked him if he could breathe new life into them.  He came up with this fabulous new interpretation - Well done Mike.

Music - Mike Fox

Lyrics - David Cooper

Performed and Produced by Mike Fox

Lyrics by David Cooper:

Sitting ‘side a dusty road
Wondering where to go
Carrying this heavy load
Why I don’t know
 
Thinking of the times that passed
I’m feeling sad and blue
Wondering how long I can last
Another day without you
Another day without you
 
Chorus
 
I walk the lonely streets at night
A silhouette against the light
And I don’t see a soul in sight
I think I’ll go home
 
I don’t want to lose my pride
I just can’t go on this way
The pain is so much I cannot hide
If I come back, can I stay
If I come back, can I stay
 
Chorus
 
Bridge
 
And I’m sorry it turned out this way
I’m so sorry - believe me when I say
 
Solo
 
Sitting ‘side a dusty road
Looking for a way
To rid me of this heavy load
To greet a brand new day
To greet a brand new day
 
Chorus x 2
 
I think I’ll go home
I think I’ll go home
I think I’ll go home

I Think I'll Go Home (Cooper/Fox Collaboration)

Musik: DaFlash
Text & Gesangsmelodie: Gabriel
DaFlash auf Soundcloud: @user-494125290
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
www.gabriel.land/gabriel-friede-freude-eierkuchen.htm

Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen

Friede Freude Eierkuchen

A song about the long downside of a good time.
From the album "Röckers" (2024)
(Quirky and interesting Rock & Roll songs.)

Lyrics:
I walked down to the Pinegrove bar
I walked down to the Pinegrove bar
I hear the sound of laughter
And the threat of a good time
I walked past it
Then, I decided to go in
You always make me bend to your will
That finite skill
I've been away from you too long (2X)
I could drink every drop of you (2X)

I know you're sitting here
You're watching my wheels fall off
Looking like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon
Right here, in this very saloon!
Watching the wheels fall off
I don't know how to stop
I could drink every drop of you

Sometimes, I fall down
I fall down on the ground 
But, I'm enjoying the view
I'm a fuck up Baby
Every, every drop of you
We're all just playing dress up at this bar
I am ready to revise my part
I'm drinking
Until I drop
Every drop of booze

Every Drop

Hey…. Did this song go in so many directions until this final recording. It started as an electric slide song, then a mandolin song, and finally as an acoustic guitar/recorder song. You know I laugh every time I play recorder. Just imagine a rough and scrappy, wild old man creating such a thing. Hahahahaha. Anyway, there are a lot of crows here. When I was working on the slide version, I heard them cawing outside as they flew by. (I scrapped my impromptu birdcall crowing on this, no one needs to hear that, not even the crows.) Lyrically the song has 2 distinct moods with some vocal transitioning. And guess what folks: As a novice singer, I can finally vibrato my voice… some more shenanigans you’ll have to put up with. Back to the crows. In town, we have a huge flock (murder) of town crows. Hundreds. They sure love fast food, and hanging out by the high school where tasty, tossed tidbits can be had. They are organized too, as if in an air force, as they are mostly wary of us humans… Finally, happy holidays to all who celebrate, and happy times to everyone else. Hope you enjoy this one. I sure did. Mark

As The Crow Flies

Ho. Ho. Ho.
Here's a sequel to last year's xmas magnum opus, 'Santa Got Wankered', cunningly named 'Santa got Wankered pt.2'

Hope everyone has a wonderful *(insert religious/atheist/spiritual/animistic/whatever festival of choice)*

See you in 2025 :)

Santa got Wankered pt.II

Check out my Album: " RÖCKERS". Interesting and unusual rock & Roll.

I try to write with rich lyrical details and self-deprecating humor about the human condition. Plus, that unique Shade Structure sound!  It sounds best with headphones. Thanks for any comments, reposts or likes.

Discography: Available under Album tag on my Soundcloud main page. Free Downloads/ Always Free
* The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost (2024)
* Low Profile (2024)
* Smilers (EP 2023)
•Short Songs For Tall Minds"  (2022)
•Friends, They're Gonna Get Your Story Wrong (2021)
•A Suburban Dadaist With Some Store Bought Beats (2021)
•All Feel and No Technique (2020)
•This Is How I Spend My Nights (2019)
•California Songs (2018-2019)
All sounds contained within are home-made/DIY recordings. Most songs are short stories, as I am influenced by Musicians & Writers like Raymond Carver, Warren Zevon, Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Mark Eitzel,  Randy Newman, Destroyer, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Loudon Wainwright III, Leonard Cohen & The National. Most songs have the lyrics on the song page. Thank you for listening!

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