Peace Love and Understanding (live acoustic)

The growing pain of a new DAW.. But looking forward to the adventure.

Accidently Like a Martyr (Warren Zevon Tribute)

Original song/performance: Udi Arouh
Played on a National NRP Steel Guitar 
For Lynn

I Wish You Well

Its a new day
and my time is up
but I wish you well
I wish you well

Sometimes
the feeling just ain't right
but I wish you well
I wish you well

A little rumble here in paradise
but I love you so
a drowning island in your ocean eyes
and I need you so
I need you so

Woman
you never treat me right
but I wish you well
I wish you well

someday
You're gonna pay the price
but I wish you well
I wish you well

Well I'll be waiting by the water line
for the storm to pass
I wanna be here when you switch the light
and be mine at last
be mine at last

I Wish You Well (Live Acoustic- Original Composition)

Alison (Elvis Costello Cover)

Into The Mystic (Van Morrison cover)

From the dust bin, circa mid 1990's. Poor home recording, but what the heck.

Long Walk Home (Original Fingerstyle Composition)

Legends one and all. 
Dedicated to Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm. RIP

The Shape I'm In  ("The Band" Tribute)

Let Me Roll It (Wings Cover)

E. Costello track I always got a kick of.

Pump It Up (Elvis Costello Cover}

A nod to the genius of Michael McDonald and the Doobie Brothers. Enjoyed their music for decades.

It Keeps You Runnin' (Michael McDonald/Doobie Bros. cover)

As done by The Dukes Of September. Shout out to the legendary Jon Herington.

Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan/Dukes of September Cover)

Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs Cover)

The amazingly talented Mr Frisbee (aka Nik Vaughn) https://soundcloud.com/misterfrisbee gave me the inspitation to write this song by sending  a great electro-blues scratch track. The rest, as they say, is history.

The Losing Kind (Mr Frisbee / U. Arouh)

After swirling around in my head for years, finally put to rest.

05/03/2023

Mali (Original Composition)

As autobiographical a song as it gets..

Be Myself
Dust blown and ragged
a blood lit sun is hanging low
in the restless evening shadows
I could see a pair of eyes
like a fading apparition 
she stepped up and touched my hand
"I can show you where your demons hide" 
I swear I heard her say

the fires in the distance
cast sheets of flames into the night
the air was thick with embers
it made my blood run dry
I felt an urge to run  
but I didn't dare try 
now my world is gone
there is no right or wrong

oh baby i'm not lying
I had to save myself
I'm not lying
I had lose my faith 
I'm not lying
l had to slip away  
slip away
  slip away
     slip away...

When I was a young boy 
I'd cut out of school
and run wild on the 
hot gleaming  sand 
I’d travel for miles 
with no purpose in mind  
just to make out the lay of the land
there was nothing to gain
there was nothing to lose
there was no one prove me wrong
but the salt in the wind
put the tears in my eyes
and sent running back home

I might have been a farmer
crushing rocks into the night
l might have been a soldier
caught in a firefight
but here I stand alone
by the railroad track
and my world is gone 
there is no right or wrong

oh baby i'm not lying
I had to save myself
I'm not lying
I had lose my faith 
I'm not lying
l had to slip away  
slip away
   slip away
         slip away...
all my life
they tried to clip my wings
all my life
I had to hide my dreams
all my life
I tried to be myself
be myself
   be myself....
       be myself...
         be myself...

© 10/2014  }U{

Be Myself (Original Composition)

Music/Lyrics/vocals/production: }U{


        Loving Grace

By the dim light
of a neon night
I set out searching  for
some loving grace
on the corner
where they dance and fight
I saw her standing 
In her lonely place

and it's been so long
since I held my own
without  loving grace
I'm new in town 
let me have my fun
with her loving grace
and l can't let go 
cause I need to  know
she's my loving grace 
my loving grace 

what I feel
is what I know
she kept me up
and wouldn't let me go
on the rooftop 
like two birds in flight 
we set up shop 
and made the sky turn white

sooner I found out
that there ain't no doubt 
she's my loving grace 
she drinks my soul
from a gold tipped bowl
she's my loving grace 
and I feel alright 
when she's in my sight
she's my loving grace  
oh, sing it...

now let me tell ya.. let me tell ya
all about my loving grace..
she makes me happy
all night long
with her loving grace...
lord I know that... lord I know that
 I can't be 
without my loving grace ..
my loving grace ...
my loving grace. ..

(c) Udi Arouh 07/2015




 

Loving Grace  (Original Composition)

With highest reverence to a reggae and soul legend: Frederick "Toots" Hibbert.

Time Tough

Time Tough  (Toots Hibbert tribute)

Um.. I hope I'm forgiven for this. This song has inspired me for many years, I had to do my own version, just for the fun of it!..

I"ll Take You There

I'll Take You There (Staple Singers cover)

Another highly autobiographical song courtesy of my unsettled love life.. 

Wrecking Ball 

I thought I had a secret place
where I could run and hide
a place where I could lay my head
and cuddle up inside
instead I’m right here staring out
across this great divide
and I’m just barely hanging on..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I've seen the mighty heavens 
and there's no turning back ..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I hear the angels crying as I tumble down  
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah
Lord I need to lay my body down


I found a way to live a life
without an axe to grind
the faces in the picture frame
they rarely cross my mind
but why you had to leave me here
and treat me so unkind 
this I will never ever understand..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I'm walking to the edge 
and there's no one to pull me back..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
glorious light, I know you see it all..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I'm gonna close my eyes 
and let you take me there..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah
Lord I need to lay my body down

break 

I wish I had a quiet moment 
to live my life again 
I'd gather up the lonely pieces 
and leave out all the pain
I'd try to right the wrongs I've done
and never fall for love
ah but I know that can't be done 
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I might as well be living in 
a dreamed up world.. 
(hold on to the wrecking ball) 
I'm gonna spend my money
on a diamond ring..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I gotta a mighty fine woman 
she makes me feel so good..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah…
Lord I know I’m gonna fall in love again..
you know she makes me feel so good..

Credits: Udi Arouh {C} 11/2016

Wrecking Ball (Original Composition)

2020 is a year we would all like to forget. Life takes you to dark places sometimes, especially in my line of work.  Enjoy the moment while you can.

Let It Rain

Way down low
where the wind don't blow
and a mighty crow
dances in the snow
now you realize
that your own demise
is the price you pay
here in paradise
so come on
baby let it rain
come on
get on board the train
come on…

Way down low
where the fishes glow
and the blind don’t know
is it friend or foe
now you realize 
that your own demise
is the price you pay
here in paradise
so come on
baby let it rain
come on
get on board the train
come on..

Udi Arouh 03/2018 (C)

Let It Rain (Original Composition)

Streetscape

She dreams about love
and the night she missed the last train
then the morning came
and she walked alone in the rain
when the moon is high and the coast is clear
she can hear his voice 
whisper in her ear
move on, oh darling, move on
save yourself and
move on..

Streetscape (Original Composition)

New York Minute

There something 
you feel deep down inside 
it's a hunger that can't be satisfied 

you've got this feeling 
Inside your bones
It tugs hard at your heartstrings 
It won't leave you all alone 

there something 
that keeps your heart alive

but she steals it all inside a New York minute

this feeling in your bones 
It travels all around 
It creeps outside your window 
like some pebbles on the ground 
it zips across the universe 
just like a shooting star
it keeps you out of trouble 
when you know you've gone too far

you've got this feeling 
there's something's wrong 
her hands are cold 
and your nights so long

and then she steals it all inside a New York minute..

05/2019 ©

New York Minute  (Original Composition)

I'm no match to The Man With the Golden Voice. I just love this song and had to give it a try. 
This cover is the first in a series I call "Transistor Radio", in which I will cover some of the songs that shaped my musical taste over the years. More soon to come!

how long (has this been going on)

How Long (Has This Been Going On)- Paul Carrack/Ace Tribute

Whitecaps  (Original Composition)

For Emily.. My Bright Angel. Please excuse the quality of the recording. A very old track, recorded many years ago...

Bright Angel

WILLOW (Original Fingerstyle Composition)

Water of Love (Dire Straits cover)

A shout out to Peter Green RIP- One of the greatest blues players ever lived, and a big influence on my budding guitar skills.

Oh Well -Peter Green tribute (Live Acoustic)

Looking For a Miracle  

My disasters are plenty,
my advantages so few
When I wake up in the morning 
I still dream about you
I gaze down at my coffee
my thoughts morph into rain
and the voice up in the ceiling 
hammers nails inside my brain 

What a feeling
to be on the run
it’s either bust or glory
when you hold a gun
but just before you put your pants on 
make sure you're still a man,  
build castles in the sand
and burn them all down again

we’re looking for a miracle 

now, If preachers only preached
and politicians took no bribes
we’d be tearing down partitions 
and scramble out of here alive
those fears and  inhibitions 
that cage us from within 
and mother nature’s harvest
would never ever be a sin (jah)

What a feeling...


 (C) 03/15/2013

Looking for a Miracle (Original, Live Acoustic)

 Performed on a Seagull Artist Studio acoustic guitar.

NOIR

Wicked Games (Chris Isaak cover)

Alone At Last

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