It soothes the soul. Beautiful son.  Just a little notice that I'm finally back here.

lovely, elegant poise in your playing, Jimmy

This had a Glenn Gould/ Goldberg variations feel to it.  Sombre, but hopeful and peaceful. Very nice and beautifully played. ✌🏻

How beautiful was that, James...really lovely, man!!!

Haunted by the prospect of being accused of cultural appropriation,i must haste to point out a few argumants to my defence. Firtsly i will never make any money on this song,nor did i compose it for such a reason. Secondly i have the deepest respect for all native american tribes,their traditions and connection to nature and the spirit within.Had their culture prevailed the onslaught of western values we might still live on a planet untouched by human made climate change,industrial pollution and the specter of nuclear annihilation hanging over all our paranoid heads.Its such a paradox that western culture has brought us both human rights and a severe disconnect from nature,including our own nature within. 
Thirdly i have allways had a fascination for chanting of various ethnic origin,wether from native american tribes,or some buddhist monks chanting mantras.As an inborn eclectic i borrrow elements from wherever i find them and merge them into my mold of funk,jazz,pop,rock,elctronica and you name it.
But its all done with the utmost respect from my part,so if anyone should feel exploited i ensure you it was never my intention.
Most of the chanting within this song is from The Hopi nation,and the striking image to accompany the song is a cave painting of the ANT PEOPLE as described by the Hopi themselves. Oh..and the spoken words are from using a TEXT TO SPEECH online app.(Never done that before.)
Ray Ryeridge April 2023.

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OPENER OF EYES

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This Train,===Gene Jumper,=== ( cover song )

This Train, ===  Gene Jumper,=== ( Cover Song )

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Yet another instrumental inspired by a road trip. 
Can I fit another road trip in before the summer is gone?

All the guitar parts were played on my American Telecaster with Texas pickups... I aways seem to reach for this guitar when road trips are on my mind.

Open Road

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

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November 4 2023

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Love this CCR tune written by John Fogerty. Decided to try covering it.

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A cover of Ween's masterpiece "Hippy Smell"
Music and lyrics written by Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo

Lyrics:

Hippy smell
Only I can tell
Patchouli oil
Sixties Girl
Said you're not real
And you're not surreal
Can't you tell
Hippy smell
Singin' hippy smell
Only I can tell
Patchouli oil
Sixties Girl
Singin' you're not real
And you're not surreal
Can't you tell
Hippy smell

She's got the hippy smell, ladies and gentlemen
You can smell the patchouli oil on her breath
See the Grateful Dead posters hangin' up all over the place
She said "You know, I wish I was alive in the sixties, cause those were really groovy times!"
Well, you know I got somethin' to tell you
You wouldn't want to be alive in the sixties
You would've probably gotten your little hippy ass killed or something you little shitface
Oh

Hippy smell
Only I can tell
Patchouli oil
Sixties Girl
Singin' you're not real
And you're not surreal
Can't you tell
Hippy smell

Hippy Smell (Ween Cover)

Original Improvisation F#m, 164bpm, piano, 20240517 - 4

I didn't choose this obsession it was chosen for me unknowingly.
Lucky me no regrets.

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