a delicious slice of classy music and lyrics, John....now I remember there was video performance which I must go back and check out ...(tip: add the link in the info)...Season's greetings, and best wishes for the New Year, mate!!! :)

Lovely arrangement John, Those wood blocks are indeed perfect - Hope you're keeping somewhere close too:)

Nice guitar playing and singing. I even watched the video.:-)

good lyrics and a fine song John, I feel a touch of france

ooh such sweet accordioning... lovely song with a wistfulness that is lovely and engaging..

back for another listen John...you sir, can write a song.

Like this this progression. Nice song well sung. Well played. Chris

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Fragments of a dream

Forgotten: 
Well it seems we've been forgotten
In this distant place
Floating on a dead drift
Nowhere to keep us safe
Somebody's got to call the captain
Tell him we're in trouble and we need to call home
and we can tell them where the soul lives
but only for a price
Sometimes tucked behind the shadows 
Hiding from the light
But if we pierce it with the purest sound
We can share the stories on the way down

The wind was barely blowing, but I couldn't hear the voice
Like silent film with color at the fringe
We were so close to touching bottom 
They waved with crooked smiles
They threw the rope too short to pull us in

Forgotten

“crepuscular mood”

Art work: RitaE via Pixabay

矢印が示す先には何もない約束の場所行き暮れる夕
矢印が示す先には何もない帽子目深に地図を見直す

I looked at the city map.
There was nothing where the arrow points.
I didn't know the promised place. 
I wore the hat low over my eyes and reviewed the city map.

crepuscular mood

Crepuscular Mood

Something to relax to or maybe cook to, your choice. Enjoy my friends.

Written, performed and recorded by Greg Hurley

Relax

This was the first song I wrote for the CD Keepsakes. It’s about the hot air balloon ‘Aerostat Reveillon’ which on September 19, 1783 was the first flight ever with passengers; a sheep, duck and a chicken. Scientist Pilatre De Rozier setup the demonstration for King Louis XVI to give him assurance that human beings could breathe at the higher elevations.

Aerostat Reveillon

'Chapter & Verse' is the title track from my next to be finished album and is a fusion of jazz and rock.

Chapter & Verse

Production/Lyrics/Vocals/Art: Mizero (2021)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6EoHdVSSqY 
Lyrics:
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
I SNEAK UP UPON YOU
CURL AROUND 
YOUR WAIST
GAZE INTO 
YOUR FACE
WHILE YOU 
LIVE OBLIVIOUS
CLOSE ENOUGH
TO KISS
BUT HISSING
LIKE A SNAKE
I TAKE AN 
AWFUL SHAPE
MY EVIL
TAKES THE CAKE
I BREATHE YOUR AIR
FOR GOODNESS SAKE
I'M AN ANCIENT 
ANTI-SAINT
SENTIENT I AIN'T
I WISH I WERE
CUZ I'D PREFER 
SKIN
SO INSTEAD
I'LL JUST HAUNT
THE SKIN 
YOUR IN
IS THAT A SIN?

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

OUT OF THE DARKNESS (Video in description)

E bpm 115

My daughter Rosa singing one of her favorite songs.

Sober (Mahalia cover)

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco

Velos Y Siluetas

Slumber Jungle

Fixed up the lyrics a bit.  Cranked it up a tone.  Performed it half way up the stairs for a bit of acoustic space (that whole bathroom thing is such a cliche)

The Usual Sort of Thing (live on the stairs)

Everything except the surdo is a real instrument.  The 1930's accordion weighs a ton.
vid here: http://youtu.be/sz9DINHY85A?list=UUYLjtFgIqFeEmDwLwX0HXbQ

Until the Road Runs Out

Inspired by a line from Drimble Wedge's classic song

Save Yer Breath (2011 version)

I made an appeal for some guitar solos for this.Here's the first.This is the country blues take on the song. Joseph has given it that authentic North Carolina charm <a href="http://soundcloud.com/houckjt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Houck</a>


SC Blues Feat Mr Joseph Houck on guitar

This is a song by Nelson Sargento.  I wrote the English words, based pretty closely on the originals (with a lot of help from my half-brazilian,  or to be more precise half-baiana neice).  Please please check out the original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW1JG1LYInU with Nelson's lovely old broken voice,  some virtuoso matchbox playing from Elton Medeiros and truly astonishing 7-string guitar (yes, it's just one guitar) from the lamented Rafael Rabello

Go from one bar to another 
and drink to conceal
The pain in my heart that I feel
And all of these losing you blues
Any advice I consider and later reject
No more intelligence no self-respect
I get into fights and I lose

I'm drinking no more than recommended
For a big man if the session extended
Over the course of a week

Roll into the bar ; put my troubles behind me
If I rise to get up they soon find me,
Sit me down and say 'Have one more'
Sit me down and say 'Just one more'

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Vou de boteco em boteco
bebendo a valer			
na ânsia de esconder		
as dores do meu coração	
conselhos não adiantam
estou no final			
perdi o élã
perdi a moral			
meu caso não tem solução	

eu bebo de mais pro meu tamanho	
arranjo brigas e sempre apanho		
isso me faz infeliz

entro no boteco
pra afogar a alma			
as garrafas então batem palmas	
me embriago
elas pedem bis


De Boteco Em Boteco (Nelson Sargento Cover)  - My english translation

Searching for a clean sound. One of the first models of solid bodies that Gibson  ever made. The tone speaks for itself. An R8 for those that are curious

A New Way

Have a look around,  leave a comment,  draw a moustache and glasses on my picture.

Hi,  I am the UK's No 1 John Hollingum tribute band. Some say I sound uncannily like him. I even look a bit like him,  except the T shirt is obviously a different colour.

Until the Road Runs Out

John Hollingum

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