Undermined

A cover of a Paul and Linda McCartney song from the first Wings album "Wings Wild Life". 
JT : Vocals, Guitar, Programming
Recorded and Mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY 


Some People Never Know

Let's here it for that non assuming, inspirational bovine... 

LAZY LYLA

Lazy Lyla
I wish that I could know what’s in your head
This is crazy Lyla
I’ll try another avenue instead
Could it be a thousand sunsets you are dreaming?
Shimmering off a sea of wavy gold
You amaze me Lyla
Your grace shows all the poems you’ve never told

Lazy Lyla
Always coloring right over the lines
As the world passes by I can see in your eyes
a better place than what’s in mine...

Lazy Lyla
Behold you are the forest for the trees
Trace me Lyla
I know there’s many worlds in what you see
Did you know sometimes I dream about your sunsets?
And the ships you sail on seas of wavy gold?
It’s so hazy Lyla
Or maybe it’s just me that’s getting old.

Save me Lyla
Sometimes I wish I were where you are
The rest of us play never mean what we say
You live by truth that’s in the stars...

Easy come.
Easy go...
Think I’m done but I hope you know by now
It’s not the when it’s how...

Lazy Lyla
I wonder if I’ll ever know your name
Lazy Lyla
It’s time for me to play another game
Lazy Lyla
Trace me Lyla
Save me Lyla

Credits:
Gian DiMauro : Lead Vocal, Programming
JT : Acoustic guitar, Backup vocals
Jim Dexter : Acoustic guitar, Backup vocals
Paul Michael Barkan : Mandolin
Recorded and Mixed at Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY 

Lazy Lyla

Cover song of the great Song by Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors - What would I Do Without You?

What Would I Do Without You (Drew Holcomb Cover)

Kennst du den Tiger, wie er tanzt in Berlin 
Den tanzenden Tiger, er will nicht traurig sein 

Tiger und La Belle

It's a downward spiral looking for a way up.

LATELY (Need Some New Sneakers)

Lately I've been feeling down
Lately I've been so up tight
A wave of darkness came around
Pulled me from my inner light

And lately no one dares to call
Except this fleece of alcohol

Well I need some new sneakers these old ones have holes
Stepped in a puddle the other day
I need some new sneakers
I don't wanna crawl back home
alone
It's got to get better
Or I will cease to be

Lately I can't seem to choose
Lately all my options blow
I'd be happy just to lose
As long as it's a yes or a no

But lately no one calls me back
My only friend's this paper sack

I need some new reasons, the old one's got fried
Burned by a lover the other day
I need some new reasons
If I'm gonna stay alive
Survive
I hope it gets better
Or I will cease to be

Is it the A train or the Coltrane that can take me where I need to go?
Find my focus, find the purpose that drove me once - long ago

Ah, but lately no one wants to call
And I know it’s time to jump this wall

But I need some new sneakers these old ones have holes
Stepped in a puddle just the other day
And I need some new reasons if I’m gonna stay alive
Survive
I pray it gets better
Or I will cease to be

Lately

Credits:
JT : Vocals, Instruments
Recorded and mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY 

Lately (Need Some New Sneakers)

The subconscious is where it's all happening...

TAKE A FLYIN' LEAP

Lovers:
Silvery illusions from a nerve bending ball of light
Romance:
Raging sublimations mixed in delicate cups and kites
And sages:
Bragging double breasted seizures on the mast
Selling futuristic presents from the past
Like some salad crooked criminal in glass
It is said:

They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Better buy a pair of slippers and recline

Moon tax:
Waning mumble jumbo quoting lattice surprise so tight
Soft cells
Rising in a puddle full of rich hungry gods who fight
While sages:
Dump the angry vessel visions from TV
Betting devil innuendo prophesies
Bound in riddle stick religions to the tee
Don’t you know?

They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap

Buy a pair of slippers and recline

Credits:
John Tabacco : Vocal, Programming
Recorded and mixed at Sonic Underground Studios,
Stony Brook, NY
Added tidbits recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios II in 2016,
Stony Brook, NY 



Take A Flyin' Leap

Alas, time and space

I missed ya
in the long
time 
between
the last
time 
I saw ya
and now.

I missed ya
in the wide
open space
we went through
to get to
here.

(c) 2021, 2025 Mattie May

12-string guitar: Heather Love

Here (I missed ya!)

Written and produced by © Don Minolta // Minolta Records
Artist: Dylan Stiggler

Another day
and I’ll be fine
I’ll be leaving this behind
I can only stop and talk
For a moment

Remember when
We moved in
And we’d say
hey over the fence
And we would
take the time
To talk about
The song birds

Mister Sampson over there
How’s your garden?
How’s your hands?
How’s Betty Anne?
Man, old man
It’s good to know you

We load the car 
In the garage
The room I used
To play guitar
Where we washed
Our dirty clothes
Was now as quiet
As a roach

We raise the door 
It slides along
The idle motor
Hums a song
As we reverse 
Into the world
It fades to nothing

Mister Sampson over there
How’s your garden?
How’s your hands?
How’s Betty Anne?
Man, old man
It’s good to know you

Mister Sampson you take care
As we drive by
But he’s not there
The road is old
the pavement’s cold
The panes are busted

Mister Sampson

eleanor rigby

love this Beatles song.  I'll probably end up doing a hundred more cover versions of it.  Om õ3

Across the Universe (cover)

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

Lately (Need Some New Sneakers)

John Tabacco

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