Very touching guitar nuances and wonderful touches with the strings to tastefully deliver this love message. Durge

@jacquesjohnson485 thanks so much. Really appreciated✌️🙏✌️

I miss ya'll every day my friends
You're only pictures on my wall
And the summers are just not the same
Only waiting for the fall

I thank you all for being here
If only for a while
And even on my darkest day
I won't forget to smile

Take me home 
Where the one's I loved are there and I'm no longer alone
Take me high
To a place where I belong in the sky

Take Me Home

YOU AND I

Graham Nash wrote this heartbreaker on June 7, 1970, just hours before his show with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at the Fillmore East in New York City, where he performed it for the first time. The day before, he broke up with Joni Mitchell, whose life together he sang about in the 1970 CSN&Y track "Our House." It was devastating for Nash. "My whole world fell apart," he said.

Worse, Mitchell was in the audience that night, listening to Nash sing lines like:
I never been so much in love
And never hurt so bad at the same time
The show was broadcast on the New York radio station WNEW and later released as the album Fillmore East 1970.
When Nash wrote this song, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had stopped recording as a group and were working on their solo albums, so it ended up on Songs For Beginners, Nash's first solo effort.
Two years later, Lynyrd Skynyrd released their "Simple Man," a song with a very different meaning. That one is about the pleasures of living a simple life focused on friends and family."     Songfacts

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Simple Man - Graham Nash (Cover)

That's Where My Love Goes

Stefan Kraft added some beautiful orchestral sounds to Debra's piano piece. Here I used the exactly same vocals as in the previous version with just the piano.

Reverence JFC (based on Debra Buesking / Stefan Kraft instrumental)

Lately

8th piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'Inverted World' (including its resolution within three minutes).
You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

A once so important part of this world is now spinning faster and further backward. Especially now, it is invaluable to remain level-headed, wise, creative, and above all, hopeful in this artificially created chaos. In every backward movement the corresponding antagonistic forward move is already present in itself. Long live the future, long live the liberal democracy.

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Future VIII: Inverted World

G-Beautiful Stigma

We all get there in the end, This is a light hearted look at getting older. much better than the alternative. 

Written, Performed by : Johnny Mc Farlane

Will you love me still, when I'm old and grey

When we broke into the magic within
You asked me, "how can it be?
Can it linger, can it last
In a world of entropy?"
I was thinking of something to say
Some words to reassure
But there is only, only today
And no need to open that door

We when fell into the wonder within
You asked me, "is this real?
Is it a fancy, just a whim?
I don't know how to feel"
I was thinking of something to say
Some wisdom to give you
But there is only, only today
And no other truth

Image by Kier In Sight

The Magic Within

Every time i turn on the news or pick up a news paper my heart is hurt by the amount of Violence, war, Starvation , corruption that is going on at the moment. Whatever happened to Love, peace and happiness. I wrote this song to celebrate Life, freedom and peace. Life is not about oppression or starvation or war, or any of this stuff it is simply for Living. 

Written, performed , mixed and mastered by : John Mc Farlane

Life's about Living

Johnson is a lo-fi indie guitarist and singer-songwriter from the North East of England, known for his atmospheric soundscapes and intimate melodies. Supported by ABUS MUSIC, he records under various guises, including Johnson, Johnson and The Phantom Ramms, and Abus Soundscapes, which can all be found on Soundcloud.

His latest project, Within, Without (2024), offers brand-new tracks that explore themes of introspection, blending raw lo-fi textures with hauntingly melodic elements. 

Past collaborations include The Middle Of Life with UK singer songwriter  Brian Peters  and Brazilian artist John Alberto Moraes. The latter collaboration  resulting in  releases such as The Departures EP.

Johnson's previous EP, Singing to Rooks (2016), is available on Bandcamp and continues to resonate with fans of indie and lo-fi guitar music. The EP  can also be found on YouTube and other music platforms like Spotify and Amazon Muisc. 

Chosen as Soundclouder of the Day, his  “smooth, complex, and melodic,” Johnson’s instrumental work on Crossing the River' highlights his intricate guitar style.

Johnson is always open to collaborations—connect to create something unique.
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Artist reviews:


'Crossing the River, an instrumental guitar track by Johnson Ramm, is smooth, complex, and melodic' Soundcloud.com, Soundclouder of the Day @ https://www.facebook.com/soundcloud/posts/10151448424641059

 
“Good stuff mister! You've got the jansch/drake thing going on there. Great, authentic guitar sound on 'Searching for Atlantis'. Keep rockin Best Nick H ”
- Nick Harper, Singer/songwriter guitarist extraordinaire

Johnson, your music is so real and transparent, authentic and truly from the heart..you remind us of the simple things the buried feelings of just living that the modern fast paced "so called life" seems to ignore completely, thank you for sharing your music with the world :D "”
- Hidden Mountain

Just wonderful, sweet and charming songs you're writing here Johnson..I love the simplicity and elegance of songs like "no return" and "all we have is one another"..you got the cool, ease with the natural storytelling style of writers like Chris Difford or Paul Heaton..romantic and rich and very tightly crafted. Great work!!”
- Mike White, Mike White Presents 

Not too long back I met a fellow musician, a thoroughly nice chap. His name is Johnson Ramm. You know the feeling you get when you've found something new and original and you want to keep it to yourself but you can't help it and you have to shout it from the rooftops and say "This guy is amazing!!" This is one of those moments. I was asked to do some production work not long ago for his E.P. His style? Folk. Really good hearty folk. Lyrically, this guy is a genius. He writes the kind of words you wish you had thought of about 5 minutes previous! His attitude towards his work as an artist was such an inspiration as he let me guide him on certain aspects, it was me that ended up learning so much from that day. I couldn't really tell you who he sounds like, as he has a raw and unfinished quality to his voice, it just fits into place with the atmosphere that he creates from his lyrics and melodies.”
- Mark Wardale, RowBoat

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