Original acoustic instrumental given a number instead of a name.

2020                          

Composition 14

ALMOST GEORGE
But Almost Doesn’t Count
When Josh auditioned for Beatlemania in 1977, he was just one hopeful in the callbacks for George. Thousands of Beatle manqués
descended from the hinterlands to audition for the Broadway show. There were only four parts, but no shortage of broken dreams.

Tales of...My Dead Heroes, Episode 1: Almost George

New music in 2020 from Josh Alan. Songs to provide music bed for next season's "Tales of. . ." podcast at BlackCracker.fm

Regardless

This is a rough DEMO, just me--intended as a Broadway-style fugue ensemble with orchestra. It is for a musical in progress, and takes place on the Lower East Side in 1938.

2017

Who's The Toughest Jew in New York? (Demo)

A throwaway Beatles track from 1965 that they never finished. An imaginary arrangement.

That Means a Lot

Another abandoned Beatles track from 1963. A Buddy Holly-type song written by L&M.

I'll Be On My Way

From an evening presented by producer Hal Willner at The Stone in New York, 8-31-14. My favorite 1930's Arch Oboler Lights Out episode, "The Dark." Performed by Lee Ann Brown, Tony Torn and Josh Alan Friedman (as "Doc"). (Recorded from a cellphone.)

The Dark

Loosely based upon a closeted teacher we had in 1960's grade school.

Old Queer

"Blues for Alican" is the only track written by Joe Pass on his 1973 album, Virtuoso. I started learning it that year. I got 2/3rds of it down by 2020, and here it is.

2020

Blues for Alican

Another acoustic instrumental with no name, just a number. These pieces date back to the 1970s. Acoustic power chords, a la Link Wray.

New Podcast Theme/Mix 4       

Composition 13

It's Season 2 of writer-guitarist Josh Alan Friedman's rising hit podcast: TALES OF. . . MY DEAD HEROES. Last year's TALES OF. . . TIMES SQUARE: THE TAPES bent people's ears aflame. At BlackCracker.fm and on iTunes.

Josh's albums: Sixty, Goddammit!, Josh Alan Band, Blacks 'n' Jews, The Worst!, Famous & Poor. Josh's books: Tales of Times Square, Black Cracker, I Goldstein, Tell the Truth Until They Bleed, When Sex Was Dirty, Warts And All, Persons Living or Dead.

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