Faithful Forever sung by Jessica Dragonette as Princess Glory from Gulliver's Travels 1939
Jessica Dragonette was my Great-Aunt, this movie is in public domain.  Please visit my website for her at http://JessicaDragonette.com

Faithful Forever - Jessica Dragonette as Princess Glory from Gulliver's Travels 1939

I Choose The Blues

The Percy Owens Trio, live at the Wellspring Communion in San Francisco circa 1978. I'm playing swing 5-string banjo, my late brother Kilo on the string bass, the late great Percy Owens on clarinet as his alto sax was in the pawn shop at the time. No pictures of Percy, we were too poor for cameras and film.

The Percy Owens Trio live at The Wellspring

7 Come 11

Perdido

When You're Smiling - with Percy Owens & Kilo Van der Wyk

Commercial I wrote and recorded for Anchor Steam Brewing company with my buddy Mark Welborn. Circa 1978

Merk and Erk

Anchor Steam Beer

What do hummingbirds sound like? Here's five minutes of pure hummingbird sounds in the big city of San Diego. I've been feeding hummingbirds for many years and now there are dozens of birds "fighting" over the eight holes in the bird feeder. Makes for quite a ruckus at times, I just love their sounds. At least two breeds are represented here. Anna's and Rufous hummingbirds.

What do hummingbirds sound like?

More great philosophy from Rick Hendricks.  "Everything that you know may as well be called your nose."  Just keep on following what you know...From the album "The Grandsons of the Pioneers Live 1980"  

Follow Your Nose - Rick Hendricks

Original song by Tom Hobson recorded by Matt Miller

The Labyrinth Song - Tom Hobson

Outtake from "Blues Stay Away From Me"  Eric Van der Wyk on banjo, Frank Wakefield on Mandolin

Miz Rogul - Eric Van der Wyk & Frank Wakefield

Outtake from "Blues Stay Away From Me" Frank Wakefield Mandolin and Eric Van der Wyk on Banjo 1980

East Tennessee Blues - Eric Van der Wyk & Frank Wakefield

Written by my father, Jack plays "ChoomBoonk" trap drum solo and Lucille plays micro-tonal violin. Carl Bangs conducts the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra Feb. 7, 1976

Prelude to the Fulfillment of your Warmest Wishes

Tom Hobson playing to almost nobody in a club on Castro Street SF in 1980. A nod to Jorma and Janice's "Typewriter Tapes" there are period noises throughout. A waiter noisily counting his tips, cash register clanging, beer bottles clinking and falling, dishwasher and motorcycle et al.
"Ace in the hole" waiter appropriately counts his change
"California, I Love You" (I Dream of you Dream of the West) Original by Tom Hobson
"One Slim Dime" Tom's lyrics (why Monk was blue)
"Grandma's Gone Down Yonder" original by Tom
"Closing Theme" original by Tom Hobson
I recorded these on a Pioneer Centrex cassette, somebody please go back in time and provide me some decent recording gear and tape! :)

03 - One Slim Dime

01 - Ace In The Hole

04 - Grandma's Gone Down Yonder

05 - Closing Theme

02 - California, I Love You

Written and performed by Tom Hobson, California native who loved his state.

KPOO

California

Learning MPC music production, this piece is made entirely of samples from reel to reel recordings my father made for me when I was away at college.
Jack Van der Wyk playing drums, vibes, piano and voice.

Message From Dad

Continuing with my MPC learning curve.
Another piece using samples of my Dad improvising on the vibes.

King Tet's MPC Live Projects

Jamming With Dad

Made entirely from hummingbird recordings (plus a squawk from a Raven) recorded on the AKAI MPC Live Standalone.
Samples recorded on the ZOOM H2n under the hummingbird feeder.
I put the Zoom under the feeder for 27 minutes to capture these 42 samples. Enjoy.

Hum Drums

Former street musician from San Francisco, Eric Van der Wyk is a multi-instrumentalist living in San Diego.  He plays banjo, guitar, hand percussion and Tenori-On and MPC.  Eric's company "King Tet Productions" offers professional audio restoration services online for vinyl, reel to reel, cassette and video conversion services.

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