it's just started and I'm already loving it!

What a blast!!  Ray Benson & the boys got nothing on y'all.....lovin the horns...

A break song about making sure the 12-piece band stays in existence.

The Vid:  https://youtu.be/b8_TQ7dxKKE

Money In The Bottle

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Music, vocals, production. Me
Graphic: Freepik.com

Ballad Of A LoFi Girl (with Joliz)


I drove past the places where we used to wander
But now it feels empty, just years of squander
You took the light that used to shine in my soul
Left me in places, where love lost control

And I hope you find peace in another man's arms
Where laughter rings true and won't cause any harm
No fire, no fight—just open sky
Where your name doesn’t ache when I say goodbye

As the sun sets low, painting skies red and gold
I play our old songs, the ones never told
Each strum on this guitar brings the past back to me
But I'll find my own way, let my heart set free

And I hope you find peace in another man's arms
Where laughter rings true and won't cause any harm
No fire, no fight—just open sky
Where your name doesn’t ache when I say goodbye

In the quiet of nights, when the stars start to glow
I gather the strength from the seeds that we sowed
The lessons of love, like the breeze in the trees
Life is a game  with  no guarantees

And I hope you find peace in another man's arms
Where laughter rings true and won't cause any harm
Though my heart bears the scars of a love gone astray
May the dawn hold your name as it did yesterday

So I’ll sing of the moments, both joyful and sad
A journey through heartache, but I won’t stay mad
And may the wind carry troubles that you've always known,
To a better tomorrow that feels like home.

And I hope you find peace in another man's arms
Where laughter rang true and won't cause any harm
No fire, no fight—just open sky
Where your name doesn’t ache when I say goodbye



When I Say Goodbye

I wonder what would happen if a guitarist were offered to write for an orchestra?  Well now I do!

Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the following Swam instruments:
1- the French horns 1 & 2
2- the trumpet
3- the alto trombone
4- the violin
5- the viola
6- the bassoon
7- the oboe
Via my keyboard controller I am playing the following:
1- Timpani
2- cymbals
3-gongs

Band-in-a-Box is playing the balance of the tracks using my sound sources.

I Wonder

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Music, arrangement, vocals, mix, master: Me
Graphic: Freepik.com
AI: None

She Made Me Smile

You put on sunglasses inside 
No explanation
Just how you were made
We sat on the floor
Because it didn’t suggest staying
You talked about leaving 
Like it was background noise
I waited for my name
It didn’t come up

You left a book on the table
Your handwriting arguing with itself
The radio was on
Not loud enough to matter
You stood up while I was still talking
Like someone else had already started
I watched you go
From the same place I stayed

Now I see sunglasses
On people standing still
Waiting for permission to cross
I don’t project
I don’t invent
I just remember
How easy it was for you
To not be there
And how easy it was
For me to be there

Sunglasses (with Joliz)

I was sitting on my porch playing my acoustic guitar when our neighbor Andy came over with his accordion. Then Cousin Julie came over with her jugs.  That long haired hyppie kid from down the street came over with his electric guitar and wanted to join in.  I said yes but only when I point to you. So I yelled to ma “get your washboard we’s goinna make some music”!

I am playing the lead guitar and via my keyboard controller the jugs and washboard. The foot tapping is a wav and the balance of the tracks is BiaB using my sound sources.


The Ad Song

v-I saw an ad, that caught my eye
That is something, I'd like to try
It said I could play, a guitar in a week
All I had to do was follow, their technique

v-Sent in my money, went to the music store
Bought me a stratocaster, and much more
An amp, strap, cord and a pick
I was gonna make some rocking music

c-The course said the first thing I must do
Is make sure the guitar is in tune
They suggested a tuner I should get
Back to the music store, wrote another check

Lead

v-I’ll tune the strat, it can't be hard
If I can't do this, my brain must be lard
I turned the tuning thingies, I heard a ping
Back to the music store to buy a new E string

c-I never got pass, that first page
I became totally enraged
I got so mad my ears started to ring
How in hell do you tune this darn thing

c- I don't care what the course said
I'm gonna try something else instead
I'm gonna play a song by Metallica
On my brand new harmonica



The Ad

Once I told a story once, took me three days long,  
By the time I got to Tuesday, my friends were gone.  
Tried to join a band, but they all fell asleep,  
They said, “Man, your rhythm’s flatter than your feet.”       

Too dull for the party, too plain for the game,  
Too gray for the rainbow, too dry for the rain.
If boredom’s a crime, then throw away the key,  
‘Cause nobody’s duller, no, not even me.  

 Tried speed datin’ once, but the clock gave up,  
Said, “I ain’t tickin’ for this poor guy’s luck.”  
I told the waitress, “You can call me Fred,”  
She said, “I’d rather call you gone instead.”  

Too dull for the party, too plain for the game  
Too small for the big time   too shy for the flame.
You can talk to a wall and get more glee,  
Ain’t nobody duller than me.  

 Even my echo packed up to roam,  
Left a sticky note sayin’, “You’re on your own.”  
Netflix asked me, “Are you still there?”  
I said, “Yeah,” and it said, “I don’t care.”  

 Too blank for the canvas, too plain for the frame. 
Too low for high life,  they forget my name.
Guess I’ll play these blues till eternity,  
‘Cause ain’t nobody duller than me.  

Dull Man's Blues

I'm just having some fun with my Harley Benton fake Gretsch guitar.  I am playing the lead guitar and via my breath and keyboard controller the Swam Tenor Sax. Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

Guitar Fun

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw9qozBpnqo

I’m a vigilante for peace
There’s a war on every corner
It’s hard to know what it means
When everyone’s a soldier

I’m trying to love the living
In a language torn and raw
Every heart is drawing borders
Every kiss declares a war

I remember steady ground
I remember softer lines
This is somebody’s America
But right now it ain’t mine

I’m a letter left unopened
On a table set for none
Every promise sounds like thunder
When it’s spoken by a gun

I’m a choir with no steeple
Singing low so we survive
Every streetlight holds a vigil
For the ways we stay alive

I remember steady ground
I remember softer lines
This is somebody’s America
But right now it ain’t mine

I remember steady ground
I remember softer lines
This is somebody’s America
But right now it ain’t mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw9qozBpnqo

Somebody's America

Just another nobody who's not here to be somebody.  I write songs because I can't help it, and it helps me.  If I add them here, I'm less likely to keep mixing them.  Creativity is a stream with many tributaries, and sometimes one runs through us.  The stream is more creative when tributaries meet, and I'm grateful for the collaborative efforts of others.

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