Cure All

My daughter has always slept in our bed. Now that she is 6 (almost 7), I am trying to get her to sleep in her own room, but my wife still lets her sleep with us. I end up moving to the couch to avoid being kicked and crowded all night.

LYRICS:

Morning is here and you know where I am
Sofa imprint in the shape of a man

Your mama don't want me there
She sent me down the stairs
Your mama just wants you
For me there is no room

Too crowded in my bed
Nowhere to lay my head
I'm hanging by a thread

I know one day I'm gonna miss these times
No sleep for days am I losing my mind

Your mama don't want me there
She sent me down the stairs
Your mama just wants you
For me there is no room

Too crowded in my bed
Nowhere to lay my head
I'm hanging by a thread
Too crowded in my bed
Too crowded in my bed

Too Crowded In My Bed

The complete fall/winter quarter performance by the Pierce College Jazz Ensemble, recorded to mini-disc in December of 2004.  

Track listing:
0:00 Mic set-up/concert intro
3:38 "A Little Minor Booze"
19:07 "Forgotten Dreams"
30:00 "Greasy Sack Blues"
36:25 Band introduction
46:19 "Channel One Suite"

Personnel:
Saxophones- Chris Arent, Steve DeGarmo, Kareem Kandi, Scott Duncan, Cliff Colon
Trombones- John Baggs, Richard Lopez, Peter Klinzman, Chris Attwood, Keith Gorsuch
Trumpets- Tom Mettler, Bob Coyner, Frank Minear, Dennis Haldane, Karl Running
Rhythm- Mason Hargrove (gtr), Dale Drenner (dms), Drew Gibbs (pno), Marcus Vann (bs)
Direction and arrangements by Norm Wallen

Pierce College Jazz Ensemble @ the Performance Lounge, Dec. 2004

Times de Tough - The Emperor
Je Suis Perdu - Les Tran Thuyen
Nomali - The Movers
Like a High Flying Bird - Francis Bebey
Dead Boot - Grapefruit
Exodus - Davy Graham
Walkin the Streets After Dark - Willie Hays
I'm a Lone Wolf - Leon Payne
Lone Wolf - Ghostdance
A Taste of One - Ace of Cups
Lost in the Paradise - Caetano Veloso
Come on Party - Bunny Clarke
Freedom Street - Shadow
Don't you Know - Jan Hammer Group
I'm Alone (interlude) - Bobby Mcferrin
Slick - Ebony and The Greek
World - The Clark Sisters
Love - The Virgin Sleep
Swamp Fever - John Cameron and Alan Parker
Electricity - Allen Toussaint
Tell Me Baby - Le-Boeuf Brothers
House of Lords (Joe, Beat the Drum) - Isidro (Chico) Misquez and his House of Lords Orchestra
"Fiebre" Rock - La Lupe
Tremblin' - Birdie Green 
Puppet on a String (Hard Version) - Gino Washington
Amnesia - Jack Jolly
Hey Mun, You Takin My Woman  - Me & My Friend Oswald
You Don't Know Whats Going On - Exuma
Tears of Love - Dr. Footswitch
L-U-C-K-Y - The Phantasions
Mud Slide Slim - Melanie Duval
I've Got to Space - Georgianna McCoy and the Classetts
Bakafwimbi - Jeff & The Explosives
Hungry Generation - Lil Miguel's Control
America, You're Supposed to be Beautiful - Skeets Williams and The Merger
When the Mode of the Music Changes - The Fugs
Still Ain't Satisfied - Red Star Singers
Give Those Women Their Equal Rights - Little Michael 
Nature Boy - Sil Austin
Mephisto's Nightmare - Catch Featuring Marylin Middleton
Sound of Love - The Embers
How Much Land Does a Man Need - 
The Land of Perdition - Buffalo Soldier
Space Love - Billy Watkins & Group
Something - Les Vikings
A Part of Being with You - The Professionals
My Mistake - Black Merda

L'envie #106:: Chances With Wolves

From the sweet, soulful sounds that harken back to the greats of yesteryear, to the raw, cutting-edge sounds of his modern contemporaries, Mason Hargrove is always capable of dialing in just the right amount of “style” from his guitar. Whether sitting in the corner of a coffee-house or dodging the lights of a main concert stage, he is always the consummate professional. For pure, instrumental prowess and originality, look no further.
The headphones placed by his parents around his mother’s womb blasting Beatles music must have had a lasting impression. The Tacoma, WA native first started playing guitar after hearing the sounds of the early 90’s emanating from Seattle. Armed with a few classic rock riffs learned from his father, he enrolled in the high school jazz band and began taking private lessons. His peers and elder statesmen in the Northwest area quickly took him under their wings, exposing him to rhythm and blues, jazz, funk, hip-hop and soul music, as well as the grittiness of “real-life” gigging, alongside the formal training he received from college and musical theatre experience.
Now with almost 30 years playing experience behind him, Hargrove has developed a vocabulary and sound uniquely his own, yet still accessible to everyone. He has appeared as a sideman for many local artists, both live and in the recording studio. For the past 20 years he has been active in the role of music education as well, privately offering guitar and bass lessons, featuring custom-tailored curriculum for each individual student, ranging from young children just starting out to adults hoping to realize their musical potential.

Pierce College Jazz Ensemble @ the Performance Lounge, Dec. 2004

Mason Hargrove

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