A Place - EP

Like a River

uploaded 18Aug2021
Recording, engineering, production; Steve Galloway (StevieG @ Raven St Studios).
Roberto Hutchins; guitars, vocals, composer/lyricist.
Victoria (MariV) Mazpule; keyboards, composer.
Jon Cyrnjack; drums.
Tim Erskine; bass.
Cynda Booth; Background Vocals.
Mike Mowatt; additional guitar and consultation
MariJ Mazpule, Todd Booth; consultation.

i was smokin'
you were dreamin'
and we were rollin'
on old ring road

out of the city
into the misty
on to the hillside
and the sun shone whole
 
i was tokin'			
you were dreamin'
you saw the martyrs
the prophets of old
not even broken
not even wounded
imposters 
on old ring road

(interlude)

These white lines
my pandemic
but what i need is	
more academic		

don't need weed		 
fuck the booze 		
feel so bad i  			
need a new tattoo 		

we are snow blind	
we are dreamin'
a roller coaster ride		
out on the open sea 		
we could wake up normal
we could wake up clean 	
on old ring road
we can always dream

Old Ring Road

On Old Ring Road

Written by Robert Hutchins, produced and mixed by Steve Galloway (StevieG).

The song describes the lives of the homeless and addicted in a downtown city neighbourhood from their perspective.

Old Ring Road by RH+ (StudioSG Mix)

Written during the protests in 2019. I waited until I departed to record this (to avoid potential hassles ...)
Awesome Harmonica provided by Andrew Ochalski

Tear Gas Blues
Sitting in the Roundhouse, having a beer,
Ain't got no worried mind, ain't got nothin to fear
Then people start to runnin' and well, looky here
We got the tear gas blues.

Started pretty simple, black shirts and masks,
Walking past the door but they was walking fast
Step outside, and you don't have to ask
You got the tear gas blues.

I understand the reasons, the 5 demands
And peaceful protests have the people holding hands
But they feel that no one outside understands
They only stand for what they know is right

Yeah
Gotta run ..

Gotta watch the popo, the men with the shields
Helmets and the guns and the batons they wield
They turn the local streets into a battlefield
We got the tear gas blues.

Your eyes begin to water, your nose begins to run,
The pain is exponential, it ain't a lot of fun
You can't escape the pressure, there's nowhere you can run
You got the tear gas blues

People disappearing, in jail or even worse,
Don't criticize the Government, you may end up in a hearse
Cause you've been suicided, forgive my being terse
Reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our times.

Hong Kongers, add oil, we all know what you mean
There are no rioters, only a tyrannical regime
It was you who taught me peaceful protests do not work
We got the tear gas blues

We got the tear gas blues, oh yeah
We got the tear gas blues

Tear Gas Blues

We are little
but we never know
a story growing old
yet needed be told

In another lifetime
another life
when our voices
just multiply

Away we steer
until we disappear
like tiny petals 
empty cradles
like sand like pebbles

Look out for another
look out for all the others
when the moon is in June
you’ll never settle

keyboard and piano : Bunn / Wilson
Recording : Charlie@T3

June (11.19.2023@T3)

Country Honk (Rolling Stones cover)

**See the video at https://youtu.be/N3fIL-_kUIY
Vocals: Sue Lefebvre, Victoria Mazpule, Roberto (Bob) Hutchins.
Keyboards: Victoria Mazpule.
Guitars: Roberto Hutchins.
Drums: GB “Kyle”
Written by: Roberto (Bob) Hutchins.
Technical Advisors: Marije Mazpule, Cynda Booth, Todd Booth.
Uploaded 26Apr2019

Red Eye

,be a virtuous criminal
,be a good enemy
,universe tends toward complexity
,truth is difficult to see
,do we know
,when we’re wrong
,do we know it all along
,that is the question
,on this red eye flight tonite 

>>interlude<<

,we always knew that the real thing
,was the strangest thing 
,that we would ever know
,we just catch on with the new wave
,its the next wave
,and it will take us home

,i hear you sold the sahara
,dust from the street that invented you
,you walk on just like some homeless moses
,to the temple where the devil worships you
,and we knew
,it was wrong 
,knew it all along 
,still we all ride on 
,this red eye flight tonite.

Red Eye

An original track, written and produced by William & Jackson, aka #sonsof, and #marcusplaysguitar.

NaaNaNa

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vde9af2FRP4&list=PL_9QkM_fQ8-1bZiP4jI8EQpdsm0wUNOsJ

Roberto Hutchins; Guitar, vocals, composer.
Victoria Mazpule; Synth bass, strings.
Tim Erskine; Guitar outro.
GB "Kyle"; Drums.

keep on rainin' all day long
garbage in - garbage out
(its a) delicate matter
take your breath away
ever since the rain came to stay 

keep on rainin' all night long
same old same old same old song
(its a) desparate matter
all the jobs are gone
ever since the rain came to town

(we're gonna) climb that mountain
mmm straight and long
gonna find a place in the sun
take all the sadness and
pin it to the sky
leave it all behind and move on

keep on rainin' over the worl'
every day is the day before
its an urgent matter
but time moves so slow 
and now the rain won't let go

...won't let go

22 July 2022

Lockdown (Keep On Rainin')

B Jam

Title/topic paraphrased from something I had seen on Reddit. 
Thanks to looperman.com and u/DeMooz for the drum loops.

Cheeseburgers and Treason

The orange man has left the building, Elvis couldn't wait
He got no second chances, it's time to celebrate
But he's still firing off his rounds, and tweeting day and night
And he ain't calling off his hounds, that shit just isn't right
The guy was never made for this, he's fundamentally bad
Cheeseburgers and Treason was all you ever had

His lying and his cheating, well, that takes some kinda nerve
He puts donors in positions that they just don't deserve
Advisors try to tell him, he doesn't listen once
He calls himself a genius, but I think he's a dunce
He's been seen with pedophiles, and he thinks his daughter's hot,
Cheeseburgers and Treason was all you ever got

When you're walking out the door, don't let it hit your ass
We're hoping your replacements have a little bit more class
Head off to the golf course, or hide in your hotel
For more than half the country wants you to go to hell
But I hope they come to get you, I hope they do not fail
Cause Cheeseburgers and Treason could send you off to jail

Tear Gas Blues

Mike Mowatt

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