Lyrics @ https://mikeroos.com/new-songs/dark-and-scarlet-moon-for-john-mccain/

Musicians: Michael Kim Roos--vocals, guitars; Terry Clarke--drums;  Neil Swainson--bass;  Miles Black--piano;  Ron King--trumpet;  Eric Marienthal--saxophone

From the album Kangaroo (1986).  Original song by Mike Roos.  Guitar, vocals, keyboard, drum programming by Mike Roos.

Kangaroo

4th of July in the Asylum

She'll Be Trouble

Hole In My Head

It's All Right to Be Naive

It's All Right To Be Naive

Watersnake

Stay Alive

Songs for our times.  Written and produced by Michael Kim Roos, except for "Ticky Tacky," lyrics by Malvina Reynolds.

Musicians:
"Ship of Fools"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, synthesizer 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"The Edge of the Abyss"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, organ, piano, synthesizer, Logic drums 
Tom Keenlyside: saxophone  

"Rich Man"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, harmonica, mandolin 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"Dark and Scarlet Moon"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars
Terry Clarke: drums 
Neil Swainson: bass 
Miles Black: piano 
Ron King: trumpet 
Eric Marienthal: saxophone 

"Ticky Tacky"
(words by Malvina Reynolds, music by Michael Kim Roos)
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, Logic drums 

"Richard, Samuel, and James"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, Logic drums 
Dow Tomlin: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle 

"Caporetto"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Craig Young: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Rob Ickes: dobro 
Andy Leftwich: mandolin 

"Unfinished Church"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, piano 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Byron House: bass 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle

Ship of Fools

Dark and Scarlet Moon

Republican Sex

This track was inspired by a chapter in Ernest Hemingway's Paris memoir, "A Moveable Feast."

Hunger Is Good Discipline

A new revision and arrangement of a song originally written in 2010.

Still, Flowing Water (2020)

Now approaching his 70th year, Michael Kim Roos has been a musical underground man his entire life, writing hard hitting, tough-as-nails original songs for the better part of 50 years—following his own drummer, making passionate music without compromise, never straying from a commitment to release in his own good time well-written songs from the Bob Dylan-Bruce Springsteen-John Prine school of music. His four self-produced albums are Kangaroo (1986), Flood Wall (1991), Begin 2 (2010), and Ship of Fools (2020), all available on Spotify, iTunes, and other streaming services.

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