Telling a story is always the hardest - good job! 😊

Very appreciate the story.  Nicely done.  Such a cool atmosphere and vox.

Really brings back memories of whatcthe guys went through back then and are still going through. Beautifully done.

Love the story telling in your lyrics Paul. Just beautiful

Punk version of the classic Beatles song.

Yesterday (Beatles cover)

Better Days

Fairytales (Brian Peters)

People speaking their words on the wind
Satellites in the sky
Televisions and fax machines
Spiderwebs for the fly

Change your money and get a new card
Plastic number and name
Lamination will soon be too hard
Microchips in your brain

Every nation interconnects 
To an electrical hum
On the airwaves and video discs
They're playing bubblegum

   *Seems like the bride is wearing a veil
    In the palace of rooms
    Bring me some romance and fairytales
    Spin them on the crystal loom*

Poison perfumes with innocent names
Keep you from growing old
You can name them before they are born
Or change their genetic code

    *Seems like the bride is wearing a veil
    In the palace of rooms
    Bring me some romance and fairytales
    Weave them on the crystal loom*

Nothing changes under the sun
Just like Solomon said
Corporations and government sons
They're sleeping in one bed

Fairytales

This song is dedicated to Joe Luby and all Vietnam veterans.  

Karl Paulsen - pedal steel guitar
Andrew Sharp - upright bass
Paul Stephanides - acoustic guitar and vocals

Paul Stephanides

Joe is Still in Vietnam (demo)

This is an oldie of mine that languished on my personal page for years, suffering from a poor recording job and ignorant production (both among my common maladies prior to meeting Nat). I asked Nat if she could help me produce my original recording to improve sound quality and timing issues and she came to the rescue. Despite some egregious issues on my old tracks she generally synced it up, replaced my pathetic bass playing and added some sharp vocal harmonies. Along with some general EQ adjustments it has a new face and I’m much happier with it. I wanted to post it as Daniels & Durgy to recognize Nat’s tremendous contribution. The song laments a duplicitous lover and expresses some notable bitterness.

Craig Durgy: electric guitar, banjo, steel guitar, mandolin & vocals
Nat Daniels: standup bass & vocals (and production using old tracks)

Lyrics:
She told me, yes she told me lies
Yes, she sold me, on the truth love buys
Yeah, she told me lies, and I cried.

Yes, she told me, she would die for me
When she’d hold me, clearly I could see
We were meant to be

Cause, she told me, that she knew my heart
Heart and soul she, said we’d never part
But now, she’s gone away
Somehow, there’s nothing left to say

Cause she told me, oh, she told me lies
Yes, she sold me, on the truth love buys
Oh, she told me lies, of the crooked truth love buys, and I wonder why

Why she showed me, her most private pain
Love was holy, but she just stopped praying
And now, she’s gone away
Somehow, there’s nothing left to say

Cause she told me, oh she told me lies
Yes, she sold me, on the truth love buys
Oh, she told me lies, just a love disguise
The crooked truth love buys, and I wonder why

Back To West Virginia

She Told Me Lies

round and round.wav.mp3

BREATHING
JUST FOR DOING SOMETHING
AND NOT DO NOTHING
WASTING TIME

BEING BORN
INTO THIS BORING
WORLD OF NOTHING DOING
BUT WASTING TIME

LOVE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT
SO I
WENT BY BYE

BREATHING
AND IF NOT FOR YAWNING
WHAT’S THE POINT OF LIVING
WASTING TIME

LIFE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DOESN’T WORK OUT
SO I
GO BY BYE

BREATHING
GENTLY SELF-ERASING
SLOWLY DISAPPEARING
WASTING TIME

LIFE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DOESN’T WORK OUT
SO I
GO BY BYE

BREATHING
WATCH THE SUNSET RISING
BACKWARDS IS THE FEELING
WASTING TIME

WASTING TIME (Lyrics)

sisters of the atmosphere

An Easter message? Music against war?All wars are wrought with inhuman threads of unwarranted violence and destruction whether in Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Congo or... (place any name of any war at any time in history).
In this one, a special military pox upon Putin and his house and all those who abuse and terrorize innocents and rain destruction upon all those who simply want to live and to exist. Justice? Where? ICC - we hope you're leading the charge for justice, and NATO, EU, UN - don't look away!

 (Don't)Look Away

1)Another day, another day in this war. 
A family man asks - What’s it all for?
Have we forgotten what we came here for? Don’t run away.   

To kill a man, a woman or a child. 
There’s something wrong, wrong in their minds.   
They look to God, but he does what He does best. He looks away. Hey?   

There’s always war in a far distant land
and civilised man goes out to lend a hand.
Holy Lands? Are you having a laugh? 
Laugh away, hey…  laugh away….hey…

(CHORUS)
I CAN SEE THEM ALL - LAGGING BEHIND. 
THEY’RE NOT PART OF THIS - HUMAN KIND
THINGS GOT SLOW, SLOW IN THE HEAD. 
WHY DON’T YOU GO SHOOT YOURSELF INSTEAD?
WE’D LOOK AWAY…HEY…WE’D LOOK AWAY…HEY…YAAH

2) Armies are led by those who think they’re right. 
Tell us they want peace.    
To get it they must fight for… the love of God pray how is this right? 
Pray away. 
They say destruction is their means to an end. 
Aim their gun at what once was their friend.
Turn their back on humanitarian trends. Then look away, 
hey… they look away…

(CHORUS)     

(MID BREAK)   
Lay down on your pillow…sleep tight with your greed 
because your safe… you’ll dream… while others bleed…
and you tell me…that God is on your side…you don’t believe it…
and that’s what I despise….
then you look away…
nd then you look away…

3) They shake a fist with a gun in their hand. 
It’s an action only they understand. 
One step away… from a hellish end. 
Shake away… shake - away…  

If there’s a place I could send them all. 
Be deep space, on a hot fiery ball  
Where you can all…Happily annihilate yourselves!                                                                        Then fire away…fire away, fire away…hey…

(CHORUS)

4) One more day is too much in this war. 
The family man asks - What’s it all been for? 
His loved one’s buried with his heart in the floor. 
Please look away…

Wigmore - drums, synths, mixing, production, additional vocals
Allen - music, guitars, bass, vocals, lyrics
Gibbons - middle vocals and lyrics
* additional fem voc. from Anna Brag https://soundcloud.com/annabrag

Capo  2nd….G/C/Em/D     Chorus….Em/D     Break….G/E/G/E …Am/G/F/G/Am/G/F/G

Look Away

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Damals und Heute

Aufstieg zum Gipfel

My band Nickel and Steel's debut album out now.  Preview a few tracks at Nickel and Steel's SoundCloud page:  https://soundcloud.com/nickelandsteel

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