Great performance and some killer licks on the gat!  Much respect and hope all is well...oh and Happy New Year!

70's vibe for sure.  A rockin' guitar tune! :D

Righteous rock sound & great guitar work.

Cool key change!  Fun song, thanks for this.

This song sounds like it's about something else but it's really about sitting looking at an off TV and resisting the urge to turn it on.

Recorded Live in The Stables by Frank Byrne 
Drummer Steve O'Keeffe (https://www.bluesconfidential.com/The Pale)
and the melodic bass playing of Bernard Byrne (The Pale).
Lead vocals and guitar Suzanne Ledwith

Change of Address

Box of Letters - live version

Can you plumb the secrets of the universe through a guitar string? Channel the electromagnetism of guitar pickups to heighten your senses? Lonnie thinks you can! Every time he picks up that red guitar, gets those P90 pickups screaming through an overdriven amp, tubes glowing like coals, he knows he's there.... This song is Lonnie's anthem.
Another track from the "Twilight on Tunnel Road" album. On the album, it is preceded by the short instrumental "Lonnie Interlude," which presents Lonnie's more introspective side.
All guitar tracks are played on a Gretsch 2622TG with P90 pickups...and, yes, it is red (see photo of actual guitar).

For more about the album, including dozens of stunning photos of the region, check out the new Penelope's Thrill website, just launched in concert with the album:
www.penelopesthrill.com/

You can find the complete 18-track album now on Bandcamp:
penelopesthrill.bandcamp.com/album/twil…unnel-road

Vocals, guitars, bass: Timothy Walsh
Words and music by Timothy Walsh
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios (that is, a small upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees)
©2021 Timothy Walsh All rights reserved

LYRICS:
“Lonnie’s Red Guitar”
Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

He don’t ever smile—just does his thing.
Smells just like oil—the sweet, sweet smell of gasoline.
When he’s working on cars, he loves the engine’s purr.
And when he’s playing guitar, he travels up beyond the stars.

He don’t ever say the secrets he knows.
He goes walking out at noontime where the river flows.
And they whisper all about him, and they think that they know,
and they go, “Say hey, Lonnie, how’d you learn to play that guitar?”

Chorus: Go, Lonnie, go! Play that red guitar.
Go, Lonnie, go! Burning like a shooting star.

He’s at home with the night—the moon tangled in the trees.
Like an owl in flight, he rides the wind on silent wings.
Dreams of liquid chords—his soul’s vibrating strings.
Flesh is so hot-wired, his fingertips tap sacred springs.

When he’s playing lead his mind’s all aglow—
sees the flickers of the future flash in stereo,
and they’re cheering all around him and they think that they know,
and they go….

Chorus

When he’s sleeping his guitar’s by his side.
His six-string dreams are always amplified.
With his fingers on the fretboard, she seems like his bride…
and they go…

Chorus

Twilight on Tunnel Road

Lonnie's Red Guitar

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A Track I did a while back for a friends western scenery inspired video. Unfortunately I went over my usual limit on the number of little flubs...but it is what it is. Sending this one out to my old bandmate & friend Jack O (Vibratos, Jack and the Rippers, Coachmen) who went West to make a living & raise a family after band days of old...

Gone West

Something I experimented Putting guitar and bass to some samples. The title; that's what it sort of reminds me of... Old Horror movie, but with sexy vibe, and kind of fun.

Sexy Horror Movie Tune

A new song written for my wife now that I’m “old and grey”. The musical idea sparked off in me a few days before we visited Rome for a short stay; the lyrics were completed in Rome. Recorded on 26/9/2022.

Lyrics of LOVING YOU

Loving you has been the theme of my life,
I felt so happy inside - I was in love;
But now that I’ve become old and grey,
What have I more to say?

I’ll be loving you for the rest of my life;
I need you by my side, to feel you close to me;
So take this old hand of mine,
We’ll live our dream through to the end of time.

So hug me, let’s pretend 
We’re falling in love like we were young again.

LOVING YOU - the theme of my life

This is my first foray into orchestration involving more than one instrument.  In this track, I added a virtual choir to my piano track "Windswept Wilderness" https://soundcloud.com/skai-eriksson/windswept (the last track in the "Seven Dreams" album soundcloud.com/skai-eriksson/sets/seven-dreams-of-the-orb-weaver).  

I used the "Gregorian swell" virtual choir in Logic with extra reverb.  I also added extra reverb to the piano for consistency (except at the piano solo toward the end where I put a smaller reverb).  Mixing was a challenge--my dad helped with that by making a simple game-changing (and fog-lifting) suggestion to cut out a few dB from the mid range on the piano to make space for the vocals.  

This was a fun project--it is nice to keep the piano as the lead instrument while highlighting certain notes and harmonies with a complementary instrument (and hammered strings seem to go well with a swelling vocal), but there are a bunch of additional challenges in working with more than one instrument, so this gave me new respect for the SCers that do full orchestrations!  Comments/criticism are welcome!

The art is just a color inversion of the "Seven Dreams" art (the procedure for generating the "Seven Dreams" art is summarized in the album description https://soundcloud.com/skai-eriksson/sets/seven-dreams-of-the-orb-weaver).

The title "requiem" is an afterthought prompted by the cathedral effect of the piano and choir combo.  I didn't choose the Gregorian vocals because I wanted this sound but rather because it happened to be the vocal I liked best among the options in garageband/Logic. While tragedy and loss (of friends and family as well as the horrible things happening in the world lately) have influenced some of my compositions including the base track "Windswept Wilderness", this cathedral sound I think is too vintage and over-the-top to feel like a sincere requiem (and for that reason I decided to tag it as #soundtrack).

Requiem

JOE GASTON IS A HANDSOME PHYSICIAN, 
A DEDICATED READER AND A TALENTED ATHLETE
THE MAN HAS BEEN AROUND FROM AFRICA TO OMAN
TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH A FRISBEE IN HIS HAND
 
MAIS JOE GASTON QU’A-TU FAIS DE TON FRANÇAIS
COULD IT BE COULD IT BE THAT YOU’VE LOST IT ON YOUR WAY
EST-CE À CAUSE DE TON MENU QUI NE VARIAIT JAMAIS
TOUS LES SOIRS PÂTES AU POULET ARROSÉES D’UN GRAND VERRE DE LAIT

CLÉ DE FA CLÉ DE SOL MERLE NOIR ROSSIGNOL
A NIGHTINGALE YOU ARE SO I HEARD FROM A BIRD
BEST WHISTLER IN THE WORLD THAT’S WHAT TOLD ME BEN
WHO CAN  BE CONSIDERED AS SOMEWHAT OF A BEST FRIEND 

HEY JOE REMEMBER CHICAGO
THAT’S WHERE IT ALL BEGAN A LONG LONG TIME AGO
THEN IT WAS THE BIG APPLE NO MORE FRISBEE IN HAND
COS YOU FOUND BETTER TO HOLD I MEAN THE HAND OF LAUREN

WHAT A JAW JOE THAT’S WHY I CALL YOU GASTON
MÂCHOIRE D’ACIER LE PLUS CARRÉ DES MENTONS
MAIS BON COMME LE BON PAIN 33 PIGES AU COMPTEUR
SURPRISING AS A DANCER TOUJOURS LA MAIN SUR LE CŒUR 

CLÉ DE FA CLÉ DE SOL MERLE NOIR ROSSIGNOL
A NIGHTINGALE YOU ARE SO I HEARD FROM A BIRD
BEST WHISTLER IN THE WORLD THAT’S WHAT TOLD ME BEN
WHO CAN  BE CONSIDERED AS SOMEWHAT OF A BEST FRIEND

COOL AS A POSSUM BUT LIFE IN A PARTY
BRILLIANT ENTREPRENEUR TOP CRAZY INVENTOR
LIKE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE’S KNEES AND SPECIAL TANNING SLEEVES
JE NE SAIS SI CES MOTS, CES PAROLES SERONT COMPRISES
MAIS

JOE GASTON (Lyrics) Song for Joe

Flyover Sunrise

This is The Shadows In The Shade.  It's about "living in a simulation" theory.

Lyrics:
Watching every move you make
Hearing every thought
Knowing everything you are
And everything you're not

Nothing will you try to do
Nothing do you say
Shadows in the shade
Providing you the way

Every move you make, your own
Believe what you believe
Yet doing things with cause unknown
Is too much to conceive

Barely take a moment's pause
Then get on with your day
Back on track and for the cause
For that's the chosen way

Connecting and collecting
Minds and souls to trade
Blending in the background
Shadows in the shade

In another lifetime
Outside in the sun
Playing games with those they knew
Real friends having fun

Mothers called the children home
When the sun went down
Street lights brightly shined the way
For all the kids in town

Immersing in the virtual
Real worlds to the eyes
Without a question follow paths
As if hypnotized

Somewhere in the deepest dream
A voice is calling out
Street lights brightly shine the way
Then suddenly go out

Morning brings a brand new day
In time all dreams will fade
All part of the simulation
From shadows in the shade

The Shadows In The Shade

Spanish Night

No matter how much love you pour into some people, you will never melt the ice.....

Cold Heart

Debut Album Now Out!! "Twilight on Tunnel Road"
Available now on Bandcamp: https://penelopesthrill.bandcamp.com/
(and streaming everywhere....)
For an immersive experience of the new album, visit the new Penelope's Thrill website at:
https://www.penelopesthrill.com/
Penelope's Thrill is a lucky accident. Lured out of musical retirement by son Andrew, Timothy Walsh dusted off his guitars, including his favorite vintage Guilds and Gretsches, and picked up where he left off 25 years ago playing in garage bands in New Jersey and Boston. 
Tim founded Penelope's Thrill as the vehicle for his new songs, often pulling in other musicians from Madison and from around the world for particular tracks. Son Andrew occasionally appears on guitar or adding vocals. Wife Barbara also appears on keyboards and backing vocals.

     ***All tracks are recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios (that is, a tiny upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees). Recent songs are recorded with Logic Pro using hardware tube preamps, compressors, etc. Earlier tracks were recorded direct to a Zoom R8 recorder.

>>>Downloads available at Bandcamp:
https://penelopesthrill.bandcamp.com/
>>>Tim's poetry & writing website:
http://timothyawalsh.com/
>>>Andrew's writing website:
http://andrewjwalsh.com

Also check out our re-post and playlist page, Penelope's Playlists:
https://soundcloud.com/penelopes-playlists

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