Some cover tunes ... 

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'Chasing the Sky' has 6 original songs and 4 cover songs by: Van Morrison, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett and Bob Dylan. The CD was recorded and produced by Pete in his home studio from 2005-2007 and released in November of 2007. The album features guest artists on several tracks. All other songs were performed by Pete on lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards. The cover photo 'Sails' was shot by Kevin Phillips

Chasing the Sky

Here's a song by DMZ (formerly the Shivers) recorded at Magnetic Air Studios in West Palm Beach Florida in the mid-90s. This song is an original by the keyboardist Neil Crilly who also sings harmony and the bridge. The rest of the band is Shan Frogel on Bass, Richard Tucker on Drums and myself on Guitar and Lead Vocals.

Neil is currently the "Sr. West Regional Director" of the Grammys based out of the L.A. office.

c) 1992 Neil Crilly and Sal D'Amore T-Minus Music

Terrain

Turn and Walk

Here's a song by DMZ (formerly the Shivers) recorded at Magnetic Air Studios in West Palm Beach Florida in the mid-90s. This song is an original by yours truly in a Dylanesque fashion. The rest of the band is Neil Crilly on keyboards / production, Shan Frogel on Bass, John Sluggett / Richard Tucker on Drums and myself on Guitar and Lead Vocals.

c) 1992 Umpteen Music BMI

Girl Talk

Here's a song by DMZ (formerly the Shivers) recorded at Magnetic Air Studios in West Palm Beach Florida in the mid-90s. This song is an original by yours truly regarding some dark times. The band is Neil Crilly on keyboards / production, Shan Frogel on Bass, John Sluggett / Richard Tucker on Drums and myself on Guitar and Lead Vocals.

c) 1992 p. trappen umpteen music bmi

Art By Accident

A song I wrote and contributed to Jim Jenne's 1st and only LP. This was an arrangement by West Palm Beach famous composer / arranger Rick Creavy (sp?) and featured my favorite guitarist Rick Rossano. Recorded at Clint Smith's Saturn Sound Studio. I'm sorry I don't know the other players .. possibly Harry Johnson on drums. I was a little peeved with Jim for changing the lyrics to suit his style  but all in all a pretty good track. Long before Flo Rida this was done in the 90's just before Jim's demise from throat cancer. Such a fabulous voice and a gentle giant of a man.

Unknown album (2/24/2011 2:25:55 PM)

Flo Rita

A chill track I've put together with my upgraded Ableton Live studio. 16+ tracks of trance-like groove music on an Akai MPK keyboard. Some new Wave and Ozone plug-ins also some Spitfire. Vocal samples by Olivia D. I've overdubbed some sweet guitar licks on my Heritage 535. It's not finished yet but these things can go on forever. Remixed again xoxo (and yes "Donkey" can talk (not the duck))

Take Me With You (novacain)

A fine cover of Bob Dylan's classic tune "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" from my album "Chasing the Sky". Joining me on this one is Rush and Julie Clement on harmony vocals. Otherwise all parts performed by yours truly. Drums, bass and keys sequenced on a Roland XP-50 sequencer with guitars, harmonica and vocals overdubbed. Used by permission from the publisher.

You Ain't Going Nowhere

You Ain't Goin Nowhere

An acoustic version of my tune about two Oil Tankers colliding and spilling oil all over my favorite beach. All parts played by yours truly.

Lyrics: 
Imagine swimming in the water
The sun is shining down
You’re approaching a small island
You don’t want to drown

Climb up to higher ground

In a moment you recover
So you start to leave
But you falter in the water
Oil on the beach

Two tankers sinking down 

Exxon Valdez, BP pipeline
C.E.O.’s have soared
Record profits hold us hostage
Forged upon the sword

Arms trading peace for war 

This is so you will remember 
Oil on the beach
Has a very strange effect on
Everything you eat

No more oil on the beach 
No more oil on the beach

Oil On The Beach

A Transatlantic production with Umpteen Music UK and 1717.17 Studios in Florida. I teamed up with Glen Evertsen producing this across the Atlantic collaboration. I sing Lead Vocals and played Lead Guitar with additional rhythm guitar and background vox. Glen mixed and mastered the final tracks and played Rhythm Guitar & Bass and added harmony vox with Charles Dean Lugo on drums. We did this over the course of 2 weeks, sending files back and forth from Wellington Florida to Nottingham UK.

"867-5309/Jenny" is a 1981 song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone that was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2, on the Columbia Records label. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1982,[4] and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in April 1982.

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867-5309/Jenny

867-5309 / Jenny Jenny

A slow bluesy track with sparse instrumentation overlaid with a hollow-body Heritage 535  and a Telecaster guitar licks. Rainy day blues - 'nuff said.

Rainy Day Blues

A chill jazzy track with vocals. A modern mood with cool lyrics and smooth guitar licks. A song about being hypnotized by the eyes of another. A chance meeting with someone in a crowded room or online. The magnetic attraction of meeting someone who might be your soul mate. Instant connection. 

Recorded in my home studio using Cubase 10 and various VST plugins. Overlaying Heritage 535 and Telecaster guitar licks with a Guild 12 string rhythm guitar. I play all the parts and sing lead Vocals. 

I'm mesmerized by your eyes, kiss me tell me it's real
I can't disguise this feeling inside, I'm hypnotized by the wheel

I'm falling falling into the skies, I'm falling falling free
I've memorized the sound of your sighs, you're calling calling me

I'm hypnotized by the wheel
The wheel that brings me back to you
The wheel that brings me back ... to you

I'm falling falling into the skies, I'm falling falling free
I've memorized the sound of your sighs, you're calling calling me

c) 2022 P. Trappen Umpteen Music BMI

Mesmerized

A Christmas Song is a funky jazzy loop with happy, jolly overtones and jingle bells. Subtle yet haunting and hummable. One of my most popular songs on AudioSparx

A Christmas Song

This classic tune by Neil Diamond is still popular today. My cover version recorded in my home studio in 2017

Demo 2017

Sweet Caroline

Another Trans-Atlantic production from  1717.17 Studios courtesy of Train Wreckords in Wellington Florida. Glen Evertson produced this gem in his home studio and used a Gibson acoustic, a Duesenberg Joe Walsh Signature Model and a Les Paul for the blues lead. Mark Lee played a Strat on the second lead and Keith Nelson also played a Strat on the third lead. Shan Frogel on Bass and Charles Lugo on Drums. I sang Lead and vocal "yelps". 

Charlie, drums
Shan,bass
Peter. Vocals
Glen, Back up vox, 1st lead guitar ... (So Far it's Rumour Hazit...)
Mark, 2nd Lead Guitar
Keith, 3rd Lead Guitar

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Let It Rain

Let It Rain by Eric Clapton

My version of Cat Stevens classic tune "Wild World". A bit of reggae influence here borrowed from Maxi Priest. 
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Wild World

A cover of the Muddy Waters classic written by Willie Dixon.

Hootchie Cootchie Man

My version of Bob Dylan's epic tune "Knocking on Heavens Door" from Nashville Skyline.
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Knockin' On Heavens Door

I love this moody love song by Bill Withers ... a bit jazzy
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Ain't No Sunshine

My Momma's favorite song ... Otis Redding's famous classic "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" ... wastin' time
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Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

Good Time Charlies got the Blues ... this is a live cover version with  Keith Rothco singing lead and Bill Canty and myself on Harmony. I'm playing the lead. Keith sent this to me recently and I must admit, it's a lovely mix. Live at O'hara's Club in Palm Beach around 1982. Keith is finger picking the main guitar, Bill is playing rhythm and Rick Rossano on Bass guitar.

"Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" is a song written and performed by American folk singer Danny O'Keefe. It was first recorded by O'Keefe in 1967, but not released. It was recorded by The Bards and released in 1968.

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

Welcome to the Hotel California!  My version of this classic Eagles tune, although a few steps lower than Don Henley's high vocals. This version of mine is still very popular on the N1M charts.


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Hotel California

This song was recorded in 1979 in South Florida at a small warehouse recording studio (Brightwater?). With (now famous) Scott Henderson on Lead Guitar who was smokin' hot that day and accomplished this solo in 2 or 3 takes. Which is what I had anticipated after watching him play at local bars in those days. Soon after this he entered the Guitar Institute in L.A. where he eventually became a teacher and then went on to greatness playing with Chick Corea and Jean-Luc Ponty before making a name for himself with his band Tribal Tech. Also on this track: Steve Owen doing a tremendous job on Bass and the late, great Harry Johnston on Drums. This is / was a difficult song to pull off in a short 5 hour session with time changes in 7/8 and 4/4 time with an unusual bridge. 

The song refers to a little-known law that would allow someone to receive a "misdemeanor" charge for using MaryJane. And also, the boredom of small town America. I wrote the song, played Rhythm Guitar and sang Lead vocals. Rescued from a cassette tape and remastered.

c) 2020 p. trappen umpteen music bmi
photo by Geoff Livingston

Section 47

Recorded in 1977 at Uncle Dirty's Studio Kalamazoo Michigan.  This was a regional hit over the summer that year. The guitar riff came to me in a dream and I woke up to write this song. We did this in an afternoon on a 16 Track 2" tape reel with a $500 budget. The version you hear here was copied from the 45 rpm record so, you can still hear some pops and needle noise. As I had no management or money to promote the record it didn't go far. 

Hal Beveridge on Bass guitar and Tim Quinn on Drums, I played a Les Paul through a ProCo Rat foot pedal, sang lead and harmony vocals and overdubbed the cowbell. 

The intro song is called "Blue Dot Cafe" and was part of the original 45 record just because. 

c) 1977 and 2020 p. trappen umpteen music bmi

A song fitting for our times. A song I wrote and recorded on my 'Frequent Sea' LP released in 2001 (2 weeks before 9/11). I played all parts and sang lead vocals with Shan Frogel joining me on a very nice Bass guitar part. 

Lyrics based on the book Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in 1953. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found.

I'm the Fireman come and take a look
I'm the Fireman come and watch me cook
i'm the Fireman, I've come to burn your books
I'm the Fireman ...

Don't you dare speak out, I will silence you
Don't you dare have doubts, I will execute
Don't you move about I will punish you
I'm the Fireman, I'm the Fireman

You don't have to worry about me ...
You don't have to worry about anything
You can watch it all on TV
You don't have to worry about anything!

Frequent Sea

I'm The Fireman

The 3rd tune off my "Chasing the Sky" album. A happy-go-lucky tune about a chance meeting I had in college. This one features Doug Gluckin on Saxophone(s). Also, Gerry Krause on Bass and Mike Willemin on Drums and Percussion. All vocals and guitar(s) by yours truly. Listen for the dog barking in the breaks ... good fun.

cover photo by: Kevin Phillips

Talk To Me Lady

A tune to describe how our water is wasted. One from my "Chasing the Sky" album with a bit o' reggae influence I inherited from my time in South Florida. With Patrick Dawdy on acoustic rhythm Guitar and background Vocals, along with Doug Gluckin on flute but otherwise all homegrown. Many have asked me what the phrase "the everglades of time" means - it means the everglades, like our water: rivers, lakes and seas are precious and should not be squandered / polluted / taken for granted.

Lyrics: 
Come sit and watch the rain my friend
Dripping down the vine
Have a little taste my friend 
of Mother Nature’s Wine

Have a little taste my friend
‘cause it’s oh so fine
Don’t you let it waste my friend
it’s Mother Nature’s Wine

	Mother Nature’s Wine
	It’s Mother Nature’s Wine
	The Everglades of Time
	...

We’re traveling down a dusty lane
and we’re losing time
We threw away our cups of rain
and we’ve wasted all of the wine

	Tasted all the wine
	Lord Bacchus tends the vine
	He’s wasted all the time
	(he’s wasted)

We’re floating on a sea of grass
and we’ve pressed the wine
Paradise is in our grasp
and the treasure’s on the vine

	Mother Nature’s Wine
	Mother Nature’s Wine
	The Everglades of Time
	The Everglades of Time

cover photo by: Kevin Phillips

Mother Natures Wine

Mother Nature's Wine

As I was growing up in Michigan, there were still Indian trails to explore where we could find Arrowheads made of flint rock. Tales of native Americans included the great chief Okemos who settled near my hometown in an area known as Shimnecon. Various sources say this means "Ox Bow" or "Apple Orchard" in the Chippewa language. Either could be true in that this area was along the Grand River which has a large bend in its path which resembles an Ox Bow - but also, there was an apple orchard there. Anyway, this is a place we used to go to have "grassers" which were parties with bonfires and kegs of beer outside the city limits where we could party without bothering anyone. This song is a low-key, acoustic style with harmonica, recorded in my home studio in Michigan.

Riding the trails through the hills with my horse
I’ve never seen the skies any bluer
Thinking about all my friends in the north
Wondering what they’ve been doing

Hey! I’ve never seen brighter days
Where we weren’t doing something
Like tumbling weeds in Shimnecon
Oh Shimnecon

Say, I just remembered one time 
Back at Okemos Road’s beginning
There’s a ghost you’ll hear them say
That walks among the living
Be respectful of the life
That Mother Nature’s giving
The Chief himself is watching you, so…
Keep yourself a singing
Keep yourself a singing

Hiding away from the crush of the world
Searching the woods for his gravestone
Feeling my spirit in touch with the earth
Taking the time to be reborn

Hey! I’ve never seen brighter days
Where we weren’t doing something
Like tumbling weeds in Shimnecon
Oh Shimnecon

Shimnecon

From my Frequent Sea album recorded in my home studio, released in 2001 - one week before 9/11. I considered this to be my masterpiece as in all the aspects were to my best ability. That being production, songwriting, sequencing and performance. The critics at the time were not so kind saying it was "too slick" and "been done before" and "no pre-chorus". Well, I said, soorrry ... For one guy, playing all the parts in his bedroom studio I think it still stands up today - so there. I've remastered this to bring the maximum volume down to suit most media players.

You're Breaking My Heart

My version of Jack Johnson's great tune as released on my "Chasing the Sky" album. All parts performed and recorded by me in my home studio in Michigan. I obtained rights to record and sell this from the publisher as well as 3 other cover tunes. But for now this is just for demonstration purposes.

(c) Jack Johnson all rights reserved = Demo Only = Not for Sale

Sitting Waiting Wishing

Andy's Diner is a song I wrote and recorded in my home studio with the intention of including it on my "Chasing the Sky" CD. I left it for another day as I was intending to record it with a real band and put it on a new CD but as these things go, time has slipped away. So, here it is for the 1st time anywhere, as a demo version, which sounds pretty good I think, even with a programmed base track with guitar and vocals overdubbed.

The song is loosely based on a trip to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, the UP as it is called. We would travel north from lower Michigan and stop at a friend of my dad's who owned an Apple Orchard. I was in love with his daughter and it always stuck in my memory as a great place to visit. There was no Diner per say but a familiar stop-over about half-way on our journey.

Andy's Diner

A romantic farewell song from my CD 'Chasing the Sky' with a Tropical Rock feeling.  The CD was recorded and produced in my home studio and released in November of 2007.  The album features guest musicians Gerry Kraus on Keyboards and Bass and Mike Willemin on Drums & Percussion.  All other parts were performed by me on lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards.

Lyrics:
Sailing away, it's time to save the day
Nothing to say, I know you want me to stay
You had me with goodbye
Now I'm just chasing the sky
…Chasing the sky

Full speed ahead, it’s not supposed to rain
Something you said, it sounded so inane
I know you meant to say
Something more, in a different way
…In a different way

Here comes the rain, to spite the weatherman
This is insane - I'm doing the best that I can 
You used to be like me
Storm clouds are wild and free
…Wild and free

SOLO

Sailing away, it's time to sail away
I’m breaking the chains, you know I wanted to stay
You had me with goodbye
Now I’m just chasing the sky
…Chasing the sky

(c) 2007 P. Trappen Umpteen Music BMI
cover photography by Kevin Philips

Chasing The Sky

A song for all those guys who see a beautiful girl on the beach, in the hallway or shopping for groceries. This song features Doug Gluckin on Saxophone, Gerry Kraus on bass and Mike Willemin on Drums and Percussion. All other parts were performed by me on lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards.

Lyrics:
Talk to me lady, 
Converse with me a while
Pardon me for saying so but 
You’ve sure got style

I’d like to get to know you 
Let’s cut right to the chase
I’m a man and you’re a woman
We’ll sail into a beautiful place

Ooh my lady – sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh my lady – sha-la-la-la-la-la

Come see the sun set, 
Come take a walk with me
I don’t know what we’ll do but darling
You and I will be

I’d like to get to know you 
I don’t know what to say
I’m a man and you’re a woman
We’ll sail into a beautiful place

{Solo Break}

Ooh my lady – sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh my lady – sha-la-la-la-la-la

Turn off your cell phone
Let’s walk along the beach
The moon is rising over the ocean
The pleasure’s all in reach

I’d like to get to know you 
Let’s cut right to the chase
I’m a man and you’re a woman
We’ll sail into a beautiful place


(c) 2007 P. Trappen Umpteen Music BMI
cover photography by Kevin Philips

Talk to Me Lady

A classic cover of Jack Johnson's tune from my CD 'Chasing the Sky'. I've given this a bit of Blues feeling that works well.  The CD was recorded and produced in my home studio and released in November of 2007.  The album features guest artists on several tracks.  All other parts were performed by me on lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards.

cover photo by: Kevin Philips

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

My interpretation of the great tune by Jimmy Buffet from my CD 'Chasing the Sky'. The CD was recorded and produced in my home studio and released in November of 2007. The album features guest artists on several tracks.  All other parts were performed by me on vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards.

cover photo by: Kevin Philips

Tin Cup Chalice

A live recording of Van Morrison's classic tune from my CD 'Chasing the Sky'. This was taken direct off the mixing board without any additional overdubs. The CD was recorded and produced in my home studio and released in November of 2007. The album features guest artists on several tracks.  All other parts were performed by me on vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica, bass, & sequencer keyboards.

cover photo by: Kevin Philips

Into The Mystic

Into the Mystic

My version of this great song by Bruno Mars. The backing track was recorded by some studio musicians a few years ago = it's very good. I played guitar and sang vocals ...

DEMO ONLY = Not for Sale

The Lazy Song

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane, raised on good scotch and earned my degree at the University of Hard Knox.

Peter Trappen

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