Signature Phil Bowen uplifting melodious mix, with great arrangement and warm comforting production!

Love the celebratory vibe, great vocals as usual !

Good song Phil, I like the story and the way you told it!

History, legends, societies in the lyrics - and the Irish folk-based music unites it all in a nostalgic but cheerful song!

JIM ANDERS _ Rueckwaerts in die Zukunft (Homeless Disko Rmx)

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. String Quartet 1st & 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello, Bowed Acoustic Bass. Violin Background. String Quartet Chamber. Viola. Cello. Bowed Acoustic Bass. Harp Background Rhythm. Percussion Shimmer Tree, Djembe, Tabla, Congas. Crash Cymbal.

Klaziek Muziek

Sequoia

I'm honoured to collaborate again with the awesome Arma Ignifera https://soundcloud.com/herronsound on this beautiful composition: https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/when-the-moon-falls-like-snow

This song is for a musician friend who spent many very tough months struggling to care for her mother and pets, homeless, living out of a small van.

Along the Way - Arma Ignifera (+ltp)

If this ain’t nice then what is ?  This was said by Kurt Vonneguts’ uncle at family gatherings according to Kurt in a YouTube video of one of his lectures about the shapes of stories . So it goes .

Joe Strummer made some of the best music I’ve ever heard .  Phenomenal songwriter musician who made each song his own.  He wrote a song titled “Ramshackle Day Parade” .  So it goes .

The vw bus bit is a high school memory.  Imagine The 70’s Show .  Old Bob is a ditty from long, long ago.


Photo:  close up of sign on B&O Trail 



If this ain’t nice 

Do you remember full back seat 
Freshman September full back seat

Volkswagen micro bus
Sits upon four cinder blocks
Move the rear view mirror 
So I see you see me

Do you remember full back seat 
Freshman September full back seat 

Old Bob can’t find a job
And never will
Old Bob married Jill 
Poor Jill 

If this ain’t nice 
Then what is 
Living day after day
In the great
Ramshackle day parade

if this ain’t nice

This song is for anyone who has been in a relationship with a narcissistic or toxic person. As anyone who has been in a relationship with a narcissist knows, it is incredibly painful. Years can be wasted staying stuck in the relationship triangle of frustration, self-pity or believing you can fix them. When you finally realize that the only way to move forward is to completely cut them out of your life forever you are on the first steps to freedom. Expressing the anger you feel from all the abuse and time wasted is the first step to healing. Hope this song can help you to feel it’s okay to be angry. 

Share this song with someone who needs to hear this.

Mad As Hell

BluBird

This is a track from a concept album telling the story of a young man's experience. The story begins in his homelad of Ireland in the mid 19th century when many people were leaving the country to find a new start in America.  
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards, accordion, guitars: Phil Bowen
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Not much left in this town of one street
Brought up on lies and malevolent deceit
Folks just left with the sound of drumbeats
You can still hear the sound of the marching feet

Verse 2
The black and tans came on a cold and rainy night
Searching for insurgence, no claim to civil rights
They preyed on the weak. They preyed on the strong
Nothing much left. The fight had all gone. 

Middle 8
So here’s to the land of the shamrock so green
May the winds of fortune sail with you
And all your wishes and dreams come true
So here’s to the shamrock so green. 

Verse 3
Stamp on the shamrock with the soles of your feet
Dance with the devil immersed in conceit
Believe or be met with unspeakable ills
I’m the king of the castle, I’m king of the hill

Verse 4
I played the role of Arthur, the king of Camelot
My brothers played the knights, the oldest Galahad
We fought off invaders when we were young lads
Facing off the enemy with wooden knives and guns.

There to here  Pt. 1

Shamrock so green

Shamrock So Green

Call My Name

remastered this one for posterity...and for Devin Locke ; )

glad you came down

A Big Thank You to Zeralda for composing and contributing these wonderful keythemes and the rhythm section…

The picture shows „Ursli“, member of my bro’s family, a pronounced sniffer…

Dr Sniff

1
You can use red contact lenses
You can also glue on a false beard
Maybe put a wig upon your head
Or simply dye your hair
Using sausage water to create a false trail ?
Or hide in Mino's maze

ref 
nonetheless, nonetheless, nonetheless

2
You can plane your fingertips
Put on a perfume Chanel No 5
You can walk backwards in the snow
You may even use stealth technology
You can change means of transport
Or walk upstream
Perhaps hiding behind waterfalls
Or also put on a spacesuit
You can speed away in a really fast car
Even take a plane
You can hide on a cruise- or containership
As a blind passenger

ref 
but nonetheless, but nonetheless

3
You can forge the ID
Even swap your tax number
Or even change your health insurance
You can lay false tracks everywhere

out (2)
You might think you left without trace
But Dr Sniff’s already got your pace
You could even try to hide in hell
But Dr Sniff’s already taken up your smell 

Already taken up your smell… (4)

Dr Sniff (Collab wt Zeralda)

Midnight Talking (For two guitars)

Phil Bowen 

Phil holds a doctorate in philosophy. He is a published author on topics that include emotional intelligence and stress management. His most recent book, "Passion killers in the age of stress and anxiety" is available through Vernon Press at: https://vernonpress.com/book/1106
An earlier book "Emotional intelligence does it really matter?" is also published through Vernon Press and is available from https://vernonpress.com/book/740

While pursuing a career in academia Phil also continues his career in music. He first started to learn the piano at the age of five and at ten began playing the piano accordion. At thirteen he started to learn the guitar. He has played keyboards, guitar and accordion professionally for many years. Phil also writes and records his own songs that have been played by bands in the UK. He is influenced by Ronnie Lane (Small faces/ Slim chance), Eagles, Van Morrison, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackberry Smoke.

Enjoy the eclectic mix of music from Dr Phil Bowen.
Also have a look at:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcmy6F8x9LlxstPGl34IYg
Also back catalogue at:
https://soundcloud.com/phil-bowen-114199826/tracks
music.apple.com/us/artist/phil-bowen/433806295 and
music.apple.com/us/search?term=Th…soners%20reformed

Shamrock So Green

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