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I was in the parlor with Mrs. Sunrise, singing an old-times tune about a beautiful harvest moon, when it all ended - It ended too soon

"Kentucky Waltz" is a 1946 song written and performed by Bill Monroe. The song was Bill Monroe's most successful release on the Country & Western charts peaking at number three. In 1951 Eddy Arnold recorded his version of the song which reached number one on the Country & Western Best Seller charts.

The Kentucky Waltz is a true love song for me to sing to and with my lovely bride, but who was it about for the one who made it? 

William “Bill” Smith Monroe, the youngest of eight children was born on September 13, 1911 in  Rosine, Kentucky to James Buchanan “Buck” Monroe, a prosperous farmer who also ran timber and mining operations, and Malissa Monroe, who kept house and helped pass along dance steps and British-American folksongs to her children.

There’s more than a few women that come up in the story of Bill Monroe’s later life. Notably, Carolyn Brown, Bill’s first wife who inspired the song “Along About Daybreak” after stabbing Bill in the leg with an ice pick. Or the infamous mistress Bessie Lee Mauldin. As a long standing Bluegrass Boy bassist, her relationship with Bill allegedly bore an “illegitimate” child, if there can be such - I think not. You may know their daughter as “Little Georgia Rose”. Another story is that Wanda Huff once accused Bill Monroe of cheating and asked him to swear on a Bible that he hadn’t, Bill allegedly beat her silly with that same Bible. However, the case was dismissed after it came to light Wanda had threatened Bill’s life and a gun was found in her truck.

So maybe Bill didn’t have the best love life, if only he could go back to a simpler time. Spoiler Warning. Oh wait, you’re supposed to put that before you say the spoiler.

See before Bill met Carolyn, Bessie, or Wanda there was another love. A woman he met right in his hometown of Rosine, Kentucky. A woman that he shared some special moments with. Maybe he was playing a dance with Uncle Pen and he set out on a tune so he could dance with her:

“We were waltzing that night in Kentucky
Beneath the beautiful harvest moon
And I was the boy that was lucky
But it all ended too soon...”

Just like Bill says in that last line, it didn’t work out between them. Which sent him down a path of failed relationships as far as the eye can see. If only he had some kind of time travelling mandolin.

Oh wait, he did have a time travelling mandolin. Yup, Bill Monroe’s prized 1923 Gibson F-5 Lloyd Loar serial number 73987 was a time machine. Bill Monroe purchased the famed mandolin in October of 1943 from a barbershop in Florida. From that moment forward you can think of Bill Monroe as Marty McFly and Llyod Loar as Doc Brown. 

Monroe's last performance occurred on March 15, 1996. He ended his touring and playing career in April, following a stroke. Monroe died on September 9, 1996, in Springfield, Tennessee, four days before his 85th birthday.

The above is cut ‘n paste internet folklore about the father of American bluegrass, but one thing I know is true is that I botched this sweet little recording of Mrs. Sunrise and me during editing and somehow deleted most of the song. But maybe that’s just how it was meant to be. It most certainly all ends too soon. JT

Kentucky Fried Waltz - It All Ended Too Soon

Kentucky Fried Waltz - It All Ended Too Soon (Duck ‘n Cover)

Rock song written, performed and produced by Sean Ferree

The Learning Curve

From the 2nd King Dodo EP, “Ants in the Toffee” , Released 25/11/23

KING DODO - THE CASCADE PHILOSOPHY

The 1st movement of the String Quartet No. 18 (2024).

Pawel Strzelecki: 1. Prelude [String Quartet No. 18 "No Silence"].

This track is the first idea for a new piece of music about how physics interacts on our bodies and our own perceived reality. There will be some heavier tracks coming in future to complement this but I wanted to get something out before the end of 2023 as i had made a bet with myself :) and i was missing the warmth of summer sunlight

image from CERN under CC-BY

A Unified Theory

Consciousness extended version

Dream.

Flawed Beauty (re-work)

Hoping you gonna talk to her
She is dreaming
Chasing shadows
So if she's passing your way don't scare her
Her road has been hard
So give her a gentle touch

She is walking by your side, but you can't see her
But if you do she passes your way
This mystical girl ain't like all the others


Please come back
Come back to me
I see you in my dreams tonight
Please come back and dance for me
Dance for all eternity


Now she is on her own somewhere
You can't find her in her own secret place
Her own little world she is keeping for herself
Like the tiny flower she holds in her hand

I finally saw her today
She looked kind of pale
Sometimes you came to me
In daylight I see you


Please come back
Come back to me
I see you in my dreams tonight
Please come back and dance for me
Dance for all eternity


(SOLO)


Please come back
Come back to me
I see you in my dreams tonight
Please come back and dance for me
Dance for all eternity


When my thoughts go to you, I can feel that you're coming closer

Chasing Shadows

GRATITUDE - It's all about the music!

It took me some time to finish this tune, as I composed this almost a decade ago. For some reason, many other musical projects kept distracting me from investing the kind of time this tune, “GRATITUDE”, required and I believe deserved. 
But, I decided to not let it remain on the back burner any longer. 
I’m happy to say I finally got it done.

This tune is all about the gratitude I have towards everything that encompasses music. There’s gratitude simply for music existing in the first place. It’s my heartfelt tribute towards the art of music in all its forms. It is also just as much a tribute to ALL the musicians, from all walks of life, famous and not so famous... with some of course being highly influential and motivational for me on a personal level, all of which have been a source of inspiration in one way or another over the course of my life.

The essence of music is one of those big unanswered mysteries in the human experience. Why is it that we humans perceive the sounds of music in the way we do? No one has ever really come up with a plausible explanation, yet music remains as a special art form that has existed throughout modern civilization and has been expressed in countless ways. It’s pretty incredible… isn’t it?!

So, I conclude with the hopes that you will give a good listen to my tune “GRATITUDE”. 
After all this is a tribute to every one out there... whether you are a fellow musician, or the non-musician that simply loves to listen to music and one that embraces this wonderful and diverse art form.

All music performed (guitars and keys) and sequenced (bass and drums) by Audric Jankauskas

GRATITUDE (Audric Jankauskas-2024)

A Album never released before, here for the 1st time. Hope you enjoy and relax to it.  some tracks have been released on there own with guest producers and the like.

Time To Move On - Kittarix

Betrayed

The Featherstone Massacre 1893 the British Army turned their guns on the civilian population.👇This is music about not taking things for granted they can always get worse. Its Metal and Alternative Rock for people who love distortion and a sing along chorus

Consciousness extended version

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