Featured Newfoundland artist:

~ Tom Pinsent - Remember When 

~ Randy Connors - Dad’s Song 

~ Calvin Blackmore - Waltzing In Newtown Tonight 


New Brunswick Artist: 

~ Teddy Rowe - Queen Of The Bay

Unsigned Radio Hour #2

Please feel free to check out my lyric video of “Alone” on my YouTube channel.   

Lyric Video:  https://youtu.be/Bj63weum9js

Peace and love,
Max



Lyrics

I heard the words you sang to me
Sadly so serene
The melody hangs over me
Sacred and obscene
With wounds never meant to heal
Open and laid bare
And words I don't wanna hear
Hanging in the air

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I have to go
Go on alone

Love it can burn into the soul
And fade with the wind
The words left unspoken now
Will linger in the end
Your love's like a reverie
Of a long forgotten road
Broken down and weathered
Nowhere left to go

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I dont want to go
Go on alone

Alone

About a decade ago two things happened: I came really close to losing a family member to a sudden brain infection and my then-wife asked for a divorce. In both cases I didn't have an opportunity to tidy things up before the door suddenly shut. I wrote this song at the time but it took awhile to unpack the suitcase. As usual, I would much rather someone else sing this than me, preferably Harry Nilsson.


Well I guess this is goodbye
I won’t see you anymore
Your eyes are strangely vacant
You’re just staring at the floor

Well I swore I wouldn’t cry
Well I guess I’ve lied before
Lies are only wishes
We don’t believe in anymore

And if I hold your hand
Would you understand?
Would you hear me call your name?
Words to dull the silence
Nothing to dull the pain

Is this the last goodbye?
I can’t believe that it comes to this bitterness
Is this the way love dies?
Tossed out and hopeless
No time will tell, no fare thee well

If I could do it all again  
I’d be the one to bend 
I’d soften up my heart
I’d treat you like a friend

Did I ever even try?
Did I give it all I had?
The days that made me dizzy
Are the only days we’ll have

Is this the last goodbye?
I can’t believe that it comes to this bitterness
Is this the way love dies?
Tossed out and hopeless
No time will tell, no fare thee well

Open up your eyes so I can see you one last time

(Kick-ass guitar solo)

But it’s over now
And I don’t know how
To leave it all behind
I want to hear you say it
I gotta hear you say goodbye

Just one last goodbye
That’s all I need
Then I will leave
Then we'll let it die
I won't fight
I’ll be alright

Open up your eyes so I can see you one last time
If love is blind, I’ll close mine

The Last Goodbye

I wrote this song the first time I was living in Australia. I'm singing lead and an accompanied by my bandmates from my bluegrass band Cornbread. 

Sugarcane

All That Glitters
Words: Fogey and CW		Music: Fogey
Mixing: Jack Holston

All that glitters may not be gold
But the allure of something shiny never seems to get old

I should know better than to fall
For the lure of something skin deep like a siren’s call

Initial Attraction and short-term satisfaction
May not be a winning recipe
Subtler charms and welcoming arms are for me

A queen and her drama should raise an alarm, ha
That Ego’s a glutton that brain is unbuttoned
Better beware son danger lurks there son
Here’s the story that is seldom told
All that glitter soon gets really old
A true heart is true gold

I felt so special when she smiled
And slyly glanced then my heart danced just like a wild child

Some time later she smiled again
But this time it was for somebody else so it begins 

Don’t take the plunge she’s an attention sponge,
It’s agreed, her wandering’s guaranteed
Smiles that are earned and not merely learned are for me 

A queen and her drama should raise an alarm, ha
That Ego’s a glutton that brain is unbuttoned
Better beware son danger lurks there son
Here’s the story that is seldom told
All that glitter soon gets really old
A true heart is true gold

(Let this be told)                                 All that glitters may not be gold     
(A true heart is true gold)                  All that glitter soon gets old

All That Glitters

MIXED by Jack Holston
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/368799-jack-holston

NOTE: I turned 60 at the end of November 2015. Thus began the "Sexagenarian" era! "My Last Song" is from summer 2019, after I had retired and moved from Los Angeles to north San Diego. Felt a bit at that time like my muse was...busy elsewhere? In a lull. I was not aware that I was about to enjoy a resurgence of my songwriting, leading to the multi-volume Sexagenarian series. Anyway, here is me exploring the world of bubble-gum pop! 

LYRIC
Far away
Long ago
I had the cheapest six string
Learned a few chords
and scribbled some words
Not much voice but I’d sing

Little shared
So few cared
But I continued writing
It was how I kept track as life rolled along
Now this might be
My last song

I’ve lost count
the amount
Never once paused to note it
Any one song can take me back to the time I wrote it
Every place
Every face
Once more appears at my will
And that is how it will be until
My last song

Why look at photos?
What do they show
Some old tune of mine captures the memory
I close my eyes and let it flow

Yesterday
Lost my way
Couldn’t find inspiration
Told myself it’ll be all right but
I might be wrong
Yes this could be
My last song   
Yes it may be
My last song

I’ve got a box full of
Old cassette tapes
A bit of life is stored up inside them
Choose one, hit play and - the past escapes

Long ago
Far away
Or was it just this morning
I added a few words to a new tune 
So here’s fair warning 
This won’t be my last song
No this won’t be - my last song

Sexagenarian 1

My Last Song

https://youtu.be/Q7HcYfDA1Jo?si=KAJzA9aN-3Z76cdr

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This track is dedicated to a very special person.

To Love Someone Special was recently played on the @raynaontheradio Unsigned Radio Hour. Show some love - subscribe and listen to their radio here: http://vowr.org/

The track will be released to all platforms March 29.

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To Love Someone Special

Name

Let's Go

Lot's of cluster chords, fists and elbows were used in this piece but no actual
keys were harmed. I just needed one more little rant to expedite the demons. Next song will be a little more gentle I promise!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxT52ZbWUZI

Big thanks to Christopher Stevens sending me this fabulous picture taken on Brighton beach. He captures the mood so deftly. You can see more of his work on instagram @3000realms

Packaging
It makes me cuss
We definitely have
Too much of this stuff
Packaging 
The whole thing just  sucks
My bin liner’s full
And I barely woke up
 
Consuming is booming
And the world’s full of bling
Then we dig  a big hole
And shove it all in!       

Think for a mo’
Are we really that thick?
Coz fruits such a hoot
When not wrapped in plastic 

Downside, I guess
If you are buying a ring
It spoils the surprise
If not wrapped in something

Time to fess up
Is it really essential? 
And don’t marry someone
With no green credentials

Packaging,
It makes me cuss
We definitely have
Too much of this stuff
Packaging 
The whole thing just sucks
My bin liner’s full
And I barely woke up

I’m sure you are able
To read all the labels
That bag on the table
Is biodegradable?

Time to decide 
Get off ya backside 
And this dude will abide
If you walk on your ‘green side’

Packaging,
Just makes me cuss
We definitely have
Too much of this stuff
Packaging 
The whole thing just sucks
Bin liner’s full
And I barely woke up

Packaging!

I am numb
I’ve forgotten how to feel
I have become
An impenetrable shell of steel
I won’t succumb
To their appeals
They beat their drums
But I will not reveal

What goes on inside my head
I won’t be drawn, I can’t be read
And I have no more tears to shed 
My oath is etched upon your grave
I won’t let go, I won’t be saved

I am alone
It’s best that way
I ignore the phone
I have no words today
If they think that I’m not home
Maybe they’ll go away
Cos they just want to know
What I cannot say 'bout

What goes on inside my head
I won’t be drawn, I can’t be read
And I have no more tears to shed 
My oath is etched upon your grave
I won’t let go, I won’t be saved

My words are only mine to hear
I made a promise I will keep
I close my eyes and you’re with me
For now I've everything I need

What goes on inside my head
My vision’s dull, my passion’s dead
I have no heart, I’ve stone instead
My oath is etched upon your grave
I won’t let go, I won’t be saved

No More Tears

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