Howard Holmes ~ That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine

Original tune written back in the 50s by my Dad, a truck driver.

Howard Holmes - My Favorite Truck Stop

Antic Hay three song cassette recorded March 8 & 9, 1986.

Drowning Ulysses, Here and Now, The Hand That Takes

Vernon Guinn - Guitar / Charles Grant - Bass / David Warshaw - Drums / Gary Ziroli - Vocals

produced by ISIDORE / engineered by Vic Lipscombe / recorded at CMC Studios, Zebulon, NC



Antic Hay 3-Song Cassette 1986

Antic Hay with a studio performance of their classic 'Flatfall.' A powerful song in live performance, this song shines just as bright in this studio track (with strings!) from 1986. Howard Swartz was now the drummer for the band. 
Gary says "We played that string part on the keyboard together. Yes, it took four hands to play that!"

If I knew my way, I'd go back home... and I'd start again.

Antic Hay ~ Flatfall ~1986 Studio Track

Howard Holmes in a short take of an old Tobacco Tags tune.

V-8 Blues

From an appearance on 'The Midnight Special.'

Steve Martin - Vegas Tut

Carol Taylor discovers R.E.M.'s "Chronic Town" in the FM99 throwaway bin, 1982.

Carol Taylor Discovers R.E.M.

Birds on Drugs ~ Our Love Is Like An Overdue Library Book

1987. Cogan's. Norfolk. Winter. Birds On Drugs. The immortal, catchy theme of everyone's favorite sugar-laden artificially fruit drink, Pet Coolie. Contains no fruit juice.

Birds On Drugs - Pet Coolie Theme

Howard Holmes singing the classic "Life is Like A Mountain Railroad." Or, if you prefer, "Life's Railway to Heaven." Daddy sings and plays all parts.

Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad

A surf-rock guitar rave-up rework of the classic Christmas carol. Wade Mathias (of Tidewater, VA's 80s faves X-Raves) plays everything for us on this great new track for 2017's "A Randy Little Christmas 11."

A Randy Little Christmas 11

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Paul Johnson (of Norfolk's Waxing Poetics) penned this crazy tune about a Solar-powered Santa wobler. Fun and funny music for 2017's "A Randy Little Christmas 11."

Solar Santa

Paul Johnson (of Norfolk's great Waxing Poetics) and I get together for a quiet Christmas tune that takes you from early childhood days through heartache and joy to the expectations of the now.

Wishbook (Turn The Page)

The 'theme' song from the Elia Kazan  movie starring Andy Griffith "A Face in the Crowd." As Dex relates the story, the song was written and recorded but never used in the movie, although the guitar cue comes back frequently during the film. Later the take was released as a 45 and a 78 with Andy singing the song with a tune based on the ancient "Sittin' On Top Of The World' tune/rhythm pattern and the Bob Bain Trio supplying the backup. Bob Bain would later go on to occupy the guitar seat on the Johnny Carson show for 22 years.

In this take, Dex and Sara work the inherent drama in the tune, a stark tale of loneliness and not much redemption in sight. From the Swampjam House Concert series in Plymouth, North Carolina. This performance dated 6.23.2012

Dex Romweber Duo - A Face In The Crowd

Side 1 & 2 of a 7" vinyl instructional 45 that came with many Sears Silvertone guitars in the and 1960s, featuring instructor Don Rainey.

READ-LISTEN-LEARN from SEARS

This is a custom MIDI of Waxing Poetics' song "Jet Black Plastic Pistol."

Jet Black Plastic Pistol ~ EZ Listening

Tidewater Virginia's Thin Lads cassette release from 1987.
Four tracks:
Waste of Time
He's Alive
Here,Now
Demon


Thin Lads - Here and Now -1987

This song, recently revived from an ancient four-track source, represents some of the great music Waxing Poetics continued to make that never made it to official release. Until now, that is. A terrific song from three decades ago, that could have been written yesterday.

More rare and live Poetics track at
https://soundcloud.com/silvertonium

Waxing Poetics ~ Everything You Want's Against The Law

Early live Waxing Poetics cover of the classic Bauhaus tune from a random night in late 1984 or early 1985.
More rare and live Poetics track at
https://soundcloud.com/silvertonium

Waxing Poetics ~ Kick In The Eye

I'm sure a bunch of us on either side of 50 or so from the Norfolk, VA area remember the pop station WQRK, 'Super Q,' at one-oh-four-and-a-half on your FM dial. Well, courtesy of me falling asleep one night with my Sears cassette recorder running sometime in mid-1976, we can enjoy a couple of jingles, a great Stiller & Meara Jack In The Box ad, and a news report from
" ♪♫ Super Q R K ♪♫."

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