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Life is but a Dream / It All Depends on You

Life is but a Dream

It's Only Love

Tangled Up in You

Soon Enough

Sinseerly Yours

It's Such A Shame

"I Love You for All Seasons"  - The Fuzz (vinyl)

Live song, this came out of observations years ago, but it seems we keep finding the same patterns. This is a bit of a journal of a moment. And a nob to those that feel stuck in the middle. 

Mr. Newsman (Lyrics):

It takes me a bit
to get my courage going.  It’s night time in D.C., crowd gathers  on the streets and monuments There’s a talking head, talking everywhere  Yeah – hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Yeah, the world seems pretty rough and the weather, it’s a changing


We got the poor knocking on the door of D.C, tonight . 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Hey there Mr. Newsman, how’s that change?  ‘Cause the people –  we all got out questions
And you just 
Talk on,
Talk on,
Talk on…
And divide us

Yeah, but the people want our change
We want our change.

So we got the poor,  knocking on the door,  of D.C. tonight.
And are you talk, talk, talking about it? I don’t think so.

The greatest weapon is division. 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? You talk about they, them,  the other side

The greatest weapon is division.

We got the people We got the people  Yeah – the greatest weapon is division

We wanna talk about,  our differences
‘Cause we need a label for everyone 
Are you a him?
Are you a her?
Are you a left?
Are you a gone?
Are you a rich?
Are you poor?
Are your poor-er?
Are you the poorest?
Are you thin poorest of the poor?
 Oh what hue,  what color,  what tint,  is on your skin? 
And if you like a guy, 
But you don’t know what side,
And you live in the middle – Well what do we call you? 
Well we don’t have a label,
so you can’t have a place.

Yeah, you gotta choose your side.
Yeah, you gotta pick you label, if you wanna voice. 
You gotta pick your side,  if you wanna be a part of the words -
The words that we speak about,  If you wanna be a part of the change, 
Pick a label,  Pick a label and walk on by 
The greatest weapon is division.

Mr. Newsman

Len Wade - What You Gonna Do

Art School Girl

Mr. Brown Eyed Soul

My Dream

You Look Like A Flower

Thee Lakesiders - Can't Fool Me Twice

Ask an American soul fan to name their favourite New Orleans’ artists, and they will probably choose Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, The Meters, Irma Thomas and Robert Parker.  Ask a European or Japanese soul fan the same question and they are more likely to select Willie Tee, or an even lesser known artist such as Richard Caiton, a forgotten figure of the New Orleans soul and R&B scene.  Even few New Orleans musicians from his era recall his name.
However, in Europe and Japan, Richard’s emotive, soulful recordings have become revered, and are highly sought after.  Richard Caiton’s name has been kept alive over the last forty years by fans outside the United States.  In overseas R&B/soul record collecting circles, some copies of his original singles have changed hands for well in excess of £1000, and in the last few years the prices have escalated.
Richard James Caiton was born on December 26th, 1944.  One of an extended family of seven children, Richard grew up near the St Bernard housing project in New Orleans.  Whilst he attended Clark High School, he taught himself to play piano and he sang in the church choir; the church in question here being the St John’s Divine Baptist.  Back then, Richard could barely afford to buy records, but listened to the radio a lot; he especially liked the Motown Sound and Curtis Mayfield.  Smokey Johnson lived across the street and he was a great influence.

You Look Like A Flower

Richard Caiton

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