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Lisa Let Me Go written by RW Sanders

I did these covers in one day each, and didn't listen to the records I  just played what I remember from 50 years ago. I play and sing all parts.

As Tears Go By(cover)

written in 1974 by Jeff Cortazzo
arranged by RW Sanders

Jeff/all acoustic instruments and lead vocal
rw/all electric instruments, synthesizer, vocals

The Hunter's Song

I wrote You Are The One in 1976. Steve Lemmons plays piano and vocals, Larry Davidson plays bass and drums. I play the guitars and sing lead vocal. I have played this at many dear friends' weddings. And it's been highly successful as all are still happily married. So it is one of my favorites.

You Are The One

Jeff Cortazzo and I wrote this one in 1973
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RW Sanders/guitar, lead vocal
Jeff Cortazzo/bass, vocal
Steve Lemmons/guitar, vocal
Dan Ward/drums, vocal


Blue Ridge Rider

In 1977 I wrote and recorded Lisa Let Me Go in under two hours while awaiting Jeff's return from class. His wife challenged me that I'd never written a real country song, so this is all me and no one else, and my attempt to satisfy the challenge.

Lisa Let Me Go

Jeff and I wrote this in the early seventies. It evolved over time into this combination of three songs. We used this to open our shows, and this is skyscraper, and recorded in 1975.

rw sanders/acoustic lead guitar and vocals
jeff cortazzo/acoustic rhythm and vocals
steve lemmons/bass and vocals
dan ward/drums and harmonica

Again, these recordings are copies of copies, so forgive sound quality please. rw

Valley Park Trilogy

Helpless (non profit cover composer Neil Young)

John said this song was his favorite of all the songs he'd written.

Rain (cover, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

From the Town Pump in Ft Collins Colorado with Michael 'Blindcat' McIntire in May of 1979

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Mountain Dew (cover, written by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scotty Wiseman)

Sanders and McIntire live at the Town Pump in Ft Collins Colorado May 1979

Stay All Night ( cover, written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan)

Sanders and McIntire featuring Bebe Bryant, niece of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant who wrote the Tennessee state song, Rocky Top and most of the Everly Brothers hits.

Way Downtown (cover, written by Devon L Harris)

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Good Hearted Woman (cover, written by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson)

In 2015 my first drummer in my first band got in touch to remind me that it was our 50th anniversary of being paid to play music. And it is true, in 1965 we began playing high school dances and even opened and played at intermission for our mentors, Eric and the Norsemen. At age 12, I was the oldest in our band. So in 2015 I covered a bunch of the Hot 100 Billboard Hits of 65 and sent them to the boys in the band. It threw me for a little bit to try to cover a Petula Clark song, I never thought I'd do that.

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Downtown (cover, written by Tony Hatch)

Tennessee Stud (cover, written by James Morris)

I play and sing all parts on these covers, and I probably need to fire a couple of my backup singers.

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California Girls (cover, written by Brian Douglas Wilson and Michael Edward Love)

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I Can't Help Myself (cover, written by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Edward Jr Holland)

I've written songs with Jeff for 50 years now.

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Your Move written by RW Sanders and Jeff Cortazzo

Down In The Boondocks (cover, written by Joe South)

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I Heard It Through The Grapevine (cover, written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield)

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Dear Mr Fantasy ( cover, written by Chris Wood, Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi)

Local boy makes good. His best is probably Always On My Mins.

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The Letter ( cover, written by Wayne Carson Thompson)

And I Love Her ( cover, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Help Me Rhonda ( cover, written by Brian Wilson and Michael Love)

Old Man Is A Fool (written by RW Sanders)

Streets Of Laredo (cover, written by Marty Robbins)

Nowhere Man (cover, songwriters John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Across The Universe (cover, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Tomorrow Never Knows (cover, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Ruby Tuesday ( cover, songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)

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Get Together (cover, written by Chester Powers)

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Sunshine Superman  (cover, written by Donovan Leitch)

Peaceful Easy Feeling (cover, written by Jack Tempchin)

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Outlaw Man (cover, written by David Blue)

I did this one because my first car in 1969 was a 67 GTO. Red with black vinyl top and interior with a 454 under the hood. I loved that car.

My Little G.T.O. (cover, written by John Buck Wilkin)

Gimme Some Lovin (cover, writers steve winwood, Muff W

Dear Mister Fantasy (cover, wrioters Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood)

This one Jeff and I wrote sometime in the mid seventies. I do lead vocals and lead electric guitar, Jeff plays acoustic and vocals.

Your Move

Burn em if you gottem. This is live from Jefferson City Missouri in 1981 with Jim Wyrick and Mary Boes. Please forgive the audio glitch. I used to sing this with a lit cig in my mouth and once dropped it right into the sound hole on my guitar. By the time I finished the song, smoke was coming out of my guitar. I could see it and poured a little beer on it. That's the night Betsy learned to smoke and drink. Ha ha

Smoke That Cigarette (written by Merle Travis and Tex wILLIAMS)

Bartender Blues

Nowhere Man (cover written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)

Tomorrow Never Knows (cover, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)

I wrote this about six months ago. I am going to finish it soon. ;)rw

I Love California by RW Sanders

Live from Munchies in Springfield, Missouri in 1979. Jeff sings one of my favorite songs he's written while I play lead guitar, Mark Hennigan plays piano and Mike Libertus plays conga drums.

One Thin Thread

I wrote this song long ago, and just last week, a friend sent me a CD that I didn't know existed, but I am on several tracks. This was a band with Jim Evans, Steve Lemmons, Steve Story and Larry Davidson and was recorded on a small 4 track reel to reel tape recorder in 1976. That was before personal computers existed. :)rw 12/29/15

Sweet Melinda by RW Sanders

My first car was a 1967 GTO, so I had to sing about them. These guys were some of the first surf musicians, and this song hit in 1964. I should have used some motor sounds. :)

My Little GTO (Ronny and the Daytonas cover)non profit

I think this song by Stephen Stills is as appropriate today as yesterday. One for the ages, and proud to cover it. :)

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For What It's Worth(Buffalo Springfield cover)non profit

I think we can all use a bit of love potion. :)

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Love Potion No. 9 (Leiber/Stoller cover)non profit

I either wrote this in 68 or in 72, there is a bit of foggy memory involved. Suffice to say a long time ago.

Old Man Is A Fool  by RW Sanders

Written in mid 1964 and turned into a hit song when Barry McGuire released it in 1965. Doesn't really matter as it holds up ever today. Perhaps a prophet was PF Sloan, or maybe just a keen observer of humanity.

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Eve of Destruction (cover non profit)

Had to cover the Spencer Davis Group with Little Stevie Winwood.

GIMME SOME LOVIN (cover non profit)

Saw he and Crosby do this when it was brand new.

SIMPLE MAN (cover non profit)

I am 70 years old and began playing music for money at age 12. Played with lots of folks since..Did most of my writing with Jeff Cortazzo, best friend 52 years, now. So you will find recordings here that are now 50 years old, as well as new recordings I am doing currently. These new ones are simply me, myself, and I. I sing and play all the parts. I use my trusty old acoustic guitar and an aged Casio keyboard. Drums are courtesy of Casio. I have been fortunate in my 60 odd years to play with some wonderful musicians. Unfortunately, I am now disabled and unable to do gigs. I miss that, so I do next best by utilizing today's wonderful technology to play with myself. :) rw Hope your ears don't bleed. Don't forget to visit Skyscraper on Facebook.

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