Year

Em7  Asus2
Love lost in the winter
Em7  Asus2
Chaos of the heart 
Em7  Asus2
You come back to me for an hour
Dsus2    Cadd9   Asus2
Time you came back to me for a year

Break: Dsus2   Cadd9   Asus2

Dsus2    Cadd9   Em7
Pitch black summer nights
Dsus2    Cadd9   Asus2
Pale blue summer days
Dsus2    Cadd9   Em7
On the road to the frontier
Dsus2    Cadd9   Asus2
Time you came back to me for a year

Break: Dsus2   Cadd9   Asus2

Dsus2    Cadd9   Asus2
I’m no one, if you are not here (repeats)

Year (demo)

Albuquerque - solo clip (Neil Young cover)

Dug this song up today. A weak but accurate impression of the song as written in maybe 2006 or 7. Hope to nail a new version with updated lyrics and fancier guitar.

Photo by Amy Delle Palme is a moonrise in Sunset Park, Las Vegas (2014)

demo

Moonrise - original version demo (2009) #OldGhosts

I've been carrying this song around for over 10 years and it's had permutations along the way. It played a role in us naming our son Ansel. Ten years after I wrote it, he was born on the same day the iconic photo "Moonrise, Hernandez" was taken by Ansel Adams.

The way I play the song on this live take is flawed but close to how it should go, I think. Still not sure where to go with it in terms of a production.

Moonrise (Demo -2019 Version)

I'm putting together a collection of my old recordings called 'Old Ghosts'. Here's one of the very oldest. (Photo is me at 19. Good old days.)

It's Hard To Be Alone (2002) #OldGhosts

Pretty gritty mix to upgrade what was originally an acoustic solo type deal. Vocals need to be redone, solo is missing, lots of tweaks to come.

Produced by JM Leblanc (Vengeful, Hourglass) & Jack Mud
Recorded by Emmanuel Pronovost (Neokosmos)

I

MAZINAW

II
One more time into the cave
On a pilgrimage of sacred graves
Formal chance to bluster brave
As we sacrifice this day

III
I bring word from Mazinaw
That our fates were intertwined
Before we killed the bull

IV
Born as scorpions under birch
To fallen ravens, veils, and spears
Thru the din we play the dirge
Of our old misguided fears 

V
I bring word from Mazinaw
That our fates are intertwined
As we shelter the egg

VI
Another dance into the dark
Solemn stride into the night
Alongside brothers in arms
We storm the gate to save the light

VII
I bring word from Mazinaw
That our fates are intertwined
Until we tear down the wall

*photo depicts mithraeum floor

© Jack Mud 2019

Mazinaw (demo)

Demo version I wanted share. We're planning to retake vocals and tweak, but I like this mix. It's not everyday you get an extreme metal artist like JML to sing with you on somethin folky like this!

Produced by JM Leblanc (Vengeful, Hourglass) & Jack Mud
Recorded by Emmanuel Pronovost (Neokosmos)


JUBILEE

She stood and fired
White Eagle’s gun 
Sending her letters off
'Fore she lost the sun

He glanced across the table
Eyed his fate and stood stunned 
Two shots in swift succession
The damage done

They were gone
Chasing the money 
Wild things 
Waiting for the moon
Gone
Until Day comes
And all misfortune
Come undone

She raised the turn with nothing
Hoped to steal away
As the final card was flying
They felt the reaper’s gaze

Long stretch
Rolling back to the heartland
To find themselves in love
Alone
In winter cold
But a hearth is warming
So many miles left to run

© Jack Mud 2019

Salvatore Delle Palme (Songs)