Name: Code Monkey (Instrumental) by Scott Micheal Minchk
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: Here's an instrumental version of my favorite Jonathan Coulton song, Code Monkey. All guitars were recorded using a Line 6 POD Go.

The Howlin Wolf classic. Performed by Madison, Wisconsin's Honor Among Thieves band, June 1st, 1997 at the Crystal Corner Bar. 

Andy Ewen: Guitar, Vocal
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Randal Harrison: Violin
Joey B. Banks: Drums

Photo by Bob Rashid.

Killing Floor

A recording from my little Living Room Lab.  A bit of influence from both Reggae and Otis Rush

Brackish Snark

Pops and Skinny perform "Light That Shines". Very Stripped down and slightly silly.

Light That Shines

There’s a light that shines 
When you put out your helping hand 
It crosses over water and reaches out across the land

There’s a light that shines when you stand together strong 
The soul starts dancing
And the heart breaks out in song.

There’s a light that shines 
When your love it knows no bounds 
The most beautiful feeling I have ever found.

Andy Ewen:Vocal, Handclaps, Songwriter
Skinny Gaviar: Guitar


Light That Shines

A relatively new song by Madison, Wisconsin's Honor Among Thieves band. Recorded on a Zoom recorder by Jon Boland at The Bur Oak in Madison on August 2nd, 2025.

Seeing Stars

Went to the drugstore with my Mom
I bought a chocolate heart
I gave it to the one next door
And they showed me all of their parts

I once had three friends
Bea, Bopp and Lula
One of them left for sex
One of them left for drink
And one of them left for a burning desire
Never to feel or to think

So I’m sitting here behind my eyes
Live wires attached to the bars
When things get too sweet
They turn up the heat
And I’m knocked on my ass seeing stars

Andy Ewen: Vocal, Guitar, Songwriter
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Joey B. Banks: Drums
Ryan Repenshek: Guitar

Seeing Stars (Honor Among Thieves Raw and Live)

Bob Dylan's "She Belongs to Me" as interpreted by Madison, Wisconsin's Honor Among Thieves band. Recorded by Jon Boland live on a Zoom portable recorder on August 2nd,2025 at the Bur Oak in Madison.

Andy Ewen: Vocal, Guitar
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Joey B. Banks: Drums
Ryan Repenshek: Guitar

She Belongs to Me (Dylan Cover: Honor Among Thieves, Live and Raw)

A relatively recent addition to the Honor Among Thieves repertoire.  This version was recorded raw and live at The Bur Oak in Madison, Wisconsin on August 2, 2025.

Have You Seen My Phone?

One path led to the forest
One Path led to the sky
One Path led to the land
Of my oh my oh my

But hey Honey
Have you seen my phone?

One path led to creation
One path led to the end of the world
One path led to
I am that I am
The mystery unfurled

But hey Honey
Have you seen my phone?

One path led to the garden
One path led to the sea
One path led to the universe
And that’ll be the end of me

But hey Honey
Have you seen my phone?

Hey Honey
I feel so alone

Andy Ewen: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Songwriter
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Joey B. Banks: Percussion
Ryan Repenshek: Electric Guitar

Recorded on a Zoom by Jon Boland

Have You Seen My Phone?

Madison, Wisconsin's Honor Among Thieves band perform the Bob Dylan classic. Recorded by audience member Jon Boland on a Zoom recorder at The Bur Oak club on August 2nd, 2025 in Madison.

Andy Ewen: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Joey B. Banks: Percussion
Ryan Repenshek: Electric Guitar

Girl From The North Country (Dylan Cover: Honor Among Thieves Live and Raw)

A rocking live version of Andy Ewen's "Mondo Diddley" recorded on a Zoom by audience member, Jon Boland. Performed on August 2nd, 2025 at Madison, Wisconsin's Bur Oak club.
Andy, aka, Andrando Delmondo ( at 70 years of age) lets loose. 
Killer drumming by Joey B. Banks

I'm standing the vault of the sky
on a point the size of a pin
One side of my face is black as night
other shines like a railroad light
Got a bucket of love in one of my hands
light as the breath of the sea
Got a bucket of blood in the other
it's dragging down on me

Spent so many years in the desert
I can't shake the sand from my eyes
The dog that sleeps at the foot of my bed
calls me on all my lies
My version of the truth
is cut from smoke and glass
and it's hard to tell the present
from the future and the past

Being here with you
is the best place I can be
I'm standing on the vault of the sky
I'm light as the breath of the sea
Well, the words come out my eyes
and I catch 'em on my tongue
I spit them out on the forest floor
Where the mice and chickens run

Andy Ewen: Vocal, Electric Guitar, Songwriter
Doug DeRosa: Bass
Joey B. Banks: Drums
Ryan Repenshek: Guitar

Mondo Diddley (Honor Among Thieves Live and Raw)

Here's an instrumental version of my favorite Jonathan Coulton song, Code Monkey. All guitars were recorded using a Line 6 POD Go.

Code Monkey (Instrumental)

I spend my days creating sounds for digital guitar gear, like the TC G-System, Kemper Profiler, and the Line 6 Helix. 
To demonstrate the sounds I create, I record short pieces of instrumental guitar music.
Enjoy!!!

Code Monkey (Instrumental)

Scott Micheal Minchk

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