Spoken poem strung from a dream accompanied by sounds of hidden tides, musings and other figments.

What I saw in the fire

I discovered this little-performed Mac Rebbenack (Dr John ) classic listening to WWOZ. The original is by Roland Stone and was recorded by Carlo Ditto who is still about and whose studio we'd like to do a studio recording of our version at!

Do You Remember Me( bass & voice duo)

I endured a lengthy health crisis this year (2019) which left me with a partially paralyzed left ankle (foot drop) from which I may never recover. I went through a lot of emotions concerning this, including some very dark ones. Ultimately, life is what you make it and if you want to be happy you have to find a way to make lemonade out of lemons, as the saying goes. Writing this song was an important step (pun intended) on the path away from despair. I always find that injecting some humor into the situation does wonders. I've also discovered that I can still dance, just can't do certain things with my left foot. It's OK and really I'm lucky to be alive.

Ode To A Drop Foot Blues (with ambient kitchen sounds)

I Put A Spell On You

Spike and Dianimal is at its core a bass and voice duo. The flexibility of this form allows us to play as a stand-alone stripped down duo while also offering endless possibilities of additional instrumentation and featured guest artists. In this way, we are truly an "elastic band."

The concept is that Spike and Dianimal can be a self-contained, stripped-down duo/trio, (sometimes filled out by live looping), while also being infinitely expandable to include as many additional instrumentalists as may be imagined (or budgeted for), and as the song may require. So, one song may have accordion and violin added, while another may need trombone and harp. Spike and Dianimal's motto is “the song is the thing”: all must be in service to the song. If the musician can disappear into the song, then so can the listener. The caveat is that this is only possible if it’s a great song, so Spike and Dianimal aim to do only great songs, and do them justice.

The repertoire is a mixture of melodic originals with thoughtful lyrics ranging from satire to pathos, with too many influences to mention here, plus carefully chosen works of songwriting genius from the Great International Songbook, bold old and new.

Ode To A Drop Foot Blues (with ambient kitchen sounds)

Spike and Dianimal

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