Happy Valentine's Day! 
Here's an old recording never released, until today.
This preceded the Spontaenium album by years.
T.J. Wead plays all instruments and shaker, though not percussion.

This is a special gift for fans who have wondered about creations that came before our Album. This was years before T.J. and Ben Rico met in Hanalei, Kauai and decided to join forces to create Spontaenium.
It's a "one pass," which means the vocals were done in one take and the song's organic rawness has kept it hidden for awhile.
This was produced by Tom Chadwick, in Los Angeles.




Goddess Of Love

This song was written to honor all women. Just as the fragrant lei blesses the one adorned with its beauty, so do all women bless the world with their presence.

Fragrant

Spontaenium on KKCR Live Kaua'i Radio from Hanalei Kaua'i,
The Song "Love Sweet Love," performed by
T.J. Wead - vox and acoustic guitar
Ben Rico - vox keys and magic
Kirk Smart - guitar virtuoso
Mammoth Freeman - freestyle vox
Aure Jean - backing vox

"Love Sweet Love" Live on KKCR Hanalei, HI

This is a selection from the album Spontaenium and is offered as a free mp3 for all to share.
Words and music by T.J. Wead and Ben Rico.  Released 9.12.12.

Here is an honoring to the African people who throughout history were taken from their homes and forced into slavery.  It is also a story of triumph in the face of great adversity, for these innocent people’s spirits, longing only to be free, could not be conquered.  Even when threatened by death for the practice, they continued to sing their spiritual songs, and play their music which had been passed along to them from their ancestors.  To this day, one can still hear their voices in the many varieties of music that are played all over the world. Although they lived in captivity, the freedom within their hearts could not be taken away.  Those who rebelled against this horrible injustice were met with overwhelming force, and their valiant efforts are not to be forgotten.  One hopes that swift healing will come to those still suffering, haunted by shadows of the past.  Soon will come a time when the children of the planet Earth will awake to a world where each person is considered equal and that the sun smiles upon us all.