Too Hard

James McCartney performing 'Fantasy' on piano, taken from his demos for the album 'The Blackberry Train'

The Blackberry Train

Fantasy

Graham Bonnet-sacked for showing his arse to Richie Blackmore on stage.Obviously Mr Blackmore has never heard of artistic freedom because they were never as good after.

All Night Long

Vitto Acapella

Dear Listeners, 
It’s been overwhelming how many of you have written and asked for this year’s Fusion set.  One person even counted the weight of the tears he had shed every time he came here, and found the set was not online yet. So why did it take so long? 
 
It was a very intense four hour set at the Palapa, and it was a very intense week before that. To go back and revisit those moments required quite a bit of strength, which I didn’t have until now. Obviously the intensity of revisiting those moments at the Palapa had a lot to do with the death of our dear friend Bas Engels. 
You might think that I'm loco for saying this, but I know Bas was there with us, celebrating life and death, guiding me through the set and even creating some magic, when my computer froze and I had to restart it, while improvising on a drum machine. Normally the recording would be lost then, but this time it was just there as if nothing had happened. Without him you wouldn’t be able to listen to this now. 
I want to thank Bas for the special magic he created on so many occasions.  Also I want to thank Eule and his team for their foresight and faith to pull me slightly out of my comfort zone, and into this perfect Sunday morning setting. And, of course, I also want to thank all of you, because 
music sounds better with you.
 
Peace

Fusion 2018

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Joris Voorn 4 Hours at Watergate Berlin 2018 Pt.2

“Life is a chance at Evolution. Overcome yourself and Become. ☥” 
― Luis Marques, Book of Orion - Liber Aeternus

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Karaoke Version

All along The Watchtower

It is a good 20 years ago that the diagnosis "testicular cancer" broke into my life like a thunderbolt. For a long time I have been cured of it. Nevertheless the mental and physical scars remain; and the shock, that lingers in my body memory forever over the horrified cry of the young, compassionate doctor when she discovered the tumor in the ultrasound. Time heals many wounds but by no means all. But the time of 20 years gives me enough distance to find words and sounds for what happened in and with me in the first three days after the cancer diagnosis.  

Lyrics in English:

Could that have been it?

Just came from the ultrasound
Inside of me a dull thud 
Everything different

Wanted to have children 
Must now bow to fate:
Testicular cancer

Standing` totally beside me
I am like death, no feeling

Could that have been it?
I've only lived half a life
Wanted to give so much more

Why me? What sense?
Is there a reason?
That I am afflicted with cancer

Who threw this curse on me?

Just want to be alone
Dig myself in in the dark
Only want to sleep

A part of me screams: "Free!"
The agony of life is over 
I may die now

I'm so confused
I don't know what's going to happen to me

Could that have been it?
I've only lived half a life
Wanted to give so much more

Why me? What sense?
Is there a reason?
That I am afflicted with cancer

Who threw this curse on me?


Deutscher Originaltext:

Kanns´denn das schon gewesen sein?

Komm` grad` vom Ultraschall,
In mir ein dumpfer Knall 
Alles anders

Wollt` doch  noch Kinder zeugen 
Muß mich jetzt dem Schicksal beugen:
Hodenkrebs

Steh` total neben mir
Bin wie tod, kein Gespür

Kanns` denn das schon gewesen sein
Hab` nur halb gelebt
Wollt` noch soviel geben

Warum ich? Welcher Sinn?
Gibt´s nen Grund?
Das ich vom Krebs befallen bin

Wer warf mir diesen Fluch nur hin?

Will nur alleine sein,
Grab` mich im Dunkeln ein
Will nur schlafen

Ein Teil in mir schreit: „Frei!“
Die Lebensqual vorbei 
Ich darf jetzt sterben

Ich bin so verwirrt
Weiß nicht was aus mir wird

Kanns` denn das schon gewesen sein
Hab` nur halb gelebt
Wollt` noch soviel geben

Warum ich? Welcher Sinn?
Gibt´s nen Grund?
Das ich vom Krebs befallen bin

Wer warf mir diesen Fluch nur hin?

Kann`s denn das schon gewesen sein?

Kann`s Denn Das Schon Gewesen Sein? (Could That Have Been It?)

Started in brass bands age 9 but father made go semi pro age 11-16 after winning a solo cornet competition at the Albert halls.  Playing in brass bands is not a paying gig and orchestra,s are not much better. Got disillusioned with the music business after mum died age15 and i was supposed to start a 6 month cruise 2 days later. So i contacted the agent that booked me explaining the situation and asked if i could join the ship a week later after mums funeral. He said if i didn't make the ship i could cancel that gig and every gig he,d booked me for,for the next 2 years. As a very emotional teenager,he got told to fuck off. Dirty buisness music in those days as you are now finding out with all the pedo,s coming to light.  After that i got disillusioned with it and gave up. At the time i was a solo artiste advertising as a multi instrumentalist/vocals. I played trumpet,guitar,sax,clarinet,trombone. My lungs collapsed soon after this{spontaneous pneumothorax} so i cant play any wind instrument for long periods now I play many instruments but particularly enjoy guitar vocals. I read and write music and play any style from classical to prog rock. My greatest joy is making music with other people. The togetherness is a special bond thats unbreakable. The power of a brass band-orchestra-group when the music is tight is a feeling that's very hard to explain. The feeling after coming off stage after a performance and leaving an audience screaming for more is better than any drug ive tried since:}  I love playing live.
Whilst i really enjoy singing im not stupid enough to think my voice is good enough to sing lead.Now im older the voice box is going with all the smoking. I would love to find a singer to collaborate with if there is any out there that fancy a go?

All along The Watchtower

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