Rudolf „Rudy“ Stevenson (* 1929, New York - † 12/10/2010, Berlin)/Bobby Durham (02/03/1937, Philadelphia – 07/06/2008, Genoa, Italy)

knowing this one so well, but you guys were making a difference - what a treat!

@suzukikiso: Thank you Ron, very much appreciated!

Amazing bass, keys, drums and overall instrumentation and sound!

Herbie Hancock - composer

Rudy Stevenson - musical director/guitar
Bobby Durham - drums
Helmut Bruger - piano
Don Marriott - trumpet
Paul Griesbach - tenor saxophone
Ben "King" Perkoff - baritone saxophone
Tony Hurdle - trombone
H.F. Hoffmann - bass

2006

Cantaloupe Island - The Rudy Stevenson Soulband | Live 2006

D O N ' T  T U R N  A W A Y

You didn’t really like the way it looked
It turned your head round in an instant
Don’t turn away
Oh yeah you just turned away
  
Just look at all the colours passing by
You never really get to touch them
Don’t turn away
And all the truest things you never said
All left unpainted on the canvas
Don’t turn away

You’re lost inside you
Can you hear me ?
Well can’t you come out to play ?
But don’t turn away

You don’t really like the way I smile
Can’t see how bright we’re really glowing
We peer at you through frosted glass
But never get to taste the cocktail
Don’t turn away, turn away
Oh yeah you just turned away

Well we were only given this one chance
To see the world before the night falls
Don’t turn away
And now you know the cold is on its way
That wind aint just to blow your hair girl
Don’t turn away
But oh yeah you just turned away

Like they’ve given you the universe to hold, (while he’s busy)
Shake it up 
Make it rain 
Make it shine 
But make it count

Don’t turn away

© Dec 2015 Phil McWalter

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DON'T TURN AWAY

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Lyrics: Stereo / Video
Oh oh Stereo
Oh oh Stereo, Video
Oh oh Electrical
Oh oh Stereo, Video, here we go

If the summer wasn’t what they showed on the TV
Was it just a set of lights that flashed upon the screen

At a million times the speed of sound into the dream
And four hundred years they sleep to reach the Pleiades

[chorus]

Little flowers with eyes like telescopes will turn to see
You and I drink wine and wonder where else we should be

Are we just a set of lights that dance upon a screen
Are we just a marionette with strings that can’t be seen

[chorus]

Are we just a set of lights that dance upon a screen
Are we just a marionette with strings that can’t be seen

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LYRICS: Death (it feels alright)

When all your pretty face
Comes to recognize
Amidst the sunny skies
Dematerialzed
A sea of fireflies
Was Shiva in disguise

In all the pretty bombs
We’ll be atomized 
Magnetized
You put your cares behind
You put your hand in mine 
And it feels all right

When all you pretty souls
Come and runaway
From a sunny day
To an early grave
Take your breath away
Build a hideaway
In Paradise
Paradise
Don’t let your heart turn black
Don’t let your eyes turn back
Don’t have a heart attack
In the Afterlife
The Afterlife
Amidst the starry skies
I see the end of time
Float like a lullaby
You put your hand in mine 
And it feels all right

03 Death (it feels alright)

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Old Soul

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(Gary & Terry Reeves)

Written by Terry Reeves and recorded in his living room back in 1981
Brian Reeves:  Guitar
Terry Reeves:  Guitar / Vocals
John Palmer:  Bass
Gary Reeves:  Drums

Work hard at school and you will succeed
Get the pieces of paper that you need
You will get there if you are the best
But what happens to us, all the rest

CHORUS
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT

Discipline will curb your greed
Much more training's what you need
It's better now than it's ever been
Hard times like these we have never seen

CHORUS X 2

Lets tell the truth and not live a lie
No piece for us of that money pie
The youth are the future that's what we're told
But what will they tell us when we're too old

CHORUS X 2

So what's the point in carrying on
Growing up is just one big con
Haven't listened to a word that's said
Perhaps you'll listen when I'm dead

NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT

Root Division

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