A second version of this original song with a pro drummer. This time using my '68 Gibson SG instead of an acoustic guitar. Fun to hear the evolution of this original song idea. It is still percolating. Got some Nirvana vibes.

You Don't Even Know My Real Name (WT JB) 4 - 2-24 v1.2

A new iteration of an original song idea that started in Montauk with Lars. Different arrangement this time, and a deeper pass at lyrics. Probably not the final song structure, but it's evolving.

Some Way Towards Insane (Third Song WT) 4 - 2-24

This was an improv rock jam with a Gibson SG and drummer and a visiting friend from Germany doing ad lib singing.

It's Going On (ft Maxi)  5 - 5-24 V1.4

Purdy Girl

The Mournful Cry of the Yellow-Billed Loon 


A mist of silver leans upon the lake,
Wrapped in the folded arms of dawn,
A hush, before the world awakes—
Then echoes stretch out, drift, are gone.

A hollow note threads the air,
Cuts through the cold, clear and lean,
A sound as ancient as despair,
Pulled from the marrow of unseen dreams.

Oh, to hear it is to shudder,
A rasping echo from some other time—
When reeds trembled, when water blushed
With the shadow of wings in a downward climb.

What are you calling for, yellow-billed loon?
What dark secret rests in your throat?
Is it the weight of summer's end too soon,
Or the moon’s pale mirror, cut by your coat?

And I stand on the bank, caught in the sound,
As it curls like fog around the pine,
Lost in the ache of that endless round,
Between this wild world and mine.

Your cry is the song of things that fade,
Of dusk’s breath and the earth’s slow spin.
It sinks in the water, the twilight glade,
A voice that breaks, and begins again.

by ChatGPT

The Mournful Cry of the Yellow Billed Loon

Lots of acoustic guitars blended with syncopated rhythms and a bit of my silly voice have shaped the new album. Broken rhythmical patterns with powerful distortions here and there give a continuous feeling of emotional and physical change. Dark but hopeful, straightforward yet sudden, tight but relaxed - this is Smear. Composed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by myself.
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Dkey

Accept the Fate

Letter

Do Not Wake the Atlas Up

Dead Rabbit

Acoustic guitar; folk; Americana; jam band influences; blues; rock; old time; bluegrass; grungey stuff. Even some electro and EDM vibes occasionally. I play a wide mix of music with a lot of different people.

Amateur songwriter/musician originally from Texas now living in Virginia thru parts of North Carolina. Don't ask.

My story:

I got somewhat into recording in the mid 80's briefly with a Tascam Porta One, but used it mostly as a scratch pad while writing songs. When the 90's hit, life hit, and all this stuff took a back seat for the next 25+ years. 

For therapeutic reasons, and the pandemic as well (having to spend more time at home), I decided it was time (2020) to get back into it, and I absolutely love it!

I like all kinds of music from pop, country, electronic, rock, folk, big band, orchestral, blue-grass, americana, etc. I'm really all over the map. As a kid I religiously watched anything relating to the NFL (yes I was a Cowboys fan) because of the music of NFL Films. I still listen to it today.

Some artists and bands I have liked over the years are Collective Soul, Cheap Trick, The Stones (of course), Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, John Mellencamp, and Glen Campbell. I even liked KISS as kid in the 70's. Of course when they got into disco and then hair-metal, that was an ender for me but I still like their stuff in the 70's quite a bit.

I got "more" into music at about 14 (1980). That summer Eddie Rabbit released an album named "Horizon" (which I played endlessly) and about a month later AC/DC released "Back in Black". Now that's a combination for you! While they were miles apart sonically, they had one thing in common: good, catchy songs.

With all that said, the one band that I've always loved, and just struck a chord with me, is The Who. Not sure how to explain it. I "discovered" them well after their heyday of course. Maybe it's the anthemic nature of their songs? Maybe it's the creative genius of their chief songwriter/guitarist (my opinion)? Maybe it's the sound they produced as a 3-piece band, where they didn't really have a "lead" guitarist -- their bassist essentially filled that role (and quite admirably too)? Maybe the drummer, who played everything as one big fill? I don't know but I thought they were fantastic. Still do.

-Frank Wood

New tracks tagged #gibsonsg