Daniel Meeks: Vocals, Bass, Harmonica
Matt Nugent: Guitar
Kyle Boyd: Drums

Den Of Iniquity (7/1/25)

Daniel Meeks: Vocals, Bass
Matt Nugent: Guitar
Kyle Boyd: Drums

The Ferryman INTRO JAM (2/6/25)

Daniel Meeks: Vocals, Bass
Matt Nugent: Guitar
Stephen Mathis: Drums

Corona Of The Sun (6/4/24)

Bad Seed (4/25/24)

Crankhead (12/21/24)

Bad Seed (6/11/24)

a moody acoustic tune about loneliness and hitting the road

dusty streets revisited

A friend of mine asserted that this song, by Soviet singer-songwriter and poet Vladimir #vysotsky is “a perfect song”. So, I couldn't resist the opportunity to explore, and manifest my old, mysterious Russian-speaking fantasy hehe... 

EPx3 flows from gipsy duende lofi world fusion to yeehaw psychedelic americana blues 🎤🪆

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Here’s a poetic #lyrics translation (by Vagalec):
The Mountain Echo (after Vladimir Vysotsky)
--
In a mountain pass, where the rocks for the winds are no checkers (no checkers),
Where no one has ever set foot, so steep is the rise (so steep is the rise),
There once lived a jubilant, cheerful mountain echo,
It answered all calls, and replied to the cries, human cries.

When loneliness suddenly fills our heart with despair (with despair),
And when a low sound of pain down the cliff starts to land (starts to land),
The echo, adroitly, will pick up the call,And handling with care,
Will lift it, and louder, with tenderness take it in hand.

But some scoundrels, madmen and drunkards, got round (got round),
So that no one might hear the footfall and snort (footfall and snort),
Intending to silence and murder the gorge, living canyon
They bound up the echo, and stopped up its mouth ere they shot.

And so it went on, their bloody, ferocious, enraged merrymaking 
No sound could be heard as they trampled the echo, made fun of it, mocked...
They shot, in the morning, the quieted mountain echo (mountain echo)
And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...

And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...
And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...

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[01] The Echo Song - Vladimir Vysotsky Cover - Russian BLOWsutra Gipsy Arabesk World Peace Indie Trip Pop LOFI

Daniel Meeks: Vocals, Bass, Harmonica
Matt Nugent: Guitar
Kyle Boyd: Drums


Krissy's Fables (10/27/25) Version 2

Krissy's Fables (10/27/25) Version 1

Daniel Meeks: Vocals, Bass
Matt Nugent: Guitar
Donise Meeks: Drums

Krissy's Fables (Live At The Olla Rodeo Arena 2016)

Den Of Iniquity (10/27/25)

Paranoia Strands (10/27/25)

Black ghost, black ghost,
Don't come creepin’ ‘round here no more
Black ghost, black ghost,
Please don’t creep ‘round here no more
You know you got me moanin’ midnight,
Pacin’ cross this creakin’ floor

Yeah, I seen you in the mirror,
Just a flicker, then you're gone
I seen you in that mirror,
Just a flicker, then you're gone
Now every time I blink my eyes,
I feel you taggin’ along

Black ghost do the boogie,
Yeah, he dance behind my back
That black ghost do the boogie,
Shufflin’ in the midnight black
You don’t hear no shoes a-tappin’,
But he sure don’t cut no slack

He don’t knock, he don’t holler,
He just moves from wall to wall
No, he don’t knock, he don’t holler,
Just glides from wall to wall
I try to light a candle,
But it flickers, then it fall

Black ghost, black ghost,
Don't come creepin’ ‘round here no more
Black ghost, black ghost,
Please don’t creep ‘round here no more
You know you got me moanin’ midnight,
Pacin’ cross this creakin’ floor

Yeah, I seen you in the mirror,
Just a flicker, then you're gone
I seen you in that mirror,
Just a flicker, then you're gone
Now every time I blink my eyes,
I feel you taggin’ along

Black ghost do the boogie,
Yeah, he dance behind my back
That black ghost do the boogie,
Shufflin’ in the midnight black
You don’t hear no shoes a-tappin’,
But he sure don’t cut no slack

He don’t knock, he don’t holler,
He just moves from wall to wall
No, he don’t knock, he don’t holler,
Just glides from wall to wall
I try to light a candle,
But it flickers, then it fall

Black ghost do the boogie,
He don’t care 'bout night or day
Yeah, black ghost do the boogie,
Tryin’ to scare my soul away
You can't trap him, can't outrun him,
Ain’t no preacher make him stay

Black ghost, black ghost,
Why you hauntin’ me so long?
Oh black ghost, black ghost,
Why you followin’ me so long?
I just pick this guitar up,
And I play your lonesome song

Black Ghost Boogie

… because life on earth is a Psychedelic Cabaret, and “music is the only religion that delivers the goods” (like Frank said). 

To be clear, all I really know is I dunno shit about fck (like Socrates said:)—music and songwriting included. But(t) I feel it, the music, so damn deeep in my soul! I’m just a humble existential fool, a silly banana who likes to play and share, to question and learn. Words are my oldest best friends, hearing myself sing is a freaking miracle (trust me on that lol), and I believe curiosity and #gratitude are the keys to happiness… So voilà, there’s that.

Also, (if you’re curious) BananaSutra is not just a made up BS brand kinda word, it’s actually the name of my DIY Bible—a collection of songs telling true stories of faith, to help me (and perhaps you) make sense of a world gone wild, like bananas gone foul in shallow ignorance and deadly malevolence… Think of it as an agnostic testament of sorts, an audio book of songs with quirky lyrics about things that matter, like the definition of right and wrong, and the meaning of truth, joy, justice, peace, grace, and awe 🕊️

Some call it Artificial Intelligence, but(t) I call Authentic Imagination, Alternative Ideas, Augmented Innuendos, Abstract Illogisms… hopefully, you get the gist? The point being, life is the story we tell ourselves and LYRICS matter—each @bananasutra song has a wondering root and a loving purpose, guided by one of (my) 7 (bananas) sutras: 
- KNOWsutra : is it fair?
- BLOWsutra : is it foul?
- SHOWsutra : is it fun?
- GROWsutra : is it fear?
- FLOWsutra : is it free?
- GLOWsutra : is it fab?
- BOWsutra : is it awe?

Dr Bitterbrains is Daniel Meeks: vocals, bass, harmonica. Matt Nugent: guitar. Kyle Boyd: drums. We're serving up good old fashioned stoner rock psychedelic blues and will play anywhere from bar rooms and barber shops to birthday parties and backyard barbeques.

New tracks tagged #psychedelic blues