@keithtimmonsmusic : Melody and Lyrics - Keyboards - Vox
@man-on-a-grill : Beats - Bass - Acoustic and electric guitars

A tale of horror.

Keith TimmOns w/mOag - Sour Tides

The Valuable Friends:

@janinelevinson - Incredible Vocals and Voice Effects
@rick-4-1 - Beautiful Drums
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Stuff

WAITING FOR THE RAIN

And the vines abide
And lean on old familiar ways
From Hadrian to the Satellite Empire
You can feel it in your soul
Standing on Dryhill
You can feel it in your soul
Standing on Dryhill

The hidden lines and lives
Walk their natural time above the plain
From hill fort to the bunkers underground 
The hill can quicken up your pulse
Standing on Dryhill
You can taste it on your breath
Standing on Dryhill
Looking from Dryhill
Waiting for the rain 
Waiting for the rain

Aeons old and yesterday
In a scintillation (Standing on Dryhill)
A breathless moment under 
The curious twinkling stars (Standing on Dryhill)
The water moves beneath us
It moves below the ice

(below, be-low)

A long-gone, summer swift scream
The hill is not dry
The vines do not wither
Rippling the waters of our many lives
The heart of the hill 
Beats on
Pushing the sleeping rabbit to awake and run (run, run, run)
Seize the seasons
Hang the reasons
In a thousand years the hill will not remember us or its many names…
Our heads boiled, eaten down to the white bone

And the vines abide
And lean on old familiar ways
From Hadrian to the Satellite Empire
You can feel it in your soul
You can feel it in your soul
Standing on Dryhill
Standing on Dryhill
Waiting for the rain
Standing on Dryhill
Looking from Dryhill
Looking from Dryhill
Waiting for the rain
Waiting for the rain

Standing on Dryhill…

Phil McWalter Jan 2023
Recorded at Dryhill, Upper Rissington, Coventry and California
Art: My own manipulated image from the top of the hill...

Waiting For The Rain

Spotify

The Director Of Speech

New World

Back in the day when there were albums, this song would have been the last track on the B-side, that most of the band didn’t want on include at all. Poor structure, no obvious genre, not enough repetition, too long, etc, all fair points. Anyway, this is my B-side album filler that gets me kicked out of the band due to 'creative differences'. 

Thanks to my friend Johnny Mc Farlane who stood up for the song, made some great suggestions and for good measure, added the amazing solo. 

Thinking back to a lifetime ago, living in the Bronx, driving on the Major Deegan, hot summer evenings, going nowhere in particular, sketchy air con, Indigo Girls CD on full volume, trying to sing those amazing harmonies.  

Blink of an eye and all these years have past. Lots of water under the George Washington Bridge since then.

Is that alright with you ?

Go with the flow on this psychedelic reality check!

Psychedelic Reality Check

a slight turn left on a classic irish jig.  perfect mood music for st. patrick's day!

garryowen

When She Stepped Through The Door

'Dusty Miller' a mixed genre track and just as the mood took me.

After Gockston

Dusty Miller

Call Ya Later  (ft. AudioSubtitles)

Mourning Train

Impromptu Piano Arpeggio With  Violin

I make music because that's how I say things I can't say. I play everything myself — guitars, drums, keys, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, whatever — and record at home when the mood hits. It’s a mix of all the stuff I’ve ever loved, which like me is… kind of all over the place.

I'm not touring, just work my day job and write and record when I have time. Some songs are messy, some are sweet, some are loud — all of them are me trying to get something out of my head and into the world.

Thanks for listening, if you do.  Always appreciate feedback!

garryowen

the forensic scene