with an encore cover of Don't You (Forget About Me)

KTF Live Set (sxc)

Diane, this is DDD, This song, is called Blue Rose Cases, inspired by Gordon Cole, of course. We came up with this one on the 2nd night of our One Eyed Jack's open mic residency. Our friend Deputy Andy Brennan decided to join in on trumpet for this one and it came together perfect. For the record, Andy likes to drink sex on the beach. Diane, this one reminds me of a bullfighter's theme. Cooper & Phillip were on their best behavior this night. Not Stoney though, he was "feisty" and was shut off by the bartender. Diane, the food at One Eyed Jack's leave a lot to be desired. 

Dale Cooper (drums)
DD Danahy (tremolo guitar; lead guitar, snyth) - @darren-d-danahy
Stoney Catcherye (vocals; acoustic guitar; percussion) - @stonecatcherye
Phillip Jeffries (bass guitar)
Andy Brennan - special guest (Trumpet)

Blue Rose Cases

and I put all I had into pleading that case

and when you solve the case
you want relief
you want to close the book
but still to read
in peace

and I put all I had into saving that day
and then tipped my hat and lost my very last case

and when you look my way
you want to see
the clay you molded then
with modern needs
no peace

and I put all I had into pleading that case
and then tipped my hat and lost my very last case

I put all I had into saving that day
and then I tipped my hat and lost my very last case

Blue Rose Cases

Diane, this is DDD, This song, is called Death Bag, We came up with this one on the 3rd night of our One Eyed Jack's open mic residency. Stone was playing his baritone guitar and so it sounds a bit dark. Phillip was in a strange mood this evening, Diane, as he refused to drink anything unless it had an umbrella in it. Not a real umbrella, but one of those drink umbrellas. Stone & Coop kept stealing the umbrellas out of his drinks and putting them in their hair. I brought out the rocking guitar tone on this one and my best wah faces. Cooper even took a mini solo at one point. Rocking tune, Diane. A touch of island feel for you too. Hakuna Matada, Diane. 

Dale Cooper (drums)
DD Danahy (lead guitar; keys; marimba) - @darren-d-danahy
Stoney Catcherye (vocals; guitar; percussion) - @stonecatcherye
Phillip Jeffries (bass guitar)

Death Bag

I'll send for you in my death bag
I left but now I'm lonely
I'll spare you seasons of lilacs
if you could just live to breathe

when I go, I want you to know
I've been breathing
all these years I've seen
I'll rot in the ground

and in your Death Bag
you've been holding onto breath
as if it weren't your last

and in your Death Bag
you've been holding onto breath
as if it weren't your last

try not to give it away
what this isn't theirs to take
live while you have life to waste
waste like there's no other day

try not to give it away
what this isn't theirs to take
live while you have life to waste
waste like there's no other day

and in your Death Bag
you've been holding onto breath
as if it weren't your last

hold on
hold on

hold on . . . . . .

Death Bag

Hi Diane, this is DDD. here is the next installment of music from our residency at One Eyed Jack's. This one was recorded during the St. Patrick's Day festivities at Jack's. We all were wearing green. We all stayed away from any sort of green beer. Diane, Cooper showed me the ole, "Did you ever see a match burn twice" trick and just let me say, I fell for it, I'm the only one to blame. Phillip was especially celebratory that evening and managed to drink the 4 bottles (along with 4 of his friends) of Irish Whiskey they had on stock at the bar. That debauchery led to this wall of noise and edge we called, Doppleganger. We all agreed without Stoney present that it sounds like an Irish dessert laced with booze. It's ahard rocking one, Diane and wouldn't you know it, I learned the chorus vocals to try and sing a bit of back up and Stone had rewrote the whole chorus by the next time I heard it. I think we took maybe a 15 minute break. Tell Coop he left his shamrock bouncy headband in Phillip's car. Talk soon, Diane. 

Dale Cooper (drums)
DD Danahy (lead guitar; synths) - @darren-d-danahy
Stoney Catcherye (vocals; guitar; percussion) - @stonecatcherye
Phillip Jeffries (bass guitar)

Doppleganger

Resting sideways
that's what it looks like from another
view
of mine

give in, give up your soul
the chase just makes me dull
avoid and you get null

question, highly
what would it look like to another's
eyes
that shine

give in, give up your soul
two halves just make me whole
I'll stop when I am through

***

give in, give up your soul
the chase just makes me dull
avoid and you get null

give in, give up your soul
two halves just make me whole
I'll stop when I am through

Doppleganger

a song by Keep The Fear, from their forthcoming album, 
"Seven Sundown Songs" available June 18, 2017. 

"Cimmerian was one of the last songs we did for the album. I think we were all kind of dealing with some intense gloom at the time. I asked D3 if he was interested in doing a bossa nova tune. He put together the drums and percussion and piano and I played some guitar and sang, but then we had to call in the big guns to give it some flavor! Alex Sinfield is on the saxophone. He's great, love his stuff, he's got the right touch, all the time. Cheers to Alex! And of course then we thought a little father son duo on a song would be great so we begged Russ Sinfield to pick up his new guitar, fix the noise problem in the wiring and then rip us a beautiful guitar solo. The Sinfields rock. All in all, it came together pretty quickly and easily. One of my faves on the album. It's definitely dark and gloomy. Cheers!!"

Stone Catcherye: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
DD Danahy: Piano, Organ, Drums, Percussion
Alex Sinfield: Saxophone
Russell Sinfield: Lead Guitar

Cimmerian

dark, sullen & lonely
leave. leave me alone now
bleak, broken & angry
heed doubt

I don't want to be 
I don't want to be here
alone
in my head

and if you are wondering
I'm still standing

dark, sullen & lonely
leave. leave me alone now
bleak, broken & angry
heed, my actions are words now

I don't want to fear
I don't want to fear fear
at all
in my head

and if you are wandering
I'm still here standing

dark, sullen & lonely
leave. leave me alone now

Seven Sundown Songs

Cimmerian

a song by Keep The Fear, from their album,
"Seven Sundown Songs"

"Pseudonyms was probably the 4th or 5th song we recorded for the album. D3 began it and sent me the drums and piano to work with. Technically something went wrong, as the software I was using didn't realize it was 48 Khz instead of 44. HA. The result was me leaving the piano part on repeat and never being able to completely be in tune with it. It was only after consulting with our Genius producer, Russ Sinfield, that we solved the problem and I could actually play in tune with D3. This was the first and last time this problem occurred. We had fun on this one and even had Captain Sinfield bring his master fingers to lay down a solo for us. Hope you enjoy as much as we did making it. Cheers!!"

Stone Catcherye: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
DD Danahy: Piano, Synthesizer, Keys, Drums
Russell Sinfield: Lead Guitar 

Pseudonyms

do you know yourself like I know you
would you care to drink or breathe some tea
I have been the one who had breakthroughs
I'm the only one who hasn't abandoned me

and I knew
you'd understand
in my head

do you lose yourself like I lose you
is your truth based upon me

and I knew
you were a friend
in my head

(just don't tell 'em your name)

stealing stones and putting them to sleep
have you ever killed somebody's dreams

and I choose
all of the friends
in my head

I am having trouble hearing your truth
ice picks & axes stab in me

Pseudonyms

from Seven Sundown Songs, released June 18, 2017
Stone Catcherye: Lyrics, Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Drums, Bass
Darren D Danahy: Piano, Synthesizer, Keys
Russell Sinfield: Lead Guitar, Mix

Should The Sadness Occur

& you won't hear from me
should the sadness occur
I will not be seen
so hurt
should the sadness occur

all in a time, I felt divine
shoulders & spine
once in my life, learned how to fly
despite being blind

& you won't hear from me
should the sadness occur
I will not be seen
so hurt
should the sadness occur

then I won't feel a thing
if it's sadness you bring
you won't hear a thing
I sing
should the sadness come sting

smile I may, some other way
how freedom reigns
once upon times, I soared through your sky
to spite being grounded

& you won't hear from me
should the sadness occur

Should The Sadness Occur

from Seven Sundown Songs, released June 18, 2017
Stone Catcherye: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Darren D Danahy: Piano, Synthesizer, Keys
Russell Sinfield: mix

Chant Du Cygne

memories can stain the ones before
pushing all the pain upon your door
can't we all just die one at a time
if you don't wanna die, pick a number
and get your ass back in line

I saw you one last time
the cars were driving by
inside, I felt like dying

memory of pain still sits inside
tugging at the strings behind my eyes
all the times you could've lived the life
if you don't wanna die, befriend Thunder
and don't question the Lightning

I saw you one last time
I can't get past your eyes
inside, I felt like dying

memories can shave more than a knife
cutting you with dullest blades to spite
why don't we live while we have the life
if you don't wanna die, summon summer
and live life this one time

I saw you one last time
it gets me every time
inside, I felt like dying

Chant Du Cygne

Diane, Phillip Jeffries here, phoning in from an undisclosed location with that info for you. Let’s just say I’m somewhere off the TVC15, and leave it at that.

So when I first met D3, I had no idea he was even a musician. I was in Downtown Denver, shopping in a bookstore of all things. My current reality was in a touring rock band, and had been wandering cities on our tour to try and find a copy of a Simone de Beauvoir book, and for about six months and most of America I seemed to be having absolutely no luck. So I walked immediately to the desk of this particular store that day, which is where D3 was working. He had a stack of books on either side of him and was holding a phone with a shoulder and had glasses he seemed to be searching for pushed into his blonde spiky hair. From the back and the way he was dressed in his orange dress shirt, black dungarees and crooked checkerboard tie, I thought it was 1983 for a moment, and I had to check my phone to make sure I hadn’t, in fact, traveled back in time to 1983 or was maybe having one of those flashbacks Stoney warned me about.

Anyway, I went up to this Sting looking fellow and asked him if he had a copy of the Mandarins when he got off the phone. After a few moments of fast typing, he said “computer says I have one upstairs, I’ll take you there” and I told him I could go myself, but he informed me that he was going anyway, gesturing to the stacks of books on the desk. He did find my book, and we spoke briefly about how we each were musicians and had a gig that night.

After my show at an undisclosed venue that may or may not be named after a popular soft drink or perhaps a bank, I decided to cool my jets at a local bar with my book, as is my custom. Who should I see at the piano in the bar but D3, playing a variety of 80’s television theme songs as romantic piano pieces much to the dismay of the tiny audience. We struck up a conversation, went back to his apartment after his performance, and it turned out after about half a bottle of Colorado whiskey, that he played guitar also, as that was the night we first jammed the basic chords to this song. This was also the night I first got his email address. (He still refuses to carry a phone and that is why he now leaves his messages for you via singing telegram)

When the two of us finally presented our idea to Stoney years later in Keep the Fear, it was just after an intense period he spent alone in which he wrote a tremendous amount of lyrics that he now had a backlog of, and one that was PERFECT for these chords. We worked out the song in a matter of hours, and that’s when I broke out the ‘ol Colorado whiskey again, and Stoney and I got him to do that little guitar solo once he had a few shots in him.

Coop's been busy working his day job but has been keeping up by showing up with rehearsed drum parts. Coop's a workaholic. Tell him I have his recorder, but I keep forgetting the tapes at D3's place. 

Hope you’re not lonely out there Diane, but I’m out. I think demons are chasing me, and I gotta go.
PJ







written by Keep The Fear:
Cooper (drums)
Darren D. Danahy (piano, strings, guitar solo)
Phillip Jeffries (bass)
Stone Catcherye (guitar, vocals, lyrics)

J'ai Une Âme Solitaire

welcome to my world
please enjoy your stay

well, I have a lonely soul
I'm sad
I have had enough

I have a lonely soul
I lost my hope years ago
I have a faulty skull
they broke in and they stole the show

I have a lonely soul
I lost my hope years ago

welcome to my world
please enjoy your stay

well I have a broken soul,
I'm dull

J'ai Une Âme Solitaire

"Diane, a somewhat slightly charred Phillip Jeffries here.
The four of us have been holed up in a cabin studio of undisclosed location for a while, and Autumn is upon us. Let's just say that I'm a city boy and not used to using a fireplace for heat. And it's a good thing I'm currently keeping my hair short. 
Anyway, my little "accident" had Coop laughing pretty hard, then he started up this badass beat, and we all fell in line. It started with D3 and I, First I started jamming a fuzz bass line that he doubled with a mono synth - and next thing you know, Stoney has a whole song written.  He goaded D3 to do some backing vocals, and  He compromised by heavily effecting his voice. Stoney thinks he sounds like like the Devil. 
I'm off for some burn cream now, I will report back when we get more recorded. And I really should stop smoking. 
~PJ"

written by Keep The Fear:
Cooper (drums, fire retardant pajamas)
Darren D. Danahy (electric piano, lead guitar, monosynth, vocoder, fire)
Phillip Jeffries (bass, cigarette lighter)
Stone Catcherye (guitar, vocals, lyrics, longbottom leaf)

***FIRE IS THE DEVIL***

"crescendo, an endo, you're not like me my friend-o
a message to send, oh, I've written more than you know
it's special, to just know, I have somewhere to go though
a failure, like Pluto, I just want my flame to be known

descent for a mountain
descent for a sea

oh, the land I waste,
when I am on fire
oh, the lambs waste,
when I am on fire

pretend, oh, you're neutral, laugh because you know my kind-o
it's simple, it's crucial, I need more time than most do
I cancel, I'm frugal, I drink more beer than wine-os

descent for a mountain
descent for a sea
the scent of destruction 
is killing me

oh, the land I waste,
when I am on fire
oh, the lambs waste,
when I am on fire

descend low, go below, you have a friend who's helpful
I'm smoke-ful, then thoughtful, I'll have you over often
unsocial, I go through, more inside this thick old skull
I know though, I'm with you, you have a friend to help you

descent for a mountain
descent for the sea
decent for me

oh, the land I waste,
when I am on fire
oh, the lambs waste,
when I am on fire"

©2017 Keep the Fear

Fire Is The Devil (Hiding Like a Coward In The Smoke)

"Diane, 
I have become convinced in recent months that I am being chased by demons of some sort.

In order to help protect myself, I trained an individual to use all of my mannerisms and dominant personality traits whom now dresses as I do to "bait" the thing away from me so I can escape.

I thought it was a good idea that he and I spend a good deal of time together so that he could best imitate me, however he has begun to even LOOK like me, and now, I'm not sure if I am myself or if I am him, who's memories I even have, or who's really coming up with these bass lines.

I'm even starting to see pop stars and actors that look just like Phillip Jeffries clones. 
~PJ"

written by Keep The Fear:
Cooper (drums)
Darren D. Danahy (ebow, acoustic, lead guitar)
Phillip Jeffries (bass)
Stone Catcherye (guitar, vocals, lyrics)

***When You See Me Again (it won't be me)***

why don't they have a cure for this
I don't want to be here
faulty wiring to blame for it
I didn't wire it, dear

why don't they have a lure to catch
I'm not fishing for fear
I'd hope the rest of us know this
I hope they're finding cheer

when you see me again, it won't be me
looking to uninstall code that's faulty

why don't they have a pill for this
I don't want to be there
tried, tread, treason and track-mates
I don't want to be there

high hopes, they have a dream for this
tell them to step in my shoes
why don't they have a class for this
I would never skip school

when you see me again, it won't be me

©2017 Keep the Fear

When You See Me Again (It Won't Be Me)

"Diane, this is Stone Catcherye, I'm with Phillip, who has been in sole possession of this recorder for a while now, but at the moment, he's currently running around in my backyard digging holes with this super old and crusty looking shovel. He's been on a kick about shovels for a while now and at the time he was ranting to me about shovels, he said he didn't own one. So, the next time we rehearsed I had told D3 & Coop about it and we wrote this new tune, half mocking PJ. Two weeks later and he currently owns 4,237 different makes and sizes of shovels. He may have eaten too many of those mushroom sandwiches. I will leave the recorder with D3 when I leave and have him give it back to PJ who will be resuming his recording duties next week. Peace Out. StoneHEY."

written by Keep The Fear:
Cooper (drums)
Darren D. Danahy (keys, lead guitar, synths)
Phillip Jeffries (bass, outro solo)
Stone Catcherye (guitar, vocals, lyrics)


***Buy Yourself a Shovel***

help yourself and buy a shovel
did yourself right out of the pile

there are no words to buy or for sale
they are shooting so run for your life
shovel the rain on down
there are no words that I have right now

help yourself and buy a shovel

there are no words to buy or for sale
they are shooting the ground around
shovel the shit on down
there are no words that I have right now

if you don't dig your way out of the shit
if you don't climb up on out of this pit
hit me in the head with it

by yourself

Buy Yourself A Shovel

love. I'm a musician who moonlights as others.

KTF Live Set (sxc)

Loveling