"East meets West" performance on 9/20/14 at the University of Washington, Seattle WA

From East to West Indian Classical & Fusion Music with story telling

A very lean cover by Tim Maher of the classic blues song, featuring nothing but one acoustic guitar track and one vocal track. (c) 1977 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #1 on the "Better Late Than Never!" CD , (c) 2012 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

I Want to be Loved

An ambitious remake of the classic Beatles song, featuring Buddy the Parakeet on vocals and Indian tanpura for extra oriental seasoning. (c) 1977 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #3 on the "Better Late Than Never!" CD by Tim Maher, All Rights Reserved.



Across the Universe

A new take on a little-known song by Donovan. (c) 1980 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #5 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher, All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


Cosmic Wheels

A fresh take on the classic Doo Wop song inspired by the great version by the Persuasions.
(c) 1982 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #6 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


Drip Drop

This is an "Elvis on a Bad LSD trip" version of this classic bummer tune. (c) 1978 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #7 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher, All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.

Heartbreak Hotel

An original Leo Kottke-ish amalgamation of high speed slide guitar maneuvers--hold on!  (c) 1978 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #8 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher, All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


Slippery

A Brian Ferry-style croonfest ultimately devolving into a hard rock reinterpretation of the classic Supremes song, showing Vanilla Fudge how to rock this song! (c) 1980 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #9 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher.
All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


You Keep Me Hangin' On

Written by Tim Maher while he was staying in a depressing hotel in a creepy high-crime area of a large American city. It coyly presents a dismal perspective on the urban human condition, with tongue planted firmly in cheek  Celebrity voice impersonated. (c) 1995 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

A cute video version featuring spectacular gingerbread creations is also available, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-4WfTT98-0 .

Track #10 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for  album information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


Rapmaster Scrooge's Christmas Break

An original song exposing the cold, hard truth about the horrors of addiction to a certain type of common foodstuff. Inspired by the author's own struggles with this evil substance. (c) 1988 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #11 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for  album information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


H. D. V.

A valiant attempt to see just how many vocal tracks I could squeeze into one song on a 4-track tape recorder. I think the total is over 11! That gives you the option of selectively listening to just the tracks you like--if you can isolate them in the mix! 8-} I think the song might have turned out  more like this version if George Harrison had produced it! (c) 1981 Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved.

Track #12 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher. All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for  album information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.


Goodnight

An instrumental performance on the Indian sitar of a traditional melody of North Indian Classical music, largely improvised around a "gat" (like a "riff") passed down to me by one of my teachers, Ustad Usman Khan. (c) 1995 Timothy F. Maher, All Rights Reserved.

Track #13 on "Better Late Than Never!" (c) 2012, Timothy F. Maher, All Rights Reserved. See http://tinyurl.com/TFM-BLTN for complete information and discussion. Contact Tim@TimMaher.org for additional info.




Raga Kirwani

Photo shows Tim sporting an "Eire-fro" in his tiny 1970's studio apartment (Toronto, Ontario Canada).

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