Very nice song, lyrics and vocal! Makes me wanna dance again...

This playlist contains previously unreleased original song demos and alternate versions / mixes from my recording sessions over the years. Some songs are fully instrumented, while others are just guitar / piano and vocal. 

Thanks for listening!

Lost Tracks & Demos

CCR Train

method: layering; akai miniak, boss vo-1,  ehx grand canyon and walrus audio ages
narration: things do change, don't they .... aiming for that 'eno feel', I allowed too much dirt in - and liked it ;-)  
image: my photo based on a mask, gimped

poem / copyright jo richter:

he holds out a hand
watches the light change

a voice clings to him
as he walks past the building

THIS IS THE DAY
THE FUTURE WILL VANISH

trajectory minds
a dime a dozen

unidentified objects
of thought and delusion

THIS IS THE DAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC

all over the suburbs
giant birds roosting

spreading their wings
across minute houses

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT LASTS FOREVER

he feels vibration
life under his feet

atmospheric dilations
sentinence seeds

THIS THE DAY
EVERYTHING FLOATS

EVERYTHING FLOATS

the day everything

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, B3, Rhodes, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
If you have the time.... Please repost!

 Title: Silver Linings

In the pocket, in the groove
Chasing shadows, trying to prove
life's a struggle, but we'll find
The silver linings left behind

In the city, in the heat
Searching for a taste so sweet
Threads of sorrow, threads of hope
Tangled in the twisted rope

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

In the mirror, what do you see
Is there anyone you'd rather be
Keep the faith, don't lose sight
Silver linings shining bright

And the struggle, it's in the past
All the shadows, they won't last
Silver linings in the end
Worth it all, my  dear friend

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

SOLO

And the struggle, it's in the past
All the shadows, they won't last
Silver linings in the end
Worth it all, my  dear friend

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows
Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

Silver Lining

Flash backing track

This is one of the many fun covers we recorded for our second lockdown album "Allá voy de nuevo" (Here I go again). We tried to make an old school The Specials/Madness-esque ska arrangement, but ended up with something closer to Reel Big Fish (not that we are complaining, they rock!).

That album is available on bandcamp:
franklloydperu.bandcamp.com/album/all-voy-de-nuevo
Please, check it out :)

†ॐ

"Too Late For Goodbyes"
Music composed by Julian Lennon
Arranged by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Recorded by FRANK LLOYD, originally released in August 2021.
2024 mix produced at Kolima Forest Studios.
Album art by chirimoyachris.

Too Late For Goodbyes

This song was written & recorded on the day that John Prine passed away in April 2020...

Make the snow go
Make the wind blow
Let the spring come
Let the sun show

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

Make the outlaw
Make the front door
Let the lock set
Let the hurt roar

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

Run the border
Run the water
Let the fever break
Let it for her

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

John Prine

This song was written in 1993 and recorded in 2018. Guitar, bass & vocal...

I'm driving south from Santa Rosa
In a mustang convertible
She's on the red-eye bound for Brooklyn
I can hear those engines whirl
The sky is made of diamonds 
As I make my way to town
And the highway curves before me
Like the zero of sound

She was with me at the Fairmont
By the San Francisco Bay
Now she's clear across the country
A million miles away
As I cross the Golden Gate
The sun has long gone down
And the waves move beneath me
Like the zero of sound

Walking down California
I hear the trolleys and the horns
As the sun begins to fade
I smell the rain of a summer storm
Her eyes are wide and open
Her skin is soft and brown
She's like an orchid in a downpour
Like the zero of sound

In the quiet of the hotel room
Her presence lingers on
I feel the message of her spirit
And my weariness is gone
I know that I can't reach her
Until the morning comes around
And the darkness folds around me
Like the zero of sound
Yeah, the darkness folds around me
Like the zero of sound

Zero Of Sound

She’s looking for solace 
She’s looking for sunshine 
She’s out of seasons 
She’s out of time 
Winter runs its course 
Like an old October horse

He’s only a pony
He’s only a Mustang
He’s a July moonbeam
He’s got his own gang
Summer runs its course
Like a slow October horse

I don’t have an answer
I don’t have an aim
I can’t tell what you need
I know it’s such a shame
Love runs its course
Like a cold October horse
Oh love runs its course
Like a cold October horse

October Horse

This track was recorded in Huntington Station, NY in February 2015...

Hey Radio

This track is from 2018...

All the graves are in the backyard
And people move on there’s no doubt
Now I see the changing of the guard
Separate pathways a different route

No need to wave flags in the air
The stars won’t see them anyway
I sometimes just look up and stare
Still the same sky different day

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Take a bus to New York City 
And see your face in every mile
This old Trailways is a pity
It can run but it can’t fly

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Light Years

This track was written in 2018 and recorded in 2019 in Woodstock, NY.

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I left my home in Woodstock
In the second part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

Woke up in Albuquerque in the rain
Running horses and falling manes

I walked to Albuquerque 
It was midnight in my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I traced my steps this morning
In the third part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

Woke up in Albuquerque in the rain
Running horses and falling manes

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream

Albuquerque

Snowdrifts * Instrumental

Lovers Cove

This is the last track on Neil's 25the studio LP in the year 2000.
" Neil Young's song "Without Rings" is about a person's place in life, their purpose, and the idea that life passes within, not before their eyes. The song's gentle melody repeats like a tide, while Young reflects on his life. Some of the song's lyrics include: 
"Electrical energy. fighting drugs with pain. there's a war inside. pictures in my brain"
"I'm looking for a job. I don't know what I'm doing"
"My software's not compatible with you. But this I can't deny. I know that you can fly"
Young wrote "Without Rings" in the back of a bus in Florida, using a felt tip marker on a large piece of newspaper. He said it was one of the first songs he recorded, when he thought he was making an acoustic solo album".            Google Generative AI
Mastered Track :Distrokid Mixea

Without Rings - Neil Young (Cover)

The final frame of the film. Silence after the story ends, where memory and light continue to breathe. 

SILENT HEARTS: Letters to Chaplin is a cinematic concept album inspired by the films and inner world of Charlie Chaplin.
This is not a soundtrack. These are quiet letters written through dust, light, hunger, love, silence, and fragile humanity.

Each track is a small silent story — about a little man inside a big world.
About poverty that still knows tenderness.
About laughter that hides pain.
About love that remains unseen.
About applause that comes too late.

This album was created as a single continuous emotional film — 12 frames, 12 confessions, 12 moments between shadow and light.
No loud statements. No heroes. Only a human breathes behind the mask.

For those who still hear silence.
For those who still believe in tenderness.

Zero Of Sound

Robert S. Dean

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