So refreshing to hear a song that celebrates fond memories, particularly one as fine as this.  And not only do you know how to write a song, you're mustard at fade-outs too.  Splendid stuff, Jim!

Good groove, great song!  A great hymn to Queensland!!

Ah, the serene tranquility of the outro, and reality of being uprooted, are touching for me Jim, as a new home becomes a sanctuary. I am a transplant to this place, now my long term home, and often forget my gratitude about it.

Oh yeah... super cool pic of your younger self (fellow white bearded soul)

Mate the songs good enough but this outtro is proper nice

this shuffle groove is such a pleasure -- there's a vibe here that Deadheads would love (Greatful Dead fans that is)

Wonderful mate! Lovely song and outro, and super-cool photo. Thank you for sharing ✨

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words and music K.Gennery
Image not my own

Through these eyes I have seen 62 years of joy and misery
Found my true love lost many loved ones to time
If I had my life again I wonder what could possibly be changed
Though I do believe in whats meant to be quite often will be
This paths been laid for me

Inside out upside down back to front turned around
Its never straight forward its designed that way
From the darkest of nights can follow the brightest of days
Its the ying and the yang good and the bad
A toss of a coin which side shall it land
of course I know its the same for everyone

Through these same old weary eyes laughter lines that cannot be disguised
I spend my spare days writing songs instead of a diary
This paths been laid for me

 Inside out upside down back to front turned around
Its never straight forward its designed that way
From the darkest of nights can follow the brightest of days
Its the yin and the yan good and the bad
A toss of a coin which side shall it land
of course I know its the same for everyone

Through these eyes I have seen 62 years of joy and misery
Found my true love lost many loved ones to time
Found my true love lost many loved ones to time

Eyes

This is a song Electra Volcano and I wrote and performed together 2 years ago. Check them out!!  Cheers

Coming from the Cross - A Collaboration with Electra Volcano

A song against fascism in America (and around the world)
Check out the music video! It's not a dull political lecture - it's fun, I promise!
https://youtu.be/ljzN-jlpQoY

No Kings for Me

I will not bow
My knees will not bend
There are no kings for me

I will not yield
Send your goon squads back to hell
There are no kings for me

How did the worst of us rise to the top?
Degenerates and hypocrites
The ugliest Americans
They won't depart you if you're white
And love is their kryptonite

Now I am a vagabond in their stupid eyes
But this vagabond is free
Here's how it goes:
A coup by twisted billionaire bros
But there are no kings for me

I'll hide my face
From their dark surveillance state
I'll piss on their graves
You'll see
Their fear hate and lies
And lies and lies and lies
I've built up immunity

How did the worst of us get to decide
That we support murderers and genocide?
Better watch your step because
Here come the masked American thugs

I will not kiss
Your gangster ostentatious ring
There are no kings for me
Your time is up
Your fascist dream is crumbling
The vagabonds sing "we are free"

And why do the worst of us hate us so much?
I never hated them until
They bowed down to the antichrist
They chose their path to hell
I wish that I could wish them well

No I will not bow
My knees will not bend
There are no kings for me
I will not yield
Send your goon squads back to hell
There are no kings for me

No Kings for Me

A demo level .. 
first mix of a song i wrote ..
about standing up and fighting for the self .. the soul !!
 
Guitars / Bass and vocals Walker .. 
Piano / Harmonica #LadyMapleLeaf .
photo by Lady Maple Leaf 
by R.J.Walker 2025

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"Digit@l Paradox" PT II

miss begotten notions packing her knapsack for a lark of a weekend in the countryside

miss begotten notions (cover art by my friend Lyndsay Kelly) ❤️

Above (2025) Remastered

a song about Australia my home ……a little piano improv at the end with some bush sounds I recorded and the phenomenal playing of native instruments by the elders..........these are the sounds I remember as a young fella, having just immigrated from Belfast  Northern Ireland during the “troubles”  in 1980,  swapping petrol bombings and the sound  of patrolling army boots for the  song of the lyrebird and the scent of the bush is something I’ve not forgotten ,  so I’ve tried to capture that feeling a bit here……….cheers and peace for listening



sun on the face, warm is the night
red dust underfoot, desert rose growing high
the smell of the eucalypt hangs in the air
corellas in the oak tree, cockatoo doesn't care

it's the land i love the roads i walk
the people i know, the language we talk
i'll never leave i'm never alone
my life is here, this is my home

the afternoon storms blow in from the west
to offer relief 39 in the shade
the sound of distant thunder makes the kookaburra cry
ooh my cooinda, katjeri sky

it's the land i love the roads i walk
the people i know, the language we talk
i'll never leave i'm never alone
my spirit's here, this is my home

it's the land i love the roads i walk
the people i know, the language we talk
i'll never leave i'm never alone
our spirit's here, this is our home

Home

Single Use And Recycled: songwriter, searing guitars
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Rob: bass, lyrics/vocals


Steady your hand, hold it out in front of you
Palm down, open wide, keep it still
Steady, steady like a rock

Fill the lungs, hold it in, don’t let it out
Oxygen is life, oxygen is life
Without it slip away

Steady like a rock, no such thing as trying
Set in my way, set in stone
Let me know if you see me waiver
Know when I hit the floor

Steady like a rock, no such thing as trying
Set in my way, set in stone
Let me know if you see me waiver
Know when I hit the floor

Getting reps in, keep a mental count, the turns
Generally speaking, random mark
Pump it out, turning over rocks

Over under, beat the odds on favorite
Carrying the bag, subjective satisfaction
I feel satisfied

In the presence of certain company
Discretion opposite honesty
Find the right moment and then lay it out
Save the hurtfulness for next time

In the presence of certain company
Save the hurtfulness for next time

Discretion Opposite Honesty

This is a very short, sort of dreamy song. It reveals that lovers usually see the reality of a disconnect, yet often hold on to the shadowy past when things were so much different. This was originally recorded some years ago but I always wanted to improve the sound quality and complimentary instrumentation. Thanks to my dear friend and musical accomplice, Nat Daniels and Gentle Rain Records, we’ve tightened up the original tracks and she added some beautiful touches in the instrumentation that really make this song achieve the results I always sought. Thank you Nat!

Craig Durgy: Guitars, mandolin & vocals
Nat Daniels: Production & additional instrumentation
©2025 Gentle Rain Records

Lyrics:
Lovers know the time to go, but
Lovers sense, a time that's tense, so why

Do we sit here still
Is it for the lack of will
Seems to me we just want to be again
Save what we had then

Lovers hold, a heart grown cold
Lovers stay when there’s nothing left to say

But we sit here still
Waiting for the time to kill
Seems to me we just want to be again
Save what we had then

Lack Of Will

Recorded at Amplified Studios, Carlsbad CA July 2025
Drums - Marc Polit
Lead solo: Tristan Brooks

LYRIC
It took me half my life 
To finally gain insight
I only saw myself as others did
And I mostly stayed hid

I spent half my life
Upset and uptight
I learned it’s stupid to walk on eggshells
Every egg eventually breaks
And if that takes you half your life
That’s what it takes

Can't say exactly when
I knew what I didn’t then
A dawning realization
An opening of the mind
It only took me half my life for me to find

Time isn’t playing
It’s counting the days
If you don’t know what I’m saying
(Well) you won’t be young always
You sure won’t!

As the years accrue
In the remaining few
I won’t let regret confine me
I’ll amble slowly toward the light
Let the past all fade to black
I can’t go back
I love this last half of my life
So that’s all right


Half My Life

Copyright Nat Daniels / GRR 2025
Just a simple experimental Country Pop track combining Stratocastor, Fiddle, Church Organ and Acoustic Guitars, along with intricate harmonies. leaning towards some insane choral vocalisation, and a solid country melody..  
a Song about love,  and the need to cut loose and to live a little     .  Thank you for listening xx Nat

Lyrics:

Reaching out with both hands
I see you in my dreams
reliving every moment,
behind the silver screen

(Verse)
Touch me where the heart lies
Like the sun would never set
Take me to forever
Where our souls have always met
  
(Chorus)
The hours hold no meaning
As I'm waiting through the Night
I will hold on 'till I see you 
If it breaks the morning light
'Cause every moment with you 
Is where I want to be
Take my hand and steal away with me

 (Verse)
Running fingers linger
Down the pearls of my spine
Bodies intertwining 
Like the sun,  moon and sky 

(Verse)
Kisses on my shoulder
Running breathless everywhere
And Im swept into this dream  
With no beginning or an end

(Chorus)
The hours hold no meaning
As im waiting through the Night 
I will hold on 'till I see you 
If it breaks the morning light
'Cause every moment with you
Is where I want to be
Take my hand and steal away with me

Steal Away With Me

Steal Away With Me - Nat Daniels

Esta canción está basada en un riff de bajo que hizo mi hijo Adrián. En principio su destino era la banda que teníamos "Eléctrica Azul" y se ensayó pero no llego a generarse completamente. La retomé y compuse toda la instrumental. En cuanto a las voces, éstas son samples de uso gratuito que he generado para que se acoplaran bien al tempo y melodía de la canción. 
Para las guitarras he usado mi Duesenberg Palomo Red Sparkle.
Resto de instumentos con plugins. 
Daw: Cubase 14 Pro.
Masterizado con Izotope Ozone 11 Standard.
Gracias por escuchar.

In English:
This song is based on a bass riff my son Adrián wrote. It was originally intended for our band, "Eléctrica Azul," and it was rehearsed but never fully produced. I reworked it and composed the entire instrumental. As for the vocals, these are free samples I generated to fit the song's tempo and melody.
For the guitars, I used my Duesenberg Paloma Red Sparkle.
The rest of the instruments are plugins.
Daw: Cubase 14 Pro.
Mastered with Izotope Ozone 11 Standard.
Thanks for listening.

Canción de Adrián

For The Love Of Harry Nilsson (with cover of "Always")

Nothing like a pesky raccoon to stir things up a bit… Oh, hello. Glad you dropped by. A raccoon, I named Bandit, has taken up a vacation residence under the shed here. It’s right next to the raspberry patch and apple trees. A couple nights ago, Bandit snuck into my small greenhouse, where I grow tomatoes and peppers, and made a salad of the pepper plants, munching one plant completely down to the stalk. Bandit also likes the heavy crop of choke cherries here. He also uses the back corner of the vegetable garden as a latrine, which last summer was up on the house roof. I’d awaken with a start to hear little footsteps running across the roof. Luckily no roof excursions this year. Anyway, this is a Blues song with some solo banjo. Lyrically, it has a couple of reflections about life, mortality, gardening, relationships and partner expectations, letting go of life dreams, a nod to Bandit, the wacky weather, and making peace with old age. And of course, there’s a fair amount of daydreaming going on, while plucking banjo. Hope all is going reasonably well with you, wherever you are on Earth, during this whirlwind tour we’re on. Mark

Back Porch Banjo Blues

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

Demos and sketches of songs, mostly recorded in my home studio.
Part of the Netta&McGill duo.
Thanks for having a listen.

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