Let it Shine
Words and music by JC Whitelaw, Billy Brandt and Mary McGuire

Ash Can Van Gogh
JC Whitelaw, acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Billy Brandt, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, vocals
Mary McGuire, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, vocals
Dave Jack, drums
Jill Jack, vocals

Recorded at the Barn and released on JC Whitelaw Out of the Ash Can album.

Let it Shine

Jc & the Disciples first release from  "Woolly Mammoth & Other Assorted Sweets" 
©2023 Produced by JC Whitelaw & Ryan Hyland.
Mixed at Plymouth Rock Recordings. Recorded at Willis Sound & Plymouth Rock Recordings.
Cover Art by Klawe Rezeczy

Jc - Vocals & Guitars
James Megearian - Bass
Johnny Evans - Saxophone
Kristin Von Bearnthal - Vocals
Jimmy Sparks - Drums
David Reinstein - Organ

Lyrics:
I never dreamed the first time
would leave me hurting for more
I told myself the last time as I was walking out your door
I shake myself to reason but now I'm rendered unwound
I'm blinded by obsessions, thought I'd find you somehow

I can't call you my lover
I can't call you my friend
I can't call you my saving grace
Ya know, I think it's reached the end

You dosed me with your poisons
Infected you with my dreams
lost you in the darkness
and got messed up in all your crazy schemes
Your thinking I deceived you knowing all of the while
that nothing would change nor be rearranged now that the antidotes no longer your smile

I can't call you my lover
I can't call you my friend
I can't call you my saving grace
Ya know, I think it's reached the end

Never dreamed the first time
would leave me hurting for more
I told myself the last time, as I went walking, walking
as I went walking,
I'm walking, walking
as I went walking, walking,
I'm walking, walking,...

I can't call you my lover
I can't call you my friend
I can't call you my saving grace
I think it's reached the end

Deception - First release from Jc & the Disciples - "Woolly Mammoth & Other Assorted Sweets"

Something in this for me

The Letter.mp3

TNK.mp3

Lucky Star.mp3

Horses

Tous les cris les SOS

Stand By Me / Wonderful World

Written for my father, Max, who turned 91 this year.

Max at 91

Jc Whitelaw first solo release 1991 "Out of the Ash Can"
A track from a long while ago written in Scotland and inspired by a pasta sauce sunset and a very special love.

006 Rosolo

J.C. Whitelaw has had a musical career that spans four decades and multiple genres, from Rhythm & Blues to Motown, from Americana to his passion, Rock and Roll. As a songwriter and guitarist, he has worked with greats who include Carlos Alomar, Earl Klugh, Anita Baker, and record-producing giants like Gerard Smerek, Greg Ladanyi, and Michael J. Powell, Jimmy Romeo & most recently, Ryan Hyland of Plymouth Rock Recordings. JC has produced and played on countless recordings, has formed bands that include Ash Can Van Gogh, The Broken Toys, and The Forbes Brothers, and most recently, Jc & the Disciples. Jc has been the recipient of more than 2 dozen Detroit Music Awards and Nominations in songwriting, as an instrumentalist, and music production. 
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