Liking this Gary, as well as reading about the process and players. Your sound on this reminded me of my 'shed' days, a decade or so ago, as I hung out with some local country players and learned some country for the first time. Good luck with the song.

Classic country instrumentation, but the vocal & lyrical style are pure bluegrass, to me.  Ever done it with banjo / fiddle / mandolin? Also, like the way you slip in an extra little vocal line at the end of each verse.  Good writing, Gary.

Great story and insight to how the song came about - love it!

Nice one, Gary. Sounding very good. Like the ironic theme too.

Man, Gary you got such a good sound and love this country flavor-- excellent music and recording-fine writing !!!

Lovely country song - lovely melody - great vocals!

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
You can throw away your past, but the devil gently finds ways to bring it back...  Devil's Timepiece is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The fourth tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

Devil's Timepiece
:
Traces of smoke
Lingering soft hope
Words spit like flames
under the up-town train
Together alone
through the heat summer storm

Yes it is…
faded away
No it ain't…
the way it should stay

Church bells of peace
The devil's timepiece
Once in a while
love speaks, to the right one
'Til then I pray at the station
Penn the hymn to the speeding train

Yes it is…
No place to stay.

I saw the city lights
turn dusty moon 

I saw the blue gas-light
split the summer sky

(Yes it is…)
Last place I'll stay
No it ain't…
the only doorway

Oh, gentle violence
Time will rewind it

Oh, blame the summer wind
Sound the sirens

Who will write this down?

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devil's timepiece [ft. 4catsncoffee]

Sample of what my song 'Run to me' will eventually sound like. Recorded with a computer mike... And Ableton live.  Mix, vocals, songwriting, lyrics by ME :) 

Cover generated using Dall-e 2 AI

Run to me  (2013)

Interstellar exploration probe.

Back around 2015, I started taking guitar lessons from an instructor who was really into Bluegrass Music. I soon discovered that didn't have an aptitude for the guitar and didn't have a great desire to practice enough to make up for any natural ability. 
I did mention to my instructor that I had written a couple of songs and maybe our time would be better spent learning how to record these songs.
One day I tried to write a 'bluegrass" tune and titled it, "I've Done It Again." We recorded it. Years later, I wanted to revisit some of my earlier recordings and see what they might sound like with professional musicians. Nicky V. Hines, currently the lead guitarist with Shenandoah acted as musical director, guitarist, arranger, engineer, and producer for me on this finally finished new version. (Several versions have been posted on my SC page throughout the years. This will be the Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc version of which I shall make .002 of a penny every time it is played.) On bass is Martin Motnik currently a member of the popular European Heavy Metal Band "Accept." (Trust me, I have no idea how a country bumpkin like me ended up working with Heavy Metal - but I dig it.) On keyboards is the wonderful Tim McDonald , out of Nashville. On drums is another Nashvillian, Travis L.. Super people and very, very talented and experienced.
I like this version very much - musically. I think the mix is excellent (Nicky V. Hines) and I like how he took down the reverb on the vocal, it sounds a bit edgier, a little more vulnerable, and real. 
What's the song about? It's about not being able to take off the "masks" and take down the walls . Although "good lover" is sexual certainly sounding - we can mess up good love in other ways too - family, friends, etc. And, although we can deeply feel the pain of our actions, sometimes we just can't seem to get out of our own way. 
It is a song about being human. Thank you Nicky!

I've Done It Again

Let's make evil sweat
Let's make darkness hide away
No more fear of things we cannot see
Just live on with all your certainty

No more shame or guilt
Try your best, be proud of it
Tell me, what could possibly go wrong
It would make a lovely scary song.

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Samples (screeches, train and thunder) from joniheinonen, robbertbecker and funwithsound from freesound.

picture: Dutch dusk nearby where I live.
The windmills looked like claws, the bushes could be hiding anything.

No Fear

Calming Charme

Fizzeek

Instrumental of the beautiful song
 " I Don't Wanna Know"
Mix & production by Leon Pajer

I Don't Wanna Know

A recent Morry project from the basement studio. Tascam-Dp24. Hope our SC friends are doing well!

Image of Charley Harper "Dragonflies" at: https://www.harperoriginals.com/dragonflies

I've Done It Again

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