Chris Pendergraft - Music Is Elation

Live recording of our "super massive" from our set at esl in November, enjoy! I play guitar in the redshift project, along with mike blodgett, Eric on drums and josh on sax. Bass is a drone.

EchoCosmic LIVE@ESL,Oakland - 'Super Massive' 11-13-2013

Live recording of our "Mogodishu" from our set at esl in November, enjoy! I play guitar in the redshift project, along with mike blodgett, Eric on drums and josh on sax. Bass is Tutti-man.

EchoCosmic LIVE@ESL,Oakland - 'Mogodishu' 11  -  13

Live recording of our "cosmic uptake" from our set at esl in November, enjoy! I play guitar in the redshift project along with Michael Blodgett, Eric is on drums.

EchoCosmic LIVE@ESL,Oakland - 'Cosmic - Uptake' 11  -  13

Live recording of our "solar" from our set at esl in November, enjoy! I play guitar in the redshift project along with Michael Blodgett. Eric is on drums. Josh plays sax.

EchoCosmic LIVE@ESL,Oakland - 'Solar' 11-2013

Live recording of our "Event Horizon", Written by scott whitehead. from our set at esl in November, enjoy! I play guitar in the redshift project along with Michael Blodgett. Eric Stalzman on drums. Josh Miller plays sax.Scott on synth, so awesome.

EchoCosmic LIVE@ESL,Oakland - 'Event Horizon' 11-2013

song for my kids. dedicated to david bowie.
Michael Blodgett- Drums & vocals
Danny Simon - Bass & Vocals
Chris Pendergraft - acoustic and vocals.
Ralph Patlin - Lead and Electric Guitars and Producer

Astronaught-slave (1999)

How High The Sky
words and music by Chris Pendergraft

http://chrispendergraft.deviantart.com/art/Cosmic-Circus-409608007

A song about how as we get older we let go of our dreams or rather they are replaced by life. TO keep a active imagination keep your mind thinking young. think you thoughts and you life will be ever young, find wonder in daily life and you will die happy.

How High The Sky (see detail for poster art)

This is a super fun song I did with MOAG-
(Paris)I had done the basic tracks and I knew I had a solid tune, but I asked MOAG @man-on-a-grill and a few others for some advice to update to a more spacey track. Before i knew it MOAG had turned around so amazing vocals and keys, and a new idea on the arrangement. So after a few weeks, this is the tune we both signed off on. 

The City Has Teeth
Words by Chris Pendergraft
Music by Chris Pendergraft and MOAG
Produced by Chris et MOAG
(Merci Manu, mom ami!)

Well He came from suburbian inner-space
Headed to the palace to show off his face
all the trans, tricks and freaks
they could not get enough 
Of the sci-fi tramp with the white hot love
Well he took a rocket ship to the end of the block 
and when he opened his eyes
he was in the same damn spot
Hey man didn't know this train could fly 
But he was born with stars in his eyes

Look Out
The city has teeth
All you pretty people 
You know the city it needs to eat

Well Why she came here is not why she stayed
She took a room in the tenderloin 
Three years ago today
She's got a bullet-proof-vest
And a shortage on love
She's a sci-fi cop on the way to a bust
Well she's coming up the stairs 
Like they are not even there
She kicking in the door
And there's smoke every where 
Well a flash from the camera 
The bullets start to fly
Well she knows that she's too young to die

Look Out
The city has teeth
All you pretty people 
You know the city it needs to eat

Look Out
The city has teeth
All you pretty people 
You know the city it needs to eat

The City Has Teeth Ft. MOAG (US-FR) see details

Final Mix by Michael Blodgett 
at Electric Sparkyland Studios (Oakland,CA)
http://electricsparkyland.com

Stardust and Ashes 
Words and Music by Christopher Pendergraft
and string arrangements with Thomas Brunkard

Cello & vocals - @faerytale - Lisa West 
Viol - @thomasbrunkard - Thomas Brunkard
Lead guitar- @sparkyland - Michael Blodgett
Rhythm guitar - @man-on-a-grill MOAG
Drums - kyle personen 
Bass, vocals, Piano and arrangement- Chris Pendergraft

We are Stardust and Ashes
Memories of Tomorrow 
Know where you came from 
If not where to go
Once we were angels
So give fear no place in your breath
Once we were demons
So give fear no place in your breath

Across the Evening Sky
It is time not space in which 
We Fly

So don't spend your pay
on Drowning your pain
You'll miss the bliss
Along the way
For Apathy is 
The beast of the day
The beast of today

EC & The Royal Chamber-Psyche Orchestra - 'Stardust and Ashes'

Words and Music  and Artwork ©2015 Chris Pendergraft (with help from Jimi) 
All parts recorded and performed 
by Chris Pendergraft

Jimi Hendrix literally taught me how to play music. Before I could get down on the guitar I heard 'Red House' and that was it, I had never heard anything so beautiful ever. Some thirty five years have past since that song came into my life and I can not explain how important he has been to my development as a musician. I really tried to listen to what he was laying on me and I felt a connection to him that I had never had in my life. I have maintained that connection with out pause and consider every song I do from the ears of Jimi, as if he could help me to understand what the mix wanted to be. Its not just guitar playing, it's arrangement and production that have rarely been bested when you look at the amazing body of work he recorded in the short time he had= he gave everything, and imagining a world without him - well I would have never been writing this now.
So this is not a Jimi Hendrix composition, but I can say with honesty that he still lives through our dedication to his work, and I offer this as tribute and thanks to James Marshall Herdricks, who died 29 days before my birth, and who gave us so much in so little time.

This artwork I painted in preparation to record this song that I wrote in dedication to Jimi Herdrix. 
#jimihendrix 

Chris Pendergraft - 3 Steps Back (Tribute To Jimi Hendrix)

This song I wrote about a year ago.
Its a song inspired by a story I heard from a clouder,
about WWII war babies; 
and very heavily by Bowie.
Once David died, I have been in the mixer
retaking vocals, adding parts and trying to find
a perfect mix.
©2016 Chris Pendergraft

https://echocosmic.bandcamp.com/track/love-during-war-45-tribute-to-bowie

IN 45 
the west wind blew
The war 
Came to an end
The Summertime 
The Country side
There Enough time to begin

Few are born
under perfect skies
life adapts
stars align
Love finds 
a way through

A soldier's fate
Is measured in days
In the moment
The is only today
But in a moment 
The war can change

The greatest gardens 
Start with the single seed
But Love during wartime
Could never be easy
You take what you can
You take what you can reach
But Life never gives 
More then
just what life needs



   

Love During War: 1945

©2016 EchoCosmic Records 
Words and Music by Chris Pendergraft
For a dear, dear friend whom I have massive faith in. 

Dare to Dream
It takes a lot 
to pull it off
to hit your mark
when no one is looking
It's harder still 
to not lose your will
when your strength is fading

And I know you try so hard
Each and every day
Trying to pull it all off 
so you can find your way
but if you could just see you
from behind my eyes
you'd see it's your time
Life is waiting

Simply Dare to Dream
Sometimes we must just believe 
There are mysteries
Each One waits wishing 
to be free
In each question an answer 
wrapped inside
to life unfolding of each day
It's not our to know
but just wonder why
But what we do 
is only ours to say

DARE TO DREAM 
TO RISE ABOVE 
TO SEE THE ROAD
THAT IS IN FRONT  
TO FIND THAT PLACE
DEEP INSIDE 
THAT TAKES YOU PAST
THE FEAR THAT 
BINDS
DARE TO DREAM
TO RISE ABOVE
THAT PLACE OF FEAR
YOUR RUNNING FROM
DARE TO DREAM 
TO FIND 
A PLACE OF PEACE
LIFE IS WAITING 


Wings of Wax

Dare To Dream

Dare To Dream (download open)

©2016 words music and art by Chris Pendergraft
a dedication to the artist who taught me to sing, in a way my first real 'fan' band that I followed. 
During his last show, Prince told the audience "I am okay, don't waste your prayers on me"  This really struck me. I heard this melody the day he died, and I sat down today and tracked the drums and everything else. Van Jones was Prince's friend, and he spoke about him in very personal terms the other day, and it move me to tears. Prince was a philanthropic person, and did his work under secrecy. This really moved me, he was so ON and still he looked beyond him self to help others. I hope Van and his other close friends can find the peace that passes understanding.

So the song is about all of our loss, and the idea that maybe for a moment Prince would get to see, like his impact on the world, because the music he brought us made us think and feel, a myriad of different feelings, because he reveled his inner struggles and victories through each beat, note and lyric. He was a fucking master. There can not be another Prince. Right now all over the planet, people are dancing, crying, laughing, going crazy; because of his courage to find himself in his music and encourage us to find our inner rockstar, even if its just when we are in the car, pumping the jams. God Bless Prince Rogers Nelson. 

The World You Taught To Sing (For Prince)
Now that you’ve gone
You know this world
it is a harder   place 
But you’ve left so much behind
We’ve been 
blessed 
each and 
every day 

Now you rise up
Above the clouds
For now you are Free
yes you are 
to see 
the love that 
you bring
To all those 
in the world
that you
have taught to 
sing 
and tonight they 
sing
Don't Waste No Prayers,
No Prayers on me
Cuz now I am free
Don't Waste No Prayers,
No Prayers on me
Cuz now I am free

The World You Taught To Sing (For Prince)

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
words, music, performance, and cover art by 
Chris Pendergraft

Uptown man
never really
gave a damn
no bones at all
just a film flamm man
What you need son?
I got it
I got all the shiny things
shiny things
I got all the shiny thing
shiny things

What do we
even know
at the end 
of the day
we’ve been
lost in 
market speak
and we’re 
running out 
of run way
If we really need
all the 
shinny shinny things
Then we may 
have to choose
between them 
and breathing 

Lizards and Androids
Oversized deltoids
Corruptionon a cosmic scale
Wizards with backpacks
Bus driving sleestacks
I just took a ride 
on a flying squirrel 
Where is the outrage
Of the unpaid interns
As thier bosses expense 
all the strippers’ tuition 
but nothing else changes
when strange is the normal
We’ve all got our secrets 
When We all live sedated 

Torchfireheart - Strange Is The Normal(FlimmFlammMan)

performance and arrangement ©2016 Chris Pendergraft
lyrics and music ©1967 Bob Dylan. 

For my soundcloud family, my first cover, ever.
I was raised in a house where bob dylan was gospel. As crazy as things have gotten as of late in the United States and around the world this song has stuck in my head like a mantra. I hope you can dig the more modern arrangement and I hope to not offend anyone in that way, as some consider this sacred. 
I also paid homage for a few measures to Jimi Hendrix, as he is considered to have the definitive version. I must agree, but I also love Dylan's original, but my generation needs this track as much as any previous, and I imagine that it will be covered from here till the end of time. 
Much love and respect and I hope you can all dig it. 
Recorded August 4th 2016, in Echocosmic studios. All instruments recorded and performed by myself. 

All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan Cover)

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
words and music by chris pendergraft
I think the end section sounds like a mazie star track. but whatever. Its what came out today. peace. Guitar is almost all my tele,single, but there is a gibson track in there too. I dont know. good night, sleep tight. 

aint no body  in this world
born with all that you need
the truth is 
sometimes 
it takes
the whole world
To find out 
just what you really need

whats the point in trying baby
when nothing ever goes my way
Im so damn tired 
of just trying to get by
Sometime I can take another day

Ain’t nobody in this whole world
who ain’t gonna be
touched by pain

The truth is 
in life 
just to know yourself
And find out
just what
you 
really need 


watch the wind
whisper secrets
through these trees
forests that spring  
from  memories
we run to shelter
from the 
afternoon rain
All of these moments 
we must take 


The Moments We Must Take

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
words and music, arrangement and performance 
by Chris Pendergraft
for a friend. 

this track is open to cover for any singer that this track moves. Let me know and Ill get you stems or a stereo mix with no vocals. 

Sleeper, lyrics by Chris Pendergraft

She sleeps the day away
as if the day had never came
A waits for something
that never will begin
So warm this summer morning
But the daylight 
never makes it in

Shadows 
fold up all the corners
like blankets 
that 
cover up the bed
The light out side 
is waiting
But you must rise
and let it in

Sleeper 
Dream this day away
Sleeper 
Nothing in this world 
Will change unless you wake
So warm this summer morning
But the daylight 
never makes it in

Sleeper (Download Open)

©2016 Chris Pendergraft, words and music, and performance.
Lost Is Lost
This is a song about letting go of what is lost, and appreciating the moment we live in. I'd rather not dig any deeper on lyrical meaning here. I think that we have these moments, that define who we are in the end, but if we look to hard at the past, we miss the moment we are in, and we get into a routine of life. It's a certain comfort we have, but we need to be open to the world, and that may require going out of our comfort zone, to explore the world.

they used to have something
that was perfect
in every way
not because 
they were strangers
because they always knew 
just what to say

and we
wonder in silence
where will time take us
Now that we’ve given up the wheel
for there
Once was a time when 
all that we needed 
was here

what’s lost is lost
it is smoke in the air
The perfect note  
that hangs just right
that fills the midnight air
what’s lost is lost
it is smoke in the air
The perfect note  
that hangs just right
that fills the midnight air

I must tell you something
cuz I want the whole
world to know
Aint no one 
in this big big world
Who could give me
such a  perfect love
and we
wonder in silence
where will time take us
Now that we’ve given up the wheel
for there
Once was atime when 
all that we needed 
was here

Lost Is Lost

©2016 Redshift, Oakland CA.USA.
performed live 9-9-2016
songs written by Redshift.
Chris Pendergraft - guitars
Michael Blodgett - guitars
Eric Statzman - drums
Jonathan Spivak - keys, guitars

Redshift 9 - 9-16 7. Nexus One - Seaweed - Bubbles Overhead

©2016 CHRIS PENDERGRAFT
ALL LYRICS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND ARTWORK
BY CHRIS PENDERGRAFT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 

Some days
We moving backwards
We  past this place 
just yesterday
Some days
The storm 
is hatred
We walk away
from  peace
To save our pain

There is but one love
There is but one world
There is but one tribe
We must find our 
way back home


Build a wall
Half a mile high
Big enough to
block out the sky
You’ve got yours 
and I’ve got mine
Stay on your side
For This is mine
side

In it 
to win it
the payline
He’ll play it
he pushes 
his chips in
and raises
the steaks as
All of the others
feel quite dizzy
as   look for a tell
it seems that
he bluffing


What noone kmows
Is Such a  same
He lied his way
Into the game
iif he wins
he walks away
anyuthing 
to make his 
play 
anyuthing 
to make his 
play

Chris Pendergraft - Music Is Elation

Hank