This playlist contains "time inspired" original modern country-rock productions.

TIMELESS

Monday Playlist week of 1/13/2025

Sotto il cielo d'Italia - Under Italy's Sky (Text in English)

Comme le vol du papillon

Rendez-vous raté

Sensuelle et Minérale (HyLGZ22/ Damga / La Gazelle)

Sotto il cielo d'Italia - Under Italy's Sky (actually you realize your first voice after macaroni was me so enjoy Chinese yes it blame it all China)

SHE'S THE BOSS FROM HELL tells the story of the worst boss to ever exist that was sent from Hell to torment you at work and make your life miserable.  You are forced to stay because you need the money to pay for bills, rent, food to feed your kids, etc.   The original radio version released in January of 2023 was produced by Stephen Wrench and Wayne Killius of Musik and Film in their Nashville, TN recording studio.  This song hit No. 9 on the Euro Indie Music Chart list on March 6, 2023; No. 12 on the World Indie Music Chart list on February 20, 2023, and No. 19 on the Bandwagon Network Radio (BWNR) list on March 11, 2023.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhbyReTUHQk&list=PLRAGtVocmtxSPtV_Et_DhX6vzzcMb_YSg&index=1

SHE'S THE BOSS FROM HELL (RADIO VERSION)

If you were given 5 minutes to go back in time, what would you change or do differently?  This song tells the story of a man reminiscing about about the good old days while listening to some old albums.  He wishes he could have 5 more minutes to go back in time and tell a special girl how he really felt about her.

5 MORE MINUTES

GOOD-BYE GIRL!  This song tells the story of the realization that a relationship is truly over. You pour out your heart-out to someone and they slowly tear it apart over time without remorse or empathy. Time to say "Good-Bye Girl" and Good Riddance!  Hope you enjoy!

GOOD-BYE GIRL

GOOD BYE GIRL

MULBERRY HILL GAL tells the story of a guy who gave a country gal a lift one night on Mulberry Hill.  They got a talking and decided to go to a road side bar and both had a great connection and chemistry.  The guy is desperate to find hear and is combing Mulberry Hill to find her to profess his love for her.

Mulberry Hill Gal is an updated and reworked version of my very first song I ever wrote back in 1982.  I would like to dedicate this song to the memory of my dear friend Mr. Danny Arseneau who passed away on June 17, 2000 at the age of 38 years due to a tragic accident in his home.  Danny and I went to high school together in Chateauguay, Quebec and also attended Dawson College together for a while.  Danny later joined the Canadian Armed Forces.  
We would spend hours in our basements playing our guitars and "making noise" as our parents called it.  We actually entered my song and played it at a music talent show held at Dawson College.  It was very well received by the crowd of students and we actually won a prize for best original song.  What a great audience and time.  Hope you enjoy!
Cheers
Wally

MULBERRY HILL GAL

Mulberry Hill Gal

THERE'S A SPANISH TRAIN is perhaps the darkest and eeriest country-rock song ever written I would argue, because it tells the story of a ghost train that first travels east and then heads below carrying lost souls. Once you’re on board they won't let you go! My dad was a civil engineer with Canadian National Railway, designed many bridges, tunnels, stations, etc. Later in his career, he was involved with investigating deadly and tragic train accidents across Canada. A Spanish Train was lingo used by railway men for a doomed train that meet with a horrible accident and the loss of lives. This is context and inspiration for this song. I hope you enjoy. This song is dedicated to the memory of my father Valer S. Bartfay who passed away on Feb. 28, 2022.

THERE'S A SPANISH TRAIN

There's A Spanish Train

Written and Performed by Josh McAlexander

Get me to Gloryland (Original)

Regards croisés à contre temps 
J'ai senti tes yeux sur mes hanches
Nuit d'été suffocante
je me veux entre tes mains ta puissance
A une autre époque je n'osais lever les yeux trop embarrassée, 
J'avais peur de te parler.
J'aimerais résister pour pouvoir provoquer encore 
Ces premières étincelles.
Tu voudrais que je cède
Qu'il n'y ait entre nous que l'espace de nos souffles
Que je sente que tu manques d'air
A proximité de ma bouche
Quand tes lèvres ont effleuré mon épaule nue
j'ai su que nos énergies traceraient les contours de la passion.
Le long de ma colonne j'ai ressenti l'envie de te serrer 
De me coller contre ton buste et d'être à toi.


Tu voudrais

Written by Pete
Pete-lead guitar, rhythm guitar,backing vocals,bass
Paul-Drums,rhythm guitar
AJ Harms-Lead vocals

Troublemaker

Marc M : paroles et musique
Marc M : voix, guitares et programmation

Movie

Rayons de poussière dans la lumière
Des ruines des hommes des innocents
Je ne sais pas où est passé Lucifer
Ni dans quel calice gisent nos sangs
Nuit de peaux fermes et de charmes vaporeux
Indocile ivresse des mois amoureux
Volutes enivrantes soumises
Variantes obscures éblouies
Du divan rouge au divin flou
De nos élans fous j'éteins tout
Je préfère un enfer de muscles bandés de mots sales
Qu'un paradis de chairs silencieuses molles et sages

J'ai purgé sur terre,  le vide
Les fleurs des abîmes me vont mieux
Que toutes celles qu'ils coupent depuis jadis
Je brûlerai à défaut d'être pieuse

Je lècherai les flammes des déviances arides
Je suis la coupable les tyrans pâlissent

J'ai franchi le bord du gouffre
J'ai connu la mort le doute
J'ai semé le vivant
Comme le sable 
balayé par le vent

Je vais vivement brûler
leurs cantiques incarnations
J'ai suffisamment tremblé
Sous ces infâmes actions

Je suis trop
Bien trop intense
Bien trop bavarde
Je parle trop
Trop fort trop vite
Je ne contiens pas ma vie
Je suis trop étrange
Étrange comme mes mots
Qui te poursuivent et t'étranglent

Dark Smooth Melody (Damga / La Gazelle)

[Verse 1]

Walking through memories
Under those stars you used to know
Whiskey kisses, love burning low
You can't hide from it, darlin'
Those embers still glow

[Verse 2]

Heartstrings playin' guilty pain
Thoughts of her, like drivin' rain
Ghost lovers of the past
Secondhand smoke
It clings, it lasts

[Bridge]

An old flame 
You stirred up again 
Like a Hurricane 
Let's give her a real name
Secondhand Smoke  
She's just secondhand smoke (smoke)


[Chorus]

Secondhand Smoke 
From a fire you’ve been 
tending all night 
It’s something you can’t deny
So don’t even try 
Secondhand Smoke


She's just secondhand smoke
From a fire you’ve been 
tending all night 
It’s something you can’t deny
So don’t even try 
Secondhand Smoke
She's just secondhand smoke


Why play with smoke when you can play with fire?
 Baby why?


[Verse 3]

 I'm haunted by her face
Like a melody that time can't erase
Her silhouette dances, in the moonlight's glow
Secondhand smoke
don't wanna let go
Secondhand smoke
 don't wanna let go.



{Verse 4]

I'm the fire you been tending all night
It's something you can't deny
So don't even try 
Secondhand smoke
It's just secondhand smoke

Why play with smoke when you can play with fire?






Secondhand Smoke

Gaz Brownie:  Lyrics, Melody, Vocals
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master at Tone Hill, NY
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass at Vestervang, DK

Thanks so much for this brilliant collab, Gaz! I' m more than happy!

Whiteheat Happiness  ft. GAZ BROWNIE

🌾🍇 SOTTO IL CIELO D'ITALIA 🍇🌾

Under Italy's sky so bright
All seems perfect, a lovely sight
But at night, there’s fear to feel
Hearts turn cold, as hard as steel

For a stranger, they lend a hand
For Italians, none will stand
At forty, life’s a stormy gale
Only dust and winds prevail

The favored and the kin
Claim they’ve got the skill to win
But beneath this clear blue dome
Work’s a dream, a mirage alone

People push and rob to live
Broken dreams are all they give
Fleeing shadows, fears compile
Under Italy’s sky so fragile

But I still dream of a land anew
Where all have worth, and dreams come true
A place for all, no one denied
A hope that keeps my heart alive

The favored and the kin
Claim they’ve got the skill to win
But beneath this clear blue dome
Work’s a dream, a mirage alone

People push and rob to live
Broken dreams are all they give
Fleeing shadows, fears compile
Under Italy’s sky so fragile

But I still dream of a land anew
Where all have worth, and dreams come true
A place for all, no one denied
A hope that keeps my heart alive

mirage alone
mirage alone

The favored and the kin
Claim they’ve got the skill to win
But beneath this clear blue dome
Work’s a dream, a mirage alone

Sotto il cielo d'Italia

RENDEZ-VOUS AU PARADIS (Inspiré par DAMGA)

Inspired by The Screwtape Letters and 
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies
 Psalms 25

You say you've got demons deep in your head
is that so? 
They won't leave you alone
Let's invite them to lunch lets break some bread
Sit down at the table, let's examine the fables and lies they said


[Verse 2]
Pull up a chair let's hear them explain
why they wanted to cause you such pain 
No need to fear you are stronger than you think
Let them confess their dirty deeds through their teeth as they feast
One by one let your fears flee

[Pre-chorus]

Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one
every last one

[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch

[Verse 3]
No more accusations in the dark
You've got questions, leave your mark
This won't be the first time they fall
Sort it out once and for all 

Pass the salt let's banish the pain
Seek the truth break every chain
Pour another goblet of honest 
Now you know what makes them tick
Understand they are powerless

[Pre-chorus]
Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one


[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch


Hand them the tab
let the demons pay the bill
A hemlock feast for the wicked beasts
This will be their last meal

THE DEMONS LUNCH

ANARS ! Abandonnez-vous à la nuit

Happy New Year ! This is a bit different , hope you like it !
Well this year it won't be so full on , personal reasons will be limiting my available time to write and record , so I will be moving at a slower pace , which is a bugger but it can't be helped . In the meantime there is a few nearly finished songs and a great completed one with Gaz and Nat , out on the 11th . If you get chance have a listen to a track or three from me and Charlottes album Hopes and Dreams - Charlie and the Fox https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWWNcrIRv08J_eEbL7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM
https://open.spotify.com/album/78ewrWZjS41XvHT9mFWd6O?si=yDMcRADSSrOdWlanz6UPMw
Hope you all have a fabulous 2025 !

The Fire Within

Wrapped Up In Your Arms

I've always believed that this song would sound much better if it was sang as a male/female duet.

I asked Debbie if she would like to join me on the song and I was very happy when she said yes.

She did a marvellous job and added that extra dimension to the song that I always thought was missing.

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=111kVlpZGfA

Hope you like it.

There’s a girl sits all alone
In her world she calls her own
She cries at night cos he has gone

There’s a boy sitting in his car
Sad brown eyes staring out afar
The jukebox plays their favourite song

Chorus

They should be together
Instead of apart
They are one body
They share one heart
It seems so senseless
It went too far
She was his woman
He was her man

Solo

What’s the story, why is it so
Why it happened no one knows 
Don’t be foolish,  give her a call

Chorus x 2 

She was his woman – He was her man

They should be together(Cooper/DLynn Collaboration)

Original by The Rolling Stones year 1971
Ac guitar & vocal : Docvet
other instrument, second vocaL & Mix : PJ Project

Wild Horses

Lyrics and spoken words by Tony Harris US
Vocals, Music and Mix by Mike Fox UK

TUPELO IS 40 MILES WEST OF WHERE HE LIVES
AND MUSCLE SHOALS IS 60 MILES NORTH 
HE GREW UP LISTENIN' TO ELVIS
AND SONGS RECORDED IN THE SHOALS 

WHEN HE DRIVES DOWN THE STREETS 
IN DOWN TOWN TUPELO 
LOOKIN' AT THE GUITAR CUTOUTS
HE CAN FEEL THE MUSIC IN THE AIR

THE MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIO
IS WHERE BROWN SUGAR WAS RECORDED
AND MANY OTHER GREAT HITS
BY FOUR GUYS CALLED THE SWAMPERS

MANY HITS HAVE BEEN RECORDED
IN RICK HALL'S FAME STUDIOS IN THE SHOALS
AND ARE STILL BEING RECORDED TODAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE RIVER AND MUSIC

(CHORUS)
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT TUPELO HONEY
THAT MAKES HIM WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME ELVIS
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MUSCLE SHOALS 
THAT MAKES HIM WANT TO LISTEN TO ROCK N ROLL
TUPELO HONEY AND ROCK N ROLL

TOURING ELVIS'S TWO ROOM HOUSE IN TUPELO
AND THE HIS GRACELAND MANSION IN MEMPHIS
MAKES HIM WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME
TO THOSE GOOD TIMES AT SUN RECORDS 

TOURING THE ALABAMA HALL OF FAME
AND DRIVIN' BY FAME STUDIO'S
MAKES HIM WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME 
AND MAKE SOME WORDS RHYME

(REPEAT CHORUS)

TUPELO HONEY AND ROCK N ROLL
TUPELO HONEY AND ROCK N ROLL

2025 © Lyrics by Tony Harris

Tupelo Honey and Rock n Roll - Collaboration by Tony & Mike Fox - Original

“Summer of 85” tells the story of a guy who stumbles across some old photos of his old girlfriend and first true love. He begins to reminisce about their special time spent together during the summer of 85, and wishes that he could turn back time and reconnect with his first love after all these years. This song was mixed by Wayne Killus and mastered by Robyn Robbins who was founding member of Bob Seger's- The Silver Bullet Band. Stephen has been a 6x Grammy Awardee and has won over 50 Gold and Platinum records throughout his career journey that spans 5 decades now.  As of February 26, 2025, this song was No. 7 on the Euro Indie Network Music Chart list and No. 6 on The World Indie Top 100 Music Chart list.

Also see music video at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k54F7mYnDntYzbMGDmZv7qORxE7fsr3TM

See Review of Song by Euro Indie Network Music
https://euroindiemusic.info/2025/06/04/music-for-your-ears-discover-the-review-of-summer-of-85-by-wally-bartfay-and-stephen-wrench/

Timeless

Summer of 85

SUMMER OF 85

Au pays de tes yeux
C'est comme si tu descendais des cieux 
Ode charmante et enivrante
tu traces ton chemin sans pente 

comme  le vole du papillon
 tu danses dans mon sillon
 soleil soleil brûle brûle brûle
 je m'enivre et tu bascules

 je suis le roi lézard
 tu es ma reine bizarre
 le ciel dans la nuit s'allume
sur un coucher de lune 

j'observe ton visage fragile 
je m'inspire de ton profile
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

c'est ainsi que je m'anime
tout en restant magnanime
ton corps sublime me percute
je sais que je suis en lutte

 je suis le roi lézard
 tu es ma reine bizarre
 le ciel dans la nuit s'allume
sur un coucher de lune 

j'observe ton visage fragile 
je m'inspire de ton profile
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

Ode charmante et enivrante
tu traces ton chemin sans pente 

Play with all the colors of the canvas
Playing to the rhythm of the world
Dive into the groove
Feel the rhythm that loves you

Life is a game, let's play the instrumental
Sneaking into the melody
Embrace life, take flight
Chasing your dreams

Play your heart out tonight
Play so hard it stops your heart
Every moment is pure pleasure
We are unstoppable

Run through fields of rhythm
Taste the sweetest victory
With your heart beating to the rhythm of the groove
Stay together, undefeated

Play your heart out tonight
Play so hard it stops your heart
Every moment is pure pleasure
We are unstoppable

Break the rules and throw the card
Feel the magic in our world
Everything in life is a child's play
We have the world at our fingertips

playing for change the world

Playing for change the world

Bit of a silly Jam with the Noodles. Produced by Cookie Jay

Tiger Feet

Dear friends, missiles are raining down on Ukraine every day!!!
This is a fairy tale about a nine-year old girl and her little three-year old brother.
Today I heard a voice from Gaza: "NOW WE CAN HEAR THE BIRDS AGAIN!"
I really hope that the people in Ukraine soon can hear the birds!

Those Two keep Together

They are the only who survived after the digusting attack
against the house where they were born
and their appartment was on the third floor
They just remember the flash of light
and that their father screemed- kids You must get out
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

It was the missiles from the east falling down on their house
where they have lived for several years
they were a family consisting of several kids
and also daddy and their mom
and also Granddad and Grandma was there
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

the little girl of only nine found her little brother of only three
under the masses of broken bricks
he laid his lovely little arm around her neck
and then she felt the love from him
I will not ever leave You my love
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

They wrote a letter to the guy who is shooting at them
please stop the shooting- we don’t feel well
and have You seen all the men that You have lost
we do believe that You were wrong
when You entered the land of ours
We certainly hope that the year of twentyfive
will be a peaceful year without casualties

Those Two keep Together - 2025-01-20 12.36 (Lyrics in description)

Dear friends, this is a song for the weak people of the world

Silent Words

Have You heard those silent words that come from the smallest ones
They are the people that seldom are heard
They are so small and they can’t compete
with the guys that screem so loud
and noone listen to the words they say
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice


The children are silent when they suffer from something bad
we have seen pictures from Palestine and Ukraine
their eyes are empty reflecting pain
and the tears have now run out
and noone listen to the words they say
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice


In some parts of our cruel world the women don’t dare to speak
it is so strange that it can be like that
these women speak with some silent words
but in the future we will hear
what they say with their silent words
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice

Silent Words - 2025-01-29 14.24 (lyrics  in description)

Don't Really Need Your Love

Enjoyed jumping in to sing along on this Fun Take on a really Bad Day as described by Tony Harris of Tony's Lyrics and featuring the Blistering Blues Guitar of Tom Adams. Photo Credit to My Daughter, enjoying our BM'r Beach Convertible on One Of Those Days between expensive repairs.....Now SOLD!!! Thank God! ;-)LOL
ONE OF THOSE DAYS - TL-TA-RB COLLAB 
(Any Other Day - Tom Adams Open Collab)               
(Blues/Rock)  
WELL, I WAS WALKIN' OUT THE DOOR…  
JUST WHAT DID I FEEL?  
YOU KNOW I FELT THE RAIN
  IT WAS POURIN' DOWN ON ME  
JUST POURIN' DOWN ON ME… OH, YEAH!  
  THEN I JUMPED IN MY CAR…..  
WELL, I TURNED ON THE KEY  
OF COURSE THE CAR WOULDN'T START
  HOW COULD THIS BE  …..
HAPPENIN’ TO ME?  
JUMPED THE CAR OFF
  …….AS I WAS DRIVIN' DOWN THE ROAD
  I HEARD A BUMPIN' SOUND
  A TIRE BLEW OUT   
WELL, I STOPPED THE CAR
  AND I OPENED THE TRUNK
  OF COURSE THE SPARE WAS FLAT
……IMAGINE THAT?
 WE WERE RUNNING FLAT
  I REACHED FOR MY CELL
  TO CALL OUT FOR HELP   
OF COURSE THE PHONE WAS DEAD  
WITHOUT A CHARGER IN SIGHT 
  FLAGGED A CAR DOWN  
JUST TO ASK FOR HELP
  BLEW HIS HORN  
AS THEY DROVE ON BY  
(CHORUS )  
WELL, I WAS HAVIN'   
ONE OF THOSE DAYS  
WHEN NOTHIN'S RIGHT
  ONE OF THOSE DAYS  
NO HELP IN SIGHT
  ONE OF THOSE DAYS  
OH YEAH, ONE OF THOSE DAYS  
(BRIDGE)  
HAVE YOU EVER HAD?  
ONE OF THOSE DAYS  
PRAY YOU NEVER HAVE
(OH….BRING IT ON HOME, TOM!!!)  
(CHORUS)  
© Lyrics by Tony Harris 2019 - Blues Guitar - Tom Adams  Vocals, Production - Riff Beach (Version Only)

One Of Those Days - Original

One Of Those Days - Collaboration with Tony's Lyrics & Tom Adams

Remembering old friends and places with such great images.  This song
was written by Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen Jr,. while they attended
Texas A&M in the late 70's. It was released by Lyle in 1986.  What an American singer and songwriter.  A gem of a song

This Old Porch   (  cover - Lyle Lovett)

MUSIC BIO FOR DR. WALLY J. BARTFAY
Dr. Wally Bartfay is a retired Professor and former Associate Dean (August, 2024) for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.  He was also affectionately known as the “Rock N’ Prof” by his students because he often played original songs that he has written prior to the commence of lectures to create certain vibes and buzzes in his classes. His music has appeared on Euro Indie Music Chart lists top 1; World Indie Music Chart lists top 1 and 2; BWNR music list top 5, and the US Top 20 Show- Weekly Pulse of Music at No. 18. In 2024, he had 3 No. 1 Indie hits on the Euro Indie Network Music Charts and World Indie Top 100 Music Chart lists with collaborator Stephen Wrench: 1. You're My Beautiful; 2. Little Sunshine Girl and 3. Cherry Hill Gal.  Stephen has been a 6x Grammy Awardee and has won over 50 Gold and Platinum records throughout his career journey that spans 5 decades now. 
I have been invited to appear on several radio stations, music podcasts, YouTube music channels and interviews with music magazines during the past year.  Examples include B-line Entertainment; Phil Kratz Radio Show; Blackdog Indie Country Radio; James Cox Show; Empowerment Divas Network; The Anything Goes Podcast with Duzzy Clayton; Curtis Johnson Music Podcase; Kayden Gordon Show- Today’s Best Country Mix; Radio interview on the Jeff Rickett Show, Country KIX 96.5 FM; Paul Mash TV; Playin’ On Music Row with Fran, and an interview with Fanbase Music Magazine to name but a few.
Ever since Wally was a little lad, he wanted to play the electric guitar and make music that creates smiles on people’s faces. He can remember playing his imaginary electric "air guitar" in his parents’ basement to various rock and country songs for hours on end. He got his first guitar when he turned 14 after taking on various odds jobs including pumping gas on weekends and cutting lawns.  He quickly learned to play it on his very own, along with several other instruments. Wally has also done research related to the benefits of music therapy as a nonpharmacological intervention with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  He got interested in researching the clinical benefits of music as medicine after his father was diagnosed with vascular dementia following a series of strokes that left him bed bound in a nursing home.  Ironically, this is the same nursing home that he used to put on volunteer Christmas concerts for during his youth in his community. He is passionate about song writing and his songs often reflect personal experiences and challenges that he has faced over the years. Each song contains components of his genuine lived experiences, heart, and soul as an artist.
Please see Wally Bartfay Music Productions Website for chart rankings, interviews conducted, publications related to music therapy, and social media links.
https://sites.google.com/view/wallybartfaymusicproductions/home