So the lyric came from a B rated movie. I don’t remember the name of the film. But at the end the guy says “I understand the basic weaknesses that make you do the things you do”. The verse practically wrote itself. Another dark lyric. I remember in New York Read more…
This song came together around 1981. A reggae groove, very simple. Originally it was drums base and one guitar. Max Camfield played the guitar tracks and arranged the harmonics. I did the vocal hook in octaves. I imagine the howling of a wolf. A jazzy wolf. Bob Schott took this Read more…
An obvious play on sole survivor. I had a great time sending the tracks to Michael Mazzola in New York and he added all the guitars. There is an ontological rap. Maybe I should have come back to the chorus, but instead the rap takes it out.
“I remember when…”. I took a trip to Venezuela in 2006. The name Evangelina sounded very lyrical. The chords go way back to 1978. I recorded this version in 2006.
I teamed up with lyricist Noel Coward for this one (unbenounced to him). I found the lyrics on the back of organ sheet music. Inspired, I wrote the music (in 2007). His lyrics are poetry and last throughout time immortal. I hope I did him justice. This song has a Read more…