As many of you may know, I'm a guitar player.
I went to Philly to visit my family over the Christmas holiday, and I ran into a guy who used to manage me back in the day and was responsible for my moving to New York. I had sent him a version of an old Procol Harum song that I re-recorded on a whim about a month ago, and he was sufficiently impressed to take it around to a few of our old friends in the business.
When I met with him in Philly, he approached me about doing a 6-song EP of music in the style of old-school guitarists like Hendrix (my all-time hero) and Robin Trower. He surprised me by telling me that he'd already gotten a commitment for help in promoting the CD from a couple of people that used to work with my band back in the day.
Well, I started recording over the weekend, and I've got a demo of the first track. It's called 'World Fall Down,' and the lyrics are about the plight of the people of New Orleans. Figured I'd share it with all you DUers.
The MP3 is here:
http://blah3.com/mp3/world-fall-down-edit.mp3If you want to hear the procol Harum tune, it's here:
http://blah3.com/mp3/wsop.mp3More background about the project and the song is at
http://www.blah3.com/article.php?story=20070116021333258Thanks for listening.
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On Edit:Here are the lyrics.
I was talkin' to a friend of mine
Said today the sun won't shine
All this hurt and misery
Is makin' me lose my mind
Been livin' on lonely street
Nobody gonna rescue me
Ever since the rain came down
Desolation's all I see
The Good Book says to mind your neighbor
But my neighbors all done gone away
Bible talks about a Day Of Retribution
When that day comes, somebody's gonna pay
Damn that dirty water, done made the world fall down
Take a look at this angry crowd
They wanna get their due somehow
All those politican's words
Doin' nothin' to help them now
Ask the people, they'll tell you so
Only want to come back home
This place is all they know
But they can't live here no more
All these people left with nothin'
Nobody knows what tomorrow's gonna bring
All this talk about brother helping brother
Whole lotta words but they just don't mean a thing
Damn that dirty water, done made the world fall down