Songs on this page: 4

Blues Songs

Beyond Words - Some things are beyond what words can express. This song is about sex. Specifically, it is a story of a man and woman who meet, do that little dance around each other as they each try to position themselves, and then they fall in love. Then it builds to a sexual crescendo orgasmic climax, and then suddenly they are in the afterglow after the climax. This then leads into another session of sensual passion which then builds to yet another climax. Then it begins again. Originally, that third section I had a slide guitar in, but I was told it was TOO strong and TOO sexual and made it difficult to listen to the song many times in a row. (One woman I know has a particularly strong sex drive and she listened to this song 20 times in a row the first day she heard it)
Done in a blues style - hopefully the message comes through in the music.... Some say it comes through loud and clear...... Blushing faces....smaller version

This Old Guitar - This is my tribute to Roy Buchanan, one of the most expressive guitar players that ever lived. Quite probably THE most expressive. Jeff Beck dedicated his most famous song to Roy Buchanan. ('Cause We've Ended As Lovers") David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was a big fan of his and got much of his style and sound from Roy.
Roy was the only musician to ever play Carnegie Hall without having a record produced first. And there was no advertising for the show. Yet, by word of mouth only, he sold out Carnegie Hall 3 times over. They had to extend to two extra nights to accommodate everybody. They did a TV special on him in the early 70's called "The World's Greatest Unknown Guitar Player" Other musicians said that when he stepped onto the stage and began to play they felt like "God was in the room". He was gifted the way few people ever are. Yet, he never really pursued the recordings that would have made him more famous. He ended up working as a barber in Washington D.C. during the times he couldn't play.
But he suffered from alcoholism and depression. He was supposed to play on The Beatles Abbey Road album, but he passed out on the recording console. He missed opportunities because of his drinking, and eventually one night they picked him up in his neighborhood for being drunk and took him to the local jail. When they came to get him in the morning, he had hung himself in the night. It was a great loss to the world.

In 1972, he recorded a song called "The Messiah Will Come Again". That song burned a place in the depths of my soul and has been buried there now for over 30 years. It made me want to play guitar. It made me want to play guitar in a way that will touch someone so deep, it will make them cry. This song is dedicated to him. I tried to capture his life in the words, and his style of playing in the guitar work. I wanted to write a song that would be a fitting tribute to him, so I wrote this. It was the least I could do.

The Memories Come Rushing Back - This tells a blues story in a film noir style with a narrator telling a story about himself as he walks into a busy restaurant and sees his old love across the room. The memories come rushing back as he thinks about what happened. How they met and fell in love. And then how they drifted apart. He never ggoes to talk to her. They both just sit there awash in their memories and thoughts. Finally gets up and walks out, taking his pain with him as he moves out into the streets.

The Memories Come Rushing Back - instrumental version - This is the same as the one just above - but without vocals. The song has a different feel this way.