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Sorry the Day Redux Sorry the Day Redux
A redo of the waltz version, instead following a consistent verse/chorus pattern, adding slide guitar
Heaven Supreme Heaven Supreme
rearranging and writing new lyrics for the traditional spiritual, inspired by the mostly terrible Supreme Court decision from the term ending July, 2023
Orange Jesus Orange Jesus
According to Liz Cheney, a Trump friendly congressperson who agreed to sign off on a slate of false electors was heard to complain, "the things we do for Orange Jesus."
Russian Roulette Russian Roulette
A departure from my recent efforts, frustrated over war in Ukraine.
Vladimir's Bloody Brownouts Vladimir's Bloody Brownouts
What would it be like to recast Russian Roulette to a swingy jazz beat?
November Surprise November Surprise
I hadn't intended to do another "sorta bossa" tune, but the real surprise was finishing it before the end of November.
October Blue October Blue
I've come to love the harmonic changes, especially the last 8 measures, of "Stella by Starlight." That tune inspired this original instrumental in yet another of my "sorta bossa" archive.
Sorry the Day Sorry the Day
A minor rant about being voted down on my suggestion that we play Electionanigans, one of my political tunes, at a public, sidewalk chalk festival, the band's first public engagement since Leap Year Day (Feb. 29, 2020)
Electionanigans Electionanigans
A Christmas present courtesy of the unlikely donor, namely the Electoral College
Latinova Latinova
a mellow, moody, jazzy instrumental with Latin percussion
Orange Plague Orange Plague
A lyrical rewrite and solo re-recording of a tune from the 1970's called "Political Silence", a reaction to the feeble response of our poor excuse for a president to Covid19.
My Corona (first mix) My Corona (first mix)
With no disrepect to Sharona, it's not a beer, typewriter or celestial event, just a light instrumental to help us chill through a national health emergency.
By the Way Redux By the Way Redux
A 2020 update of a song originally written for fred, with a new set of lyrics instead of those written by the late Gary Rosenberg
a love song a love song
I got the musical idea for this song while playing a grand piano in a rehearsal room at the old music building at my college alma mater (I guess I had been listening to classical music, and was intrigued, I suppose, by the harmonic ideas of Bach.)
joe solo /collab Comedy - Political Humor
Hard to Stomach Blues Hard to Stomach Blues
A reflection on the performance of our fearless leader to date, especially in view of the uncontradicted testimony from the impeachment investigation
joe solo /collab Comedy - Political Humor
Impeachment Pie (a la Mode) Impeachment Pie (a la Mode)
A bouncy, satiric tune inspired by the shenanigans of Fearless Leader
Conventional Wisdom Conventional Wisdom
Updated for the 2020 election cycle
Four More Years Redux Four More Years Redux
A tale of avoidable woe, recasting the earlier versions of, respectively, Four More Years and Eight Long Years. With a nod to my memory from the early 1970's of Ken Price doing his spot on impression of Walter Brennan as Mick Jagger singing Angie.
Hermit Song Hermit Song
A humorous tune making ironic fun of our need to pair off, a 4/4 update of The Hermit Waltz.
