...its been a while

I havent been on this blog for a while. Sorry.
I have been very productive though: been writing songs and playing music, working, making collages...you know, the usual thing i guess.
I'm going to post some new songs here for you to enjoy.
There's also alot of stuff coming up in Kingston so I'll talk about those events and things in the next few weeks i hope.
My band, JukeBox County, is playing a show in Kingston  (at the mansion) on Sept 7th with two out of town bands and then in Ottawa on Sept 15th at Cafe Dekcuf with The Guilty Minds....that will be a good one!!!
Come out t oone of those shows if you are in either of those towns!!
This is a gospel-type, kinda darker song. I started writing it at the Blue SKies Festival (which was awsome) during a gospel workshop there. I had to walk away and find a quiet area 'cause this song came into my head and I had to go with it... enjoy!

Mommas headin’ out

Mommas goin down to the crossroads

Gonna  make a deal for us all

mommas headin’ down to the crossroads

Says we’re missin’ his call

Well a sacrifice

Won’t make it right

But the devil’s got us in his sight

One by one to the crossroads

And mommas settin’ out tonight

Don’t you throw that life away

don’t you head on out tonight

dark days run astray

‘Til we learn to embrace the light

‘Til we learn to embrace the light

John’s headin’ out to the dark-house

Shake the demons outta his head

Gonna find refuge at the dark-house

That’s what the preacher said

Gonna sell his soul

Just to pay the toll

Cold rock walls, means to console

A quick fix up at the darkhouse

But Johnny won’t be comin’ home

Don’t you throw that life away

don’t you head on out tonight

dark days run astray

Til we learn to embrace the light

Til we learn to embrace the light

Unholy men, they preach beliefs

They seed the fields to kill the thief

And in their eyes, they catch the sky

Turnin’ round to find the past is blind

Pappas headin’ down to the cellar

Grabbing his rifle and cross

Dusty bible lies hidden in the cellar

Then through fields of dewy moss

Well he’ll hunt him down

Like a crazed blood hound

make his way to the underground

Pappa’s gone huntin’ for the devil

‘aint stoppin’ ‘til momma’s found

Don’t you throw that life away

don’t you head on out tonight

dark days run astray

Til we learn to embrace the light

Til we learn to embrace the light

 thats all for now

Mister Fix-it

I wrote this song with my daughter on Saturday.
It it the first official song that we wrote together.
There will be more.
I dit it.

Silly mister fix-it

he works on it all

from the toy factory

to the upscale mall

come right here

we want a souvenire

do you have one mister fix-it?

he fixes the piano and the bell

he fixes our bass drum really really well

he fixes our house; the roof and the bed

he mends our staircase and our broken heads

but thats not all

theres more to be done

will he have time to fix the mo(u)rning sun?

i dont know

time will show

ask the crow

by the crooked rainbow

everything's slanted in the world today

so mister fix-it has a busy day

he works with a hammer and a wrench

and has the world's biggest work bench

you did it mister fix-it!

you're almost done

if people were numbers, you'd be number 1!

when the harmonica breaks

theres alot at stake

the band keeps playing

and for goodness sakes

hopefully he'll show up

and place it back together

he makes a hundred calls a day

no matter what the weather

oh mister fix-it

you're tired and sore

who's gonna fix ya

when you can't fix no more?

we'll help out

thats what its all about

give us a shout!

we can all help out!

you pay your dues

dog chews the fuse

you make it in the news

you're the one we choose

you clear our eyes of tears

you steer us from our fears

the sky waits for years

for you to take ahold and steer

mr fix-it, you really pulled through

you saved the zebra at the downtown zoo

you saved us too

re-patched my shoes

cured my blues

with a fresh point of view

thanks mister fix -it

achooooo!!

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This one isn't quite done yet but i figured i would post it as it is so far...

Old king cole

Help a bucket on his toe

Kept his laces real tight

And stayed up all night

The servants had to keep up

With his surly disposition

The people kept up to date

With his daily transitions

Old mother goose

Couldn’t choose the next rhyme

Running out of time

She must have stolen one of mine

‘Cause the lady in the boot

Said she stashed her stack of loot

Leaving town, touchin’ down

With her techni-colored suit

Jack chased Jill and they fell down the hill

I said hey diddle diddle they cracked the cat’s fiddle

And the spoon and dish made a wish upon the moon

For little miss muffet but it came too soon

Humpty dumpty broke down today

Jumped off a fence because he couldn’t have his way

Mary broke the rules

Stole a lamb from the fools

3 bags of wool

Sat on a hickory stool

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Free Radio June 11/11 set list

Yuka                              School Girls
Souljazz Orchestra         grasshopper and toad
Yuka                              got a ticket
George Symonette         Dont touch me tomato
Ween                             Bananas and Blow
Fela Kuti                        Go slow
The Guilty Minds          High Water
Captain Beefheart          Who do you think you're fooling
The Guilty Minds           Rewind
Fats Domino                   Blue Monday
The Watters Brothers      Lost Underground
SouJazz Orchestra          Mista President
Traffic                             Paper Sun

Free Radio Set List (June 4/11)

10pm Saturdays on www.CFRC.ca or 101.9FM on your old school radio device.



Yuka                                                   Dirty Bird
Mackenzie Rhythm Section              Acabo
Ween                                                  Monique the Freak
Rolling Stones                                   Shake Your Hips
Brian Jonestown Massacre               Who fuckin pissed in my well
SoulJazz Orhcestra                            BBQ ribs and Fried Chicken
Yuka                                                  Slow Grove
(above song with some timothy leary dialogue)
Naomi Shelton / Gospel Queens       What have you Done
Brian Jonestown Massacre                Tempo 116.7
(above song mixed with random moon talk)
Robert Johnson                                   Come on in my kitchen
The Blue Rhythm Boys                      Crazy Mixed up World
Ween                                                  Your Party

SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA POSTER

that's right! SoulJazz is coming to Kingston for this year's Skeleton Park Music Festival!

http://www.skeletonparkmusicfestival.ca/

http://www.souljazzorchestra.com/

This is very exciting!

I made a poster for fun.

There is an official poster coming soon.

The festival is a three day music showcase.

Check the website for official line-up thus far!

Free Radio on CFRC

Free Radio set list  May 7/11
10pm

www.Cfrc.ca for the archive

101.9Fm for those in Kingston


James Knight and the Butlers                      Funky Cat
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings                Better Things
All The People                                           Cramp Your Style
Chi-Lites                                                    Power to the People
Soul Jazz Orchestra                                    Secousse Soukous
Soul Jazz Orchestra                                    Little Havana
Frank Williams                                           Spanish Flyer
D-Rock Mix                                               Mix
D-Rock Mix                                               Mix
Presswon                                                   Strike
Rembetika Hipsters                                    Snakes at the Euxine
George Symonette                                     Dont touch me tomato
Afro Cuban All Stars                              

A CAlypso Song

Calypso originated in Trinidad.
I've been listening to alot of it and the other day my buddy Corey was over and I offered him a banana.
He refused.
Then i got this first part in my head and i went with it.
I hope you enjoy. You'll have to use your imaginations for the music. I guess if you dont know calypso look it up so you can get a feel for the sound before you read.....

i Carve Calypso

mister Corey won’t eat my banana

no mister Corey won’t eat my banana

he picks garbage from the top like constanza

but mister Corey won’t eat my banana

          -Music break-

i tell you – political men will try to replant ya

pullin’ a veil over your eyes just to stand ya

but you are not their property

free yourself from corrupt authority

and keep it coming, yell your rights at the bad man

don’t take a plan, weave your own stand to stem some

the drummer strums hums- a sun chant to move from

and finds a journey in the quicksand hold up

no mister I will not take a lump sum

I trade the plums, one more week in the may sun

I wouldn’t come over and tell you what to do

But now I’ll say choose a more peaceful pursuit

and keep it coming, yell your rights at the bad man

don’t take a plan, weave your own stand to stem some

the drummer strums hums- a sun chant to move from

and finds a journey in the quicksand hold up

fisherman hears calypso at sunrise

the bats hear it as it echoes in the night sky

and by the fire on the beach we can reach you

to tell a story, leave a mark, take a chance to

and keep it coming yell your rights at the bad man

don’t take a plan, weave your own stand to stem some

the drummer strums hums- a sun chant to move from

and on the way finds a journey in the quicksand hold up

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I host a radio show at CFRC (in Kingston)...101.9FM or CFRC.CA worldwide.

I ve been planning on posting the set lists for the show but havent yet. But i will, maybe starting this coming week.

I also have some new collages that im going to post up soon.

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