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"I humbly offer some simple, funky fusion jazzy guitar licks that may bring a bit of joy and rhythm to your day. It is but a small piece of musical expression in the grand scheme of things, yet I hope it may bring a moment of lightness to your heart."Peace!!

This song is a case of lyrical dissonance explains Simon... where the music doesn't match the mood of the words. "The song is a bit darker than people think. Because the chorus and the phrase are so suggestive of a long time passing, it has a touch of the 'Auld Lang Syne' to it. I don't think people pay attention to the lyrics of the song, which makes me feel I probably wrote the wrong lyric to it."Regarding the unusual chord changes, he added: "I was studying with a bass player and composer named Chuck Israels at the time so I was doing more interesting changes. I was studying harmony with him. Instead of using a minor chord I use a major chord and go up a step. It is hard to get an interesting key change. I also like to write a bridge and just jump a whole-tone up. 'Still Crazy' has that."Simon won the 1975 Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance for this song, and the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year. At the ceremony, Paul Simon got up to make his acceptance speech and thanked Stevie Wonder, who'd won the previous two years, for not making an album that year. And the next year's Album of the Year Grammy went to Wonder again.

I feel so lonely,but I'm not alone I feel so helpless,but I know that I'm strong but I've got this weight,bearing down on my soul and you're pulling through it,just like you've done it before so where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you,I can't breathe without you I don't want to be without you by my side You've always stood by me,through thick and through thin triumphs and losses,virtues and sins how could it be,that you taught me to see that nothing in this life is ever for free so where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you,I can't breathe without you I don't want to be without you by my side so I'm going to get down and on to my knees to put your soul at ease so you know that you'll always have in me all I have in you so where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you by my side where would I be without you,I can't breathe without you I don't want to be without you by my side

There's something hauntingly beautiful about Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Lady. It was written as an instrumental piece in 1932. The lyrics were added later by Mitchell Parish, a prolific lyricist who got his start in New York’s Tin Pan Alley in the 1920s.Ellington described the lyrics as “wonderful, but not entirely fitted to my original conception.” Parish’s words describe a woman who has lost love and chooses never to love again, hoping to shelter herself from further devastation. LYRICS They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now. Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry.

"SIR DUKE" 4:05 "WHAT'S NEW" 6:35 .....In 1949, the original club Birdland was opened in honor of Charlie Parker, and he was the headlining act on opening night. However, at one point, due to his excessive drinking and trouble-making, Parker was banned from the club that beared his name. Other than Parker, in the first years of the club, Miles Davis, Erroll Garner, Theolnious Monk and John Coltrane graced Birdland's stage.

....Essentially a love poem, Hendrix sings about a "little wing" who he wants to protect and keep close to him. The lyrics are filled with vivid imagery and metaphors, as Hendrix describes his love interest as a butterfly and a fairy queen.Throughout the song, Hendrix's lyrics convey a sense of longing and yearning, as he sings about his desire to be with his lover and protect her from harm. The song's final lines, "When I'm sad, she comes to me, with a thousand smiles she gives to me free," capture the idea that love can provide comfort and solace in times of sadness. Preston Murphy-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar

The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St.

“You Don’t Know What Love Is” is based on the premise that in order to truly understand “what love is”, then one has to also experience heartbreak. Or perhaps a more euphemistic way of describing what’s being put forth is that emotional pain is part and parcel of being in love, so to speak. That is to say that what the lyrics are indirectly implying is that the stronger your feelings for a person then the easier, and perhaps we can even say more likely it is for said individual to cause you anguish.

Joe Corsello-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar Their worries and woes, all fade away, As they lose themselves in the music they play. They start with a slow and steady pace, But soon the tempo picks up the race, And they're off and running, on a musical high, Playing the "Club London Blues" until the morning sky.

I shed my skin, like a snake Leaving behind the weight of mistakes My old self now feels like a dream A distant memory.... "HIGH AND MIGHTY" "SHAPE OF MY HEART" Thank you Karen for your continued support!! Preston Murphy-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar

Part 1 Part 2 7:00 Joe Corsello-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar

An original tuned by Michael Stark played on Fretless guitar