Some Scenes

Hi there,

Another tune for you to check out!

This is on the Outer Banks Sounds CD and is also the title track of the latest collection of my tunes available on CD from yours’ truly.

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Some Scenes

Wet and winded, we decided to decree

With ink we marked our skin, with stars we traced our sin.

She told us she could see the direction and a tree.

Roiling in the din, I retreat within.

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

One side, Two Sides, Upside Down

You once had smiled, but now you’re frowned

The pace I found you at has slowed me down.

A million pardons on shaky ground

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

The irony of my disdain for words and my poetic inclinations

Has not been lost on me

I fear for the state of my reputation so with candor now I speak.

Cause I just want to be

You’re eyes are big, your limbs are long.

I haven’t felt inspired in far too long

The wind can blow, the sun can burn, that only makes you free.

Your fingernails, the skin I’m in, I want to.

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

With the wit of a card shark and the grace of a stripper

She made her mark on a stiff upper-lipper

Some scenes, some scenes

Some scenes, some scenes.

here is a Video of it from Outer Banks sounds showcase 10/21/2011
at Kelly’s in Nags Head, NC:

Wet and winded, we decided to decree

With ink we marked our skin, with stars we traced our sin.

She told us she could see the direction and a tree.

Roiling in the din, I retreat within.

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

One side, Two Sides, Upside Down

You once had smiled, but now you’re frowned

The pace I found you at has slowed me down.

A million pardons on shaky ground

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

The irony of my disdain for words and my poetic inclinations

Has not been lost on me

I fear for the state of my reputation so with candor now I speak.

Cause I just want to be

You’re eyes are big, your limbs are long.

I haven’t felt inspired in far too long

The wind can blow, the sun can burn, that only makes you free.

Your fingernails, the skin I’m in, I want to.

Some Scenes, some scenes

Some kings, some queens

Some scenes, some scenes.

She laughs and then she leans

With the wit of a card shark and the grace of a stripper

She made her mark on a stiff upper-lipper

Some scenes, some scenes

Some scenes, some scenes.

bluegrass vs jazz bass

Spain

here’s a little gem that i stumbled across while wandering around youtube.

the first place I went to try and find me some work while in Mexico was a latin jazz jam session at a beach bar called Cuates Y Cuetes. This place is owned by a wonderful woman and avid music fan named Esther(or Tete) and her husband jazz saxophonist Martin Montenegro...anyway, they became good friends of mine as i continued to haunt their session while scrambling for gigs and brought all of our visitors there for drinks and general beachside hangmanship.

they do this thing where they host a few big concerts a year where they rent a big stage and go all out on the sound system and they feature mostly latin jazz and fusion, so they invited julio and i to play…and they also invited Memo Suarez to play with us as well. This would have been fine if we had stuck to more familiar repetoire, but we really wanted to play Spain. So, if you can get past poor Memo trying to hang on while we drag him through this tune here it is:

I had a lot of fun this day. I LOVE CUATES Y CUETES. it was my Mexican cheers.

Live in Mexico!

Here are some videos of me playing with my good friend Julio Palacios. We play 3 times a week at this hotel right on the beach. We see the sun set everyday as we are setting up. It’s pretty sweet. My friend John Notto was here visiting us and he shot this footage. Enjoy![