It’s not nearly as successful as Goodnight Babe, but I think that’s probably because it’s a wake up song instead of a goodnight song. There’s plenty of lullabies to fall back on for images, but not really any how-ya-doing, sun-rise-and-shinin songs. I took a little from an old Woody Guthrie tune (Wake Up), off one of his kids songs albums. But everything else is mine.
Here’s the new song for the week (finally). I got behind, but, in addition to writing this one yesterday, I also wrote 7 or 8 other songs. They aren’t all good, but I’ve at least got a starting point for next week. So I’ll have something on Monday morning for you. Bright and early.
This song is pretty much your standard folk train song. The idea for it came from this book:
Not much else to say about it. It’s done, that’s it.
Maybe I’ll see ya out at the Folk and Roots Festival this weekend. The Barehand Jugband is playing at 3pm on Saturday. We’ll be doing our set inside in the Old Town School’s auditorium. Get yourself in there and beat that heat.
Okay, so here’s the new version of the song I recorded this week, last year. It’s a patriotic tune. I was doing theme weeks last year around this time and because of Independence Day I did “Songs About America Week.” Go ahead and browse back and check out the other songs I posted.
But, also, check out the original version, which includes a lengthy description of where the song initially came from. It’s a good read for a Thursday morning.
This new one is kinda jumbled up. I combined some of the verses to make new sets of verses and then used the repeating element from the original to craft together a chorus. I think it works pretty well. I at least like the structure of this one and probably will use it on some other new songs coming up.
The music’s similar to the re-record of “I Can’t Help It” that I did back in late May. Of course, that one was on electric guitar, but it’s basically the same idea. Check it out.
Here’s the new Talkin’ Headline for this week. You’ve probably already noticed (and commented to your co-workers) that I didn’t post a new tune yet. Well, it’s coming up soon. I wrote two today already so far, and I got about 60 others up in my head. So, I would guess by Friday there’ll be a new one up and then by next Monday I’ll be back on track.
But, I’ve also got a new re-recording of last year’s tune headin down the pipeline tomorrow. So be sure to come back for that.
Also, thanks to everyone that came out on Friday night to the show I had at the Auxiliary. You did some good rump shakin. See ya at the next one.
Here’s the new song for this week. Yeah, four days late. But at least I got through it. This one’s kinda pieced together from another song I was trying to write last week. It wasn’t going anywhere. I gave it a shot on Sunday again. Rewrote a little bit, rearranged the words, mixed up the tune. Nothing worked, so I let it sit all week.
When I went back to it last night this is what I got. Rather than just skip this week, I thought I’d run with it and see where it gets me leading into next week. Maybe somewhere, maybe nowhere. At least I gave it a go, though.
So anyway. That’s that.
Remember, you can catch me tonight at the Auxiliary in Logan Square. Check out the facebook event. I’m singing starting at around 11pm. Couple other great performers are hitting the stage first, starting at 9pm. It’s gonna be a good old fashioned time. Hope to see ya there.
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