Do It Yourself Song Poem

Hi, everyone,

First, I'd like to ask if anyone is having trouble getting the files. I am having no end of problems with Opendrive, but only at my home computer, which I suspect makes it a computer issue (although it is literally the only website with which I'm having problems, and on multiple browsers, which is weird). I just want a bit of feedback as to whether there are any issues at your respective ends. Thanks in advance!

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Today, something a bit different. This is a guest post from frequent commenter, and great friend of the blog (and online friend of mine) Timmy. Rather than offer up my comments, I'll just let him speak for himself.

I never really gave it much thought, but I have two songs that I wrote the lyrics only for, which are in all factuality SONG POEMS. Now, I didn't send these gems into a "song-poem" factory, like the folks did who you document, I went in a somewhat different direction.

Here is the story of these songs...

West Los Angeles, California; Early or mid 1970's - - - I wrote these two songs, lyrics only. With no intent to do anything further with them, stashed them in a folder & a few years later decided that I wanted to get them put to music. I called up an old ex-classmate of mine form school, Severo, because he was now becoming a somewhat well-known local musician on the scene in Hollywood and asked him if he would be willing to help put music to these songs of mine. He agreed. He would play the music but wasn't sure he would be the best choice for composing the music. Also, he said he couldn't sing good enough, as nor could I. So then, I posted a notice on a bulletin board at a "Orange Julius" stand in West Hollywood, where people would do such things, back then, to meet people for a variety of reasons. It was easy as pie. A few days later I was contacted by a guy named Hiroshi Kigori, who was willing to work cheap & compose for us. Then, I got another answer from a dude who said he would sing (cannot remember his name). Right about this time I had purchased a brand new Dokorder R_R tape deck, on which we taped what happened next.

We all got together one Saturday, in my little bachelor apt. in Culver City & got the job done. I was the recording engineer. Everybody gave it a few rehearsals. Hiroshi played keyboards. Severo overdubbed bass lines on top of his lead guitar. (Severo is none other than Severo Jornacion, the famed "Thrilla From Manilla" who later went on to join the great band The Smithereens in the late 90's, becoming their second bass player & still with them to this day).

 

I looked for the original hand written lyrics in my files, but cannot find them. However, I did find about a hundred other such songs I had long forgotten about. What to do, what to do...

Hope you enjoy ~

Timmy

 

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THANKS, TIMMY!!!!