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Sorry the Day Redux Sorry the Day Redux
A redo of the waltz version, instead following a consistent verse/chorus pattern, adding slide guitar
11/6/2023 Indie 66 BPM 4/4 No samples
Heaven Supreme Heaven Supreme
rearranging and writing new lyrics for the traditional spiritual, inspired by the mostly terrible Supreme Court decision from the term ending July, 2023
7/10/2023 Electric Blues 70 BPM 4/4 No samples
Orange Jesus Orange Jesus
According to Liz Cheney, a Trump friendly congressperson who agreed to sign off on a slate of false electors was heard to complain, "the things we do for Orange Jesus."
11/10/2022 #4 in Comedy - Political Humor 55 BPM 4/4 No samples
Vladimir's Bloody Brownouts Vladimir's Bloody Brownouts
What would it be like to recast Russian Roulette to a swingy jazz beat?
10/28/2022 Comedy - Political Humor 64 BPM 12/8 No samples
Russian Roulette Russian Roulette
A departure from my recent efforts, frustrated over war in Ukraine.
4/7/2022 #10 in Politics
November Surprise November Surprise
I hadn't intended to do another "sorta bossa" tune, but the real surprise was finishing it before the end of November.
11/29/2021 Comedy - Political Humor
October Blue October Blue
I've come to love the harmonic changes, especially the last 8 measures, of "Stella by Starlight." That tune inspired this original instrumental in yet another of my "sorta bossa" archive.
10/4/2021 Comedy - Political Humor
Sorry the Day Sorry the Day
A minor rant about being voted down on my suggestion that we play Electionanigans, one of my political tunes, at a public, sidewalk chalk festival, the band's first public engagement since Leap Year Day (Feb. 29, 2020)
6/18/2021 Comedy - Political Humor
Electionanigans Electionanigans
A Christmas present courtesy of the unlikely donor, namely the Electoral College
11/1/2021 Comedy - Political Humor
Latinova Latinova
a mellow, moody, jazzy instrumental with Latin percussion
12/7/2020 Comedy - Political Humor
Orange Plague Orange Plague
A lyrical rewrite and solo re-recording of a tune from the 1970's called "Political Silence", a reaction to the feeble response of our poor excuse for a president to Covid19.
4/16/2020 Comedy - Political Humor
My Corona (first mix) My Corona (first mix)
With no disrepect to Sharona, it's not a beer, typewriter or celestial event, just a light instrumental to help us chill through a national health emergency.
4/2/2020 Comedy - Political Humor
By the Way Redux By the Way Redux
A 2020 update of a song originally written for fred, with a new set of lyrics instead of those written by the late Gary Rosenberg
3/16/2020 Comedy - Political Humor
a love song a love song
I got the musical idea for this song while playing a grand piano in a rehearsal room at the old music building at my college alma mater (I guess I had been listening to classical music, and was intrigued, I suppose, by the harmonic ideas of Bach.)
joe solo /collab 1/17/2020 Comedy - Political Humor
Hard to Stomach Blues Hard to Stomach Blues
A reflection on the performance of our fearless leader to date, especially in view of the uncontradicted testimony from the impeachment investigation
joe solo /collab 11/24/2019 Comedy - Political Humor
Impeachment Pie (a la Mode) Impeachment Pie (a la Mode)
A bouncy, satiric tune inspired by the shenanigans of Fearless Leader
11/1/2019 Alternative General
Twilight in Madrid Twilight in Madrid
A moody instrumental, sort of jazz rock fusion
7/9/2019 Jazz Fusion
Four More Years Redux Four More Years Redux
A tale of avoidable woe, recasting the earlier versions of, respectively, Four More Years and Eight Long Years. With a nod to my memory from the early 1970's of Ken Price doing his spot on impression of Walter Brennan as Mick Jagger singing Angie.
6/8/2019 Comedy - Political Humor
Hermit Song Hermit Song
A humorous tune making ironic fun of our need to pair off, a 4/4 update of The Hermit Waltz.
5/10/2019 Comedy - Political Humor
Swedish Descent Swedish Descent
Another bouncy, instrumental swing tune played on the 1943 Levin Deluxe
4/1/2019 Swing
