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I've Got a Story
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I'm a storyteller.
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Charts
Peak #166
Peak in subgenre #29
Author
MaryK
Rights
2007
Uploaded
January 12, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.7 MB 96 kbps 3:59
Story behind the song
I needed a theme song for a podcast at a friend's site: www.storytellingwithchildren.com so I took one of my favorite guitar licks and dumped the lyrics that I'd used with it, rewriting new words for the old melody.
Lyrics
When I was just a young child, we all would gather 'round To hear a story told. Now that I'm a grown-up, I still can be found Because I'm not too old To hear a story: I want a story now! My family all would listen as my Granddad told a tale About his childhood days, Or maybe it was Mom, when she would tuck me into bed There were so many ways To hear a story: I want a story now! I want a story... I want a story now. (2x) Tell me a story... I-- want to hear... So listen to the storyteller, sit right here up close And I will take you all Somewhere that you can see just like a movie in your mind Imagination calls! I've got a story... I've got a story now. I've got a story... I've got a story now. (2x) I've got a story... you-- come on and hear...
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