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Loafy's Blues
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Folk music for postmoderns
I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
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Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Charts
Peak #50
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1990
Uploaded
July 11, 2009
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MP3 4.4 MB 128 kbps 4:45
Story behind the song
When I found out that my cousin had, for most of her life, but unbeknownst to me, been nicknamed "Loafy" among her immediate family (for complex reasons involving an old photo and a quip by her sister), I was seized with the urge to write a song called "Loafy's Blues." It didn't turn out to be a blues tune, and it's not in any specific way about her. But it's my absolute favorite song I've ever written.
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