I was in the same physical space that I wrote about on my song “The Stars Above my Childhood Home” (from the “Skies and Stars” album in 2019), but that home wasn’t there any more- and neither was the orchard that I spent teenage summer nights walking through while listening to “Music from the Hearts of Space” on my headphone radio. And something immediately happened, which was not surprising there was, naturally, a lot on my mind that night- my dad, my mom, my family. Later that evening- VERY late in the evening- I drove out to the farm again, with a guitar and laptop, and waited inside the warmth of my car for whatever would happen. It was the first time I’d been there since the 1860's era family house had been torn down, and the change to the physical and emotional landscape was noticeable where there was once a house, there was now tillable land. I had driven back to Missouri for my father’s funeral, and the morning of his visitation, I drove out to the family farm where my siblings and I were raised. The main parts of this song were created on the night of January 29th, 2023. So I was (back then, and still am now) grateful that Echoes took a chance in playing the music of an unknown 26 year old musician.Ģ) Only the Stars Remain: This is a long one (both the song and the story behind it). Between songs at the Echoes concert, I pointed out that the Echoes radio program was not only one of the VERY first programs to play my music in 1993, but also one of the VERY FEW programs to play my music at all some ambient radio shows that were around back then had a problem playing “guitar music”, which resulted in unopened cds being sent back to me in the mail. In reality, the year 2000 WAS 23 years ago (as of this writing), and it has been 30 years since the release of my first CD project, “Tenderness and Fatality” in 1993. The original version of this song was on my year 2000 album “To the Shores of Heaven” (During the Echoes Living Room concert, host John Diliberto asked when that album was released, and I said it was released in 2000- his reply was “that album does not feel 23 years old”- and that’s probably because the year 2000 doesn’t feel like it was 23 years ago!) The rehearsal recordings (from which this version was taken) turned out better than I expected- and the version I played for the Echoes Living Room concert turned out so well that I decided to also play it for the Gathering concert the following evening. I also wrote one song on the way home, and that is on here as well.ġ) Beyond and Within: I initially rehearsed this piece as part of my set for the Echoes Living Room concert I’d be playing when in the Philadelphia area. I was headed there to play three concerts, and I did a lot of rehearsal recording in the weeks before the trip. ➡ .For.Rookies."Only the Stars Remain" consists of three songs created around my trip to the Philadelphia area in mid-May 2023. mp3 320 kbpsĭownload: FiKPER – UPLOADGiG – NiTROFLARE – RAPiDGATOR Posted in Music, Various Artists Release Name: Various Artists - Prog Rock For Rookies (2023) Size: 445.9 MB Genre: Rock Quality. Brian Eno, David Byrne - Regiment (2006 Digital Remaster) Brand X - Nuclear Burn (2009 Remaster) 35. Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER (Radio Edit) 34. Vangelis - Theme From Antarctica (Remastered) 32. Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments 31. Spooky Tooth, Mike Harrison - I Am The Walrus 30. Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime (Remastered 2003) 28. The Alan Parsons Project - The Raven (1987 Remix) 27. The Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams 26. Gong - Prostitute Poem (Remastered 2018) 24. Il Balletto Di Bronzo - La Tua Casa Comoda (Remastered) 21. Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay 20. Captain Beefheart - Ashtray Heart (2006 Digital Remaster) 19. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (Remastered 2013) 15. Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train 11. Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen 09. Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman - Roundabout (Live) 06.
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