My band, The Blue Kind, in performance at The Mint L.A. What kind? Blue kind! This is one of the ten songs that will be featured on our upcoming record.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxzC1xDN0no
From the Beatles Anthology. Since I wound up being a bachelor living alone who barely has any family left, and the ones that are left are on the other side of the country, I made it my Christmas Tradition to play the entire 8 our documentary all day. It has a way of cheering me up. I suppose the Beatles often remind me of Christmastime because often, they'd release a new record just before the holidays for marketing purposes. Every Christmas, my uncle would buy the latest Beatles album and me and my cousins used to wear the record out, playing it over and over and singing in harmony to their music. PS: Listen for the Christmas message at the end. <3
First things first. I'll most likely get busted for posting this, so those of you who can watch it before it gets taken down for cpyrght violations, watch it while you can.
Now, why do I post this? Because I feel it's truly necessary to understand what the power of the human soul really is. Music is by far the best vehicle for expressing this power. It's a power so great that it can never, ever be defeated by the likes of evil men nor the strongest demons that evil men can conjure. I've been lucky to have played with African groups. The feeling here, that these musicians (and their audience) bring from the depths of their being, I've had the great good fortune to experience first hand in my own life. And more than once. This song is deeply African influenced as can be witnessed by the African musicians and singers in this group. In fact, Peter Gabriel himself said:
"...?ℎ? ?????? ?? ?? ???? ????, ?ℎ??ℎ ??? ???????? ?? ?ℎ? ??????? ?????????, ??? ???ℎ?? ????? ?? ? ???????? ?????????ℎ?? ??????? ? ??? ??? ? ????? ?? ? ?????? ?????????ℎ?? ??????? ??????? ??? ℎ?? ???.
Here is what I wrote when I posted this video on my Facebook page:
"Listen to this, watch this, feel this. Here is what it's all about, why we're here, what we're doing on this planet. You don't need religion to have a religious experience. Music like this will give it to you and you don't have to make an effort to pray, you don't have to try to impress a God with your good behavior or feel badly about your wrong actions in the face of this God. It's all right here in this moment of soul, of celebration, of connection between us all. I have no more room for cynicism in my life. I only have a desire to meet all other souls on the level of my own."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_I8igwv0v8
Well, I was just sort of testing out my webcam and mic and spontaneously performed this old original piece that hails back to about 1995. (I wish it was still then!) This piece, I sheepishly admit, was written while I was blazing in quite an altered state (MDMA.) It's like nothing I'd ever written before, nor probably will again. I hope you like it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG0idhG8UHI
I am so very proud and honored to have participated in Playing For Change in this video of the song Cotton Fields. I'm somewhere around the 1:38 mark.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8T5Ai75JDI