Author: Stephen Pickering
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Song of the Day: The Western Isles by Josh Rouse
Update 05/22/13 : I just heard Josh do a live interview/ 3 song session on a Radio station in London. He did play this song, so I listened closely to the lyrics during the refrain/bridge part. Sounds like I got the “Black Greece Tea” part right. I guess there is such a thing as…
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Song of the Day: A Lot Like Magic – Josh Rouse
Well, I was cleaning off one of my counters this morning, all the paper and junk mail had piled up. And as I was sorting what I needed to keep from the rubbage, there it was: the hand written lyric sheet for “A Lot Like Magic” that Josh had mailed me last fall. Now, to…
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Song of the Day: Ain’t Even Done With the Night – John Mellencamp
Update 9/26/20 — Hey Friends! I will eventually get around to posting a video me performing this song, but I have to admit my vocals are too weak. I have been since last summer taking singing lessons, practicing exercises, and they do work! I believe anyone can learn to sing as long as their ear…
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Sonnet #9 in Iambic Tetrameter –
I think I’m wrong about the song. I didn’t feel that you would come. Please tell the notes that don’t belong That winter’s bone remains unsung. I feel it on the inside grow. So, could a man become a god? Don’t let this meditation go. Just follow it no matter what. This isn’t where I…
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Sonnet #11
We have eternal ‘monicas that sing. An icy cloud is growing over the South. Out of the woods the Sun creates a ring Though which the river dances in its mouth. We’ve rowed this dream one hundred times before. We’re made of the same blood that’s in the stars. What does it take to sail…
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Chords and Lyrics for Simple Pleasure by Josh Rouse
Simple Pleasure (By Josh Rouse) Here’s a link to a downloadable .pdf of the Lead Sheet: SimplePleasureLeadSheet.pdf G D It’s right here in my face, A D but I…