SLIP, SLIDIN' AWAY

PAUL SIMON
SONGWRITER: PAUL SIMON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1975
 
           Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. Simon's musical career has spanned over six decades. He reached fame and commercial success as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1956 with Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote nearly all of their songs, including US number-one singles "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge over Troubled Water".
             After Simon & Garfunkel split up in 1970, at the height of their popularity, Simon began a successful solo career. He recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years. In 1986, following a career slump, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music, which sold 14 million copies worldwide and remains his most popular solo work. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony (1980) and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman (1998) with the poet Derek Walcott. On June 3, 2016, Simon released his 13th solo album, Stranger to Stranger, which debuted at number one on the Billboard Album Chart and the UK Albums Chart.
          Simon has earned sixteen Grammy Awards for his solo and collaborative work, including three for Album of the Year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years, and Graceland), and a Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1990 as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and again in 2001 for his solo career. In 2006 he was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time. In 2011, Rolling Stone named Simon one of the 100 greatest guitarists, and in 2015 he was ranked eighth in their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007.
           Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (#1), "Gone at Last" (#23), "My Little Town" (#9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the title track (#40). It won two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1976.
         "My Little Town" reunited Simon with former partner Art Garfunkel for the first time since 1970, while "Gone at Last" was a duet between Simon and Phoebe Snow. Several tracks featured members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as a backing band.
           The title track has been recorded by Rosemary Clooney (on her 1993 album Still on the Road), Ray Charles (on his 1993 album My World), Karen Carpenter (on her self-titled solo album released posthumously in 1996), and Willie Nelson (on the soundtrack of the 2000 motion picture Space Cowboys).

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman
Like a thorny crown
He said delores
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear
 
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
 
I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses
To describe her life
She said a good day
Ain't got no rain
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been
 
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
 
And I know a fa-ther
Who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons
For the things he'd done
He came a long way
Just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
Then he turned around and headed home again
 
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
 
God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man
We work our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away
 
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
 
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
Mmm...

ZAMBA DEL CARBONERO

LOS FRONTERIZOS
COMPOSITOR: MANUEL JOSÉ CASTILLA
PAIS: ARGENTINA
ÁLBUM: POR TANTO AMOR
DISCOGRÁFICA: M & M
GÉNERO: FOLK
AÑO: 1998
 
      Los Fronterizos es un conjunto folclórico argentino que se formó en la ciudad de Salta (en el norte argentino) en 1953.
          La primera formación era un trío, integrado por: Gerardo López ―quien sería llamado «la voz de Los Fronterizos»―, Carlos Barbarán y Emilio Solá. En 1954, Solá se retiró y fue reemplazado por Cacho Valdez.
       Valdez fue reemplazado por Eduardo Madeo, quien quedaría como definitivo. Casi en simultáneo se sumó el guitarrista Juan Carlos Moreno, el tercer «histórico» que ―junto a López, Madeo y Barbarán― conformó el cuarteto que grabaría los primeros simples.
     EN 1956, Barbarán fue reemplazado por el cantante, compositor y arreglador César Isella. Sus extraordinarias voces y los novedosos arreglos musicales fueron muy admirados y sus discos alcanzaron altos niveles de ventas.
         Tras unos primeros años de actuaciones locales, Isella, López, Madeo y Moreno viajaron a Buenos Aires para participar en programas de radio.
         EN 1964 les llegó la consagración internacional, tras la grabación de la Misa criolla de Ariel Ramírez. El gran éxito cosechado por esta obra les llevó a actuar en los más importantes auditorios del mundo. El conjunto fue consolidándose y haciéndose conocido entre el gran público, con la colaboración del guitarrista y cantautor Eduardo Falú, del pianista y compositor folclórico Ariel Ramírez y del percusionista Domingo Cura.
         En esos años se desarrolló en la música popular argentina el movimiento de la Nueva Canción, con fuerte raigambre popular y política. Dentro del grupo se generaron tensiones debido a las diferentes ideologías políticas de sus miembros. Esto llevó en 1966 al alejamiento de César Isella, quien comenzó una exitosa carrera solista, sustituido por Eduardo Yayo Quesada (1941-2012). El cuarteto siguió activo por todo el mundo y participó en viajes y presentaciones, en especial por Latinoamérica y Europa. Presentaron su célebre Misa Criolla en Nueva York, desde Manhattan hasta la Estatua de la Libertad, se mostraban con característicos trajes de gauchos. Durante ese recorrido fueron entrevistados para el programa conducido por Pipo Mancera, Sábados circulares.(…)
          En 2009, Nacho Paz abandonó el grupo y fue reemplazado por Sergio Isella (sobrino de César Isella) y así continuaron las giras por Argentina y Latinoamérica.
             En 2011, Sergio Isella abandonó el conjunto y se integró a Las Voces de Gerardo López (fallecido en 2004). Su lugar fue ocupado por José Muñoz, de Los Altamirano. Durante todo ese año Los Fronterizos viajaron por el sur de la Argentina.
      En noviembre de 2015 falleció Juan Cruz, propietario hasta entonces del nombre "Los Fronterizos". Su puesto en el conjunto fue ocupado por Nestor De Volder. También reingresó en el grupo Nacho Paz, puesto que José Muñoz tuvo que ocupar el puesto de David Apud. En 2017, salió el más reciente trabajo discográfico, hecho con Garra Records.

Yo soy ese carbonero
Yo soy ese hombre, señor
Que va quemando la leña
Junto con su corazón
 
Yo me desvelo en el monte
Solo, cuidando el carbón
La noche me da la Luna
Mi pena la entrego yo
 
Carbonero
Peón del algarrobal
La noche se me hace día
Cuando llega el carnaval
 
A veces miro mis manos
Pero no las veo, señor
Las va tapando, de noche
Todo el polvo del carbón
 
Tapo, la boca del horno
Con tierra negra y sudor
Y el humo lleva, en el viento
Quemando mi corazón
Carbonero.

I'M THE ONLY ONE

LOBO
SONGWRITER: LAVOIE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: INTRODUCING LOBO
LABEL: BIG TREE RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1971
 
          Roland Kent LaVoie (born July 31, 1943), better known by his stage name Lobo, is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love", gave Lobo four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
         Introducing Lobo is the debut album by Lobo, released in 1971 on Big Tree Records.
           The album peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200 on its first release. It was re-released in 1973 and peaked at #163 on the said chart. "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top 40 hit. It also became his first #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it topped for 2 consecutive weeks on May 1971.

Trees are things that move
And tell you when the wind blows
Flowers are things that bloom
And tell you when the winter goes
Sand is a thing that tells you when
To empty your shoes
And I'm the only one
You tell all this to
 
Ralph is your cat who tells you that
He's got to go outside
Jane is your friends who tells you when
You ought not to cry
I know Boo she knows when you are
Feeling blue
But I'm the only one
You tell all this to
I'm the only one
You tell all this to
 
Fear is a word you hear
All alone in the dark
Fun is a day in the sun
With Ralph in the park
Happy's the time you find
A love that is true
And I'm the only one
Kathy tells all this to
I'm the only one
You tell all this to.

ARMS OF THE BLUES

PK MAYO
SONGWRITER: PK MAYO
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ARMS OF THE BLUES
LABEL: RED HOUSE RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 2020
 
        PK Mayo – aka Paul Kennedy Mayasich, says there’s a little bit of blues in everything he plays, sings or writes. “To me, blues music is the music of the heart, the music of the soul. That is why – all of us in one way or another – respond to the music when we hear it. Blues runs through us all.” 
               PK Mayo’s original music, although influenced by blues, appeals to a wide range of music lovers crossing the spectrum of genres. He’s never fit into a box so neither does his music.
        Paul’s natural musical talent on guitar, especially slide guitar, has garnered worldwide praise from colleagues and critics alike. Vintage Guitar and Blues Matters UK have drawn comparisons to the work of Duane Allman, Lowell George, Roy Buchanan, Ry Cooder and Sonny Landreth. Although PK Mayo has a unique sound all his own, including his rich vocals, which have been receiving as much attention as his guitar tone and melodic riffs.
          Music is all PK Mayo does. Contact him to perform at your festival, club, theater, or private event. He is also available for session work.

I've got the weight of a lifetime
Hangin' here over me
Caught up in love and money
Sure ain't the way it's supposed to be
 
Gotta find me a way to set my soul free
Can't take another day, of this misery
Another Love gone wrong
A heart broken in two
The belief for mercy
A simple search for the truth
A mans wondering eye can make a woman lay down
 
Only to lay the blame on the final round
Lay me down, in the cold cold ground
Keep me warm, let me hear the sound
Free a mans mind and his conscience too
Way down here in the arms of the blues
 
I hoped and prayed all my lifetime
A love for you and me
But it all broke down
Too late for me to see
I can't to find my way back
Where I lost my way
And it's killing me every night and everyday.