I’LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU

DANIEL CASTRO
SONGWRITERS: CHRIS THOMAS KING & GERRY BEACH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: NO SURRENDER
LABEL: CASTRO, DANIEL
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1999
 
       “Daniel Castro is the latest and one of the greatest blues guitarists to come bursting out of the
       highly competitive West Coast scene. To the classic music of B.B. King, Albert King, and Albert
          Collins he has added the three T’s taste, tone, and technique. His raw passion warms your soul
       while his deep groove kicks your butt on fine, fresh originals and well chosen covers.”
Dave Rubin -- Guitar Player Magazine
If you're down an' out, an' you hurt really good
Come on over, to the place where I work
An' all your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you
Don't be afraid, come on in
You might run across, yeah, some of your old friends
All your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you
 
Come on in, sit right here
Let's rap awhile
Ya see I'm kinda lonely too, yeah
An' loneliness is a very bad thing
If ya let it get the best of ya
An' loneliness can get ya down, you know
Yeah, yeah, are you comfortable now?
Yeah, yeah, that's outta sight
Yeah, as I was sayin' before
Loneliness can get you down, an'I have heard of, ah
Loneliness blowin' some good people's mind, ya know?
But ya can't do that
This is a big world, this is a big world
An' there's too many nice things happenin' in this world
You're a very pretty girl
Where you live?
No, no, no, disregard that, that's okay, that's okay
Most important thing
I wanna know YOU
I say, I wanna know YOU
Uh-huh, ooo-wee, that's groovy, ain't it?)
I'll play the blues for you
I ain't got no big name
Oh Lord, an' I ain't no big star
I'll play the blues for you, on my guitar
All your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you, um!
Because me
Um! woo! um! Woo! Uh-huh, yeah!
Uh-huh! um! Oh!

IF I HAD MONEY

BLUES DELIGHT
SONGWRITERS: DAVE TURNER; GILLES SCHETAGNE; LAURENT TRUDEL; MARCO DESGAGNÉ & VINCENT BEAULINE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: OPEN ALL NIGHT
LABEL: BLUES DEL RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES/JAZZ
YEAR: 2009
 
          Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.
       Born and raised in Alabama, Blount became involved in the Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Le Sony'r Ra, shortened to Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, he developed a mythical persona and an idiosyncratic credo that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. Throughout his life he denied ties to his prior identity saying, "Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym."
       His widely eclectic and avant-garde music echoed the entire history of jazz, from ragtime and early New Orleans hot jazz, to swing music, bebop, free jazz and fusion. His compositions ranged from keyboard solos to works for big bands of over 30 musicians, along with electronic excursions, songs, chants, percussion pieces, and anthems. From the mid-1950s until his death, Ra led the musical collective The Arkestra (which featured artists such as Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and June Tyson throughout its various iterations). Its performances often included dancers and musicians dressed in elaborate, futuristic costumes inspired by ancient Egyptian attire and the Space Age. (Following Ra's illness-forced retirement in 1992, the band remained active as The Sun Ra Arkestra, and, as of 2018, continues performing under the leadership of veteran Ra sideman Marshall Allen.)
         Though his mainstream success was limited, Sun Ra was a prolific recording artist and frequent live performer, and remained influential throughout his life for his music and persona. He is now widely considered an innovator; among his distinctions are his pioneering work in free improvisation and modal jazz and his early use of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Over the course of his career, he recorded dozens of singles and over one hundred full-length albums, comprising well over 1,000 songs, making him one of the most prolific recording artists of the 20th century.
        Blue Delight is a jazz album by free jazz pioneer Sun Ra.
      The album was the first in a short-term recording deal with major label A&M Records on their "Modern Masters Jazz Series" imprint.
          The album was recorded at Variety Recording Studios, New York on December 5, 1988 featuring a 19-piece group that included several Arkestra members or veterans.
         Eight tracks were used for the Blue Delight album. Other recordings from this session were released three years later by Rounder Records on the album Somewhere Else, released shortly before Sun Ra's death. Currently the Blue Delight album is out of print physically (the album is available on iTunes and other digital outlets) and the copyright on the original album was passed on by A&M's current owner, Universal Music, to Sun Ra’s estate’s holding company, Sun Ra LLC, in 2016.
If I had Money
I'd buy those people a place to stay
 
If I had money
I'd buy those people a place to stay
 
But all I got is a dime
And I got so little time
 
If I had faith
I'd get down on my knees
 
If I had faith, (oooh)
I'd get down on my knees
 
But all I got is bad religion
And I got nowhere, nowhere to pray
 
If I had magic
I'd clean up the whole mess
 
If I had magic
I'd clean up that awful mess
 
But I'm just a working man
And I'm hopping for the best
If I had money...

MIDNIGHT LOVER

SOOP
SONGWRITER: SNOOP DOGG(1997)
COUNTRY: IGNORED
ALBUM: DEATH ROW: SNOOP DOGGY DOGG AT HIS BEST
LABEL: EPIDEMIC SOUND
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2008
 
           Soop evolved organically over the course of 2013 between three friends: Michael Burke(lasers, synths and beats) Stacy Gougoulis (vocal) and Mitch Secrett (guitars, beats and mixes). They shared snippets of songs, quit jams in apartments, and after many tacos developed a number of intricate and carefully crafted tunes
        Soop full buffalo is out now on itunes and spotify and other things below

Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
 
Like a rocket flashin' in the night
Leave a message, baby, now I'm out of sight
Hang on to myself, I'm huntin' for feelin'
 
A big game
On my mind
I'm clubbin' 'round the midnight
Lookin' for love
Like I'm dance' in the wind tonight
 
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Burnin' out your secret desire
Wanna be your midnight lover
Lightin' up the stars with your fire
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Turnin' on your secret desires
Gotta be your midnight lover
Wake up for the night is fire
 
An emotion smashin' up my brain
Like a secret longin' drivin' me insane
Just gotta go now, still lookin' for a feelin'
 
A big game
On my mind
I'm clubbin' 'round the midnight
Lookin' for love
Like I'm dance' in the wind tonight
 
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Burnin' out your secret desire
Wanna be your midnight lover
Lightin' up the stars with your fire
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Turnin' on your secret desires
Gotta be your midnight lover
Wake up for the night is fire fire fire!
 
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
 
Lookin' for love
Like I'm dance' in the wind tonight
 
Baby, I'm a midnight lover
Fire!
Wanna be your midnight lover
Fire!

STAY IN THE MOMENT

TYRA CHANTEY
SONGWRITER: TYRA CHANTEY
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
ALBUM: STAY IN THE MORNING
LABEL: EPIDEMIC SOUND
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2021
 
        What if we could pause time and stay in a certain moment forever? Talented artist Tyra Chantey has recently released her new single, ‘Stay In The Moment,’ so we sat down with her to chat about her new release, what it means to her, and her upcoming plans.
        Q: Congrats on the release of your second single. Can you tell us more about how ‘Stay In The Moment’ came to be and what it means to you?
    A: The lyrical content of SITM is pretty straightforward – it’s about being in the moment. About how you never know if when you make it to your goals, whether that feeling is going to exceed whatever you’re experiencing now. You don’t know what the best moments in your life are going to be. It might just be being with your family one evening. The overhyped moments are not always what they seem to be. I’m on a journey right now where I’m trying to share my music with as many people as possible, but at the same time, I want to enjoy the journey. That’s what SITM is about.
         The song came together super quickly; it was kind of like a freestyle if you listen to the lyrics. I knew I wanted to mix that poppy sound of the instrumental with a soulful vocal style. The way that I’m singing it is kind of low register, but when you hear the instrumental, you think that it’s something that’s going to go up. Writing a pop song that stays in the same register, that never really has that euphoric break, is something I haven't done before. I’m really inspired by artists like Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman, who can put a soulful twist on something poppy.(EPIDEMIC SOUND TRANSCRIPTION)
Finally don’t give no fu*ks
Finally been riding on my way
Finally woke up with some luck and a buck
I don’t give a-ah what someone someone say
Finally got my friends in the back of my roller
We gon make it big one day
We gon make it big I say
We gon make it big just, stay in the...
 
Hook 1
Stay in the moment
Stay in the moment with me
Give you a moment to
Give you a moment of me
Smell all the roses
Smell all the roses with me
Just give you a moment to
Stay in the moment with me
 
Verse 2
You woke up from a while
Haven’t seen you smile since December
Ripped your heart, got a brand new one
Since you got lost in November
See it in your eyes when we leave for the night
Way to many heartbreaks still on your mind
Let the flame burn down for a while
Let the frame blur out for a while...
 
Hook 2
Stay in the moment
Stay in the moment with me
Give you a moment to
Give you a moment of me
Smell all the roses
Smell all the roses with me
Just give you a moment to
Stay in the moment with me
 
Bridge
Give you a moment to be in the moment with me
 
Hook 3
Stay in the moment
Stay in the moment with me
Give you a moment to
Give you a moment of me
Smell all the roses
Smell all the roses with me
Just give you a moment to
Stay in the moment with me
 
Outro
I know you hiding behind that pretty brown face
I see you climbing been tryna find your own way
Last see you smiling since we were stuck in LA
Babe, come jump the roof top and come watch the skyline with me.