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Moving on from the Belly Dance and Darbuka in which Jane Austen's subtext of Sense and Sensuality is given form in the celebration of fulfillment, this Delta Stomp tracks back to the primal hunger when hope itself is obscure as its object, and hopelessness is a starting point rather than a conclusion. A step beyond Lacanian 'absence'.
This song also marks the debut of the Vampire Viola ... details of which you may find in the the track credits, after these lyrics:
lyrics
1: Lament
I saw something over there
Well I saw something over there
Ahhh .. What did I wish? Eh?
I saw something over there
I saw something over there
An’ I wish …
That it was over here.
AhhhhhhhhhAwwwwwAhhhhh
Too far away
Too far away
Let’s try calling it over!
Let’s try calling it over!
2: Invocation
Please come here
Please come here
Awh … please come here
Oh no, no … Please come come come Please come please come here
Come closer now
Come closer now
3: Emergence And Adoration
The Dang fog begin to clear
Last tendrils go away .. go away
Ahhhh …ohhhoh
Begin to CLEAR!
AhhhhhHERE SHE COMES
HERE SHE COMES
NEAR!
Overtone Solo
4: The Approach
And Drawing close
Drawing close
Let me hold you
I nearly hold you now
Now Draw close
C’mon Closer Now
I can almost feel you
I can almost feel you
Owwwwwwwwwwwwww ..
Ahhhhhhh
Oh Yeaaaaaaaaaay
Eh Ohhhhhhhhhh
Alright Now
Ohhhh OEh
Amm ammon gnonga Noon nonga etc
5: Arrival
You Ain't far away no more no more
I hear you knocking on my on my door
You ain’t far away no more no more
You now closer than you been before
6: Completion
Ah ... Oh yea Ah Oh Yeah
Yeh Yeh Yeh
I feel you in my arms now
In my Arms, yeh …
Yeh
credits
released June 23, 2010
This viola was crafted out of wood hewn from the Carpathian forests, and finished in Budapest by Ungri Ferenc, of the ancient family of Gypsy musicians and instrument makers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk6c5rNv0P4
It was discovered by the musician and instrument builder Martin Swan of Edinborough,
www.myspace.com/stobovillageband
who brought it to England in 2008 where it featured in a variety of Gloucestershire orchestras, until passed on to me in June, 2010. I aim to do honour to these good people and to become, in my turn, a worthy guardian of this fine instrument.
This song was crafted for my Texas Honey, Susi.
John Ward of Milwaukee is my friend and colleague - a musician and recording engineer who kindly took my work and made it ready for your listening.
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