Hey Wintry Compatriots--
A couple more originals for you, courtesy of Mikey and me... First up is "Evergreen", which is seasonally appropriate at the very least, and a genteel and wistful number to boot. If you're concerned that I've not channeled the Band and '72-era Dead (via the Crowes) lately, well, this'll cure what ails you. Otherwise, it might be Kryptonite to you, in which case boo-hoo!
Second up is "Hamburg Nights", a.k.a. "Astrid & Stu". It's (duh) a little tribute to Astrid Kirchherr and her poor, doomed Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe. Her photos of the lads and their bohemian (small "b", that is) running partners (bassist Klaus Voorman et al) from '60-62 are unbelievably evocative and you should open a new tab to look at some, right now.... Anyway, late post-war Germany must have been a heck of a place, no place more so than the grimy red-light district (Reeperbahn) of a gritty port city (Hamburg), and the period probably warrants some more mining for future compositions... Anyway, as to this one, we tried to give it that woozy circus-y, oom-pa-pa feel, and if you like a squeaky bass drum pedal, then this is the song for you! I confess that for some reason the little bridge section that comes in at 2:04 is one of the favorite things I've ever written. Dunno. Some days are one way and some days the other.
I'll close this entry on a major 6th.
jk
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/johnk-rkbs/
Evergreen: https://app.box.com/s/rgxjsf5nxrf5rmu16bym
Hamburg Nights: https://app.box.com/s/updymw52z8nmiz2k0ipt
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