Then I Step On Back
John McGrail
It is so absurd. Somethings not quite right............................................
March 2023
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I've Seen That Before
John McGrail
A song about being pushed a little too often and the potential consequences. Be nice people. February 2023
You've A Reason
John McGrail
A song. A song about caring. A song about not caring. A song.
January 2023
Why Oh Why
John McGrail
I wrote the lyrics sitting in the back seat of a taxi while I was in Thies, Senegal back in 1990. The music came to me the following May! It's been sitting around for a long time. December 2022.
We're Better Than That
John McGrail
Was playing my Gibson ES 335 through my Vox amp plugged directly into the studio. (No sound came out of the speaker as it was a headphone/direct out jack) The sound of it was really cool and I was just strumming and enjoying the sound when this song came out. I think the lyrics came in the moment and then added to while I went on a bike ride a
Was playing my Gibson ES 335 through my Vox amp plugged directly into the studio. (No sound came out of the speaker as it was a headphone/direct out jack) The sound of it was really cool and I was just strumming and enjoying the sound when this song came out. I think the lyrics came in the moment and then added to while I went on a bike ride a little later. It's nice when things just come out and are there! November 2022.
Cold Puddles
The Headwhiz Consort Moderne Internationale
This is a composition written by Babakar Wade for a trio of piano, mallets and english horn. The performance was recorded live at the Rosecliff Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio on February 29, 2022. The players are Mairead O'Connor on piano, Lady Brett Fastley on mallets and the english horn part is supplied by Jean-luc Sartre who is actually using
This is a composition written by Babakar Wade for a trio of piano, mallets and english horn. The performance was recorded live at the Rosecliff Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio on February 29, 2022. The players are Mairead O'Connor on piano, Lady Brett Fastley on mallets and the english horn part is supplied by Jean-luc Sartre who is actually using an EWI (electronic wind instrument). October 2022