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Description:
Mainly a solo type fingerpicking piece with vocals done live style. Added overdubs of harmonica and the cool voice of Selters added on the chorus. Lyrics could apply to a lot of different situations. I hope they spark something in you that you can identify with!
Lyrics:
I'm just a lonely sailor on an endless sea, I wonder if you realize this is just me
I'm not asking you to wonder or to care about what's right or wrong or even fair
Am C G
There is a sea wind blowing me away
Am C G
From you and your feet of clay
There's grain in the hold and there's rum in the kegs,
I know what you're thinking, that I'm just the dregs
But when the wind fills the sails with air, I'll lean back and smile in my chair
Chorus
I've got a line in the water, my bait is on my hook
Once I was innocent but now I have a cynical look
And the way the fish are biting it's a joke
So I lean back and blow back your smoke
chorus
There maybe storms on the water so I leave without delay
But the sun is still shining as I sail away
Well you can have your gold, I'm happy just to pay your toll
chorus
Hardware:
Martin D-18
Lee Oskar Am harmonica
eMac
Software:
Garageband
iTunes
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Back porch folk &mdash 02/27/06 - 11:37:05 PM
This reminded me I must get a harmonica! Nice lyrics and pickin' Tom
- the combination of voices with Selters suits really well too. I can
imagine the two of you singing this on a back porch somewhere warm,
coffees on the table. Like it!
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Back porch folk &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:20:27 AM
Thanks Neil! Harmonica's work great for overdub recording because you don't
have to be a virtuoso. Just find a few notes that work and it can add a whole
nother flavor to a song. [ Reply to This ]
clay it down &mdash 02/28/06 - 12:16:46 AM
Hey Tom,
I love this song, I love your voice and the wonderful vibe this tune has.
Selters does a good job with the backgound vocals, if fits perfectly.
Nice harmonica playing and feel. I can indentify with this song.
I am just a big Bronco fan, and this is a great Bronco tune.
Cheers
J.K
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clay it down &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:28:52 AM
Thanks Mr. K, I really do appreciate your support. You make me feel like it is
really worthwhile to keep writing these songs! [ Reply to This ]
Great stuff! &mdash 02/28/06 - 12:26:10 AM
Really lovely track Bronco....great vocals and harp...I love the harmonies
with Selters on the chorus..adds another dimension to the 'Bronco sound'
Great stuff indeed
Steve [ Reply to This ]
Great stuff! &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:53:10 AM
Thanks Steve! Another "old song" from my repertoire made new again with
the addition of Selters and the harmonica. [ Reply to This ]
mmm...call me Ishmael... &mdash 02/28/06 - 12:29:40 AM
very nice fingerpicking and vocals (I like how the modulations in your singing parallel the undulations of the sea) ...the chorus kind of detracts from the loneliness of the song but is nonetheless very luring aurally...the music is very minimalist and lulling but juxtaposed against some very strong, poetic words that betray one's internal struggles and potentially some very emotional waves from somewhere very deep and hidden (and perhaps quite as vulnerable as the feet of clay), not unlike the sea...overall, the song has a very strong Hemingway overtone, not to mention all the similar uses of literary motifs and biblical references...therefore, I don't think this is just a simple back porch song...well, at least not for those who appreciate all the subtleties and literary references in your poetry...in any case, I think you are using your songs as the bait, right?...beautiful, subtle and elegiac...thanks for paying the toll of making music, but for whom the bell tolls? [ Reply to This ]
mmm...call me Ishmael... &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:59:18 AM
Fang Fang,
You correctly observed that I thought this was one of my songs where I
wanted the vocal and words to dominate and be up front. I don't really write
"story" songs but I have written a couple like this where the lyrics are open
ended enough that people can write their own stories into them. At least that
is my intent! [ Reply to This ]
nice singin and playin &mdash 02/28/06 - 12:31:31 AM
I liked the harmony as well. I like that fingerpicking and how it does have
the sailing feeling.
Nice! [ Reply to This ]
nice singin and playin &mdash 02/28/06 - 09:05:40 AM
Thanks Bill!
Appreciate the comment on the fingerpickin. This is about as fancy as I get in
accompanying a vocal and it took me a lot of practice to be able to play this
and sing at the same time. [ Reply to This ]
A beautiful song! &mdash 02/28/06 - 01:44:13 AM
I loved this song from the first time i heard it. This is the type of music i love! Your playing is exceptional and well, you know what I think about your Voice mister. Im glad you gave me the chance to add some colours to this one:). Fantastic work! [ Reply to This ]
A beautiful song! &mdash 02/28/06 - 09:10:42 AM
Thanks Magnus! Everyone agrees that the harmonies sound great! Your
angelic voice agains't my rough, gruff one seems to work well! Let's do it
again sometime? [ Reply to This ]
A beautiful song! &mdash 02/28/06 - 09:13:45 AM
Sure thing! I will be more then willing to! I just gotta say one more time how lovely I think this song is!!
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Way to go guys... &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:16:46 AM
This is a really fine, organic colaboration. A live feel that that sells
it all the more. Your vocals together (great harmonies) are rich and
intimate. Thanks for putting this up.
Jack [ Reply to This ]
Way to go guys... &mdash 02/28/06 - 09:20:58 AM
Thanks Jack! Even though this song was written a long time ago, I was
thinking of you and the sail boat you used to have as I was posting this. I was
wondering whether you would see it and like it since it nominally was about
sailing and the sea. I'm happy that you did find it and like it! I never was a
sailor, which is a shame because I think I would have loved it, but I have taken
many, many trips out into the Gulf of Mexico in an 19 foot boat with a
Johnson 75 horsepower outboard on it. I never felt smaller or more unsure of
my place in the cosmos than when I looked down one day and saw a shark
about twice the size of the boat!! [ Reply to This ]
Really Cool &mdash 02/28/06 - 01:37:00 PM
Hi
Really enjyed the Guitar work , Harmonica and the chorus with Selters
made a great addition to the song. This is a good one!
Great lyrics too! [ Reply to This ]
Really Cool &mdash 02/28/06 - 10:02:40 PM
folky &mdash 02/28/06 - 05:04:33 PM
like how you left in the chords. a very folky voice, like selters harmony. think the harmonies could maybe be a little more in the background not sure. nice guitar playing. like the addition of harmonica. [ Reply to This ]
folky &mdash 03/06/06 - 10:02:01 PM
Thanks for your comments. I would leave all the chords in every time but for
some reason you can't copy and paste and have them end up in the right
positions so you practically have to retype everything. [ Reply to This ]
Awesome &mdash 02/28/06 - 07:03:12 PM
A great tune to listen to as the (already slightly warm and muggy)
Mississippi "winter" evening sets in. A very homespun feel. Nicely done
guys. [ Reply to This ]
After My Work This Weekend &mdash 02/28/06 - 07:05:01 PM
It's so, so good to hear a real acoustic guitar. The additional voices on the
chorus are very well done. I like the directness of the lyrics and the main
vocal as well. And that forlorn harmonica .... sigh. [ Reply to This ]
Something really cool happens... &mdash 02/28/06 - 08:13:49 PM
...when selters comes in on the choruses...
I really like the harmonica playing. There isn't enough harmonica
playing on this site...
I find myself wishing you'd gone with two mics, for the gutar and the
voice; at times they sound a little distant, and I suspect there is more
tone in that D-18 than I'm hearing...
The lead vocal seems to become more confident as it goes along...
There's a nice feeling in this, all through, and a nice feeling in the
collaboration...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
peaceful &mdash 02/28/06 - 09:59:42 PM
i loved the guitar picking in this, i did like the combination of the two
of your vocals, this was a very enjoyable piece, i hope you two collab
again too! [ Reply to This ]
Nice one boys! &mdash 03/07/06 - 09:52:21 AM
Lovely harmonies! Very sweet tune and very atmospheric. I hope you
guys are going to do more stuff together ... [ Reply to This ]
Lonely sailor sells his song &mdash 03/10/06 - 05:13:27 PM
Loving your style all the more, Tom. Man, I always picture you playing
and strumming on a woodsy/farmsy front porch. Very cool harmony. Is
this the first time you harmonized with yourself? Excellent bead on
pathos. [ Reply to This ]
Lonely sailor sells his song &mdash 03/10/06 - 05:15:49 PM
Oh, I'm stupid. I see now that it is Selters' voice layered over yours. No
wonder it's all smooth and good. LOL. Way to go, Swelters!
I should read the description and song title before writing!!!
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- the combination of voices with Selters suits really well too. I can
imagine the two of you singing this on a back porch somewhere warm,
coffees on the table. Like it!
Neil
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