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Cascading Colors


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MarkHolbrook

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Yet another acoustic effort. Once again our lead guitarist Wade pulled together another wonderful piece. This is the third take/mix of this song. The earlier versions were not as polished.
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Hits: 3110
Comments: 40
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Plays: 135
Downloads: 130
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Uploaded: Feb 28, 2008 - 11:24:53 AM
Last Updated: Feb 28, 2008 - 11:22:18 AM Last Played: Jan 30, 2013 - 12:42:40 AM
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Acoustic guitar, flute, vocals
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said 1912 days ago (February 28th, 2008)
Great
A good song... You play good on the guitar... And the vocals/voice are great... I like the way you sing... Good melody..... Welcome here on MJ....
Feter said 1912 days ago (February 28th, 2008)
Cascading Colors
Impressive ...rarely to hear folks playin flute
these days .you let this so wonderfuly placed
on your song ..great vocal work .my friend this
is just awesome thnx for sharin such gem !!
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Remark80 said 1912 days ago (February 28th, 2008)
Great Guitar!
The tone you are getting on your guitar is wonderful. The tune itself reminds me of early CSN (one of my favs). Great harmonies and nice transition to the bridge. Really nice work.
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SinJimMusic said 1912 days ago (February 28th, 2008)
Cascading Colors
Great work on the guitar here, really pulls the song together. Vocals are top notch and the title is reflected in each part of the song. Melodies are sweet also, nice job, thanks for posting!
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MarkHolbrook said 1912 days ago (February 29th, 2008)
Just to be clear!
The person playing and singing on this track is our lead guitarist Wade. I'm helping with backup vocals and I helped with the guitar work. I could never take credit for Wade. He is phenomenal and I hope to play with him again soon!
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said 1912 days ago (February 29th, 2008)
Well done!!
About 25 yrs ago I had the pleasure of playing with Dan Fogleberg in Nederland , Colorado in a TAVEREN called the Pioneer bar and grill on Christmas eve. You just took me back there , what a wonderful time . Thankyou GREAT, GREAT , GREAT THANKS AGAIN
Mcboy said 1911 days ago (February 29th, 2008)
lovely piece
nice vibrato in your vocal......truly nice track...into my ipod...spredding the word...!
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Soundhound said 1909 days ago (March 2nd, 2008)
Cascaing...
Well put together, strong Lyrics, over all nice tune cool mix..


I.........LIKE IT...........
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said 1908 days ago (March 4th, 2008)
flute
keeping it old school. nice....
Allen
thetiler said 1908 days ago (March 4th, 2008)
Like the
transition in the fingerpicking from the start. Nice singing as well. Enjoy the recording of the fingerstyle music especially. Gets interesting to me when you start in the haromonization. Like how in the left hear you have the fingerpicking go down in a bass notes and a higher register it seems in the right ear of my earphones. Nice! Good job as well with the flutes. Like the ascending guitar with the flutes past the 1/2 way mark. The flutes really fits well with the fingerpicking music. This really is quite a delight in all aspects of the music.
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jiguma said 1907 days ago (March 5th, 2008)
Lovely vocal, harmonies
and very nice guitar and production too. Takes me back to my 20s ;)
Neil
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magnatone said 1901 days ago (March 10th, 2008)
Cascading Colors
Boy, you've got the touch with that guitar. Your voice is golden - this is so lovely - such a pleasant listen, thanks
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aclarke said 1890 days ago (March 22nd, 2008)
Fantastic!
Wonderful harmonies, melody and picking. Outstanding production... yeah, I liked it!
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Moviz said 1888 days ago (March 24th, 2008)
Lovely song
wonderfully performed and the sound of that guitar is exquisite. The lyrics too are great, cheers M
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Travesty said 1887 days ago (March 25th, 2008)
This is
a really great song! Great guitar work, flute is wonderful with it.
jbazemore said 1887 days ago (March 25th, 2008)
Takes me back
Very nice melody. Good guitar work and vocals. you and Wade did some great music together.
richardhowardjones said 1818 days ago (June 2nd, 2008)
Clear
Beautiful guitar work, Mark.
Nice harmonies, too.
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Char said 1803 days ago (June 16th, 2008)
I love it
when people can sing together and add that combination of voice to the instruments. This is wonderful. Your recordings are crisp and clear. It is almost like being there. Thank you.
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Char said 1691 days ago (October 6th, 2008)
Came back.
It is a little bit bluegrass a little bit Celtic. I would like to see the lyrics, because, mainly, that makes it easier to sing along. Flute is a lovely addition. thanks, once again.
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Mckenzie said 1667 days ago (October 30th, 2008)
What a beauty,
man this is just beautiful, lovely guitar work, reminded me a little of the who's behind blue eyes for some reason. But for me it's the singing that really sets this one off. Just an amazingly peaceful (yet not fatiguing) melody vocal, and the 'cascading colours' part holds the hook. Really excellent playing, arrangement, and production. Everything sounded perfectly balanced and mixed in my headphones and on the hi fi. Thanks for this, a real gem.

ps. the backing vocals and flute are brill too, especially the outro

a great song, thanks

Mz
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lank81 said 1655 days ago (November 11th, 2008)
Great
Mark,
I decided to give this a listen based off your interview on MJ. I must say this is a great song. You guys did a good job. Great Guitar and Great Lyrics. Thx.
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Char said 1492 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Wonderful
song. Your singing is wonderful. Believe!
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abfkingsport said 1492 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
ABFkingsport
Excellent. Very soothing. Love the flute. Excellent picking my friend. Great lyrics with a great melody. Very well done.
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said 1394 days ago (July 31st, 2009)
The Analog Set
Really enjoying this tour of your past, thanks

. - Harold
CrazeeFlootGrrl said 1376 days ago (August 17th, 2009)
Awesome!
I love it! Sounds great! And I see what you mean 'bout a flute part. It was very pretty! And I'm sorry 'bout your cat... In the last year and a half, I lost two cats...
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maxruehl said 1362 days ago (August 31st, 2009)
Love
the intro on this. The flute is really pretty and adds a lot. You guys had some real talent.
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Jarvoid said 1223 days ago (January 17th, 2010)
Again
very evocative of that era, slightly 'hippy' to English ears and cool because of it. A nice blast from the past.Psychedelic Cascading Colours.....:)
ConnieO said 1119 days ago (May 2nd, 2010)
Very Polished
Beautiful. Flutist is fabulous, who is played the flute? Lovely, lovely, lovely piece! I like the stepping up the scale with the low end guitar.
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hackneybloke said 991 days ago (September 7th, 2010)
cascading colours
hi mark...yes...thanks for pointing me to this one. listening now. that's wade singing i'm assuming. yes he's got a real retro seventies folk thing going on (which i love). wish someone had posted lyrics...only because the harmonies aren't spot on tight so i'm missing some words. so what's the cascading colours? is it about taking acid? anyways....this is a great track. where is wade? can't you get him out of the cupboard and re-launch a career....and can i be in the band? i love that recurring acoustic bass run up at the end of each passage. did you ever get CSN comparisons to this. very much that style....lovely. why don't you try and flog it again...and i'd love to cover a version for meself. love the haunting flute end. yes...great song. thanks for pointing me to it.
johnwhitehead said 971 days ago (September 27th, 2010)
Colors
Wade is quite a talent as a writer and guitarist. Is she still playing? Do you guys collab these days? Love the flute and the pop/folky floating
feel of this track.
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crissew said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Wow
Man this is an epic tune man, stunning. Man I would like to sing this song, it is perfect for my range. This is just killer man. Up there with the very best of MJ. Impressive stuff.
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lavalamp said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Wonderful
Glad I got to hear this. Guitars are excellent. CSN&Y-ish

LL
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davisamerica said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
lol
damn I wish you, wade, terry nd i had of met up back in the days of playin in bands. nice glimpse into you musical roots mark. really nice track here.
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MarkHolbrook said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Thanks everyone!
A few people of asked what "cascading colors" is... Not being the original author of the lyrics I can only interpret my meaning...

At the time Wade wrote these lyrics he was seeing a very very pretty girl that really sparkled and when she would walk in a room it was like seeing a rainbow. Her face was full of expression, she glowed. But buried beneath the beauty were troubled waters.

Often she would do things that just baffled him (and us). She made people uncomfortable and often took great delight in it.

I'd like to think that the song is about Wade realizing that this girl simply wasn't for him.
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Six-Nail-Coffin said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Guitar is smoking
Gorgeous.
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TennesseeVic said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Grand sounding
This has a glorious sound that warms the cockles of my heart. Especially that flute part is a nice addition.

Somehow I keep expecting this to burst forth in prog rock violence, but as an acoustic tune it's just as good.
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alackbass said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Cascading Colors
This is really good Mark. Harkens back to classic singer/songwriter days of the 70's. You and Wade make a good combo!
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PeterB7858 said 921 days ago (November 15th, 2010)
Drifting Away
Love the guitar work. They sound great. Nice harmonies. Excellent song. Flute over acoustic guitars works really well. Shades of early solo Graham Nash in the vocals. Thanks for presenting your work to a newer audience.
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perceptualvortex said 920 days ago (November 16th, 2010)
Colors
Very nice playing and singing--moody as a Jim Croce tune. Sweet tune, guys!
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SISTERS said 664 days ago (July 30th, 2011)
dan f
absolutely reminds me of the wonderful Dan Fogelberg vocally.
it's a beautiful song, guys!
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