"where've you been?" genre: Rock
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	acoustic performance of the Stranglers gitarist Baz Warne. Heart tearing and yet such a simple song. It shows off the immense talent Baz Warne has mastered on guitar and vocals.Baz himself says: "I wrote Where've you Been? pretty quickly after i read in a paper one day about someone who'd come back home after having been missing for 3 years.......did'nt phone or write , and everyone thought he was dead....he said he just wanted to do some stuff with his life, he'd done a few things , and now he wanted to come home.....simple as that.....and could'nt see what all the fuss was about ! Funny what goes on in people's minds isn't it?"
	CD: Common Thread   Label: Own label Credits: recorded, engineerd and produced by Ron Angus and Baz Warne
	Story Behind the Song Common thread, a whole new concept to acoustic recordings. Baz has exceeded every expectation with this little jewel. It’s acoustic, but not just, it’s complete, the guitars are intense, and the occasional bass guitar, cello, xylophone or piano just complete this masterpiece. I just received my copy, and played it incessantly since my return from the Faith tour 2002. I can’t get enough! My favourite: Dutch Moon. Hehe, well I’ll get to that one… The CD starts with a cover: my friend the sun. Nice little guitar intro, light and carefree, summer breeze like song…Baz’s voice sounds a bit rough, it’s that “bluesy gin drenched throat” again. I love it. As opposed to the original there’s a solo in this song, which complements it perfectly. The chorus is very catchy and makes you sing a long. The guitar is built up from two parts…one rhythmic and one solo, Baz does the backing vocals as well...how you do that when playing solo? Where’ve you been? Was written for the Sun Devils and features on their CD too. This version is very different, without the electric bits, but as a beauty as the “loud” one. If you consider Baz wrote this song over breakfast… A few little electric guitar bits come in anyway, but they’re almost unnoticeable, perfect blend. Not as powerful as the Sun Devils one, but a beauty nonetheless. More dramatic, but less saddening… Rips in my heart: written for the Small town heroes almost 10 years ago, it’s still a song he plays at gigs nowadays. Calm intro, builds up to a heart tearing verse. This song is so full and complete you don’t miss the other musicians, it’s so strange. The guitar chords I’m used to on acoustic songs are mostly very straight forward and on this CD you’ll be surprised as they’re very elaborated and “complex”, nothing’s straight forward here… Dutch Moon: I had decided this would be my favourite before I even heard the song! Just because of the title… And, no surprise, it is…not because of the title though. I love the “radio from the 30’s” voice. It starts of with a, nice and relaxed bass intro, then electric guitar solo’s, background singers. I can barely remember the Stranglers version form Shepherd’s bush, heard the Faith tour version, but I can’t wait to hear the finished product on the next Stranglers release; if it makes the CD that is, I think it should. It is a great (Stranglers) song. Crime in the city, from Neil Young. Another cover. Vocals are pretty “standard”, the guitar isn’t. I tried my hand at it, gave up!…Lots of rhythmic changes, twists and turns, still a very “naked” song. I like the electric guitar bits, love the acoustic bits, wonder how it would sound as an instrumental… Only Women bleed from Alice Cooper. Intro features cello’s, gives a great atmosphere to the song, which I find quite dark and intense. I think it’s another favourite of mine. Again the guitar isn’t from this world. Sounds simple enough, but try and play along!…I’m not sure if so, but somewhere I think I here a piano… after the first, calm verses, the guitar builds up to a very dramatic climax. Of course the lyrics help the song. Very different to the summer breeze like song at the beginning of the CD. This CD just proves what a brilliant and versatile guitar player, singer, songwriter Baz really is. Maaike U. your webmaster. . Lyrics Three long years you’ve been gone Where’ve you been? I’m all ears so come one Where’ve you been? You can’t just turn around and fly And hang your soul out to dry You’ve never phoned, You’d never write Where’ve you been? How did life get so hard Where’ve you been? Was it me that left you scarred Where’ve you been? We had our fights and quarrelled some And your words could leave me numb A question of what I’d become Where’ve you been? Still I’m glad that you’ve come home Where’ve you been? I lost some sleep, took some pills Where’ve you been? Put myself thru the middle Where’ve you been? Couldn’t eat, I lost my touch Where’ve you been? Stayed off work, drank too much

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