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This is a live rendition of "My Drinkin'".
A kinda-straight-up live bar blues song, played acoustically. |
CD: Something Borrowed Something
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written by BLUE, performed by Booze Monkey, recorded live by Erik Mielzarek, mixed and mastered by BLUE |
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Acoustic Resonator slide blues with walking fretless acoustic bass. This is a live rendition of the song "Old Soul" as performed by BLUE's band Booze Monkey. It was recorded on June 8, 2002 at Jake & Charlie's in Winchester VA. |
CD: Something Borrowed Something
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: written by BLUE, recorded live by Erik Mielzarek, mixed and mastered by BLUE, performed by Booze Monkey |
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A slow 12 bar blues song. The solo brings to mind Albert Collins. |
CD: Something Borrowed Something
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, arranged, produced, engineered and performed by BLUE |
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Old Soul is ultimately an acoustic slide-blues song played on a resonator guitar with a walking bassline played on an acoustic upright bass. However it blends old and new with the addition of a sampled drum loop, scratching and an analog synth part. |
CD: Something Borrowed Something
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, produced, engineered and performed by BLUE. |
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Moody and Hammering. This piece is from Holly's Song and the story is part of a gothic opera. |
MP3.com CD: Holly's Sampler - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: Holly's Song
Label: Sanity Check Musec,, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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Haunting acoustic guitar ballad. Kinda Goth, kinda celtic, kinda folk, you figure it out. |
MP3.com CD: burden - buy it! MP3.com CD: Holly's Sampler - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: Holly's Song
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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This is a mellow sounding piece. It is one of the cornerstone works of the "Holly's Song" gothic opera. It tells the story of the protagonist's loss of his lover. |
MP3.com CD: Holly's Sampler - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: Holly's Song
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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This is one of the corner-stone pieces in the Holly's Song rock opera. It fairly hard and violent in parts. |
MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume II - buy it! MP3.com CD: Holly's Sampler - buy it!
CD: Holly's Song
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, produced and performed by BLUE |
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This is an acoustic rock number with a solo trumpet and full "band arrangement". |
MP3.com CD: Holly's Sampler - buy it!
CD: Holly's Song
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, produced, engineered and performed by BLUE. |
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This is a remix of Axis Station by Church Of Chaos. The original song appears on their second album "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins". As of this writing, the original COC version is not freely available! This remix was created for the Keith Jackson Film Production Whoop Ass, which was scored by BLUE. The film can be found at Http://SanityCheck.net/video/nacf.htmlBe sure to check out Church Of Chaos at www.mp3.com/coc |
CD: Soundtrack
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written and performed by Church Of Chaos, Remixed by BLUE. This remix was produced by BLUE |
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This is a remix of Gun Song by Church Of Chaos. The original song appears on their debut album "Buy Your Salvation". A free edit is available at www.mp3.com/coc |
CD: Buy Your Salvation
Label: none yet
Credits: Gun Song by Church Of Chaos, Remix by BLUE |
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Punkish Rockabilly rant. Most of the rockabilly Erik and I have done is attitude riddled, blurring punk, surf and psychobilly. Check out the story on this song. |
MP3.com CD: Rockabilly Rat - buy it!
CD: Rockabilly Rat
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: written by BLUE |
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Drivin' alternative rock jam. |
MP3.com CD: burden - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume II - buy it!
CD: burden and also Taste - Volume II
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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A rockabilly/roots train song. This song was written by Erik Mielzarek. I took the vocals, and always loved the song. |
MP3.com CD: Rockabilly Rat - buy it!
CD: Rockabilly Rat
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written by Erik Mielzarek, performed by Erik and BLUE |
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This song sounds like the Psychadelic Furs. |
MP3.com CD: burden - buy it!
CD: burden and also Taste - Volume III
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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This is a straight up classic rockabilly tune. It was written as a tribute to the legendary Billy Lee Riley who then agreed to PLAY ON IT! |
MP3.com CD: Rockabilly Rat - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: Taste - Volume I and also A Tribute to the Legendary Billy Lee Riley (BSC Records)
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, engineered and produced by BLUE. Erik Mielzarek bass gtr. and Backing Vox. Billy Lee Riley lead gtr and harp, lead vox, rhythm gtr and drums by BLUE |
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Unusual style as per BLUE's norm. A slide resonator guitar piece. |
MP3.com CD: burden - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: burden and also Taste - Volume I
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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A bluesy rock and roll track with alternative lyrics. |
MP3.com CD: Alive in Valley Dead in Water - buy it!
CD: Taste - Volume III and also The Lion's Den
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written and produced by BLUE. This version was performed live by BLUE and the JADED. |
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Fast alternative rock piece. Rolling lyrics ala Elvis Costello. |
MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume I - buy it!
CD: Taste - Volume I
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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Industrial with alternative rock overtones. Not for the idleheaded. |
MP3.com CD: burden - buy it!
CD: burden
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, performed and produced by BLUE |
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A back-porch acoustic Jam. BLUE performs each part to sound like a group of people jamming. |
MP3.com CD: Alive in Valley Dead in Water - buy it! MP3.com CD: Taste - Volume II - buy it!
CD: Taste - Volume II and also Alive in the Valley/Dead in the Water
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written, produced and performed by BLUE |
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This is a straight out jamming rock and roll number that smells of beer and peanuts. A duet with the incredible Naked Myk Hedrick of the Mid-Atlantic's Naked House and currently Myk & the Dragpipes. |
MP3.com CD: Alive in Valley Dead in Water - buy it!
CD: Alive in the Valley Dead in the Water
Label: Sanity Check Musec, Inc.
Credits: Written by BLUE and Naked Myk Hedrick. Performed by Naked Myk and BLUE, Produced by BLUE |
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