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| **the all new!!! Side st. Renys' MEDICINE SHOW feat. Lil'Bell & Bako Billy
-As a child I stood at the foot of the great pyramids, at Giza in Egypt, and I was born in California, hence the name. it's about my difficulties with human interaction, my life and the egos I've come across along the way.....including my own. |
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Credits: written by - J. R. (Side st. Reny) Collette - 32' National steel guitar, harmonica and vocals [ASCAP] / Bell-brushes & backing vocal / Bako Billy-upright bass [c] 97- 02' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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| solo acoustic version w/ slide guitar. The original I wrote w/ beats and a bassline, this versions like a different song.
it's about society, the paths taken, and the imprints left behind...... |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality (demos) -  buy it!
CD: Roots Reality [acoustic]
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: by-Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97- 02' |
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| "I'm hollerin' mercy the whole worlds livin' near in a strain". This one was written by the Mississippi Sheiks. I played guitar and vocals to a click track then I played the upright bass and laid percussion later. |
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: W.Vinson [p.d.] / all instruments, production and arr. by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97'-02' |
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| solo fingerstyle blues. This ones about keepin'on."I aint gon' be Discouraged, I'm gonna toughin up my soul" Reny |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: Roots Reality [acoustic]
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: by-Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97- 02' |
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| solo acoustic raggamuffin folk/blues.
The name and chorus refer to the time of epiphany and the verses are about society in general, and some peoples slanderous ways. |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: Roots Reality [acoustic]
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97- 02' all rights reserved |
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| This is version #2. The basic manifesto, detailing the roots and my reality as it pertains to music."nuff respect and props unto the old, where the original American stories were first told" - Reny/Roots Reality |
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written performed and produced by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocals by Bell.... [c] copyright 02' all rights reserved |
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| this one is about my life in general, and how it was in Brooklyn |
CD: Roots Reality [acoustic]
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: all instruments, recording and production by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97- 02' backing vocals-Bell |
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| This is the solo acoustic version, the original[version1] was freestyle w/ beats.
The subject- the ills of society. |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: Roots Reality [acoustic]
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97- 02' |
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| solo guitar and vocals |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: Roots Reality
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: by-J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97-02' |
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| Tommy Johnson wrote this one, it's a heavy handed ol'delta standard played on my National Estralita. |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: Roots Reality
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written by Tommy Johnson performed and arr. by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] and Bell-backing vocal [c] 2002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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| an Elizabeth Cotton song played on my National Estralita, I love playin this one, lotsa open strings. |
CD: Roots Reality
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written by Elizabeth Cotton arr.and performed by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] Bell-backing vocal [c] 02' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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| This ones the original version of "Grasping at Straws [acoustic]" which I wrote for our solo performances. "This is my only contribution" sometimes it seems that way, but if it is I'm glad I've made any. "Music is My Lifes Blood" - Reny |
CD: Breakbeat Blues
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written, all instruments played by and produced by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] copyright 97-02 / backing vocals-Bell |
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| It's about the fulfillment you miss out on by doubting and second guessing yourself until you've succesfully undermined your selfconfidence beyond repair. Get the f*** off yer ass and make it happen! |
CD: Breakbeat Blues
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written, performed and programmed by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocal-Bell [c] 97'-02' |
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| I put a couple verses of poetry to some random pickin', Bell did'nt even know what was comin, still she jumped in at all the rite moments. It's played on my 32' National Triolian steel guitar |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: the Medicine Show
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written and performed by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocal-Bell [c] 02' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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| A Bukka White song, played on my 32' National Triolian. |
CD: the Medicine Show
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written by White arr. and performed by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 02' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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| the original freestyle version [spontaniously composed lyrics w/ overdubbed chorus] |
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written, programmed and performed by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocal-Bell [c] 97'-02' |
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| Just an old Kansas Joe Mcoy tune with a sample based raggamuffin type beat and some sloppy upright bass. I lost the master so all I have is the version w/ the bass, but I still think it's a cool mix of Jamaica and the Mississippi delta. |
CD: Breakbeat Blues
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: J. McCoy / all instruments, performed, arranged, produced by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocals by-Bell [c] 97'-02' |
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| This is a song about friendships and work it takes to maintain them. I'm not very good at it. As far as the style of music, ya got me, I wrote it 10 yrs ago. |
CD: Breakbeat Blues
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written, all instruments played by and produced by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] copyright 97-02 / backing vocals-Bell |
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| "got a letter in tha mail baby this is how it read, run come quick cus the girl that lovin's dead" "ya hear me holler when they layed her body in the ground" I think the imagery is kinda spooky and it's truckin' down the line nice and steady. enjoy. |
MP3.com CD: Roots Reality - buy it!
CD: the Medicine Show
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: Traditional arr. by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97-02' backing vocal-Bell |
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| This one is a Blind Lemon Jefferson tune it's gotta be 100 yrs old atleast. I embellished a bit a verse here and there, played the song live to a click on guitar and vocals then laid the upright, so it's kinda lazy. |
CD: Breakbeat Blues
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: Jefferson [pd] / all instruments played by arr. and produced by Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] copyright 97-02 |
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| solo acoustic blues about gettin the job done, most of the verses and the riff come from Bo Carter, who was all about the double entendre "my pencil don't write no more cus my leads all gone" "bananna in yer fruit basket" "smoke my cigerette" he was a killer picker! he sang about sex outa insecurity according to Sam Chapmon his brother. |
CD: the Medicine Show
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: Jason Renard Collette [ASCAP] [c] 97'-02' |
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| another one chord slide piece played on my 32' National Triolian. The tunes loosely based around one of Willie Johnsons'. |
CD: the Medicine Show
Label: Skipabeat Records
Credits: written and performed by J. Renard Collette [ASCAP] backing vocals-Bell [c] 02' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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