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| I was sitting on the deck enjoying the November sun after three days of rain, and decided to try out my new condenser mic with an off-the-cuff improv, seeing as I found myself in a Cooder frame of mind... man, what a difference! |
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: ~~~~tod~~~~ |
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| "He makes me laugh" she used to say... so why's she slippin' away? Foolin' around is great, but if you think that's all there is to this power boogie, man, then the joke's on you. (Another one from the "personal experience file). |
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| An ethereal instrumental Blues... fairly laid back, but with a punch to it, if that makes any sense. It's literally the ways I feel when I paint with the color... a pivotal piece of my evolution from Native American to Global Citizen. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod -  buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Unconditional Love is the ideal... but ideals are rarely realized when intimacy deepens and expectations aren't met. Hurt is inevitable, just as roses lose their beauty, and their thorns grow tougher. Relationships fail as often as they survive this, but the pain must be understood, and forgiven. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| "I want to tell you half a story..." This is a dark comment on the precarious imbalances in our world today... what they have created, and what they may lead to, which is the other half of the story that concludes in your imagination. |
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Why doesn't everybody see? It's right there on your TV... all the prophesies playing themselves out, one by one, just like they said they would. A little more than S C A R Y ! |
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Prayer offerings... little bundles of tobacco... are hung from the tree at the center of the Sundance circle, in hopes that the sacrifices of the Sundancers will speed these prayers to the Creator. I used this as a metaphor for this song... it's my prayer bundle, hung on the Internet Tree, for a better life for us all, which we now need desperately. War solves nothing. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod & VoGE on Native Flute |
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| Originally a pre - 9/11 rant about the popularity of Native trappings, yet the complete disregard of Native treaties, rights, and abominable living conditions, I believe it remains relevant to current affairs... so few of us look beyond the Veil of Illusion to see the Light of Spirit that unites all things. Sometimes sarcasm is an effective tool... |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| What happens sometimes when love and good intentions get overridden by some mysterious quirk in the human psyche... call it wanderlust, short attention span, boredom... whatever; just don't underestimate it. It happens... I been there. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| A Pink Floyd-style tune about needing clarity, and not finding it in the world around me... when needing help, I turn alternately to my shrink and to the Creator of all things. The soaring female lungs belong to Cindy Smith, and the Synth is Dragon Rusic... Inspired! |
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Juke joint jumpin' song about my daughter when she was 7, which she ain't no more, so all you dawgs better listen to Daddy's advice on this one, 'cause I got me a big ol' attitude adjuster and I ain't afraid to use it! Blues can be fun too... |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| The Third World is not a geographical location... it exists anywhere People are exploited, marginalized, and deprived of their basic human rights... something that the average recipient of priviledge will never understand, unless you happen to fall down that particular hole... a hole that doesn't discriminate. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Straight from the gut, then and now. Lennon was the dirt the Beatles grew out of, and this song was the first to prove that to me. Those old 45's were my first teachers, and The White Album remains a touchstone to this day; thanks, John. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: John Lennon / Paul McCartney - Arr. by tod - Licence HFA |
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| A clever little ditty in 7/8 time that first appeared as a SpiritTribe feature. Cindy Smith belts out a lyricless improvised melody, reminiscent of Claire Torry, over a complex mix. Cool. |
CD: WellSpring - A SongWriter's Anthology 2
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Originally a diatribe against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, which seems to have become a non-issue... Dubya now deems the G8, the U.N., and world public opinion perfunctory... it remains relevant as a rant against Amerikan Imperialism, shotgun diplomacy, and The Bush Doctrine, which is just the mask Greed Almighty now wears. |
CD: WellSpring - A SongWriter's Anthology 2
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| A walkin' blues... I got this thing about feet, see, and this one's about how hard it is to walk through life when you keep trippin' on your own self. "You know you been footshot when the smokin' gun is you!" |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Originally posted before 9/11 and Iraq, this one is maybe more topical than ever... seeing as it talks about the difference between soldiers and warriors... warriors don't drop bombs from 15,000 feet. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| A swirling round of semi-acoustic sweetness, and an ethereal atmosphere created by three and four part vocal harmonies, make this songfull of hope and light recall the sixties... and some of the best moments of my life. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Shrouded in mythical mist, Avalon is a Celtic vision that remains strong despite the determination of Roman conquest and Christianity to eradicate the Ancient Religion... the Arthurian legend lives on; the other-worldly burial place of King Arthur and Guinevere is beyond the grasp of the Conqueror. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Lovesick... genetic predisposition... passionate exertion, or symptom of something more serious? All I know for sure is I sleep beside a human furnace... but this one ain't about her, it's about my first ex-wife. Chunky blues with a rootsy feel. |
MP3.com CD: The Blues - tod - buy it!
CD: The Blues
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Originally the genesis of a benefit CD for the Echota Blue Clan Cherokee, titled 'RESURGENCE!', this song has evolved to include ALL the People struggling for justice and freedom on our Planet Home. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| This one came from a marriage that ended almost against both our wills... a soul connection that couldn't survive the trials of this harsh reality. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| As the thin strain of my Haudenosonee genetics was revealed to me, I longed for the Vision Quest denied to me by my life circumstances... this song was given to me as I prayed in the Sweatlodge for guidance, and was the first step on my journey here on MP3.com. |
MP3.com CD: The Source - Anthology 1 - buy it!
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| The Blue Man is the spirit of greed driving this world over the edge... from the vision of Black Elk, who foresaw current events, and went against tradition to convey his belief, that we are all one, to ALL the People. Thank you, Grandfather. |
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| Originally released under the soon-to-be defunct Spirittribe artist name, DogSoldier was on my first CD, "WolfSongs"... it is now part of the story of my evolution, available on "A SongWriter's Anthology", the "Best Of" CD soon to be released here. |
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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| I've always thought that it didn't really matter much who was in power in a Democratic nation... that one politician is much the same as the next. I was SO wrong, God help us all. Originally a reaction to 9/11, it's now a reaction to the power that gave the Bush Administration... very strange. |
CD: A SongWriter's Anthology
Label: WolfSong Productions
Credits: tod |
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