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playing schools&juke joints-all the same to me
playing schools&juke joints-all the same to me
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waltertore
2165 posts
Apr 06, 2012
7:00 AM
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I am off today and scrolling through the 4,000 or songs on my soundclick site. Lots of memories. Each song brings me right back that moment like photos do. Here are some in the hard drinking bars and santa rosa middle school where I use to teach and did a show or 2 every year and brought up student musicians that went there and use to hang around my room. I realized there is no difference betweent the 2 venues. In fact the middle school gig was usually super high energy once you got the kids with you. Imagine 100 - 7/8th graders dancing, spinning on their heads, doing splits, screaming, doing line dance, waves in the auditorium seats, as you played. I spent most of my time on the dance floor playing guitar off their moves. I wish I knew more about recording at that time I would have put a mic in the crowd. You can't really hear how crazy they got.
from the middle school gigs
she ran me out of town
got to go
is this what they call the blues
here is another dualing harp/guitar song and a few othes from a session recorded live at the Blue Heron in Duncan Mills CA. Douglas McKenzie is bass and I am on drums, guitar, harp, vocal. Doug is really a guitarist and plays with the Pulsators, a popular north bay band. He started on bass with his older brother fast floyd who played with mink deville and the spiders, and his band fast floyd and the famous firebirds. they played the erotica ball every year in SF. Doug had Doyle Brahmall II (with clapton for years now) as his rhytm guitarist in the band he and his sister had called Teresa and the Brewers. Doug and I have been making music together for almost 40 years. He joined me for most of my gigs at the blue heron when his band was off.
I played this club every Sat night for 4 years. It is located near the coast and was home to original SF hippies that found it to uptight in SF and moved way out into the redwood hills of Sonoma County. They would come 20 miles down dirt roads on Friday and spend the weekend at the club and sleep in their vehicles. There were no rules in this place. the police never came in. It was stocked with drugs, gays, lesbians, bikers, hippies, and wine country tourists. the bar only held 30 people and I averaged about 300/night in tips alone! Another 50 or so people would be outside the open door on the patio. Sadly it closed its doors after 30+ years just before I moved to Ohio. The owner was an angel. He left me to do whatever I wanted, fed me, and paid great too. A semi homeless woman would steal vegetables from the local gardens, bring them in, and he would have the cook add a meat dish and serve it all up to her with some beers for free. That was how he was. I miss gigs like this. I feel another on the horizon. Walter
is this what they call the blues
linda's mother is a junkie
work with me tonight
here is one from playing the streets in santa rosa california. I had a great spot in front of a music store. they let me run power to a 1950's fender champ. Douglas McKenzie is on bass. I played there most everyday in the summers for a few years. A turkish woman sold flowers next to me and would feed me great turkish lunches and sweep the sidewalk in time to the songs. Unfortunately the owner of the music store had side buisness going out of the shop and it got busted and closed.
smile baby
here is one from my house parties over the years. they got pretty wild too- no police or rules except to do what made you feel good.
all tore up
just for kicks here are a couple from the community baptist choir with Harry Francis on keys/vocals, who came up from Louisiana a couple times a year, to lead the choir. I played guitar but you can't really hear it. Harry would eat a whole rack of my smoked ribs before performing. He eventually had a heart attack and had to back off his eating ways. His brother Michael, who played pro football, was my bbq partner in Ca. The Rev Coffey got attacked on sunday by a mentally ill person who walked in the church. Michael ran up to the pulpit and threw the guy through a window. Since then he was assigned as Rev Coffeys personal bodyguard and went with him everywhere in public. The Rev Coffey marched with MLK. Michael led the blues life all week but on Sunday never missed church. In conclusion, let it be church, the street, the juke joints, its all the same when you play from your heart! Walter
the holy ghost power
too blessed to be stressed
I got mine
Michael my bbq partner and the Rev. Coffey's bodyguard
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
3,900+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Apr 06, 2012 2:09 PM
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waltertore
2166 posts
Apr 06, 2012
1:27 PM
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I add playing alone in the studio to the list:-) Here are some from this afternoon. Walter
true love can get confused
people talk to me that aren't there
ever since I was young I was told I was wrong
when your homeless you hate to see the sun go down
how do you keep out of the blues
depression is a mighty powerful thing
ever see a 1 leg man run from the law
living too fast
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
3,900+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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waltertore
2171 posts
Apr 07, 2012
2:34 PM
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from today. Walter
sitting here rocking myself alone
mighty thankful
I don't want to be around no religion
saturday afternnon
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
3,900+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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