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"Guess thats how it has to be, it was bound to happen - play with fire, roll the dice, walk the wire, pay the price with your life - it`s your life, your life had just begun" - in memory of my friend, Chuck Onaka.
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Electric slack key, drop D tuning with a traditional Island style turn
around at the end.
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I recorded a previous version of this song with Deja Voodoo in 1997 on the "Deja Voodoo" CD. Write to me at Drop D Records, P.O.BOX 311, Kailua , HI, 96734-0311and I`ll send you this blues rock CD. $16.50 (11 songs) includes shipping.
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Title track, again, Drop D tuning. Fender Strat tones sing the melody.
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Love is all we need.
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"Once you get a whiff, you`ll never be the same boy". Some people think this is a song about drugs, but it`s not. It`s about how profound your first experiences can be, how you`re never the same after. It could be anything. Sex, driving a car, falling in love, getting barreled surfing, your first paycheck, seeing Joe Satriani play guitar. You know , things
that open your eyes to a new world (OK, it could be about drugs too.)
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This tune has many of the elements in one song,
the styles I like to play. The sit on the couch picking, the easy going
strumming of the chorus, the build up, with the lead guitar again
singing the melodies.
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This is actualy a song of hope, not of disappointment. It redeems the blues in the bridge. "There`ll be times when you just can`t win,
but you gotta keep on pushin`, till you get your second wind. You gotta
count your blessings on more than just your toes, that`s the way life is,
it`s just the way it goes." My friend Brian Barth plays the Fender Rhodes and Hammond organ.
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I wrote this song for our family reunion in 1997. I wasn`t even considering putting it out on this CD until my friend Greg Adams (Tower Of Power) called me and said it made his wife cry. This song is a tribute to my parents and my brothers. They truly are a tough act to follow.
"I`m alot like you, that much is true, still I`m alot like me."
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This is one of my favorite songs. Played
from the heart.
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The first song recorded for this CD.
With the George Harrison type feel in the intro. Lead guitar track is a
Sholtz Rockman, remember those?
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I used to perform this song alot with Deja
Voodoo as a set opener. This is the one man band version.
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Yosemite Falls, full moon, amazing rainbow . I will never forget that night.
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Another one of my personal favorites.
very open arrangement, that lets the lead guitar just cry.
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Co-written with Tony Ho. With Tony`s beautiful lyrics and soulful voice. We used to do this reggae song with the Deja Voodoo band. But, this version is just the two of us.
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Kind of a spacey song, but not named after the planet - named in loving memory of my friend`s dog.
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