Acoustic Session 11-23-2022

Two Hour Set from last nights live broadcast - get your gear out and jam along - covers and originals
Radar Love, Honky Tonk Women, Caravan, Hold Me Now, Come and Go Blues, Stairs to the Mayan Sky, River of Joy, The Valley, Show Me Time, Diamond Girl, Crazy Girl, Black Water, Bertha, Deal, Don't, Coffee Blues, Just My Imagination, Don't Stop Believin, Thank You, Just Like Heaven, Friend of the Devil, Heroes - if you don't recognize the title - it's one of mine.  

Live Stream tonight starting at 6:30pm EST.

 

Show featuring acoustic covers and originals. Highly recommend breaking out your Guitars, Banjos, Fiddles, Cellos, Harmonicas, Flutes and Drums. Approximately two hours of music perfect for accompaniment and/or background music for your pre-holiday gatherings. 

 

Broadcasting to these three pages:

https://www.facebook.com/PaulBurkeDiMarco/

https://www.youtube.com/user/JourneyHome/videos

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Dear Mom - Early Reviews

Dear Mom Letters to Heaven

“Paul, you’ve hit it out of the park.” James

“In just two sentences you put me right there…I’ve read it three times already.” Sandy

“Heartfelt, Powerful and Thought Provoking – There’s a lot in here about parenting as the author writes from watching this extraordinary woman raise him. There is also documentation of the spirit world actually interacting in real time with the author. A short read just under seventy pages but you might get emotional or feel goosebumps.” Paul

 

Dear Mom - Letters to Heaven

Dear Mom is a collection of letters, reminiscence, wisdom and events written after mom passed. When Mom first went into her assisted living facility those of us out of town were on the phone with her all of the time. But her hearing after a few years finally gave out and using the phone shortly thereafter became frustrating. I wasn’t going to stop communicating with her so I began to write letters monthly.

After she passed, her small box of letters, cards, and keepsakes that she had gathered in her room got mistakenly tossed out. It was a jolt when she passed, and another one not to have those keepsakes that Mom had kept to help the healing process, so I began to write her again. And why not write Mom again? Who’s to say for sure she can’t hear me as I’m writing?

Hopefully my experiences and thoughts will be relatable and maybe even comforting. Set aside the complexities and heart break of the pandemic who hasn’t or won’t be going through the process of seeing our parents grow old? Dealing with hospitals, lawyers, insurance companies, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and memory care just piles onto the emotion and stress already present in an aging loved one. It doesn’t get more real than that. But more importantly I’m sharing these letters as a beacon of hope and faith and to celebrate Mom and her wisdom and to share that with you.

 

 

 

Now available on Kindle, Apple EBook global distribution, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all local bookstores in paperback and hardback.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKCSQXDM

Gregory Lenoir Allman – Legacy

What you have before you are demos, rehearsals, rough mixes, alternate and final takes of compositions predominately written and performed by Gregory Lenoir Allman. This is not an Allman Brothers Band Collection although the original six are featured on a few tracks. There are additional composers and artists scattered throughout the collection including Jackson Browne, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and a who’s who of soul and R&B legends. 

Primarily this is Gregory Lenoir Allman pin drop quiet recording of solo piano and acoustic guitar numbers surprising us with his unheralded musicianship that was overshadowed by his voice. This is also a full rave up of rock n roll, R&B and soul to bring the house down featuring horns and some orchestration. This is also the delta swamp. All mixed together they bring into focus the musical accomplishment and vision of an enlightened rogue pouring his pain out for a living. 

This is Greogory Lenoir Allman solo and with a band of gifted session, road warriors, top shelf producers and guitar slingers giving room to all the compositions breathing life into the studio and stage working the magic to lift and heal themselves and those that hear their clarion call.  

I urge the listener to listen into the music and to Gregory’s singing technique. He wasn’t just a blues howler but a nuanced singer who knew how to enunciate a note, a phrase, a syllable, a pause. He did this Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Little Milton Campbell, Ray Charles like technique with focus all the while reaching down into the depths of a deep soul. 

A soul that was dragged by multiple tragedies and the subsequent self-inflicted wounds that accompany those tragedies.   

There is also redemption in his singing and playing as he is consistently battered, and withstands and overcomes in the course of a lifetime the murder of his father at a much too young age for both he and his father, his brother and bandmates demise in their early twenties just barely men, the white-hot blazing spotlight of fame and the withering intrigue of retribution for being a successful political fund raiser for the good guys. Enjoy!   

Disc One
Fear of Falling – 1988 – Just Before the Bullets Fly – with Dan Toler Lead Guitar
Never Knew How Much – 1973 – Laid Back Disc 2 – Laid Back Two Disc Set Released in 2019
Just Another Rider – 2011 – Low Country Blues - Allman and Haynes
Ain’t Wastin Time No More – 1971- Eat A Peach (Deluxe Release 2006)
On Coming Traffic – 1974 – The Gregg Allman Tour with Full Orchestra
Rolling Stone – 1973 – Laid Back Disc 2 – Traditional
Blind Man – 2011 – Low Country Blues – Joseph Scott
Things You Used to Do – 1989 – Dreams Box Set
Little By Little – 2011 – Low Country Blues – Melvin London
God Rest His Soul – 1973 – Laid Back Disc 2
Midnight Rider – 1973 Laid Back Disc 2 – Rehearsal Track – Gregg with Kim Payne
My Only True Friend – 2017 - Southern Blood – Gregg with Scott Sharrard
Leave My Blues at Home – 1970 – Idlewild South
Please Accept My Love – 2011 – Low Country Blues – James F. Johnson
Melissa – 1967 – Duane and Gregg Allman
Win Lose or Draw – 1975 – Win, Lose or Draw
Whipping Post – 2005 GAF (Gregg Allman and Friends) - with Robben Ford Live Norfolk Va.

Disc Two
Tears, Tears, Tears – 2011 Low Country Blues – Amos Milburn
Multi Colored Lady – 1973 - Laid Back
Can’t Lose What You Never Had – 1975 – Win Lose or Draw - McKinley Morgan (Muddy Waters)
Out of Left Field – 2017 – Southern Blood – Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr. (Fame Studio Organist)
Song for Adam/Shadow Dream – 1973 - Laid Back Disc 2 – Jackson Browne
Bad Dream – 1997 – One More Try: An Anthology
Rendezvous With the Blues – 1997 – Searching for Simplicity – Jimmy Hall and Johnny Douglas
Brightest Smile in Town – 2014 – Live Back to Macon – Ray Charles
I’ve Got News For You – 1997 – Searching for Simplicity – Roy Alfred
Love the Poison - 1997 – Searching for Simplicity – Wally Wilson
Don’t Keep Me Wonderin – 2006 – Eat A Peach Deluxe Edition
Wasted Words – 1973 -Laid Back Disc 2
Queen of Hearts – 1973 – Laid Back
House of Blues – 1997 – Searching For Simplicity
Can’t Lose What You Never Had – 1997 – One More Try An Anthology - McKinley Morgan
I Love The Life I Live – 2017 – Southern Blood – Willie Dixon
Every Hungry Woman – 2020 – Atlanta International Pop Festival – 1970

Disc Three
Slip Away – 2005 – GAF – with Robben Ford lead guitar – Willie Weeks Bass
Samson and Delilah – 2005 – GAF – Bob Rattlesnake Greenlee - Sung by Floyd Miles
Don’t Keep Me Wonderin – 2014 – Live Back to Macon
Love Like Kerosene – 2017 – Southern Blood – Scott Sharrard
I’ve Found A Love – 2014 - Live Back to Macon – Johnny Taylor
Nevertheless – 1975 – Win Lose or Draw
Song for Adam – 2017 – Southern Blood – with Jackson Browne
One More Try – 1997 – One More Try: An Anthology
Come and Go Blues - 1997 – One More Try: An Anthology
It’s Not My Cross to Bear - 1997 – One More Try: An Anthology
My Love is Your Love – 2011 – Low Country Blues – Samuel Maghett (Magic Sam)
Dreams – 1989 – Dreams Box Set
Don’t Keep Me Wonderin – 2020 – Atlanta International Pop Festival - 1970
Come and Go Blues – 1973 – Brothers and Sisters
Firing Line – 2003 – Hittin the Note – Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
Midnight Rider – 1989 Dreams Box Set – Gregg Allman and Kim Payne
Faces Without Names – 2005 – GAF Live Norfolk Va – great version Gregg really leans into the lyrics

Disc Four
Wasted Words – 1973 – Brothers and Sisters
Blind Bats and Swamp Rats – 2017 – Southern Blood – Jack Avery
Ocean Awash the Gunwale – 2005 – GAF – Gregg Allman, Dan Toler, Tony Colton
Desdemona – 2003 Hittin the Note – Gregg Allman with Warren Haynes
Whippin Post – 1997 – Searchin For Simplicity – with Jack Pearson lead guitar
Old Before My Time - 2003 Hittin the Note – Gregg Allman with Warren Haynes
Morning Dew – 1989 Dreams Box Set – Bonnie Dobson
Midnight Rider – 2014 Beacon Theater – 3/28/2014 - Gregg Allman and Kim Payne
It’s Not My Cross To Bear – 1989 Dreams Box Set
These Days – 1973 Laid Back Disc 2 – Jackson Browne
Once I Was – 2017 – Southern Blood – Tim Buckley
Melissa – 2014 - Beacon Theater – 10/18/2014
One Way Out – 1971- Down in Texas – Elmore James – Released 4/26/2021
I Love the Life I Live – 2017 – Southern Blood – The Clay Center - 5/6/2016 – Willie Dixon
Please Call Home – 1973 – Laid Back Disc 2
Bring It On Back – 1997 – One More Try: An Anthology

Thanks to Bill Levenson and Kirk West for getting these demos and alternate takes out to the public. All songs written by Gregg Allman unless otherwise noted. Thanks to my fellow music loving friends who passed the sound board recording of GAF with Robben Ford, Floyd Miles and Willie Weeks my way. Hope you all like the sequencing.

Rock n Roll will save your soul that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Paul

 

Best Six Minutes Trump vs Biden

Funny because it's true...sad because it's true.  #Titus nails it down tight.  Watch and share especially with your Trumper family members.

Memorial Day Jam - 5/30/22

Memorial Day Show Set List: No Shoes, No Shirt No Problem, Friend of the Devil, Three Little Birds, Blue Moon of Old Kentucky, For A While (original), Folsom Prison Blues, Ventura Highway, Midnight in El Salvador (original), Long May You Run, Travelin (original), Don't Stop Believing, Waiting in Vain, Don't (original), Deal, Two Gunslingers, Coffee Blues (original), Rendezvous With The Blues, Hold Me Now, Three Miles Down (original), Thank You, Mighty Quinn, I Know You Rider

Song of the Day - Richard Julian - Window

Song of the Day is sincerely pleased to showcase "Window" and the amazing lyrical and musical virtuosity of one Richard Julian. There are not a lot of video clips of #RichardJulian out there but fortunately this stint at a public radio station in #Charlottesville exists. I picked this clip because it's a beautiful song recorded very well. You can really hear his great voice, smart lyrics and witness his dexterity and tone on the guitar. Originally from #Delaware he is a classically trained pianist. There are other clips I'll list below of his music that you should explore. We are big fans of his and have several of his CD's. He currently is a partner at a club in #Brooklyn called #LunÁtico. If you are a local you know it and if you are passing through don't miss the opportunity to see him live. Apparently the food is top notch with a wide selection of quality #Tequila so what's not to like! His good taste goes beyond music. And why wouldn't an artist want to stop chasing venues and audiences and settle down at home and create weekly? Imagine the quality of #musicians that grace their stage. Yes unknown does not mean untalented. Sunday Morning in Saturdays Shoes is a favorite album of ours - there's a link to it on Pandora below.

The Man in the Hole is also a lovely tune and the link below is a great capture - the audio quality is great.

And the professionally shot Die in New Orleans is also listed below the result of his tenure in the Big Easy.

Spend some time with Richard Julian you won't regret it - you don't have to take my word for it:

"One of the best songwriters and record makers I've heard in a very long time." - Randy Newman

"Richard just knocks me out. Some of the coolest, smartest and original music I've heard in years." - Bonnie Raitt

"My favorite collection of songs by one of my favorite songwriters."

- Norah Jones

#SundayMorninginSaturdaysShoes - https://www.pandora.com/.../sunday.../ALPKxg45X59zP52...

#TheManinTheHole - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCJfzrLprE

#DieinNewOrleans" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1oiqSeZjqA...

#LunAtico https://www.barlunatico.com/about.

#SongofTheDay - enjoy!

Song of the Day - Melody Gardot - Our Love Is Easy

Song of the Day is thrilled to present a double dose of Melody Gardot a chanteuse from Philadelphia. Regularly touring Europe she is a beautiful performer and song writer with an eternal sensibility. Her back story is both amazing and tragic but I would rather focus on her music.  These beautiful simmering slow burn songs were both recorded on her My one and only thrill album (It's the one we fell in love with). Melody has a place in our home and travels not only during dinner but during our sun-downers whenever we can arrange that. Her sunglasses are not an affectation but a result of a critical car and bicycle accident. You can learn about her back story at the links below but do not think for one second it over shadows her music. No way brothers and sisters but rather just another example of the very real healing power and magic of music. 

 

In an ever increasingly noisy and hysterical world Melody's voice, phrasing, lyricism and sensibilities are a warm wind and a reminder and balm for the soul. 

 

#SongofTheDay - recommends Melody sincerely and romantically for your listening pleasure.

Who Will Comfort Me Live From the Troubadour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeJQWPC9mI

 

From her website #MelodyGardot https://www.gardot.com/ is an American jazz singer, writer and musician. She was disabled after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle and began writing music after using music to aid her recovery. Gardot has been influenced by such artists as Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Stan Getz…

Song of The Day - Eilen Jewell "Rio Grande"

Song of the Day is proud to present Eilen Jewell and her rocking band. Our featured song is Rio Grande a tex mex rave up with smart dark lyrics and a fun as hell groove driven by a great band of musicians. Jerry G Miller on guitar has the goods and then some. Her driving thumping rhythm section of stand up bass and drum players Johnny Sciascia and Jason Beek play with authority. Think Asleep at the Wheel only with a lot more bite and authenticity. A rich sensibility of verse and poetry are woven through a voice that helps you check into the deep end of life and enjoy the swim. Eilen is not to be missed or underestimated. So if you have an itch for Willie Nelson with a lot more grit or Commander Cody with a little more heart or NRPS with more thoughtful lyrics in that Graham Parson's Burrito Brother vein Eileen is your woman.

 

#SongofTheDay is highly recommending #EilenJewell, #JerryMiller, #JohnnySciascia and #JasonBeek as a fully realized musical triumph. 

 

Additional Clip Rich Man's World shows them stripped down playing in an alley having fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwZi_SbwA8

https://www.eilenjewell.com/

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbPrKHn59M0

Song of The Day - Silvia (Who is She) Steve Winwood and Jose Neto

The Song of the Day is Steve Winwood performing Silvia.  The composition is a Jose Neto original that Jose and Steve reworked into this monumental masterpiece.  Jose Neto is the man behind the White Paradis Avalon.  And yes I have a white hot love for #JoseNeto.  This #SteveWinwood opus might have gotten by you since Steve, Blind Faith, Traffic I mean come on Arc of the Diver the man has been delivering since he was seventeen years old.   Silvia originally came out on the About Time album from 2003.  And in case you missed About Time do yourself a favor and circle back.  #AboutTime is just a smokin', gloriuos, vocal and instrumental tour de force.  Yes the jam is on and the jam is glorious.  At about the 7 minute mark of this live HD clip from Austin City Limits Jose takes flight and if tears don't well up in your eyes - well my friend you have lost your soul and could be officially dead.

#SongofTheDay is proud as punch to deliver Silvia (Who is She) to your digital consciousness - enjoy!

https://www.stevewinwood.com/
http://www.themanbehindthewhiteguitar.com/biography/

Happy New Year Jam

 

 Acoustic Six String Covers and Originals to ring in the New Year. Fellow musicians, beginners and advanced are encouraged to jam along. I announce the key I'm in before each tune. So get your banjos, fiddles, harps, harmonicas, and ukuleles out and have some fun.

Happy New Year – the link below will take you to a two hour acoustic session of covers and originals. I encourage other musicians to play along. Get your banjos, guitars, drums, harmonicas, ukuleles, fiddles and feel free to use my gig as a backing track to shred over. Have fun stay well and good luck in the New Year!

https://streamyard.com/t8ft73gb9ivf