KC MOAN
(Memphis Jug Band)

Here we are, playing on G. P. Skratz’s back porch, joined by ED HOLMES on tweezed toy percussion & 2010 California Gubernatorial Candidate, LOWELL DARLING, on jug.

A nice meditation on this 1929 tune can be found at: www.celestialmonochord.org/2005/05/black_jug_bands.html

WAR SONG
(Quechua traditional, adaptation & music by G. P. Skratz)

some bones make flutes
some bones make bows strung by gut

recycle yr enemies
recycle yr enemies & dance

some teeth make beads
some teeth make rattles inside skulls

recycle yr enemies
recycle yr enemies & dance

some skulls make cups
some skulls make drums topped with skin

recycle yr enemies
recycle yr enemies & dance

& dance

& dance

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TAKES ALL KINDS
(Bob Ernst)

Takes all kinds to make a species.
Takes just a thought to create a race.
Takes all kinds to make a gender.
Takes but a thought to create out-of-place.

Out of place creates paranoia,
& that’s all I feel our leaders need
to drive a good sized wedge between us,
taking up all the space in-between.

Clear I see the hope for one world.
Blinded rage makes the atom bomb:
it’s always up to us, can’t get out of it,
figure out whether we’re right or wrong.

Now our species ain’t doing well:
can’t see the forest or the trees.
Endless greed & fear of each other
could be what brings us to our knees.

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VENLO* DAWN
(Hal Hughes)

Sit on the corner
Do what you wanna
     Clear blue sky
     Get you high

Smile at your neighbor
Laugh at your labor
     Clear blue sky
     Get you high

Sun go down and the
Moon come up and you
     Sing, sing till the
     Sun come up again
     Light up the sky
     And you still high
     No time to sleep
     Until the dawn
     In Venlo town
     Wake up and
Sit on the corner . . .

* Venlo, a city in the Netherlands, was a happy stop along a European tour Hal joined some years ago with the Tumbleweed Dance Collective.

Hear this piece performed (from the CD, Drunken Dumbshow):

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