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Post them here for all to enjoy. Band or solo
 
#493 ·
I wrote this song in response to the 2008 financial and housing collapse, and how people who stood for those affected were marginalized, and mocked. The Occupy Wall Street movement had/has a powerful message, and government (and business) entities did little for the ordinary citizen, yet bailed out financial institutions who have little changed their ways. Business as usual. Inequity and inequality continue and with many examples the average working person is worse off than before. I invite you to read/listen to Robert Reich and Chris Hedges, among others. Wealth in the hands of a few is a bad idea, and dangerous.

If you last five minutes through this song, I thank you. Recorded in a very spare style, in one take, with an acoustic guitar and a vocal. Jacob McCauley plays the bodhran. I am trying to get a Leonard Cohen vibe in my voice. My apologies to Mr. Cohen.

We are being sold snake oil, and there is little alternative at this time. Support small, local business. And be loyal to them. Let's start there.

JCJ Oct 2022

Rising Young Man

He’s a rising young man, suit and a tie
Never enough money, never enough of the pie
Let me say this to you and yours
Fortunes are made on the backs of the poor

Played football in college til he blew out his knee
Took a management job, the head of team
Went through the ranks with disregard
For the lives that depended on workin’ hard

There is an angle, there is a move
More and more it’s my only groove
How much is enough, when does the boy rest
He’d bring down an empire as a way to invest

Weather change it’s a way to control
How the markets will move when he puts on his show
There on TV in our front rooms
Condescending, patriarchal, spinning doom

Rome may be burning so let ‘em eat cake
If they didn’t see it coming it’s not my mistake
If this was the wild west, sell snake oil to you
And you’d buy it cause y’all need a fix for these blues

There is an angle, there is a move
More and more it’s my only groove
How much is enough, when does the boy rest
He’d bring down an empire as a way to invest

When you own big business, you own the news
One percent win and the rest of us lose
They throw a few crumbs, make you grateful
Full disclosure this is truly disgraceful

If you’re honest, decent, the hard workin’ kind
You’ll end up helping, keep this in mind
A few will make it, you can join the club
You’ll soon be like them and much less like us

There is an angle, there is a move
More and more it’s my only groove
How much is enough, when does the boy rest
He’d bring down an empire as a way to invest

He’s a rising young man, suit and a tie
Never enough money, never enough of the pie
Let me say this to you and yours
Fortunes are made on the backs of the poor
Let me say this to you and yours
Fortunes are made on the backs of the poor

© songsarefiction/EastOak Media group
words and music JCJ

Guitar and vocal: JCJ
Bodhran: Jacob McCauley
Oakville Beer Barrel Choir: Mike Clarke, Steve Kirstein, Jacob McCauley, Jim Jones (not me!), Jimmy Ruffolo

Recorded at River16 Studios September 2012
Producer: JCJ
Engineer: Steve Kirstein
Mastered at Joao Carvalho by Tim Branton
Photo: Kyle Weir

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#497 ·
Here's a solo cover I did a while back for a White Lion tune:


I have all sorts of stuff on my YouTube channel including reviews and licks and song tutorials. I'm trying to get to 1K subs so YouTube will consider monetizing my channel, so if there is anything on there that peaks your interest, please feel free to hit that subscribe button and help me out! (Thanks!!!)
 
#499 ·
This was part of the livestream shows we did during the pandemic. We are recording this and will be part of the album to be released in the spring 0f 2023. Song is called Cracked Wide Open. This was one of the songs Angie and I wrote almost instantly where we got the song done in almost one pass. Just came together really fast.
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#501 · (Edited)
Here's something from 11 years ago. Went to a buddies 50th surprise birthday bash in 2012. His wife told me to bring a guitar so I grabbed a suitcase and 6 string then headed 1,000+ miles northwest to join the fun. Birthday boy sat in on drums and another buddy on vocals & harp stepped up to the mic,... all of us going in cold with no prior rehearsal or look at a setlist. It was a little rough at times not knowing some of the songs but we managed to keep it somewhat on the rails with some quick cues and help from the 'Rough Edges' members. Took a bit to figure out the rig of the guitarist who let me step in for a bit.

Drinking copious amounts of beer beforehand with many of the ol' forest fire fighting crew didn't exactly help matters on my end either, lol,... but damn it was fun, lol.

Anyways, you don't have to watch the entire video as I listed the time markers of each tune if interested.
1: 25 - The Breakup Song
9:15 - China Grove
12:05 - Lie To Me
19:16 - Susie=Q
23:55 - Listen To The Music
26:35 - Roadhouse Booze 🤤🍺 Blues
32:22 - Life In The Fast Lane
34:12 - Rock'n In The Free World
41:43 - You've Got Another Thing Comin'

 
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