Original
Songs
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You can
preview lots of already-recorded songs, mostly maritime, on the music
page, but here is an album full of
completely different, unreleased .mp3s for fun, in their
entirety...CLICK ON THE TITLES to listen, download...
Home Is Where The Heart Is
This song became the title (and soundtrack) for Jessica
Lange's
first
starring short film Home Is Where
The
Heart Is, an underground
classic, featuring herself and
male lead (and first husband) Paco Grande well before she made her
Hollywood debut in King
Kong. It was directed by Danny Seymour (during that period I believe he
also
directed sci-fi tale Idaho
Transfer) who later
disappeared on his sailboat in the
Caribbean, probably hijacked and murdered by pirates. You can't make
this stuff up - his boat surfaced in Guadaloupe in possession of a
stranger who said he sold it to him, without papers. He's never been
heard from since...
This recording is a copy of my original copyright demo recording for
publisher
MCA and is all that remains of the crew, except for Jessica, of
course...enjoy it,
sing it, record it, disseminate it...
The Next Time Round
My theme song for many years, also recorded with The Apostolic Family
at the same session as "Home Is Where Heart Is."
And
here's the rest...some
higher fi than others, all otherwise
unrecorded except for original publishing purposes. Sometimes, the
worse the sound, the better the song, but you decide...if you use any,
drop us a line (or even if you don't...)...
Cold Day --
It's a cold day
indeed when the earth rotates backwards...
The
Dolphins --
My son Neal
loves these folks so much
he renamed
himself after them...
Almost
Done --
Still looking for
that bridge over troubled waters...
Love
I Shared --
Wolfgang might
have liked the mandolins, maybe not the
lyrics...with the Apo Family, arr. by David Ames...
The
Little Things --
They remind
me of you, and maybe Buddy Holly...
This Life Belongs To Me --
So
catch me the next time round...
Always
Companion --
Always, in
spite of my sins...
Maggie
Dear --
R.I.P. Maggie
Stewart, you were the best...
On My Way --
Folkie philosophy,
where's PP&M?...
Until Matthew Comes Again --
Who's Matthew, anyway? The Gospel writer,
my old roommate, something more...
From
The Beginning -- When life
and love gets messed up the same way at every level, every time, who
you gonna call?...along with a lot of mystic Masonic symbols, it's on
the dollar bill...
All songs © copyright John Townley
1971-2006, various publishers including MCA, EMI, Kama-Rippa, others...
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