Here goes some “explication” about the two newest recordings I’ve mastered and edited up. Enjoy.
Recorded live from the soundboard at a Bonfire in Groton, CT.
I noticed while I was organizing these tunes that it kind of serves as the best kind of ethnomusicology lesson you could ever receive for free. Pro Bono, my gift to you. Call now, operators are standing by…
16th Century Greensleeves. (cover of a Ritchie Blackmore arrangement of a very old song)
Old Folksinger – by Merle Kessler, aka “Ian Shoales.”
Need a real audio of my studio version?
http://frucht.org/audioclips.html
Other Side – Orig. Someone I was very sweet on turned to me one night and said, “why don’t you write a song about turquoise and silver and a pebble and a ring.” So I did.
Johnny B. Goode – Standard (played very non-standard)
Oh Boy – written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty. Made most famous by Buddy Holly
Hey Mon – Orig.
One Tin Soldier – Coven. Made most famous by the movie “Billy Jack.”
Little Things – Orig.
Wicked Wicked World. – Medley arranged by Marc Frucht. “Wicked World”
by Black Sabbath’s Ozzie Osbourne, “When The Levee Breaks” collected
folk style by Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. Last verse Original.
Happened Just That Way – Roger Miller
Seminole Wind – John Anderson
Want to hear just a cute cover of it by a little girl named Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsN0zk7VojA Neat how sometimes a song can be kept immortal by lots of people giving it some love!
Mary Had a William Goat – I learned this parody from Carl Sandburg’s publication “American Songbag.”
Merry Minuet – I first heard the Kingston Trio version of this song from my mom and dad’s massive record collection. It was written by
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes – from the Movie of the same name.
I’ve actually been asked to sing it a capella at movie premieres and stuff.
Dream On Again – You notice how they sing, “sing with me” and it’s a song written in like Fm7 with a flatted 9th in the bass, and it’s a key that only Bessie Smith can sing but she’s gotta warm up all opera style before she even tries to sing it?
Evil Ways – Carlos Santana
Milli Vanilla – I wrote this as a parody to the Poison song “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
FUN song – from Sponge Bob Square Pants. Just don’t ask me to sing the Campfire song or “I Ripped My Pants.”
Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes. Done as a medley together with “American Music” and “Free.” Proof that the Bodeans stole liberally from the Violent Femmes. J/K they’re all friends with each other.
Oh Freedom – medley. My version of Pete Seeger’s version of Odetta’s version of several ancient spirituals
Do Wacka Do – more Roger Miller
FryBread – Orig.
* Recordings engineered in Groton, CT by Andrew Barnes
Listen to the entire thing in two parts at: http://soundcloud.com/atizine/marcofruchtsamericansongbag-part2