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Years back, as my first band, ORCHESTRA LUNA, was getting off the ground, I recorded a bunch of songs into a reel-to-reel. I had an upright piano with tacks in the hammers and I banged these tunes out so I wouldn't forget them (a condition that has lasted with me to this day). They embarrass me. My voice sounds so operatic, and the playing is awkward. I show them to practically no one. But there's something vaguely endearing about them. They also have an innocence that belies my later, albeit intermittent obsession with hit songs and a 'career'.

This one, like many at that time is recorded at Ridgemont St in Allston - big yellow house at the end of the street which one night we closed off, dropped acid and had a square dance - and we could actually walk to Jeremiah's on Harvard Ave - the place where OL got signed onto EPIC from.

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FISHBOWL

and the candies
in the window
behind the fishbowl
they sparkle in the sun
they sparkle in the sun

i got somethin’
on my mind
somethin’ i been waiting’ t say
tp somebody else’s eyes

i see a rainbow
up in the sky
but yesterday that rainbow
maybe could make me cry

but today i feel so happy
today i follow the sun
today i feel like laughin’
with the clowns
the clowns
n everyone
oh yeah
na na na na na

dear daddy
don’t ya hear me calling’ out yr name?
dear daddy
? …faces everyday
dear daddy
don’t ya hear me when i say
telling how i love you
any old way

dear mama
ya know when it rains
dear mama
can’t ya see right thru yr pain
dear mama
get right out of the way
when i hear ya crying’
ill wash those tears away
wash those tears away

the pie is bakin’
in the stove
n a dog name o boomerang
is scratchin’ out
the flies in his toes
while me i eat my breakfast
dressed in the same ol’ clothes
n ruminate extravagantly
upon the me the me
that nobody knows
oh yeah
la la la la la la
oh yeah

yes today i feel so happy
today i follow the sun
today i feel like laughin’
with the clowns
the clowns
n everyone
oh yeah

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from RIDGEMONT ST, released April 19, 1975

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A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more

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