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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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TAYLOR-MADE

taylor made
the man he comes
from boston
hip to hip
his dyke clothes
they cut his knees
a cigarette
he dangles from
one finger
face to face
his black face
he colors me

oh
me oh my
oh
you gotta do or die
un huh huh
oh yeah

desperation
desperation
see her eyes
reach so high
upon
the tide of
creation

see the stars
in the bars
there ain’t
no cars
in the nation

coke o cola
French fries
and tequila
a television
hot box
for my prince
this lanky dude
from colfax, arizona
his price high
my dream eye
he would dim

oh
me oh my
oh
you gotta do or die
un huh huh
oh yeah

desperation
desperation
see her eyes
reach the sky
upon
the tide of
creation

see the stars
in the bars
there ain’t
no cars
in the nation

honey bunch
my baby
she cut the mustard
her gentle rollin’ thighs
they cast a spell on me
breath to breath
we whispered in
the canyon
one big one for you
and one for me

oh
me oh my
oh
you gotta do or die
un huh huh
oh yeah

desperation
desperation
see her eyes
reach the sky
upon
the tide of
creation

see the stars
in the bars
there ain’t
no cars
in the nation

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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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