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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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WHEELBARROW

there usta be an orphan
who was my friend
he played a nice piano
but in the end
a little plaything
in the dust
well
yr turn it on it
’s stomach
n ya see the rust
well

i will send you
my sorrows
in a wheelbarrow
made of stone
cuz i drive
an ordinary car
won’t go far
on its own

i ride the railway
on my train
mile after mile
n i feel no pain
a pint o whiskey
n i’m feelin’ swell
well
dollar after dollar
cuz my daddy
rings the bell
well

i will send you
my sorrows
in a wheelbarrow
made of stone
cuz i drive
an ordinary car
won’t go far
on its own

he read the letter
that his boyfriend wrote
when all was said n done
their hearts they broke
y’d think that after
all these years
they’d be
together not apart
but there’s an end
you see
well

i will send you
my sorrows
in a wheelbarrow
made of stone
cuz we ride
an ordinary car
we don’t go far
on our own

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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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