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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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WHITE SNOW (for Samwise)

white snow
on my body
white snow
on my mane
i’m a unicorn
w one accordion man
t play my game

show me
where to look
show me
i lost my book
one magician
who’s name is sam
one magician
not my accordion man
one magician
just t take his hand
and touch

the
white snow
on my body
white snow
on my mane
i’m a unicorn
w one accordion man
but he still looks
the same

build me
a tower
high
up in the sky
lift off
my burdens
open
my eyes

and melt the snow
so i can fly

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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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