buzzardwhiskey

You're quite talented. Your voice is sweet and enjoyable. The venue sound is pretty bad and your mic technique given that mud might have detracted as well (little too close). Of course, I'm no expert. :)

Thanks! This is me just playing and singing in front of a cheap ZOOM H2 digital recorder. Let Me Lift Your Burden - by David Lane 2014 Do you have what you need and are you safe in your own skin… You know there’s nothing in the darkness that ain’t here when the light pours in You been waitin’ for the sunshine, baby dreadin’ the coming rain… Listenin’ to that thunder rollin’ round those clouds again Let me lift your burden Let me take the weight I want to hold you high above me now Let you fly away Away above these troubles Blowing kisses from the sky All your pain forgotten And your worry put aside Throw open that bedroom window smell the breeze and taste the air… Fill up your heart with weightless things feel it blow away your cares I’ve got an old Honda Dream, girl toaster tank done up in chrome… We’ll ride round the lake this evening let the moon light guide us home Whisper that you love me Nothing else is real Wrap your arms around me Eyes closed to help you feel You are not alone here Never will that be Let me lift your burden Set your mind at ease The rules your deacon preaches got you tied in useless knots… You and you alone girl hold the keys to spring the locks You know that love’s the answer every fiber of your heart… The Gods will smile upon you and those chains will fall apart Let me lift your burden Give it all to me Not one tear remembered Nothing but today Your sun is warm and shining The morning bright and new Dream again my sweat heart I’ll make it all come true

Let Me Lift Your Burden took a while. Writing is never easy for me, but this one really took it's own sweet time. The recording is pretty raw. Please feel free to comment. Thanks, David

Really nice! Listened to the whole thing (not something I often do). Practice getting out of your chest and up into your head a tiny but more.

I'm very new here so I have no idea why you haven't gotten a lot of compliments. Your vocals and instrumentation are fun and entertaining.

Thanks! This Sept I hope to team up with a professional violinist and record a couple. Here's another... Grow - David Lane Ugly are the men, who are the hateful tools of our government Aye and aye and aye Babylon lives and my brothers come to swallow any lie The marijuana Now is the time man, now we can decide that the herb is jah Free and blessed be I cannot avoid the truth, 70 years of war against a stupid plant... Ganja, ganja, hey <Chorus> Caffeine, nicotine, and the alcohol Each offer altered states of mind And dangers greater than the kind Enjoyed by folks who've not been... blind. We are connected, the music of love weaves its silky thread Aye and aye and aye We are made whole, and those in fear and pain can be set free The marijuana We owe our kids, man, our wrath and lies have sown mistrust Free and blessed be And they will come around, to a healthy view of this stupid plant Ganja, Ganja, hey <Chorus> Caffeine, nicotine, and the alcohol Each offer altered states of mind And dangers greater than the kind Enjoyed by folks who've not been... blind.

Thanks, analog! Steve Earl isn't on my radar at all, but I'll definitely look him up. I'm not sure how to post my originals but here are three... Falling Up Blues (David Lane) [E] [A] [E] [F#m] [A] [F#m] [E] [E] (over and over) We came down… off a two lane In the dark-ness we will ride, Ouuut… Away from the sparse pale lights ooOOOooo… Tradin the drone... of the road For sage scented… desert night ----- And far out… into nowhere Drifting soft-ly lost in time, Nooow… Slow and alone in the world ooOOOooo… Ghosts in a wide dark valley We crept as the… sky unfurled ----- Dirt road… on table Mesa Nowhere to no-where Hold me tight, Deeear… We stopped and... shut off the bike ooOOOooo… Summer night... came rushing in So close it was... lover-like ------ <break> ----- The stars shone… bright and whispered In the qui-et We could hear, Themmm… As we lay on the still warm sand ooOOOooo… Of a secret... brotherhood The lost conscious… ness of man ----- Then Kimmie... began to giggle As we lay there And we let, Gooo…. You know I... began to cry ooOOOooo… Born of the same loosened heart Sensing... the soft bye and bye ----- The world’s weight… turned to nothing All our wor-ries And our fears, Toooo…. Our bodies floated free ooOOOooo… The dark earth… gave up her hold And we rose toward the… sparkling sea ----- <break> ----- We came down… off a two lane In the dark-ness we will ride, Ouuut… Away from the sparse pale lights ooOOOooo… Tradin the drone... of the road For sage scented… desert night ---------------------------------------------------------- Ain't (David Lane) Em Am Em Em Ain’t seen no doctor who could heal me never was Em Em7 Ain’t had no woman who could know me like she does Am Ain’t met no banker who could qualify as kind Em Ain’t heard no preacher who could sell me peace of mind <chorus> B7 Am Em Head long my days fall toward the night, but I can see a morning light, a morning light… B7 Am So wash away your pain and woe, they ain’t no problems where we gonna go Em B7 Gonna go… we gonna go <break> Em Ain’t worked no magic that could make you stop and stare Em Em7 Ain’t played no music that could feed you like a prayer Am Ain’t made no habit of the games of chance and luck Em Ain’t wanted much more than this guitar and my truck <chorus> <break> Em Ain’t found no sense in staying angry ‘bout this life Em Em7 Ain’t cried much either ‘bout my sorrows or my strife Am Ain’t been no father like my father was to me Em Ain’t chose to fear God since he taught me to be free <chorus> <break> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Can Remember - David Lane <intro> [D] [F#m] [G] [A] [D] [F#m] [G] [A] Verses: [D] I can yet re[Em]member Morning [G] mist cradled [D] hills It’s the [bm] chill of No[G]vember That [Em] takes me there [G] still Back [D] into our [Em] town The [G] woods and the [D] lane I’m [bm] trapped going [G] round To those [Em] mornings [G] again The [D] floor was so [Em] cold My breath [G] hung in the [D] air My [bm] joints all felt [G] old As I [Em] dressed and [G] prepared To [D] lay in chord [Em] wood That we’d [G] sawn and we’d [D] split We’d [bm] laugh when we [G] could My [Em] old man had [G] grit <break> [D] [Em] [G] [D] [bm] [G] [Em] [G] Chorus: Those [D] yesterdays have grown Off and [F#m] on for forty years Like a [G] strange touch stone As my [A] finish line draws near I go [D] back there and I pray Back in [F#m] place and back in time Though [G] I know I’d throw away Any [A] hint of the divine Verses: We’d [D] laugh about the [Em] snow Or our [G] piece of junk [D] truck Whose [bm] springs were so [G] low Thing’s [Em] probably [G] stuck Smoke, [D] chain-oil and [Em] beer Tired [G] back and sore [D] knees It’s [bm] that place I [G] fear That [Em] won’t be a[G]ppeased I [D] wasn’t from [Em] there So I [G] couldn’t fit [D] in And [bm] soon I would [G] share Some [Em] plans to be[G]gin I [D] heard the road [Em] call Used my [G] thumb and my [D] shoes Walked a[bm]way from the [G] drawl And the [Em] misty hill [G] blues <break> [D] [Em] [G] [D] [bm] [G] [Em] [G] Chorus: Those [D] yesterdays have grown Off and [F#m] on for forty years Like a [G] strange touch stone As my [A] finish line draws near I go [D] back there and I pray Back in [F#m] place and back in time Though [G] I know I’d throw away Any [A] hint of the divine Verses: And [D] largely I have [Em] won [G] Mortgage and a [D] car [Em] Sprinklers and a [G] lawn Can’t [Em] say that I’ve been [G] scarred But there [D] is no real es[Em]cape That place is [G] never far a[D]way I have [bm] traded that land[G]scape For a [Em] city and its [G] fray Somehow the [D] boy is never [Em] done And some [G] places dig in [D] deep I [bm] know that I’m my [G] captain But those [Em] times have quite the [G] reach And [D] I can yet re[Em]member Morning [G] mist cradled [D] hills It’s the [bm] chill of No[G]vember That [Em] takes me there [G] still <outro> [D] [F#m] [G] [A] [D] [F#m] [G] [A] --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wow! Your voice is like a good steak, dude. Juicey, smokey, rich, sizzling.

Thank you so much!

Here's my rather unpolished site: http://www.david-j-lane.com/ Feel free to comment on any or all three videos. Thank you!