The Musician
IMIDNITE -- EMPTY HIGHWAY. Desert plains and more stars than you ever thought possible. In the middle of nowhere you pull off at a small tavern proclaiming, "Beer and Eats". You walk in, guitar in hand, a young guitarist starting out. As your brain de-fogs you begin to note in a corner of shadows the sound of a guitar, and see, in the half-light, an old man running licks -- blues, classical, jazz, folk -- woven together in a carefully considered stream of consciousness. You wonder: where did he come from and how is he come here? What is the story of The Musician? With a soft smile, a twinkle in his eye, he looks at you while still playing and begins to tell his story .......
Enter the world of The Musician
A musician never really retires and after telling his story he leaves you with much to think about knowing that ....... Somewhere out there is an elderly musician in his Winnebago driving around the country doing pick-up gigs. He's done the concert stages, the studio gigs, the teaching stint, the album or two, the profession and the biz, and the Winnebago is paid for. Now he's come full circle. When he was a youngster, it was playing for tips in little bars and diners, traveling America, getting the music to those as wanted to hear it and life was a lark. Now, he's playing little bars and diners, traveling America, getting the music to the people, and life is a somewhat more comfortable lark. Up ahead is a highway paved with music, joy, variety, and magic ..... And the soft voice of Euterpe singing............(from the final essay in The Musician music/songbook)
The Album The format on the album is perhaps a bit unusual. Through spoken word with guitar background -- the Segues -- and through song The Musician describes, and advises on, the life of a free-lance musician to a young "wannabe". Each Segue introduces the song that follows it, yet the Segues tie the entirety together in a single work and when taken by themselves tell The Musician's own story. The opening tracks "Introduction and Move It On Down the Road" fairly well set the theme for the entire work
The Book "The Musician music/songbook" contains the guitar and vocal score for all the songs as well as an introductory essay to each song which opens with the spoken words of the Segue and then expands upon that particular topic. Also included are 6 original drawings by Richard Hannemann.
Enter the world of The Musician
A musician never really retires and after telling his story he leaves you with much to think about knowing that ....... Somewhere out there is an elderly musician in his Winnebago driving around the country doing pick-up gigs. He's done the concert stages, the studio gigs, the teaching stint, the album or two, the profession and the biz, and the Winnebago is paid for. Now he's come full circle. When he was a youngster, it was playing for tips in little bars and diners, traveling America, getting the music to those as wanted to hear it and life was a lark. Now, he's playing little bars and diners, traveling America, getting the music to the people, and life is a somewhat more comfortable lark. Up ahead is a highway paved with music, joy, variety, and magic ..... And the soft voice of Euterpe singing............(from the final essay in The Musician music/songbook)
The Album The format on the album is perhaps a bit unusual. Through spoken word with guitar background -- the Segues -- and through song The Musician describes, and advises on, the life of a free-lance musician to a young "wannabe". Each Segue introduces the song that follows it, yet the Segues tie the entirety together in a single work and when taken by themselves tell The Musician's own story. The opening tracks "Introduction and Move It On Down the Road" fairly well set the theme for the entire work
The Book "The Musician music/songbook" contains the guitar and vocal score for all the songs as well as an introductory essay to each song which opens with the spoken words of the Segue and then expands upon that particular topic. Also included are 6 original drawings by Richard Hannemann.