Half-Baked Hits!

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These are tunes of mine that I’ve recorded over the years that, mostly, DON’T appear in any of my CD releases. With the occasional exception that I’ll note, none were recorded professionally. Most will have been recorded by me on my home system, a system with which I confess to being only marginally competent! As a result, none are “release-ready” and some are quite rough. Still, they’re fun to listen to. Every month I intend to put a new cut here, so check back in!

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I've decided to do something a bit different this month in honor of our upcoming election. I've decided to go all-in with the politics. In addition to a new offering, I'm including the two tunes from last month as well. Enjoy and feel free to share!

The "new" tune for this month is a tune I offered some time ago as an acoustic number with a rather restrained bass and drum track. This month I got rid of the acoustic guitar and added two electric guitar tracks. I also attempted to channel my inner John Entwistle and Keith Moon on the bass and drum tracks. (All you real bassists and drummers out there: please forgive me!) At any rate, this is my rant about the people who've been hypnotized by the right-wing media into being pawns for the oligarchy that controls the Republican party. Not a happy little tune, I'm afraid. I call it, appropriately, "Downhill Every Day."

Last month we had two entries. The first was a joint effort between me and my wife, Helen Wolfson. She has been quite politically active this election season. One thing she has done has been to participate in phone-banking efforts. She hates it but felt compelled to do it anyway. Out of her angst around calling and potentially pestering strangers on the phone came the lyrics to this song. As she recited them for the first time to me, I started playing guitar. As I played, her reciting became singing and this song was born. So, here I proudly present, "Phone Banking Blues."

Along with Helen, I've been more active this election season than ever before. Together, we've joined a local political action group called, "We Stand Up," associated the the nationwide, "Indivisible" organization. The next song I'm presenting to you is my pep talk for everybody and my admonition for all of us to get busy and to be sure to vote. In honor of this group I've joined, I call it, "We Stand Up!"

Please feel free to share and and all of these with your friends.

"Downhill Every Day" by Eric Thomas


"Phone Banking Blues" by Helen Wolfson and Eric Thomas


"We Stand Up" by Eric Thomas