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Hi All, Here's a remembrance of a long gone friend… This is called BLACK TELEPHONE. The rivers and mountains surround this town They remind me that you’re not around And all the talk radio only brings me down Black telephone The streetlights flicker on the edge of the rain A junkie’s shadow whispers your name And I dial your number just to keep me sane Black telephone The moonlight rushes through a hole in the sky In this whistle stop where the wild geese fly And she lights one up lets the world drift by Black telephone BIAB Tracks: 1592: Bass, Electric, Pop16ths 065 3467: Bass, Electric, Americana 085 2808: Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm 065 3208: Guitar, Electric, RnBPop 055 2542: Pedal Steel, Background 065 RealDrums: RockEven16 Other Notes: Izotope Ozone 10 Elements & Ozone 11 Izotope Nectar 3 Elements for Vocals Izotope Plasma for Instrument Tracks Processing Bob Mic: Logitech Blue Yeti Bob Vocals: Logic Pro Waves: Vocal Rider Final Track Mix & Master: Logic Pro As always - thanks for listening! Bob
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Hi Bob.
Once again you create a masterpiece.
This is a wonderful tribute to your friend.
I found it a very engaging listening both lyrically and musically.
I thoroughly enjoyed going where your song took me.
--Noel
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Hi Bob
I just found this gem of yours. Your beautifully plaintive voice is a perfect match for the reflective song subject.
Nice mix and seperation of the instruments. You are cetainly the king of this emo-folk genre.
It is proof of a good song if it ends leaving the listener wanting more and that is certainly my experience here.
Excellent.
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A very beautiful song Bob. Your voice fits perfectly in this style, the piano is great and the guitar in counterpoint is perfect.
You are approaching the top.
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Man, you are such a brilliant writer, Bob! So good at painting pictures with words.
Perfect vocal and mix too. Loved it!
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Well, I'm so old I grew up believing that all telephones were black, and the princess phone was a black one in Disney. But they never had the blackness of yours, Bob. Man, what a good song. THe piano is so perfect as is that guitar. What a good mix, too. That steel slices through at all the right times. Your vocal is what brings the song to the highest level.
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Love the poetic lyric and instrumentation, Bob.
I couldn't help thinking of the third verse being a bridge with chords like E, F#m, D, A.
Not suggesting it needs it but it would sound nice for me.
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Great Real Track Backing. Always great lyrics. Production and mix is spot on. The lead guitar licks sound perfect for this song ... are those Real Tracks or a live player?
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Noel,
That is very kind and appreciated. Thank you.
Bob
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I am always amazed at how much you're able to say with so few words, Bob.
You create so many images in my mind.
This is a masterpiece both lyrically and technically!
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Bob you are one hell of a story teller/
You can say so much with so few words - brilliant - I am so jealous.
Outstanding lyrics, vocal, instruments, and mix.
The Black Telephone is one of if not your best thus far.
Loved it.
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It's called the Heineken Maneuver.
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Good one Bob!
Love the simplicity here.
A nice compact construction with some killer lyrics.
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Hi, Bob. I closed my eyes, listened, and let the song take me away. Everything is clear and present in the mix, and you do your usual magic with the lyrics. Excellent. 
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Izzy,
I appreciate the kind words. Thanks so much.
Bob
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Hi Bob,
You write the nutrition specs on the back of a frozen food package and make it sound like magic. You\r lyrics are as good as (often better) than anything I hear over the airways.
Great selection of backing tracks - always just enough and never too much. Your music is s9imply fabulous!
Alan
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Laurent,
That is very kind - thank you.
Bob
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Sad, but very beautiful song, Bob. You'll meet your "long gone friend" again as only the body dies. I've had many experiences of passed on relatives, friends and past girlfriends, some while awake, some in lucid dreams and a few when in the hypnogogic zone (the brief period between being awake and asleep. On top of that my home is haunted by the previous occupant (I've written 46 blog posts on the subject, enough for a novella!) so I have daily proof that only the body dies!  On top of that, your music will live forever! 
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Dave,
That's very kind - thank you.
Bob
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Marty,
Thanks so much. I always appreciate your kind reviews.
Bob
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Bob, beautiful remembrance. Love the band and the build, especially the bass and the steel. Friendships, like this song, are over way too soon.
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