This project started with an AI concept. I reworked the music and the lyrics, editing the content significantly.
I used Band in A Box for all the tracks except one, and Synth V Solaria on the vocals.

This was kind of a self indulgent project...longer than it should be, and a few other things.... another song about missing home and reminiscing about the old times. I think I figured out a few things on this for some future projects.... we'll see. I was planning to play the guitars and the bass as well as the piano but in the end, decided to simply spend the time on the piano track which had me second guessing myself up to and including this version. Getting the piano to sound right and fit.... I think I got a few more grey hairs as a result.

Oh yeah... microchords were used in quite a few places. They were very useful for a few things.

The Band
Bass: 2915
Drums: Pop rock 8ths
Guitar 1 Only at the very beginning: 2911
Guitar 2 finger picking: 365
Fiddle: 1787
Dobro: 2040
Steel BG: 2883
Steel solo: 2001
B3: 689
Vocals: Solaria Synth V
Piano: Waves Rhapsody Grand: Played by (me) Herb Hartley


GONE


Gone but not forgotten


Footsteps echo on wooden boards on the porch
The grass grows tall where I was born
Whispered goodbyes in my Momma's embrace
Memories linger of when I left this place

Shutters closed on windows that don't open any more
crooked numbers still hang on the porch
Faded curtains and the creek in the woods
The smell of fresh cut hay in the air

Gone but not forgotten this land of mine
Tales of dusty fields lost in time
Old songs and laughter follow me still
From the house to the old cotton mill

The river flows gently carrying me away
Dreams once nurtured here seem to have lost their way
Through the hills and the valleys to find my own way home
It's all changed now, and I'm on my own

Gone but not forgotten this land of mine
Tales of dusty fields lost in time
Old songs and laughter follow me still
From the house to the old cotton mill

Solo

Chorus


Hope you enjoy this. Comments are welcome

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www.herbhartley.com
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