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#313550 - 10/08/15 01:35 AM [User Showcase] Guardian Angel
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PeterF Offline
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Guardian Angel

https://soundcloud.com/peterf1957/guardian-angel

A wistful true story of misbegotten youth set in Australia (Cullendullah is on the NSW South Coast and Town Hall station is in the centre of Sydney.)

Leon Vocal & Lyrics
Me Backing vocals and quite a lot of guitar.

Didn’t appear to have saved the BIAB track but Real tracks play Everything except lead and some rhythm guitar.

Lyrics
Pulled into the Cullendullah roadhouse
Cause a light upon the dash was blinking red
‘When was the last time you put oil in this thing?’
Was what the man at the Cullendullah roadhouse said

I guess I wasn’t very conscientious
In those days about such things, or much at all
By God I was so foolish, young and feckless
The things I didn’t know it makes me shudder to recall

I must’ve had a guardian angel
Spreading out her wings to cover me
I must’ve had a guardian angel
How else I made it through those days is a flat out mystery

Woke up behind the wheel of my little Renault
With branches whipping past an inch away
It was raining cats and dogs and I was drunk as Boris Yeltsin
How I lived to tell the tale I really couldn’t say

I must’ve had a guardian angel
Spreading out her wings to cover me
I must’ve had a guardian angel
How else I made it through those days is a flat out mystery

Reclining on a bench on Town Hall Station
Missed the last train home an hour ago
No money in my pocket, so I decide to walk it
It’s only twenty miles so it’s up and off we go

Never had much sense of direction
So of course it wasn’t long before I badly lost my way
A kindly taxi driver took pity on the fool
And took me all the way back home even though I couldn’t pay

I must’ve had a guardian angel
Spreading out her wings to cover me
I must’ve had a guardian angel
How else I made it through those days is a flat out mystery

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#313559 - 10/08/15 04:42 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Hello Peter,

That's a very nice rocker!
Cool guitar playing and smooth backing vocals on the chorus.

Rob
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#313562 - 10/08/15 04:53 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Nice rocker. Enjoyed listening.

Charlie
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#313578 - 10/08/15 06:55 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: RnAM]
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Hi Peter,

Originally Posted By: RnAM
That's a very nice rocker!
Cool guitar playing and smooth backing vocals on the chorus.
My regards to Leon. Enjoyable listen.

Guenter
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#313635 - 10/08/15 01:58 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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I guess I wasn’t very conscientious
In those days about such things, or much at all
By God I was so foolish, young and feckless
The things I didn’t know it makes me shudder to recall

Great verse!! Also loved the Boris Yeltsin line. Fun tune, and a lot of fine guitar. Enjoyed it a lot! Take care. Greg

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#313638 - 10/08/15 02:07 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Loc: New Zealand
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Good one! Had me singing along by the end.
Excellent backing band. Lots of energy. Cheers.
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#313639 - 10/08/15 02:11 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Loc: GA USA
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"I guess I wasn’t very conscientious
In those days about such things, or much at all
By God I was so foolish, young and feckless
The things I didn’t know it makes me shudder to recall"

We certainly agree with Greg...that is a cool verse.
Fine vocals and perfect guitar pickin' for the tune.

Oh, loving that guitar tone too.

We much enjoyed it.

Rock on!!

J&B
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#313685 - 10/08/15 07:18 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Peter and Leon,

I really enjoyed that.
Seems some of us are lucky to be here at all, and I've been in scrapes like that as well, ho humm LOL

never thought I would hear ole Boris Yeltsin mentioned in a song BRILLIANT, forgotten all about him.

thoroughly enjoyed the trip through memory lane, thank god I wasn't coming the other way grin

great stuff

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#313691 - 10/08/15 08:26 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 05/16/15
Posts: 532
Loc: Chattanooga, TN
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Good job Peter! I like all the guitars. Good writing and performance.
Sonny

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#313730 - 10/09/15 06:51 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Loc: Florida
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Peter and Leon, "How I lived to tell the tale I really couldn’t say"- the story of my life. Good rocker and some fine guitar. I thought the intro was a bit long but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Keep em coming. Tom

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#313733 - 10/09/15 07:01 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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A good rocker, Peter. Nice guitar works throughout.

I listened first. I found it a bit difficult to follow the story - because of the music. So, then listened while reading the lyric. A well-told story. It made me think that the lyric style and music style were a bit mismatched - both being good, but perhaps needing different partners.

floyd

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#313867 - 10/09/15 06:42 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: RnAM]
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Thanks for all the comments.
Alyn - lucky you weren't coming the other way - I recall going down a one way street the wrong way with him 40 years or so ago.
Floyd - I have an acoustic version quite different - you might have liked that one better (I think Leon prefers that one).

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#313878 - 10/09/15 07:40 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Loc: Murgon Queensland Australia
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Thanks for rocking us Peter.
Good job mate.
Rob

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#313955 - 10/10/15 02:09 PM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Good write and I especially like the harmonies in the chorus!

much enjoyed!

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#314054 - 10/11/15 11:06 AM [User Showcase] Re: Guardian Angel [Re: PeterF]
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Very cool mix and great guitar playing. Love the Gretsch! Really nice mix on the vocals harmonies. Good job!

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