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Nine Lives Chats (September 2021)

 9/1/21, 8:31 AM Rew Rew Starr Yay!!!!! 9/1/21, 9:12 AM Mac Mac Gollehon 👍 9/1/21, 11:51 AM Mick Mick Oakleaf 👍👍 You sent Mixing begins on Monday. I sent an email with what we have now. Give it a listen when you have a chance. You are all shining! 9/1/21, 12:13 PM Donald Donald Sztabnik Thank you Master Blaster Ray G..!!! Mick Mick Oakleaf Thank you, Ray!! 9/1/21, 2:53 PM Mac Mac Gollehon Cool 9/1/21, 3:49 PM Susan Susan Mitchell It is awe-Inspiring!!! Rew Rew Starr 9/3/21, 3:01 PM You sent Hello everyone! You sent I have three more songs to record to complete the collection. I'm considering asking Arno Hecht to play sax. What do you think is the likelihood that he will participate? 9/3/21, 3:38 PM Rew Rew Starr He’s super nice You sent Yes he is. I met him once many years ago. He had just finished a show with Stones and he came into my bookstore on his way home. He lived down the street. Rew Rew Starr KooL 9/3/21, 5:39 PM Donald Donald Sztabnik Arno is a Gentleman!!! Mac Mac Go...

Harry Nilsson

( Harry Nilsson Harry Nilsson) Nilsson Nilsson Harry Harry (Harry Nilsson Harry Nilsson) (Nilsson Nilsson Harry Harry)  I put some Harry Nilsson on the stereo I poured myself my favorite glass of wine I'm staring out the window singing songs of long ago Wonderin' if you'll ever come back home One is a lonely number ...

Yeah Yeah Yeah

I’m not background music I have stories to tell I'm willing to share now ...Open your heart pull up a chair now I don't scream I don't growl...I don't wail I don't howl I don’t emote...I don’t pose...I'm not one of those I don’t shake rattle or roll...I won't touch rap with a ten foot pole I sing about things that matter to me, that’s right I’m gonna do what’s right for me Like this ...

(We Don’t Have To) Cry For The Children

Sometimes these days we think about the things we took for granted In times like this we can take all that we’ve learned tend to seeds we planted Watch them grow help them grow there’s no room for sorrow Today may be tough, we’ll look back tomorrow...and we’ll know Yes we’ll know we don’t have to cry for the children Their future like the sun in the sky is shining bright We don’t have to cry for the children Let’s put our arms around them assure them it’s alright Kids today not like we were yesterday they never are (they never are) Today is unlike any other day it’s so far from what we knew once as another day Times have changed it’s time to rearrange the way we treat each other Today may be tough, we can go much farther if we know Yes we know we don’t have to cry for the children Their future like the sun in the sky is shining brighter We don’t have to cry for the children Let’s put our trust in them and watch them as they grow ...

Songs In The Key Of Covid ~ Credits

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Songs In The Key Of Covid 1.  A Little Crazy                                                                                                                             Ray Galindo:  Lead Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica                                                                         Don Black Cat:  Guitars                                              ...

NINE LIVES CHATS (AUGUST 2021)

 Ray Galindo removed Val Kinzler from the group. 8/1/21, 5:13 PM Ray Galindo A Conversation With Coronavirus Ray 8/1/21, 6:20 PM Mick Mick Oakleaf 8/3/21, 3:20 PM Alan Alan Rand 8/5/21, 12:50 PM Ray Great drums session with Mick. Thank you, Mick! Ray Ray Galindo I sent everyone an email with the tracks 8/5/21, 2:06 PM Mick Mick Oakleaf Thank you, Ray!! Great songs, great playing by all, and great engineering by Nicola!!!! 🙂❤ Ray Ray Galindo 8/5/21, 3:18 PM Rew Rew Starr Rew Rew Starr Thanks 8/6/21, 7:49 PM Ray Ray Galindo I need a trumpet solo and trumpet at the end of Feisty Li'l Woman. Any ideas? Alan Alan Rand Mac Gollehan's the one working with most of our friends. Ray Thanks. I'll look him up Ray Ray Galindo I sent a friend request. Thanks, Alan 🙂 Ray Ray Galindo Is he as magical with a trumpet as Seaton is with a sax? Alan Alan Rand Yup. Ray Galindo added you to the group. 8/6/21, 9:33 PM Ray Ray Galindo Session with Mac on Tuesday 2:00 Alan Alan Rand Ray Galindo ad...

The Bookstore

I began selling books on the sidewalks of New York City in the Spring of 1990. When I was a sidewalk bookseller in NYC, sometimes I would get a 'real job' for awhile just to take a break. I didn't care if I quit or was fired. I would just go back to bookselling. I blew more money in two hours than any job could have paid me for a week of humiliation.   The Bookstore was aptly named - I could have called it something pretentious like Greenwich Village Bookshop, but that reputation had not yet been established. I removed the air conditioner that had been installed above the entrance and replaced it with a color TV facing the sidewalk on which I was playing VHS tapes of classic rock concerts, rock and roll films and occasionally, some horror flicks. Within the first three months since its opening, The Bookstore was becoming a neighborhood institution. It became the 'go to' place for musicians, potheads who needed a place to have a quick toke and generally, people with ...