Before THE SPIRIT THAT BRINGS US HERE was a sleepy hotel version of this song. Lisa Nemetz (BLUE WAGON) brings it up to day… great feel and template for the debut BLUE*WAGON album.
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COME TO ME
I was just a young thing
Had no understanding
Used to lose my head and heart but…
Got up on the [...]
You cannot find a more heartfelt and emotionally direct song from Davies than Oklahoma USA. As I am going over a couple cover songs for my new music with Lisa Nemetz as BLUE * WAGON, I look to Davies (always) to steer me to real, vulnerable characters. The sad wistful woman in OKLAHOMA USA carries [...]
The Spirit That Brings Us Here
August 2011
Chris LeRoy Interview with questions provided by morst
The first thing I notice about your new album is that it’s the first one you’ve released under your own name. Will this be your “Hot Rats?”
Hey! I love HOT RATS. Best album cover ever, and did consolidate Zappa [...]
CRACKER family singer-songwriter, CHRIS LEROY, debuts ten brave tunes that rattle through rock, pop, and folk territory teaming with devils, angels, cads, and peaceniks, even Eva Braun and John Lennon. Harmonies with (Bucksworth) Lisa Nemetz bring it home.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chrisleroy
Nick Lowe’s pop epic LABOUR OF LUST back on CD. Best album you will hear this year…. Chris LeRoy
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Merry Christmas Crackers and Crumbs and all in between. We appreciate all of you.
Here is a new wintery song… THE BLIZZARD CHILDREN from Chris
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—Johnny Hickman and Chris LeRoy!
THE BLIZZARD CHILDREN
Gentle as gentle as new fallen snow
Kiss from their mothers their faces glow
Walking to the schoolhouse, trees in a row
School day’s long, clock moving slow
Winds [...]
DUST BLOWS FORWARD
If you are a singer-songwriter and you didn’t feel good about the singer part, you had to encounter Don Van Vliet. Like most I heard him first on Zappa’s HOT RATS and although he sang only on that track, his voice and [...]
History of The Dangers
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15 movies
by Garod Wayman on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:37pm
The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you’ve seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends(or more), including me, because I’m interested in seeing what [...]
The Mighty Grasshoppers
By: Waleed Rashidi
MEMBERS & INSTRUMENTS:
Chris LeRoy (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Tony Fate (guitar, vocals); Tim Loughlin (bass, vocals); Art Schindele (drums, vocals).
CITIES OF ORIGIN:
Redlands, Los Angeles.