ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

So I went to visit my little sister in New York, NY,
and got to JFK, and she wasn't able to make it down
there to meet me, so I called her on my cell phone
and asked what I should do, she told me to take
the "A-train". Yeh, I knew then that this was going
to be a good trip. It was my first time in NY,NY and
I really liked it- not at all like the I imagined it - a
very livable well run, clean, friendly vibrant city -
another predjudice shot to hell.

Speaking of predjudice, I got to play a house party in
N. Minneapolis, and I'd asked someone I knew if
they wanted to play there too - I had gone last year
and had a good time, but he said no, that address was
in the hood (yeh, that's the Minneapolis hood) - so he
didn't go, I went, but I was like looking around when
I got there, like maybe I'd underestimated the danger
or something, but at some point you realize - no -
it was just a good chance to play some Blues for
an appreciative audience.
So much for the Minneapolis hood on that street.

To put it in perspective, there was a lady in
a wheel chair dancing with an older man, and wives
with children in strollers, old folks, young folks, red
folks blues folks - but no hood.

Why, because there was no drugs - soon as you have
the drugs- you got the hood, but you get people who
work for a living together for a party and it's just a party
-it's got nothing to do with how much you make - the
sole factor is drugs. That's why so many people want
the Police to start doing their jobs and get the damn
drugs off the street rather then just localizing into
neighberhoods far away from where they live.
Enough preaching.

So I need to get back on schedule with my CD -
so I went back and changed the title and the songs
on the CD.

New Title -
Why Blues Harp Players don't get Invited to Weddings.

Yeh, I know - the blog site title doesn't make much
sense if I'm no longer making - an ark in the basement -
so from now on- this project is "Operation Ark in the
Basement", Pretty Clever, huh.

anyways the "very, very rough draft recordings -
no backing tracks, poor recording quality, no practice -
very rough" but here is a sample of all the songs that
will be on the CD, in order:

[Warning - you don't want to hear me sing two songs in a row]
#1 - I am not - good at a love song:
http://glennbowen.biz/j16.htm
#2 - Dig It
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics1_5.htm
#3 - Casey, the puppy
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics1_6.htm
#4 - Dino Gas
(I really hate this recording -but it's a good song)
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics2PT_9.htm
#5 - Off to War
http://glennbowen.biz/j12.htm
#6 - Why Blues Harp Players Don't Get Invited
to Weddings: http://glennbowen.biz/j22.htm
#7 - Baby's sittin' on my lap (just sayin' no)
http://glennbowen.biz/j13.htm
#8 - Rain Falls Down (on a Freeman)
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics2PT_5a.htm
#9 - Talking 'bout Robert Johnson
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics2PT_6a.htm
#10 - Born To Make That Little Girl Dance
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics2PT_2a.htm
#11 - Catfish Bones Solo
http://glennbowen.biz/cdlyrics2PT_8a.htm
#12 - Hog Heaven (My Baby likes my Dog)
http://glennbowen.biz/j20.htm
this will be posted on the blog:
http://makinganark.blogspot.com/

I'll post the lyrics next time.

So hopefully I'm back on track, and going into the
Studio in November to actually record something.

Later,

Catfish