Hey, Woody Guthrie. We still sing your songs We will not forget your hard travellin’ We will not forget that this land is made for you and me Those are things that you told us …………….. Sing Woody’s songs Sing out I Ain’t Got No Home in this World Anymore Sing out Vigilante Man Sing out The Ballad of Tom Joad Sing out about the … Continue reading An Ode to Woody
I ain’t much of a songwriter, I don’t suppose. I never sold anything or made any money from it. Once or twice, years ago, I recorded a cassette tape and sent it to a music publisher. A couple of times I tried to audition as a folksinger. To no success. Still, over the years I think I wrote a couple of good ones. Nowadays, I … Continue reading Another Blues “Original”
You’ll forgive me for singing another sad song. You can’t blame me. There I was in the beginning of the summer thinking that we were finally going to come out of this covid mess, and maybe finally get back to living normally and doing all those things we said we wanted to do. But no. It wasn’t in the cards. It seems a variant slipped … Continue reading Another Old Song, Another Sorry Lament: St. James Infirmary
Since the Inauguration I feel almost happy, almost normal. It’s caught me unawares. I thought I’d never breathe easy again. But old Joe Biden is pulling it off. He’s actually competent. Trump and his allies are not gone by any means, but they have taken one on the nose. Maybe America can bounce back from Trump. The alt-right “revolutionaries” who crawled out from under their … Continue reading Feeling Normal Again and a Sing Along
I know I’ve posted this song before, but it should be no great secret that Bumba, the editor of this wanna-be magazine, is one lazy son of a you know what. The Bumbastories Magazine staff – all of them imaginary alter-egos for Bumba by the way – are also a sorry collection of empty coconuts. So what we’re trying to get to is that every … Continue reading I’m Worried Now…. But I Won’t Be Worried Long
American democracy was already on the ropes. But now, with the passing of Justice Bader-Ginsberg, many of the progressive advances that have been so painfully obtained are at risk. We also have the added concern that the Supreme Court may no longer serve as a brake on authoritarianism. The country may take a turn down a right wing dead end. It’s a sad state of … Continue reading Sad Days
I don’t write too many songs nowadays. I used to. I think I wrote a couple of good ones in the past. In a fit of self absorption, I started to look through my old garageband files to see if I really had any good ones. I found ten that I think are good. Not all of them are old. Some of them are fairly … Continue reading Original Songs
Are you getting the pandemic blues? Well, instead of swallowing some oxychloroquine, try singing. Here are some sing alongs: Sorry ’bout this first one. It might be a little bit too close to home, but it’s the first one I thought of. It’s a great song, tho, and I wish I could do it justice. It’s Woody Guthrie’s So Long It’s Been Good to Know … Continue reading Yikes! More Sing Alongs!
Got the covid 19 blues? Well, let’s try to sing our blues away. One thing that’s giving Bumba the blues these covid days is that he can’t meet with Maybank every week to play music – and record stuff for this blog. So apologies if the music isn’t as good today, but Bumba will do his best. And he was singing the blues yesterday. Being … Continue reading More Blues
Here’s to Pete Seeger, who died in 2014, may he rest in peace. Pete Seeger was an inspiration to me and to millions of others all over the world. Now, I can’t say that I’ve been inspired by too many people in my life. I’m not an easy guy to inspire. But Pete did it for me. His example encouraged me to play guitar and … Continue reading Golden Thread
