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about
By Dylan M. Blackthorn, with inspiration from Sean & Angelique Lee. When I first conceived of this song, I was working a collective bakery in Berkeley, Ca. We would occasionally have little parties at the bakery at night, with acoustic music and cherry & apricot wine that I made from the leftover juice from 5 gallon fruit jars. Sean Lee & I were fast friends in those days, riffing off of each others' songwriting and performance styles to create what would become the definitive sound of thee Hobo Gobbelins. This song was inspired by that creative process, both with Sean and Angelique.
I remember the day I presented this song to my dear friend Angelique, I was working the front of the bakery, she in the back, her tattered black lace showing from behind a flour-covered black apron, like a Gothic Mary Poppins. I asked her if she would listen to my new song, and tell me what she thought the song was about. We sat down at the bakery piano there, and after I presented her the music, she described a vision she had, which became the second verse for the song many years later. After her death, blessed be her memory, this scene came back to me, and I wrote the 2nd verse for her.
Welcome, King, Queens, & In-betweens! Now, presented for the first time in it's ultimate form, the ancient tale of the Spider & the Fly! The old story comes 'round again.
lyrics
She's dancing through the cobwebs in the house where she's lived - the past 20 years of this widow's memory
they're brushed aside with a soft pirouette
a new life's beginning, but it hasn't started yet
These are the stories of Gray Memories
Some to remember, others we'll forget
the ocean wave are crashing, and in their song, you hear,
'How could you... forget?"
There's an old man at sea, casting his nets
a-drift in a ship fashioned by his own hands
He wanders searching, drifting alone
For his love has gone to that far distant land
These are the stories of Gray Memories
Some we'll remember, others drift away...
The ocean wave are crashing, and in their song,
You hear, 'How could you... forget?"
About this time, the Spider said to the Fly, "Well, deary, I was just wondering, I was just curious... do you think... do you just think... Will you try to remember, or let yourself forget?"
To which the fly replied, in a rather flustered state, "Bzz ah! Bzz ah! I will always remember you!"
"In that case..."
There's a shadow that's cast in the corner of your mind
Where Queen Anansi sits, spinning your tale
She's weaving lace out of out Goddess spider-silk
and these are the garments your ghostly form shall wear
These are the stories of Gray Memories
Some to remember, others, will to forget...
the ocean wave are crashing, and in their song,
you hear, 'How could you... forget?"
Right about now, the ghost of the Fly was drifting up from his earthly remains, and all of this the Spider saw with her 3rd eye. She inquired once again, "Wait, hold on there dearie, before you float away on some breeze from an unknown realm... please, do tell! Did you try to remember? Or did you let yourself forget?"
To which the Fly replied, "Bzz... zazas zazas zazas bzz zazas natas natas zazas zazas... bzz to forget what? To forget... what? To forget..."
credits
from Small Flames,
released April 1, 2021
Written and composed by Dylan Blackthorn
Produced by Dylan Blackthorn
Recorded, mixed, & mastered by Matt Smith at 6-String Ranch studio in Austin, Texas.
Dylan Blackthorn - lead vocal, accordion
Samantha Blackthorn - flute
Dr. $ick - fiddle, guitar, percussion
Tom Crail - tuba
Michael Rubin - encylopediae harmonicae, backing vocal
Accordion-driven singer, songwriter, composer, and band leader at THAT Damned Band, Thee Harlequine, & Mazel Tov Kocktail
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Austiner Klezmer Bund member since 2013.
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This explosive duo has it all in this album: class, charm, slowburns, drugs, and veiled innuendo. Pure vaudeville, great musicianship. Dylan Blackthorn
This twisted songwriting duo has been pumping out witicism and biting social satire ever since I joined their cult in 1998. The album F features underground hit Life is Excellent! Dylan Blackthorn
Another songwriter favorite of mine who calls upon wit & laughter to bring you to tears about the state of the world. Sublime, personal, verbose, poetic, biting social commentary. Dylan Blackthorn
Beautifully played and full of moving vocal performances, the Bay Area singer/songwriter's latest is a stellar work of art. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2023
