Brick by Brick

Brick by Brick - the new album coming along - song by song. Still have work to do!
All the Best,
Garland

"Matador" Covers

A number of musicians have covered "Matador" over the years, including El Paso in 1998 (video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrbfUdSqDmY), The Revelators in 2003 and Inusa Dawuda in 2009 (video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hyMy1tAX9E).

Manu "Lo-Fi" Causse, a French fan and musician, recently recorded a demo of "Matador", which you can hear on Manu's MySpace Page at http://www.myspace.com/449059592. Manu sent G the following message regarding his cover version:

Dear Garland,
It was called a 2CV. A old-fashioned citroen car, with almost no power and an unforgettable motor sound.
My mother used to drive it day after day to go to work, far in the french countryside.
And it had a radio, too. That could play homemade tapes.
And there was this tape (I think they were only two of them, in my mother's car), and the last tune on it.
And it was like sun, always. Like a kind of prince singing smiles.
On the tape's box, handwritten : Matador (Garland Jeffreys).
So when I finished my first musical demo, and thought about a cover to put a final touch to it... well, many tunes came, from Simon and Garfunkel to Leonard Cohen to Serge Gainsbourg and others.
But the real thing, I understood, was your song. Only I could not really touch it - what's the point in making a cover when you have nothing to add ?
French lyrics, I tried. They are kind of cheesy, as a matter of fact. For singing in French on an English song often sounds cheesy, so why not go for it ?
And the sound. Well, I listened through and through different versions of "Matador" - and again, nothing to add. So I just went for a "remembrance" of the song, and of those days. Mixed it in an old-fashioned way, aiming for the cracks, the hisses and all the little noises that - I think - I used to hear when listening to your song. Even used a 2CV motorsound sample.
I truly hope you'll take it as it is - an homage to a great song and a great singer.
Thank you for the sun, Mr Jeffreys.
Yours
Manu "LoFi" Causse

Here's 1 of the 3 videos Garland filmed for Matador:
YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWg87DEwQBY

Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

"Wild in the Streets" video

"Wild in the Streets" video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RzBZsOeqOQ

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Wild in the Streets is my pride and joy. I consider it my "first" Rock 'n' Roll record, written and released in 1973, and recorded with Dr. John and his band, with Alan Freedman, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, David Spinozza, David Peel, Produced by Roy Cicala..............
All the Best,
Garland

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Single written and released in 1973. Also on the album "Ghost Writer" (A & M Records, 1977) and reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).

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Garland Jeffreys: Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
John Boudreaux: Drums
Rick Marrotta: Drums
Johnny Ace: Bass
Alan Freedman: Acoustic electric guitar
Sugarbear: Electric guitar
Dr. John: Clavinet
Michael Brecker: Tenor sax
Randy Brecker: Trumpet
David Sanborn: Soprano sax
Phil Messina: Trombone
David Peel and Friends: Background vocals
Produced by Roy Cicala and Garland Jeffreys
Arranged by Garland Jeffreys and Dr. John
Recorded and mixed by Roy Cicala at Record Plant, 1973
Mastered at Atlantic

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WILD IN THE STREETS
(Music and Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys)
In the heat of the summer
Better call up the plumber
And turn on the street pump
To cool me off
With your newspaper writers
And your big crime fighters
You still need a drugstore
To cure my cough

Running wild in the streets

We got a gang called Shady
And a midnight lady
And two transvestites
To beat the band
You better not touch us
You best believe us
Your teenage Johnny's
Gonna be a man

Runnin' wild in the streets

Mrs. America
Tell me how is your favorite son
Do you really care
What he has done

Runnin' wild in the streets

YouTube Video: "Ghost Writer" Live in '81

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"Ghost Writer" performed in concert on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_T-IaXQ0BULive performance at the Country Club in Reseda, California, 1981. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar & Keyboards, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.

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Hi Everyone,

Slowly but surely, the album is coming together. All the songs are complete, the basic tracks are recorded, and now the sweetening will begin. Please note: our official website at http://www.garlandjeffreys.com is up and running again, and we’ll be posting news there regularly.

Here’s a list of all the current sites:

Official Site http://www.garlandjeffreys.com

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Garland-Jeffreys/10650433053

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/garlandjeffreys

Blog http://gjphotoblog.blogspot.com

YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gjeffreysadmin

Twitter http://www.twitter.com/garlandjeffreys

Ilike http://www.ilike.com/artist/Garland+Jeffreys

All the Best,
Garland

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From the album "Ghost Writer" (A & M Records, 1977), reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006)

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

GHOST WRITER
Oh I used to stay up every night
I be so all alone
In my hand my trusty pen
I work it to the bone

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
Everybody thinks I'm doing fine
Ghost writer, writer, writer
I'm gonna lay you down a line

I used to live down on Ludlow Street 1964
Then I was so innocent
But now I know the score

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
That's what they call me by name
Ghost writer, writer, writer
For fortune and for fame

We got Shakespeare, Spencer,
Sydney too
We all know what they do
I'm a poet of a kind
I know that you are too

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
Just tryina' make my way
Ghost writer, writer, writer
I'm gonna lay one down today

We got Chaplin with his funny face
Jolson with his mask
Movie stars all in a race
I'm going to Hollywood at last

Ghost writer, writer
Like a phantom on the trail
Ghost writer, writer, writer
Yesterday I paid back all of my bail

I got buffaloed down on Barrow Street
Everybody knows it's true
Now I'm standing on my two feet
You're with me and I'm with you

Ghost writer, writer
I'm a New York city son
Ghost writer, writer, writer
Just tryna' have my fun

I've been writing down these old stories now
For 'bout eighteen years or so
People are startin' to call me a genius
I gotta' tell 'em no, no, no, no

Ghost writer, writer
Tell me what do you have to do
Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
To get your story through

Video for "Nothing Big in Sight" with Sonny Rollins

"Nothing Big in Sight" video with Garland Jeffreys and Sonny Rollins at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrWWjgHy0WU

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This video captures one of the very special moments in my music experience. What a thrill to be on stage with one of the true masters. Hope you enjoy.
Your artist,
G

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NOTHING BIG IN SIGHT
Words & Music by Garland Jeffreys

Nothing big in sight
I've been playin' all the clubs
Doing what I like
There's a lot of push and shove
Baby, there's nothing big in sight
All the critics love to say
Comin' on down to see you on Friday night
'Cuz I want to hear you play
There's nothing big in sight

Used to be a dishpan man
In a fancy restaurant
Now I'm here before you folks
And I'm doing what I want
But there's nothing big in sight
Seen my picture in the Post
with a Mona Lisa smile
Now I'm standin' right here before you folks
and I hope you like my style

Cuz' there's nothing big in sight
I've been playin' all the clubs
Doin' what I like
Doin' what I love
Baby, there's nothing big in sight
Every single critic loves to say
Comin' on down to see you on Monday night
'Cuz I love to hear you play
Comin' on down to see you on Tuesday night
Goin' see ya on Wednesday night
Gonna try to fit you in on Thursday night
Squeeze you in on a Friday
But there's nothing
Nothing big in sight

Mystery Kids on YouTube

Wishing you all the Best,
Garland

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Mystery Kids on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7wREinHDvo

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Live performance at the Country Club in Reseda, California, 1981. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.

MYSTERY KIDS
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys (from the album "Escape Artist")

Marcellino Casanova
Little Angel from Laslow Street
Cinderella, she's a crossover
She got no father in her history
She got no good life
She got no love life
She got no future
Got no hopes or dreams
In the cool world
In the cruel world
You're a number
You're a mystery

Who are the mystery, mystery kids
the mystery kids, who are
The mystery, mystery kids
the mystery, mystery kids

I remember, it was late December
Crazy Michael, down on Jefferson Street
Johnny-one-arm, he's holding one hand
With his sister, it was bittersweet
She got no good life
They got no love life
Got no future
Got no hopes or dreams
In the cool world
In the cruel world
You're a number
You're a mystery

Who are the mystery, mystery kids
the mystery kids, who are
The mystery, mystery kids
the mystery, mystery kids

He's such a mystery kid

DOOM-DOOM-DOOM

I climb six flights
To the tenement heights
And there ain't no lights
In the darkest of nights
And the piss-stench smell
In the black stairwell
With the William Tell Overture
In the background
And across the floor
I see two big rats
In a world like that
They can't take anymore
They can't take it...

Come on let's go

The mystery kids

Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll - Live in 1997

Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll - Live in 1997 on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-ckf9srHQ

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"Welcome to the World" on YouTube

Welcome to the World on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDe6-C0ixE

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From the album "Don't Call Me Buckwheat".

Garland Jeffreys: Vocals
Delmar Brown: Keys & vocals
Graham Maby: Bass & vocals
Stephen Goulding: Drums
Andrea Re: Percussion, keys & vocals
Tony Aiello: Keys, sax & vocals
John Booth: Guitar

WELCOME TO THE WORLD
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge
Coney Island on my mind
Brighton Beach is calling me
From another time
Listen to the radio
Bringing waves across the color line
Each and every song is
The color of music
On my way to school
I'm passing one more time
Sheepshead Bay disguised
I'm walkin' color blind
Listen to the radio
Frankie Lymon's no J.D.
Believe in every single word
It's the color of music

Welcome to the world of black and white
Welcome to the world of love and hate
Welcome to the birth of a nation
Of segregate, there's still a separation
Blacker than a 100 midnights
Whiter than white on white
Livin' in a virtual behind the color curtain
Now that ain't right, that ain't right

Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world

Welcome to the world of opposites
Welcome to the world of inequality
Welcome to the world of human rights
Where they're all for you
None for me
Blacker than a 100 midnights
Colder than a soul on ice
Police are kickin' out the livin' daylights
Now that ain't right, that ain't right,

Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world

In a world of cliché
Where violence is golden
Where the king of glove
Meets the genius of persuasion
Silenced for what you say
Censored if youre old and grey
This thing called love
Is saved for the occasion, yeah

We know you're startin' up
Your reign of bigotry
On every main street
A secret society
You better beware
Louisiana Metairie
You been ku kluxxed
The tactics of a Nazi

Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world

We want no more Negro bashing
No more black and white clashing
No more white on black crime
No more black on black on white crime
No more guns and roses
No more police and firehoses
No more gutter sniping
No more black and white stereotyping
No more for colored only
No more for whites only

Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world

Garland in Belgium

Belgium, Spring 2009. Photo by Rob Walbers (http://robwalbers.com)

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Garland will be rockin' at several festivals in Belgium this summer: on July 18 in Heuvelland (details at http://www.minirock-wijtschate.be/) and on August 1 in Brugge (details at http://www.klinkers-brugge.be/garland_jeffreys_nl.asp).

Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

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Band rehearsal in Belgium, Spring 2009. Photo by Rob Walbers (http://robwalbers.com)

Graveyard Rock

At the board at the Power Station during the Escape Artist sessions: Dick Wingate, Steve Goulding, Garland Jeffreys, Alan Freedman, Bob Clearmountain

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Graveyard Rock is another gem on Garland's "Escape Artist" album.
Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

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"Graveyard Rock" on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro77sGVPkXc

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Live performance at the Country Club in Reseda, California. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys. From the album "Escape Artist".

GRAVEYARD ROCK
They carried him away
In a Cadillac hearse
And what was worse
They showed no mercy
I remember that day
When he had the curse
After chapter and verse
He died an alcoholic

Graveyard rock
That's what they call it in the neighborhood
Graveyard rock
That's what they call it on the block
Graveyard rock
I bet you really never thought he would
Graveyard rock
I hear the ticking of the clock

It was so tragic
Another painful story
And just a-like magic
Out the 21st story
They say the deed was done
A when they sealed that coffin
It happened quite often
In the crash of '80 of '81

Graveyard rock
Mash it up

Now there was no glory
No ceremony
His epitaph told me
He was no phony
They buried that casket
It went six feet under
And rain nor thunder
Can hide nor mask it
There ain't no laughter
No hereafter
There ain't no big fun
In the crash of '80 of '81

Graveyard rock

35 Millimeter Dreams on YouTube

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Fixated movie star fever with as many names as I could conjure and still make sense. Today I'd include Pacino, De Niro, Duvall, Eastwood, Finney and Streep.
All the Best,
Garland

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"35 Millimeter Dreams" on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PJF46u8tho

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Broadcast on ABC's "Fridays" November 13, 1981. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.

Words and Music: Garland Jeffreys. Originally issued on the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977). Reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).

35 MILLIMETER DREAMS
I got 35 Millimeter dreams
And Greta Garbo's here
Queen of the movie queens
She's playin' hard to get
She wants her tea and her toast
She hasn't got none yet
She just flew in from the coast
But she loves Broadway best

I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams

John Garfield cries out loud
And Humphrey Bogart smiles
Bette Davis she weeps
She plays the pure white slave
There goes her Rolls Royce car
Her loyal fans all wave
Here comes a full blown star
But Brando's still the rave

I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams

Bump into Orson Welles
Everybody says he's workin' on his script
They say it's rated X
Mae West will never tell
It's starring Cary Grant
And Valentino's vamps
And Charlie Chaplin's tramps
And Jolie Jolson he chants

I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams


From the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977)
"35 Millimeter Dreams" Studio Recording:
GARLAND JEFFREYS Lead and Harmony Vocals
ALAN FREEDMAN Electric Guitar
STEVE GADD Drums
ANTHONY JACKSON Bass
DAVID SPINOZZA Electric Guitar and Piano

Video for "Rough and Ready" on YouTube

Live performance of "Rough and Ready" on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzwT2mYvOuY.

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Country Club in Reseda, California. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.

Words and Music: Garland Jeffreys. Originally issued on the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977). Reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).

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Rough and Ready

Star of stage and screen
Live and well on the pop scene
You know your number's due
A teenage fantasy come true

Rough and you're ready
Rough and you're ready
I said you're rough and you're ready
Oh you're rough, tough
Rough, tough, rough

Waiting' long long time
Breakin' through's been on my mind
Ain't nothin nothin' holding me back
you can see now
Finally finally, finally found the right track

Rough and you're ready
Oh you're rough and you're ready
I said you're rough and you're ready
Oh you're rough, tough
Rough, tough, rough

Sick sick of takin' a back seat
Takin' a back street
Playing it cool
I'm sick sick sick of bein' mistreated
Bein' defeated
And playing the fool

I'm rough and ready
I said I'm rough and ready
Oh I'm rough and ready
I said I'm rough and ready

Know my time has come
Know just where it's comin' from
I'm bursting at the seams
Livin' out my wildest dreams

Rough and ready
I said rough and ready
Oh rough and ready
I said rough and ready
Oh rough and ready
I said rough and ready

GARLAND JEFFREYS – Lead and Harmony Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
ALAN FREEDMAN – Electric Guitar
STEVE GADD – Drums
DON GROLNICK – Clavinet
ANTHONY JACKSON – Bass
DAVID SPINOZZA – Fuzz, Slide Guitars and Harmony

"Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll" LIVE

"Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll" LIVE now on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AFwub439NQ

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From the album "Don't Call Me Buckwheat".

Garland Jeffreys: Vocals
Delmar Brown: Keys & vocals
Graham Maby: Bass & vocals
Stephen Goulding: Drums
Andrea Re: Percussion, keys & vocals
Tony Aiello: Keys, sax & vocals
John Booth: Guitar

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"Matador" video now on YouTube

"Matador" Video now on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjzYavYbdAE. From Musikladen May 22, 1980.

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MATADOR
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

Take me to the Matador
He will know just what it's for
He will help me with my life
He will open every door

When the bull is in the ring
You need all the help you can
And the Mariachis sing
With the lonely mandolin
See those people shout out loud
Give me more and give me more
And I'm thinkin' to myself
Take me to the Matador

Take me to the Matador
He will fill and ease my soul
He will give me confidence
When I think I've lost control

He will help me with my Muse
In the age of win and lose
With the ancient cup and swords
And a hundred Spanish lords
See one thousands violins
Golden trumpets soar on high
Waves and waves of joyful hymns

Silver sonnets reach the sky
Fight the battles and the blues
Wars of love and wars of art
Tonight the cape is what I choose
Goya's in my Spanish heart

He will help me with my love
Dance the dance that lovers do
Rhumba with the velvet glove
'Neath the Barcelona moon
See one thousands violins
Golden trumpets soar on high
Waves and waves of joyful hymns
Silver sonnets reach the sky

Take me to the Matador

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Holland Concert Set List and "I'm Alive" Concert Video

Garland recently appeared in concert at De Haagse KoninginneNach in Holland. A fan posted a video of G performing "I'm Alive" at this concert on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09dpIjYeXg.

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The set list was:

I'm Alive
Black and Proud
Don't Call Me Buckwheat
I May Not Be Your Kind
Modern Lovers
Christine
35 Millimeter Dreams
We The People
Wild In The Streets
96 Tears
Hail Hail Rock and Roll
Matador
I'm Alive (reprise)

Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

Den Hag, Holland

More than 10,000 people at show in Den Hag, Holland. An open air love fest.
Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

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Twitter at http://twitter.com/garlandjeffreys

Wendelstein Festival

Last night at the Wendelstein festival. Tonight Garland's in Den Hag, Holland for another show. G sends his best wishes to everyone back home.
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

"The Answer" - Garland Jeffreys on "Late Night with David Letterman"

Video on iLike at http://ilike.com/artist/Garland+Jeffreys/videos/346069167

"The Answer" - Garland Jeffreys. Late Night with David Letterman

Letterman's the greatest!
All the Best,
Garland
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NBC's Late Night with David Letterman originally broadcast 06/18/92. From the album "Don't Call Me Buckwheat".

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Garland Jeffreys on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace

"Moonshine in the Cornfield" video on Ilike

"Moonshine in the Cornfield" (Live in 2008) - Garland Jeffreys

On Ilike at http://ilike.com/artist/Garland+Jeffreys/videos/334977413

On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Hiram Bullock and his music were celebrated in concert at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) in New York. Garland performed "Moonshine in the Cornfield" to open the show, paying respect to this fine musician and friend.
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

Garland Jeffreys on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace

Ghost Writer Video on YouTube

Ghost Writer video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdkKZAul1tY

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Ghost Writer" is a mysterious song in its way. I'm talking about the struggle of emerging as an artist. It took me a couple of years to get a new contract--and those years were not pleasant. I was performing a lot, but I was frustrated at not being able to record. And that's happened more than once in my career. "Ghost Writer" is about being behind-the-scenes, not discovered, not seen; not literally a ghost writer in the true sense of the phrase.
Wish I'd kept that place down on Ludlow Street.
All the Best,
Garland

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From the NBC series "Friday Night Videos" originally broadcast 7-13-92.

From the album "Ghost Writer".

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

GHOST WRITER
Oh I used to stay up every night
I be so all alone
In my hand my trusty pen
I work it to the bone

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
Everybody thinks I'm doing fine
Ghost writer, writer, writer
I'm gonna lay you down a line

I used to live down on Ludlow Street 1964
Then I was so innocent
But now I know the score

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
That's what they call me by name
Ghost writer, writer, writer
For fortune and for fame

We got Shakespeare, Spencer,
Sydney too
We all know what they do
I'm a poet of a kind
I know that you are too

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
Just tryina' make my way
Ghost writer, writer, writer
I'm gonna lay one down today

We got Chaplin with his funny face
Jolson with his mask
Movie stars all in a race
I'm going to Hollywood at last

Ghost writer, writer
Like a phantom on the trail
Ghost writer, writer, writer
Yesterday I paid back all of my bail

I got buffaloed down on Barrow Street
Everybody knows it's true
Now I'm standing on my two feet
You're with me and I'm with you

Ghost writer, writer
I'm a New York city son
Ghost writer, writer, writer
Just tryna' have my fun

I've been writing down these old stories now
For 'bout eighteen years or so
People are startin' to call me a genius
I gotta' tell 'em no, no, no, no

Ghost writer, writer
Tell me what do you have to do
Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer
To get your story through

Record Store Day

From: Michael Kurtz, Co-founder of Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an excuse for record stores to have a party with the artists who love them and who want to celebrate their art with us. And there are a lot of these of artists. Tom Waits. Wilco. Dylan. Iron & Wine. Ryan Adams. Beck. Talib Kweli. The Dead Weather. Chris Cornell. Erykah Badu. Disturbed. Amanda Palmer. Leonard Cohen. Paul McCartney. My Morning Jacket. And on and on. Don’t take my word for it though, go to http://www.recordstoreday.com and see for yourself.

We aren’t claiming that we are the saviors of the music biz, but we are doing a great job with what we do. And, just as importantly, we are having fun. Remember what that was like? If we could get a hundred other music biz people to take this approach, instead of hyping Irving Azoff’s latest Wall Street-like-move, or Wal-mart, or Apple, or Google China, or whatever the latest nonsense of the week is, we’d all be in a lot better shape. Now is the time to get behind the artists. They are the stars. They are the creators. Find the ones that suit your taste and do all that you can do to make them shine. If you can’t do this then my suggestion is to please do us all a favor and be quiet for awhile. There’s too much noise and negativity already. It’s time to be appreciative about music and the very special people who make it, as well as the fans that love it. That is what record stores do and what Record Store Day is about.

"Christine" Video on YouTube

True Story!
All the Best,
Garland

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"Christine" on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shO270_HcXY

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From the album Escape Artist (1982)
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

CHRISTINE
You caught my eye when you came into view
I met you on some New York City avenue
I liked your smile, your style and your grace
Your sexy walk could light up anyplace
You said to me you just came in from Paris
I said to you well I'd like to get to know you
You said to me you're shy and a bit embarrassed
I said to you there are some things I want to show you
Christine, Christine

Oh I soon found out it was more than fascination
I soon found out she was much more than a cheap imitation
I held her hand and we got closer
Felt like a man and not some kind of poseur
Yes it's true she just came in from Paris
Her French perfume I got to know it better
She talked of love and poetry and marriage
Then I discovered that love letter
Christine, Christine

She caught my eye when she came into view
I met her on a New York avenue
I liked her smile, her style and her grace
Her sexy walk could light up anyplace
She said to me she must go back to Paris
I said to her please don't you do it to me
She said to me I got another boyfriend
I said to her why the hell didn't you tell me
Christine, Christine

DATES FOR GARLAND'S SPRING TOUR IN EUROPE

Helsinki, Finland
Espoo Jazz Festival
LOUHISALI, Kulttuurikeskus
Kulttuuriaukio 1, ESPOO, 02100
Fri, April 24, 2009 9:30 PM
Information at http://www.lippupalvelu.fi/html/evinfo.htmI?CNTX=3638747&l=FI&C=

Bremen, Germany
Modernes
Neustadtswall 28, 28199
Saturday, April 26, 2009 8:00 PM
Information at http://modernes.de/

Hamburg, Germany
Cafe Schone Aussichten
Gorch-Fock-Wall 4, 20355
Sunday, April 27, 2009 9:00 PM
Information available at http://www.schoeneaussichten.com/

Wendelstein, Germany
New Orleans Music Festival
April 28, 2009
Festival information available at http://www.festival-wendelstein.de/

Ingelmunster, Belgium
Labadoux Festival
May 1, 2009
Festival information available at http://www.labadoux.be/ and http://www.myspace.com/labadoux

Boom, Belgium
May 10, 2009
Mano Mundo Festival information at http://www.manomundo.be

Garland is performing 2 songs at the Irish Rock Revue in NYC on March 14 and 17

Garland will be performing two songs at JOE HURLEY'S ALL-STAR IRISH ROCK REVUE on both March 14 and 17 at (LE) POISSON ROUGE in New York City. The Revue supports GILDA'S CLUB in NYC - VIP charity tickets are available through http://www.LePoissonRouge.com and are now on sale for the March 14th date. The named charity for March 17th is The Humane Society New York.

EARLY ARTIST CONFIRMATIONS INCLUDE:

Members of the bands Cracker, Ian Hunter Band, Patti Smith Band, The Dictators, Laura Cantrell, GRAMMY-WINNING IRISH VOCALIST Susan McKeown, Ivan Julian (Voidoids, Matthew Sweet), Broadway stars Michael Cerveris (TONY WINNER), Antonique Smith, Annie Golden and Lara Janine (ROCK OF AGES), La La Brooks (lead singer-Crystals "Da Doo Run Run"), UK comic legend Stephen Frost of "Whose Line Is It Anyway," NYC legend Garland Jeffreys ("Wild In The Streets" "96 Tears"), best-selling Irish novelist Colum McCann, SNL Band's Christine Ohlman, Tish & Snooky, from Liverpool's The La's - Mike Badger, Don Fleming, Loser's Lounge Joe McGinty, Tricia Scotti, Daniel Rey, Israeli film-star Meital Dohan (Showtime's 'WEEDS"), King Missile's John S. Hall, Keanan Duffty, comedian Colin Quinn (TV's "Tough crowd with Colin Quinn"), Laura Dawn, (The Little Death NYC) Jon Spurney & Christian Gibbs (PASSING STRANGE) and dozens more! Hosted by Joe Hurley & Ed Rogers.

For more details, visit http://www.myspace.com/irishrockrevue.

Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

"Original Lust" Video

Original Lust video on Ilike at http://ilike.com/artist/Garland+Jeffreys/videos/297336959

Original Lust - Garland Jeffreys

From the album "Wildlife Dictionary".

ORIGINAL LUST
Touchin' and a feelin' or starin' at the ceiling
The fan blows scents across the room
Overcome the crush of the monstro
And the blush of the bride and groom

Original lust, original sin
That's where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
Original lust

In these times of passion
Violent crime's in fashion
A boy learns how to slap a girl
Everybody rush let's kill the b-word
With a shot heard round the world

Original lust, original sin
That's where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
But who can you trust

I don't wanna ban the body
I just wanna ban the bomb
I don't wanna hurt anybody
I just wanna sound the alarm

Touchin' and revealin' or starin' at the ceiling
A man blows smoke across the room
Overcome the crush of the maestro
And the blush of a maid in bloom

Original lust, original sin
That's where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
Original lust

Ooh lust, sin
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
Ooh trust
That's where I came in
All the way back
But where does it end
Original lust
Original

 

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"Modern Lovers" Video

Happy Valentine's Day!
Best,
Garland

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Modern Lovers video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjm7vlZ-IM

MODERN LOVERS

You gave me a red heart
On Valentine's Day
You called me sweetheart
What more could you say
If that's not loving
I don't know of any other way
If that's not loving
Well, then it must be a one-act play

Modern lovers, modern times
Times gettin' tougher but
love's not blind, no, no, no
Modern lovers, with their modern ways
So contemporary,
modern lovers

You gave me a big kiss
You were so sincere
I really couldn't resist
When you held me near
If that's not loving
Well then I'm not a man
If that's not loving
Well, then we better
get a better understanding

Modern lovers, modern times
Times gettin' tougher but
my love's not blind, no, no, no
Modern lovers, with their
modern ways
So contemporary, modern lovers
L.O.V.E.R.S

GARLAND'S SPRING/SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - UPDATE

GARLAND'S SPRING/SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - UPDATE

April 22, 21, 22, Brussels rehearsal
April 23 (Hotel Helsinki)
April 24 Espoo/Helsinki (Finland) c
April 25 (travel day)
April 26 Bremen c
April 27 Hamburg TBC
April 28 Wendelstein c
April 29 (Rest day!)
April 30 Mannheim TBC
May 01 Ingelmunster/Belgium/Festival c
May 02-04 (open for rest in Belgium)
May 05 Trier? (Alternatives are: May 9 ?, 10)
May 06 Paris New Morning??
May 07 Berlin??
May 10 Boom/Belgium c

Black Caesar

"Black Caesar" Trailer on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4_eefj0TH8

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Garland stars in "Black Caesar", playing Jimmy Style from the
Deep South. "Harlem Bound" and several other songs of G's will be
featured in the movie soundtrack.

The lineup of musicians for "Harlem Bound" is:

Garland Jeffreys - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Alan Freedman - Guitar
Bernard Purdie - Drums
Chuck Rainey - Bass
Ralph McDonald - Percussion
Dr. John - Piano
Paul Griffin - Organ
The Persuasions - Backing Vocal Group

Stay tuned for more vids.

Best Wishes,

DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys

R.O.C.K. Video

Now R.O.C.K. with Brinsley Schwarz on Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart on Guitar, Steve Goulding on Drums and Brian Stanley on Bass Guitar. A great band indeed.
All the Best,
Garland

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R.O.C.K. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POszCDxXE3U

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