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Silence of Sleep

from Golden Greats Vol. 5 by John Ralston

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Silence of Sleep:
Deric Dickens, Dan Bonebrake and I tracked this over at Elegbaland with Marc Ward in January 2008. I recut the vocals sometime in 2012 while living in Abingdon, VA. Mixed here in Hitsville, Fla in 2015. It took a while to unwind. My favorite things on this track are Deric's absolutely masterful rendering and Dan Bonebrake's dancing bass line working as one. Some of my favorite playing from both of those guys. For those of you that recognize Deric's name, he also played the drums on the 7" I released with 24 Hour Service Station. And he is a phenomenal jazz drummer...check out his site www.dericdickens.com

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I was walking in the silence of sleep. I was talking to myself in a dream.
Saw my ghost there in a clearing of trees. He was building a fortress of memory.

Been a long time coming here. I've been a long time. Been a long time coming here. It took a while to unwind the wires that bind this flesh to the bed of my life. But there's trapdoors I find.

It started raining tiny diamonds of relief. And mother nature loosed the grip of her teeth. Men were waking the jaws of metal machines. They started swinging with a butcher's belief.

Been a long time coming here. I've been a long time. Been a long time coming here. It took a while to unwind the wires that bind this flesh to the bed of my life. But there's trapdoors I find here. They are covered in vines, dear, that are riddled with thorns and the fear you can strike in a heart. Well, I think I'm gonna start.

I've been a long time coming here. I've been a long time. I've been a long time coming here. It took a while to unwind the wires that bind this flesh to the bed of my life. But there's trapdoors I'll find.

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from Golden Greats Vol. 5, released May 15, 2015
Drums: Deric Dickens
Bass: Dan Bonebrake
Gtrs/Keys/Vox: JR

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