Musician Profiles VII: Josh and Teddy

Josh Torvi - Jazz Dog - Hudson, NY

Appearances:

Electric Guitar,
Vocals,
Recorder


Performances
and musics:
SoundCloud of the JDOG








Teddy Beauparlant - Wordsmith, Thinker, Musician - West Newbury, MA

Appearances:

Lyrics,
Vocals,
Drum Set,
Percussion,
Korg Volca Keys


Below are the lyrics to the first two parts of track 4 "Deep Coast" written by Teddy ----

I

Down in the deep coast

the folk smoke and talk

about the girl who

wanders without a sound

through the coastal pines of town

"she's got a hole in her head

and seawater in her heart”

The many suspect

that her fate 

is the worst of all

"Boast she cannot

of home or hearth

nor offer any account

of her past pain or joy”

the many say

"Dearest Gloria,

hums and hunts 

and builds and breaks

down in the disordered rows 

of the deep coast"

II

Gloria was born 

without love or light 

she was cast into gray 

still warm from the womb
born to folk who spent their days 
chasing a spectre  

a refrain from the pain 

& some grace notes of pleasure

they hadn’t a taste for guardianship 

nor could they afford it

thus on the day of her birth 

her makers made a choice  

to cast the babe aside

just out of reach from a frigid riding tide 

laid eyes on Gloria one last time

then turned away

On the shore

alone

tangled in veins 

of sand and snow

Gloria witnessed 

her first 

sunrise