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m i c h e l g r i f f i n	Friday 3 September 2010

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

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One Way Conversations	lyrics play
It was when she sent me back all my love-letters that I realised that our conversations had been strictly one-way! With the fabulous silky tenor-sax playing of Alexis Van Eeckhout.

Me and Bobby McGee	play
One of my all-time favourite country songs. The treatment here is nearer to Kris Kristofferson's original version than Janis Joplin's rocker ...

You and I	lyrics play
A love-song for those who can still feel that Love is an eternal in an ever-changing world.

Dreams Like Bubbles	video lyrics play
I was inspired to write this jazz piece by reading Don Marquis's comment : 'Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo'. Dreams are like bubbles, blown over cobblestones. With Albert Casas's inventive tenor sax.

The Rose	play
Maybe it was because it was the day before Valentine's Day, but I heard Bette Midler's version of this on the radio as I was putting the album together, and was blown away by it. It seemed only natural to include it on an album which was themed on Love and the passage of Time.

Perfumed Letter Blues	video lyrics play
When I was a kid, I was hooked on John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the original Blues men like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. This is my tribute.

The Slipstream of Your Smile	lyrics play
A song to capture the magic of those moments when your lover holds you captive with her eyes. With Alexis Van Eekhout's silky sax and Michel 'Coco' Correch's rhythmic double-bass.

One Too Many Mornings	video play
I often used to start my folk-club sets with this evocative, less well-known Dylan song. The photo was taken by Richard M. Sintchak, of www.lightshadowandtone.com

Tree Trunks and Rough Stone	lyrics play
I love the simple honesty of old farm-houses, built of local rough-hewn stone and felled tree-trunks. I chose to live in one, and I imagine that I will die here. With the haunting accordion playing of Gérard Lamolère.

Bird on the Wire	video play
One of my favourite Cohen songs, arranged for two guitars. I've been playing this for so long, and yet it always moves me.

You Crack That Smile	lyrics play
Isn't it amazing how a smile transforms a face ? Here's a little piece of jazz about that ...

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?	video play
Sandy Denny's immortal classic is the final song on the album, and is sung as a duet with the delightful Amy 'Sugarbee' Caldwell, whom I've never met. (We collaborated on the song via the 'net). One of the finest songs ever written about the fragility of Love in the face of Time.

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This site describes and contains Michel Griffin's songs, piano, orchestral, New Age and guitar music in MP3 format.

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