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Welcome to the pat mAcdonald listening page!
Here are numerous songs written and recorded by pAt, arranged according to album. There is also an album of miscellaneous/unreleased songs, odds and ends etc. as well as videos of some songs performed live.
If you are selecting a song to cover, please choose from these. If you're a guitar player, most songs will be easier to learn if you tune your guitar down a whole step (E to D, etc.) and tune the low string down further to a C or Bb.
Please feel free to experiment with the style and arrangements. However, we're asking for accuracy with the lyrics. Not sure of a lyric? Click on the "Lyrics" tab to the right of the song title or contact one of us!
For any questions regarding the "Begging His Graces" project please contact:
-Joe Kaftan (for all logistic matters) jakaftan@gmail.com
-Steve Hamilton (for all audio matters) studio@
When did the wolf and the sheep stroll hand in hand?
And where did the moon spew sweet juice upon the land?
Never
Nowhere
When did all kings wear a red tie and a gun?
And where do the shooters rain love on everyone?
Never
Nowhere
When did that black limo spread red wings and fly?
And when will your white pillow turn to shepherd’s pie
in the eye for an eye in foreign eyes?
When was the time when you had no one to hate?
And where was the wall when America was great?
Never
Nowhere
credits
released January 27, 2019
Written, played & recorded by pat mAcdonald January 25-26, 2019 in the Boom Clozet of the Tambourine Lounge, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Latest album
“In The Red Room” was the loudest album I ever made. It was just me solo, highly amplified in a local bar. Now I’ve finished the quietest album I ever made. Recorded alone in my room at the Holiday Music Motel, it's as Read more
“In The Red Room” was the loudest album I ever made. It was just me solo, highly amplified in a local bar. Now I’ve finished the quietest album I ever made. Recorded alone in my room at the Holiday Music Motel, it's as stripped down as it can possibly be, played and sung mostly live, with a few added harmonies. Plus a moment of hidden harmonica...
LOL (Light O’Love) is 36 minutes of playful melancholy for those of us who are beginning to accept mortality as real, if not inevitable. My best songs come from sadness or frustration, and i tend to embellish. Stained glass windows and funhouse mirrors become means of escape (or ways to navigate the inescapable). Here, the moon (🌕 and 🌙) is both oracle and scapegoat, more a mascot than a deity (kind of like Jesus to the MAGA cult).
Ten of these songs, i wrote myself, and three are co-writes. "Waves On The Blue" was written with my friend and brother Eric McFadden, "Madam Black" with my clever charismatic nephew Connor MacDonald, and "A Tug On The Line" (the oldest song on the album) was written in 1994 (30 years ago!) in Brazil with the mighty, mystical Marina Lima.
The cover image, adapted from the 1902 film "Le Voyage Dans La Lune / A Trip To The Moon" may change phases in subsequent versions of this album.
After its broadcast debut on SteelBridgeRadio.com (coinciding with a listening party in The Tambourine Lounge - date TBA), the public release of this album will in 3 phases: First, for a limited time, it will be exlusively available on this website. For the second phase, after the production of a limited run of CDs (and possibly cassettes) it will become available through Bandcamp. Then possibly at some point in 2025, it will be released to the streaming platforms.
This album was mastered by Nathan James at Vault Mastering Studio, Phoenix, Arizona.
If you'd like to support this project, at this point there are three ways. You can buy a download for the price you choose (i can't set it to less than a dollar) or, if you don't want to download, you can use the donation button to make a contribution. The third way is to listen here for free and share with your friends by sending or posting a link. Thanks for listening! Thanks for sharing! ♥️
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3. RAINBOW JELLYFISH 2:030:00/2:03
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7. WAVES ON THE BLUE 2:140:00/2:14
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10. THIRD WAY OUT 2:240:00/2:24
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11. MADAM BLACK 3:120:00/3:12
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This collection of songs was written and recorded in the Boom Clozet of The Tambourine Lounge, between July 22 and September 17 of 2018. I recorded the songs myself as i was writing them in the order they appear on the album. Thanks to all who gave inspiration and support, especially melaniejane <3
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A Haunted Guitar 3:410:00/3:41
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Runnin on Low 3:320:00/3:32
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Angel Of Mercy 2:170:00/2:17
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Joy 2:180:00/2:18
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River Bottom 3:340:00/3:34
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Nothin Soon Enough 2:010:00/2:01
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Dire Straits 2:500:00/2:50
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Bird Song 4:270:00/4:27