True September Songs
by Anders/O'Bitz
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For stylistic reasons, our song "True September Songs" didn't make it onto our 2018 album, Of All These Things. I was recently organizing old music files and ran across this recording and was surprised by how far we got in the process before shelving it. Please see my blog post to get more of the story behind this song and what it is about:
www.andersobitz.com/post/true-september-songs
www.andersobitz.com/post/true-september-songs
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True September Songs
(©2017 Anders/O’Bitz/Gallardo)
When they sang “a time it was”
Those “old friends” time did barely know
And when he first sang “sixty years on”
He was a very young Elton John
And Bernie Taupin more so
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Truly understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
He’s now much more than sixty four
Does that old song still make Paul’s show
Does Roger still wish that death had taken hold
Before he had ever grown old
No, it was just for show
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Truly understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
These two know what to sing
Cuz they’ve lived what they mean
Time allowed them to stay true
Give experience its due
And a retrospective view
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Should understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Should understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
Keenly feel his ways
Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
(©2017 Anders/O’Bitz/Gallardo)
When they sang “a time it was”
Those “old friends” time did barely know
And when he first sang “sixty years on”
He was a very young Elton John
And Bernie Taupin more so
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Truly understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
He’s now much more than sixty four
Does that old song still make Paul’s show
Does Roger still wish that death had taken hold
Before he had ever grown old
No, it was just for show
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Truly understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
These two know what to sing
Cuz they’ve lived what they mean
Time allowed them to stay true
Give experience its due
And a retrospective view
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Should understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
Who sings aloud true September songs
Should have lived past summer and lived strong
Should understand Willie’s “precious few days”
And keenly feel Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
Keenly feel his ways
Johnny’s “Hurt” ways
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released December 4, 2018
Produced and Mixed by Jeff Peters
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O'Bitz - Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tyler Nuffer - Electric Guitar
Dylan Cooper - Upright Bass
Herman Matthews - Drums
Garrett Reynolds - Violin
Randy Ray Mitchell - Additional production
Matthew Emerson Brown - Engineer, arrangement, initial band recordings.
Produced and Mixed by Jeff Peters
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O'Bitz - Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tyler Nuffer - Electric Guitar
Dylan Cooper - Upright Bass
Herman Matthews - Drums
Garrett Reynolds - Violin
Randy Ray Mitchell - Additional production
Matthew Emerson Brown - Engineer, arrangement, initial band recordings.
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Anders/O'Bitz California
Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more
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