Personal Truths

today, is a new day
with this day comes a chance
preserve the optimism towards others
a better time to enhance
with the oneness of truth
shuffle around for a better stance
the characters of true things
let us share our personal truths
each one, teach one
the things we hold to be true
our hold, our versions
how we relate to facts
the grasp for honesty
without a need to be proud
seeking the comfort of true things
awareness to seek
consciousness to find
learning from time
the world, the picture
inside you and me
spirit & soul
soul & spirit
spirit & soul
the best is yet to come...

George Waldrop- Personal Truths by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Wellness : Lonesome Valley

Stars Fall Into The Streets

1. The Staple Singers- Respect Yourself
2. Eric Bibb- Spirit I Am
3. Lucinda Williams- Awakening
4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Redemption Song
5. Johnny Cash- Diamonds In The Rough
6. The Monroe Brothers- You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
7. Hank Williams- Drifting Too Far from the Shore
8. John Cowan- Dark As A Dungeon
9. Blind Willie Johnson- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
10. Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
11. Amos Lee- Speed Of Sound Of Loneliness
12. Joni Mitchell- Help Me
13. Dom Flemons- The Highwayman
14. Emmylou Harris- Crescent City
15. Billy Goodman- One Way God
16. Gillian Welch- Miner’s Refrain
17. Simon Joyner- Hollywood
18. Thurston Moore- January

Wellness : Lonesome Valley by Texhobart on Mixcloud

My Mind's Mirror

I caught myself looking at my past
glimpse of my appearance of my minds mirror
the reflection is my perception
the image was true but, it doesn't last
wandering through my imagination
carousel of flowing images
I never used my mental facilities
performed mental powers before
not like these days imagination is a tool
like the dictionary is a tool
contemplating the written poem
like the words are exciting pleasure
great missing pieces of the puzzle
my mind sound unto the void
color pictures of places
distraught focus unto starkness
like a early photograph in a tray of water
blooming into a grand and familiar page
taking a picture in a mirror
developing a thought
inkling of myself
to cast back

George Waldrop- My Mind's Mirror by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Thinking About Barbara

Contagious Friendliness- Mixing For Betsy Brown

1. Page Wilson with Reckless Abandon- Virginia
2. The Carolina Chocolate Drops- Cornbread and Butterbeans
3. Laura Boosinger- Goin' Back To Dixie
4. Jean Ritchie- See That Rainbow Shine
5. Freakwater- My Old Drunk Friend
6. Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel
7. Kevin Tihista- Still Looking For You
8. Victoria Williams- Summer of Drugs
9. David Rawlings & Ryan Adams- To Be Young (Is to be Sad,Is To be High)
10. Amy Rigby- Summer of My Wasted Youth
11. John Prine- Flashback Blues
12. Drive-By Truckers- A World of Hurt
13. Elizabeth Cook- Sunday Morning
14. David Grisman/Jerry Garcia- The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
15. Kris Kristofferson- Shadows of Her Mind
16. Marianne Faithful- Visions of Johanna
17. Janis Ian- I'll Give You A Stone (Changing Tymes)
18. Patrick Sky- Sometimes I Wonder

Unconscious Women (Contagious Friendliness)

a walmart tatoo
seeing what others see
unsure of what to be
thinking what others think
doing all things easy
leaving problems unsolved
always with the need to be free
not endowed with mental faculties
without an identity
condition of self
womanliness thinks pink
easy to criticize of confused
I risk being mean
I know these women well
I have a continuous hurt
I have a personal truth
pain has dulled my flame
it still gives off light
contagious friendliness
taught my heart contentment
satisfied to be a good friend
time has told me
all I ever wanted was a good friend
a friend is conscious woman
like a child's mind
children understand friendship
I love my friends
I love women
I love poetry

Lone Pilgrim : Mixing For Betsy Brown

1. Donovan- People Used To
2. Gillian Welch- Six White Horses
3. Patrick Sky- To Find A Way
4. Nick Drake- Place To Be
5. Fairport Convention- Who Knows Where the Time Goes
6. Bob Neuwirth- Turn It Around
7. Simon & Garfunkel- Punky's Dilemma
8. Grateful Dead- Black Peter
9. Pink Anderson- I Will Fly Away
10. Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur- I'm A Woman
11. John Prine- Illegal Smile
12. Levon Helm- Feelin' Good
13. Ryan Bingham- The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
14. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan- Ramblin' Man
15. Derroll Adams- Curtains Of Night
16. The Horse Flies- Hush Little Baby
17. Joe Thompson- Careless Love
18. Bob Dylan- Lone Pilgrim

People Used To

People used to get together round a fire
Fishes were cooked, songs were sung
Moonlight used to guide our way home in the dark
Do you find it hard remembering?

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

People used to get together round a problem
Eyes were looked at tongues were true
People used to stop and say how do you do
Do you find it hard remembering?

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

People used to spend an hour making tea
Easy easy was the rule
People used to pause to think and contemplate
He who hurried was the fool

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

Now, I'm Working For The Weekend

Workingman's Dead

I have been out of work for 6 years. Today, I found out I got a job working for the county. The first thing I did was listen to Workingman's Dead! Hanover Recycling is a plant that recycles paper & computers. I took a tour last month. It is a process going through my caseworker & available position coming open. I will be among other people with disabilities and they will work with my skills. I have only had dead-end jobs in my life. So I have been blessed with this fine opportunity and I am pleased. So this mix is a celebration. Now, I'm Working For The Weekend. Enjoy!

1. Grateful Dead- Cumberland Blues
2. John Lennon- Working Class Hero
3. Tom Paxton- A Job Of Work
4. Mcenroe- Working In The Factory
5. Me Muses- Spacework and Finger Exercises
6. Tom Waits- I Can't Wait To Get Off Work
7. Heavenly Gospel Singers- Working On The building
8. Rachel Harrington- Old Time Religion/ Working On a Building
9. Cowboy Junkies- Working on a Building
10. Elvis Costello- Welcome to the Working Week
11. Thelonious Monk- Nice Work If You Can Get It
12. Captain Beefheart & Ry Cooder- Hard Workin' Man
13. Abner Jay- I'm A Hard Working Man
14. David Bromberg- Hardworkin' John
15. Albert King- I Worked Hard
16. Jimmie Strothers- I Used to Work on the Tractor
17. Merle Haggard- Working Man Blues
18. Grateful Dead- Easy Wind

Conceit

1.

an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.

2.

something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.

3.

imagination; fancy.

4.

a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.

5.

an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.

Disease Of Conceit

There’s a whole lot of people suffering tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
From the disease of conceit
Comes right down the highway
Straight down the line
Rips into your senses
Through your body and your mind
Nothing about it that’s sweet
The disease of conceit

There’s a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
From the disease of conceit
Steps into your room
Eats your soul
Over your senses
You have no control
Ain’t nothing too discreet
About the disease of conceit

There’s a whole lot of people dying tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people crying tonight
From the disease of conceit
Comes right out of nowhere
And you’re down for the count
From the outside world
The pressure will mount
Turn you into a piece of meat
The disease of conceit

Conceit is a disease
That the doctors got no cure
They’ve done a lot of research on it
But what it is, they’re still not sure

There’s a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
From the disease of conceit
Give ya delusions of grandeur
And a evil eye
Give you the idea that
You’re too good to die
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
From the disease of conceit

Nag Champa In Winter

sometimes I take a walk
it's cold in January
winter is blue with gray skies
I often wonder if I will make it through
I have to think
about the things I will say to you
people are like the weather
it's but, for feelings that change
people are not like the weather
pitiful but, capable for compassion
virginia in January
it's the wind and rain
motivating us to complain
drinking tea on the patio
smoking & incense
to enhance a mood
showing people
allowing myself
to be me

Louis Armstrong- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

When skies are cloudy and gray
They're only gray for a day
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

Until that sunshine peeps through
There's only one thing to do
Just wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

Your castles may tumble
That's fate after all
Life's really funny that way
No use to grumble
Just smile as they fall
Weren't you king for a day? Say

Just remember that sunshine
Always follows the rain
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

Louis Armstrong- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Crippled from Kindness

good vibes
a smile says it all
vibration of laughter
moody inner quality
display of amusement
an expression of mirth
worth the moments we share
comfort for the loneliness
within a hollowness
found in all souls
precious gifts of kindness
a familiar comfort
brings human things
brings personal truths
to make full of that emptiness
remembering our youth
the many lives of our lifetime
the strangers we've been
to the cities and towns
places in our minds
remembering who we were
crowded & ghostly
streets & alley ways
old haunts where people meet
where the spirits linger
where everybody knows your name
now it's new friends to make
to listen to and share
things we find that are true
I love true things
not so much the fun of opinion
it's the truth I love
like what Steinbeck describes
of Doc in Cannery Row
I see him in people I know
his characters are real
and I can understand the relation
I am thankful
to the friends I do receive
bestowed upon by fate
the same feeling I get
when I hear a good song

George Waldrop- Crippled From Kindness by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Classic Amphitheatre- Richmond,VA 5-4-96

Bob Dylan Bootleg

Although, I saw dylan twice in 95' with the Grateful Dead the year Jerry died, this was my first dylan show and I remember it well. I just transferred this from cassette tape tonight. This show was very special to me because, of the close friends that went with me. At the time I was really into John Wesley Harding and dylan opened the show with Drifter's Escape. I took it as a sign that dylan was thinking about **Jerry**. Seeing dylan was like a religious experience. I was very young and it felt like he was singing strait to me. I remember the peaceful feeling I had when Mr. Tambourine Man came on and how I laid on the ground and just looked up at the stars. I was hooked. This will be on mixcloud soon so you can join me on this trip upon this magic-swirling-ship. Enjoy!

1. Bob Dylan- **Drifter's Escape**
2. Bob Dylan- The Man In Me
3. Bob Dylan- All Along The Watchtower
4. Bob Dylan- I Don't Believe You
5. Bob Dylan- Watching The River Flow
6. Bob Dylan- Silvio
7. Bob Dylan- Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Bob Dylan- Mama, You Been On My Mind
9. Bob Dylan- Seeing The Real You
10. Bob Dylan- This Wheels On Fire
11. Bob Dylan- Maggie's Farm
12. Bob Dylan- Alabama Getaway

Is That Dylan In The Mirror?

The Best of Chimes of Freedom

Chimes of Freedom is a box set that just came out of Dylan covers. 75 songs of some of Dylan's best songs. Sometimes a great song can stand no matter who does it. I have to admit there are some very bad covers on it but, it's worth it for the best ones. I have been waiting for a long time for a good cover of One More Cup of Coffee and Steve Earle delivers. So making a slimmed down to one disc version could be a great way to discover this box set. Enjoy!

1. Mick Hucknall- One Of Us Must Know
2. Diana Krall- Simple Twist Of Fate
3. Rodgers and Lofgren- Abandoned Love
4. Lucinda Williams- Tryin To Get To Heaven
5. Pete Seeger- Forever Young
6. Kris Kirstofferson- Quinn The Eskimo
7. Fistful Of Mercy- Buckets Of Rain
8. Jacks Mannequin- Mr Tambourine Man
9. Ziggy Marley- Blowin In The Wind
10. Brett Dennen- You Aint Goin Nowhere
11. Lenny Kravitz- Rainy Day Woman
12. Charlie Winston- This Wheels On Fire
13. Patti Smith- Drifters Escape
14. Billy Bragg- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
15. The Airborne Toxic Event- Boots Of Spanish Leather
16. Pete Townshend- Corrina Corrina
17. Miley Cyrus- Youre Gonna Make Me Lonesome
18. Joan Baez- Seven Curses
19. We Are Augustines- Mama You Been On My Mind
20. Steve Earle- One More Cup Of Coffee

Little Bit of Rain : Sunshine & Good Times

Trish Is A Swallowtail Butterfly


My dear friend djtrish sent me a package today. I got her thrill of music in the mail. These music thrills keeps trish putting mixes in the mail. I used to be like that for a long time till things changed and now I am always listening & digesting music. Mixing for trish is always fun. I have a kindred spirit with trish. We both love making mixes, we both have distinct styles & tastes & we both spend a lot of time listening to music. She draws funny cartoons and since she got a camera for trishmas she makes great movies of her world. Since I love reading her blog I have a good friend from far away where people talk funny(northerners). Now this mix is made just for her. but, I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in your dream. Enjoy!

1. The Stairwell Sisters- Stay All Night [Get Off Your Money]
2. Simon & Garfunkel- Cecilia [Bridge Over Troubled Water]
3. Len Chandler- Hide Your Heart,Little Hippie
4. Carolina Chocolate Drops/Sankofa Strings- Walk Right In [Colored Aristocracy]
5. Cat Stevens- Can't Keep It In [The Very Best Of]
6. Fred Neil- Little Bit of Rain [Echoes of My Mind:The Best of 1963-1971]
7. Jerry Garcia Band- Oh Babe It Aint No Lie [Lonesome Prison Blues]
8. Laura Veirs- Mama, You've Been on My Mind [Subterranean Homesick Blues:A Tribute to Bob Dylan's 'Bring It All Back Home]
9. Mark Turnbull- The Devil Is Afraid of Music [ Grand Central Art Center, CSUF, Fullerton California]
10. Joni Mitchell- Blue [Blue]
11. Melanie- The Good Book [Beautiful People]
12. Irma Thomas- It's Raining [Irma Thomas Selected Hits]
13. Buddy Holly- Raining In My Heart [The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets]
14. Steve Earle- Lonely Are The Free [I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive]
15. Jack Johnson- We're Going to Be Friends [Curious George:Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies]

Trish Is A Swallowtail Butterfly by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Other People's Cigarettes

I want to make you laugh
tell you a joke or a funny pantomime
in exchange for your smoke
a profound definition in a rhyme
about how the meaning of truth is an action
the act of conformity to fact
on taking other people's cigarettes
but, it's this 5 cent jones, in my bones
keeps me from thinkin' clear
nothing to occupy my mind
while I contemplate truth
thoroughly & thoughtfully considering
the bad feelings that come from bummin'
or dumbin' down my self-worth
smoking is living beyond my means
I don't like to dogged around
poverty sucks
at least I know if freedom can't be obtained
I have my day dreams on a warm January day
now it's my conscience & regrets
the guilty emptiness that comes from
other people's cigarettes
the truth that comes from quitting
to just give it up
I just want to belong
I wish I knew how to be strong
I wish I knew how to tell myself
smoking is wrong
even when I think it makes me happy
sympathetic sadness when I reflect
on taking other people's cigarettes
no think
no smoke

Sitting In Therapy- November 8,2011

it relieves tension
talking about my thinking
adjusting the extension of my thoughts
talking,making the connections
how I am feeling,how I am living
some one who is listening and interjecting
some one who is getting what I am giving
talking about my thinking
sitting in therapy
I am feeling so good
some one is listening
all I need to feel
to be understood for real
getting something back
is mostly what I lack
listening to input
concerning the positive
human interaction
to hear clear
and contribute to
things that are true
understanding
knowledge of self
the magic that happens with some one else
now when I listen
in touch with my mental health
I am growing with the spirit of self
yes,the human spirit
powerful
and I've been blessed
I've been so many people
I have to tell the truth
a painter
a loner
a poet
a mix-maker
a loser
a prophet
6 years on this journey
I was really sick
I faced it
I didn't like what I see
plenty of changes about me
time has told me
there are many things to be
I like what I see
me in this light
shone bright in the dark of night
me in this light
now,I can be proud of my change
there are many ways to live
busy being free
talking about my thinking
sitting in therapy
thinking about sitting in therapy
biding my time,enjoying the clarity
lucidity of perception
that is so important
I am starting to recover
I am a sight for sore eyes
I saw the light today
finally feel right today
I have a purpose
out in the light of day
being me
being free
in therapy

George Waldrop- Sitting In Therapy by Texhobart on Mixcloud

True Happiness

pain is a teacher and it's well understood
the hollow emptiness don't do no one no good
the winds of change lay heavy on your soul
letting yourself be when it's out of your control
helps me feel what I call true happiness
with satisfaction comes happiness
with contentment I reach a goal
happiness is a feeling of thoughts
my life is not all about what makes me happy
I have to sacrifice my wants from my needs
differ from that state of consciousness & vague awareness
knowing a person who comprehends me
helps me feel what I call true happiness
people in my life, the chances I take
the unobstructed openness of my talk
the freedom of my thoughts gets into my walk
my statements of opinions
I love true things that experience brings
and conclusions are drawn on the coffee shop walls
learning to listen to everyday people
folksy wisdom, genuine people & neighborly interaction
celebrating learning, sharing knowledge & personal truths
the human things that make up who we are
true authentic character of a good person
helps me feel what I call true happiness
people that I hold in high personal regard
people to be on good terms with
people that care about other people
to have a friend is to be a friend
caring human beings make me feel at ease
it helps me feel what I call true happiness

George Waldrop- True Happiness by Texhobart on Mixcloud

The Devil Is Afraid of Music

many words have been said
many words have been heard
it's absurd to play tricks with words
the whole act of conformity with fact
understanding the devil
what and who he attracts
disorder,upheaval & chaos
with a physical force he does attack
confusion with acts you can't take back
mentally disturbed by the words
you hear yourself say and think
the devil loves it when you drink
and the idleness when you feel no real worth
to anyone or anything and the space between
who you are and other human beings
yes, it's human things & the songs we sing
belonging to a song
the greatest trick the devil ever played
to get you to think he is not real and you not afraid
the clearness I see when people don't speak to me
or have any respect for humanity
or a sense of the worth
the fact that you are there
we were born to be loved
so sing,to the joys of harmonizing
so cling,to music so hypnotizing
music sooths the soul
keeping the devil under control

George Waldrop- The Devil Is Afraid of Music by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Young But Daily Growin'

I met a neat couple at the coffee shop today and I got to talkin' about my 78's. Turns out that Charlie collects Dylan Bootlegs. Wow, new folks to talk about music with. Life is a gift but, the gifts of people to share and be apart of is the most precious gift of all. Of course I have posted this before. My life is a passing season but, god is showing me the light in the eyes of the people I meet and come across. So to honor the music that stirs my soul I give you this (again). Enjoy!

1. Bob Dylan- Young But Daily Growin'
2. Bob Dylan- Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
3. Bob Dylan- I Was Young When I Left Home (adapted)
4. Bob Dylan- Lonesome Whistle Blues
5. Bob Dylan- Walkin' Down the Line
6. Bob Dylan- Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
7. Bob Dylan- Eternal Circle
8. Bob Dylan- Song To Woody
9. Bob Dylan- Hard Travelin'
10. Bob Dylan- Seven Curses
11. Bob Dylan- Playboys & Playgirls
12. Bob Dylan- Percy's Song
13. Bob Dylan- In The Evening (Leroy Carr)
14. Bob Dylan- Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
15. Bob Dylan- Oxford Town
16. Bob Dylan- Who Killed Davey Moore
17. Bob Dylan- No More Auction Block
18. Bob Dylan- Let Me Die In My Footsteps
19. Bob Dylan- Rambling, Gambling Willie
20. Bob Dylan- Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

Young But Daily Growin' by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Revolution of The Resolution : Let Our Spirits Soar

Vintage French 78's

No I don't speak french. This mix was inspired from the movie Midnight In Paris. With this new year upon us I want to let my spirits soar. Everyone knows the Devil is afraid of music. So I will always have music playing in my house. With a song in my heart. Listening to the old 78's takes me away to another time and place. Listen and you can meet me in Paris in the rain. Enjoy!

1. Sidney Joseph Bechet- Si tu vois ma mère
2. Jean-Sablon- La Chanson-Des-Ryes
3. Orch-Vestris- La Jolie-Pantineuse
4. Jacques-Helian-cAndre-Derval- La Chanson-Du-Bonhuer
5. Conal Fowkes- Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
6. Tino-Rossi- Paris-En-Reve
7. Emil-Stearn- Emil-Stearn-Swing-Succes
8. Jacqueline-Francois- Mademoiselle-De-Paris
9. Maurice-Chevalier- Ca-Fait-Dexcellents-Francais
10. Jacqueline-Francoise- La-Seine
11. Tino-Rossi- Tout-Bleu
12. Jean-Sablon- It Might As Well Be Spring
13. Conal Fowkes- You've Got That Thing
14. Maurice-Chevalier- Ce-Cest-Passe-Un-Dimanche
15. Max-Varenne- Les-Guinguettes
16. Rina-Ketty- Sombreros-Et-Mantilles
17. Bouvril- Houpetta-La-Bella
18. Annie-Rozane- Entends-Tu-La-Voix-Troublante
19. Tino-Rossi- Pensee-Dautomne
20. Francois Parisi- Le parc de plaisir