This is the completed Unnamed Blues Demo from my "Write your own Damn Song" video. Please leave a title suggestion in the comments Lyrics When I was a Young man I met a wannabe gangster He took me under his wing He liked the songs I would sing He had a kind smile but dangerous eyes he said he had some work and I was broke I took that job right away it all started that day I was scared ass hell as I took that package well and moved on down the street I could feel the coopers eyes and those gangsters eyes I thought I'd die from the heat I told him I was one and done I aint cut out for this business He just smiled and handed be some bills and said "How does that feel?" come on man just one more run one more and you can be done I was scared ass hell as I took that package well and moved on down the street I could feel the coopers eyes and those gangsters eyes I thought I'd die from the heat "What are you going to a looser you're entire life just hang around in bars playing guitar, don't you want something more?" I said "yes I do, and I thing I know how to get it" I was proud as hell as I took my guitar well and rambled on down the street there was no more prying eyes and no more vicious lies and no more dying from the heat
This a live recoding from a very intimate show on May 11th 2024. It was the first meeting of the Blues Crew, a group of people that started listening to me during the pandemic when they could only tune in to live streams on facebook. It was a very special night. It was recorded direct so there was no chance to clean things up, you get to hear exactly what was played that night worts and all. it can be purchased only at Bandcamp https://markdillon.bandcamp.com/music
In this video I take a rough Idea and working it into a full song. This is not a step by step lesson in song writing but just how this song was created.
The title track off my new EP " Ghost Train and other scary tales part 1" available on all digital platforms on October 13th.
My cover of the Greg Lake song "I Believe in Father Christmas" This has been one of my favourite Christmas songs since I was a teenager. I find it to be incredibly cynical and maybe thats what I like about it.
El Rey
El Rey, the king is a story about a bandit that roved the border between Texas and Mexico near Matamoros. It’s my take on those classic spaghetti western. Is our protagonist a good guy or is he as evil as the federally say is the truth somewhere in between. It’s about how legends get twisted with time. I wrote this song after hearing about passing of Dusty Hill from ZZ Top. I guess it got me thinking about Texas and in turn westerns and Banditos.
High Noon is essentially a ballad about a gunfighter being tracked down by a posse. It was oddly inspired by a film critic saying that the horror film “Hellraiser” is just a Mob movie with the characters switch from mobsters to demons. I thought why not try that with music. So I took a hip hop song specifically Ice T’s “6 in the morning” changed the setting from 80’s LA to the old west and that were I got High Noon. It’s my Bluesy western tribute to 80’s Rap, there is even a Bestie Boys reference hidden in there.
This song is a tribute to my band mates in the band Gales of Avalon. It’s about being on the road with a band and trials and tribulations that follow. All the stories in the song are true only the names have been changed to protect the guilty, because ain't none of us innocent.
Psychedelic Super Freak was inspired in equal parts by a Fuzz guitar pedal I bought and the traditional Celtic song “Peter Street”. It tells the story of Hapless guy who is taken advantage of by young Hippie lady. I shot a trippy Psychedelic video for this track. Keeping with the spirt of my self-produced album, I shot and edited the video myself.
