Bluegrass Karaoke

[Courtney]

I knew it was the Greatful Dead, I missed them in my musical growth.  I was into Fela and the alternative rock bands in San Francisco when my friends were deadheading - I was hosting international drum parties and missed this boat but my good friends didn't.  I'll add it to the book.

C

[Auntie Hope]

 

[Hurricane M]

Hey, Jerry, isn't this already an Official Town Park Karaoke Song (OTPKS)?  One lucid version before Mai Tais, one deteriorating version after 2 Mai Tais, and one garbled incoherent final version after way way way too many Mai Tais??

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
(John Prine and Fred Koller)
©1988 Spoondevil Music/Pink Sky Music: Lucrative Music (BMI)

Well I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
To the land of the tall palm tree
Aloha old Milwaukee, hello Waikiki 
Just stepped off of the airplane 
When I heard her say 
Wacka wacka nooka licka 
Wacka wacka nooka licka 
Would you like a lei 

Chorus:
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian 
Whisper in my ear 
Kicka pooka macawa wahini 
Are the words I long to hear 
Lay your coconut on my tiki 
What the hecka mooka mooka dear 
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian 
Say the words I long to hear 

Well it's a ukulele Honolulu sunset 
Listen to the grass skirts sway 
Drinking rum from a pineapple 
Out on Honolulu bay 
Steel guitars are a playing
While she's talking with her hands 
Gimme gimme oka doka 
Make a wish I wanta polka 
Words I understand

 Repeat Chorus

Well I bought a lotta junka with my mula 
Sent it to the folks back home 
Well I never had a chance to dance the hula
But I guess I should have known 
When you're talking to the sweet wahini 
Walking in the pale moonlight 
Oka doka what a set of 
Knocka rocka sis boom bakas 
Hope I said it right 
Repeat Chorus

 
And we have heard the evidence, er, song, on the post Telluride Bluegrass Festival Withdrawal Show!!

 Listening to: 20 gallons of green chile beer bubbling away in the primary....

[Hippie]

Hey, Jerry, isn't this already an Official Town Park Karaoke Song (OTPKS)?  One lucid version before Mai Tais, one deteriorating version after 2 Mai Tais, and one garbled incoherent final version after way way way too many Mai Tais??

And we have heard the evidence, er, song, on the post Telluride Bluegrass Festival Withdrawal Show!!

Monday night June 4th.... 6:40 PM Don't miss it
I'm gonna meet the muffin Mama and get leighed, then we'll all sing along with Johnny.... and a one and a two ---- listening to the great wahini....

 

 Listening to: John Prine - Spanish Pipedream

[Hurricane M]

Wacka wacka nooka licka!!!!

 Hey Mayor, don't you have a smiley with a grass skirt?...and a coconut bra????

[TellurideTom]

Wacka wacka nooka licka!!!!

 Hey Mayor, don't you have a smiley with a grass skirt?...and a coconut bra????

[Hurricane M]

HULA man!!  the Goddess Pele is happy...if you don't have a hemp skirt you can substitute a grass skirt...they are both made from the some plant!!!!

[heaubeau]

If we are going with Beatles' songs, how about:
(I am not camping in Town Park, so don't worry about adding the song to your book, I just really like it)

Rocky Raccoon

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that
He said I'm gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.

Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival.

 Listening to: Frisco Blues - John Lee Hooker

[Courtney]

That's brilliant.  I'm singing already.  Rocky Raaacooooo, stepped into his room.....

[Maineahhh]

Great Pick!

[TellurideTom]

WOW. I GET TO JOIN IN ON THIS. FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT I NEEDED A CAMPING PASS ? 

Once the festival starts you will need a camping pass to enter the campgrounds.
Before that, anyone is welcome to wander in.

[Auntie Hope]

So I guess Wed. the 20th would be my only chance to be a part of this strange but beautiful family, hua.

Yup! That's your day... and that's US! 

Hope Lin 

[Courtney]

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out Lyrics
Artist(Band):Cat Stevens

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

Chorus:
You can do what you want
The opportunity's on
And if you find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
you see ah ah ah
its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
'Cause there's a million things to do
You know that there are

Chorus

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are

[Courtney]

Current song list:
Packing for Telluride – James Buchanan
In Tall Buildings,  By John Hartford,
Hard-Headed Woman by Elvis
WAYFARING STRANGER (sung by Jerry Garcia, Emmy Lou, Crucial Country
It's A Great Day To Be Alive,  Darrell Scott
The River's Gonna Run  (Julie Miller)
Angelina Baker, From Dwight Diller on Elzics Farewell
Boz Scaggs Lido
James Keelaghan or  Richard Schindell's “Dodge?”
Salvation Song by Avett Brothers
The Mountain" by Steve Earle:
the Grateful Dead of Whisky in the Jar.
Gentle on my Mind - John Hartford:
Seeds of Peace -  Bonepony.  –
Lets talk dirty in hawaiin  -  By john prine and fred koller
Feeling Like I  Need to Fly by James Buchanan
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
FIVE PENNIES - Danny Kaye
Tapestry - Carole King
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
White Bird
I’ve just seen a face
Sugar Magnolia- by, um...duhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - (John Prine and Fred Koller)
Rocky Racoon - Beatles
If you want to sing out – cat stevens

[Hurricane M]

This Jerry Jeff song is a favorite in Camp Flamingo, especially when being serenaded (at 7:00 AM) to fellow kampers whose behavior had gone  over the top  with the prevous evenings libations, but nontheless had reassured everyone that no problem they will STILL be able to get up bright and early to get in Tarpline...


SO BAD LAST NIGHT
© Jerry Jeff Walker Groper Music/BMI

When the telephone woke me this morning
I’m sorry was the first thing I said
From that point it gets a bit fuzzy
Thinking with half of a head
Trying to put the pieces together
It’s shocking to flash on the past
Cause when you are known as a rascal
It’s a good bet you have showed off your ass 

I was so damned bad last night.
I’ll be good for the rest of my life
I tore up the bar
Lost a pretty nice car
And it’s a good bet
I have ticked off my wife
From now on I’m gonna act right
That’s right
I was so damned bad last night 

The harder I try to remember
The quicker my brain starts to hurt
It really is funny unwadding the money
That’s stuff in my pants and my shirt
Trying to make sense of phone numbers
Scribbled on the back of old cards
I guess that I ought to be thankful
Nobody knows who we are 

I was so damned bad last night.
I’ll be good for the rest of my life
I’m telling you and this is the truth
I have finally seen the light
From now on I’m gonna act right
That’s right
I was so damned bad last night 

I never intended to do it
I just stopped in for one drink or two
But all of the chicks were so foxy
I wanted to marry a few
The place was more crowded than usual
And everybody there was my friend
Franny and Snake, Ol’ Bunky and Jake
Sometime the night never ends 

Repeat Chorus

From now on I’m gonna act right, NOT
I was so damned bad last night.
Yes I was