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Home to Waikiki

from Raggedy by Cactus Bob

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    Delve into the acoustic electronica world of Raggedy Edge's Bob Farley in this 12-song CD that explores the meaning of life sifted through the six strings of various guitars, seasoned lightly with musical loops and effects. Surprises, comfort, upbeat, laid-back, simple, complex, always changing, going for a bright happiness in the midst of shades brand new rainbows. Something to think about. Join the journey!

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about

Waikiki is base on part of the story of a book I wrote called Kahuna that involves a man with a faulty sixth sense, one that tells him when trouble is about to strike, but doesn't say anything about what kind or how bad the trouble is. Dreams begin filling his nights and a life change finds him moving to Hawaii, where the dreams become stronger and start to take over his life. Something else is happening there, though, and our hapless hero is the only one who can save the day.

The music is semi-ominous, with a Chris Squire-like heavy bass resonating throughout

lyrics

Night time in Waikiki
Star shine on a crystal sea
Music floating on the breeze
High tide on a full moon swell
Mai Tais in a beach hotel
Listen to stories sailors tell

CHORUS
Swirling clouds between the stars
Flickering lights from distant fires
Slide my boat out on a windswept sea
Sail it home to Waikiki
Sail it home to Waikiki
Sail it home (last time 3x
Home to Waikiki

Dreamin' I'm in Waikiki
Living in another century
Spirits calling out to me
Running in a fingernail moon night
Stars are my guiding light
Wish I may, I wish I might

CHORUS

Waking up in Waikiki
Sun where the stars should be
Waves like mountains over me
Skyscrapers line the beach
Out of touch, out of reach
With this spirit we must speak

CHORUS

credits

from Raggedy, released June 7, 2016
Guitars: Taylor 714ce, Resonator
Bass: Ibanez acoustic bass
Drums: Garageband set.
(I accidentally deleted the GB files, but not before saving them to Audacity, which kept them in their edited format, so I was able to put them back into GB and remix and master, but the drums had been turned into a wav file, so the kinds were lost. This was, incidentally, the first song I put GB drums on, so despite the lack of ability with the software, I was able to get it to do much of what I wanted, and a lot of what it did was a pleasant surprise. And I did put a cymbal crash at the end with the keyboard input.)

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Cactus Bob Tucson, Arizona

Bob saved a guitar from extinction when he learned to pick out tunes one string at a time at the age of 8. Now he is a BMI artist who continues to work solo and with his wife, Lynn, in the Americana duo Raggedy Edge.

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