The Woolsey Story
MUSIC + GOOD
My Album "Woolsey" is inspired by my personal experiences during and in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire.Woolsey was a devastating California wildfire that ravaged Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in November 2018, caused the evacuation of 300,000 people, burned 100,000 acres, 1,650 structures, and stole several lives.
I found out that sometimes you can't just click your heels and go home.
Musically and lyrically this Album overcomes loss with determination, redemption and celebration.
Though my experience was singular, I hope this musical journey conveys universal themesthat many will relate to during our present reality and beyond.
"The new album is inspired by his own experience during the Woolsey Fire, the devestating wildfire that burned nearly 100,000 acres in Southern California and forced LifeSize and so many others to evacuate their homes in 2018.
The music is impressive on so many levels, resulting in a collection of vastly appealling roots-rock tunes that should appeal to fans of Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. Plus, it supports a good cause, with 100% of the album sales being donated to Direct Relief, an organization supporting health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic."
San Jose Mercury News/Bay Area News Group
Jim Harrington
The title track, and lead single, Woolsey explores not only personal loss, including my own home, but also my elevated empathy for all human struggles.
Musically and Lyrically this is an Album that touches on the myriad tonalities of human experience. LYRICS: On the crest of the silhouette hill Red lights hang like Judas stalking his kill Panicked loved one’s wet eyes glow Glancing back to once was home I’m a sailor searching for the grail I’m a warrior translating brail The sky fires they slice and gouge And I can’t tell if I’m lost or I’m found No I don’t know if I’m lost or found Far from me is the freeway Woolsey jumps as the brown grass burns All of Fate’s heat evident in it’s rage In smoke signal written words In cloud written words No one knows the best way to go Frightened fast or slow While I’m caught in smoke’s barbed wire I’m trying to put our fire I’m putting out fire I’ve been putting out. Putting out, putting out… Let me Forget Today til Tomorrow No escape for a scorched soul I live a life that is Black and borrowed Nothing left to console I can’t get back what you stole No I can’t get back what you stole I’ve been putting out. Putting out, putting out…
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
California Home is an upbeat clear eyed celebration of my adopted home.
LYRICS:
There’s a land I love
That Cascaded from above
She’s a sweet, cherub fool
And a wayward demon just like you
Whether in sea or redwood
Or posted deep down in the hood
All of Guthrie’s California stars
That crash it’s women, wine and bars
Sing
Sierra, Joshua
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
There’s a thousand religion
For a million more positions
Some roll up like Humboldt kin
Or soak in supple Sonoma zin
All those schooled in traffic 101
Hungover from last night’s hit and run
Sing
Ventura
Sequoia
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
Bus tires drone on a flat Midwest lane
Makes you ache for the crack of a breaking wave
Dream of her golden sand and sea
That’s where you long to be
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments, Backing Vocals and JO
"Your Love Is So Hard To Find" is an up tempo track full of longing and frustration.
LYRICS:
Your Love is so hard to find
The way you hide it is so cruel and unkind
Where’s your heart of gold? I’ve never mined it
Forget that deal we made? You never signed it
Your Love is so hard to find
They say that Love is blind
It’s the flaw and strength in it’s soul design
I stumble around tap my cane inside our bed
But all I see is the shadow of my lonely head
Your Love is so hard to find
I’ve been searching for her night and day
In a broken de ja vu ballet
I’ll keep crawling cross the floor that way
Until she comes
Until she comes
Until she comes
Your Love is so hard to find
It's buried down as deep as Egypt’s divine
A cold tomb is your Love shrine
Ain’t no godly guru that could penetrate your mind
Your Love is so hard to find
Yes, I’m looking for it high and low
I just don’t know where else to go
Your Love is so hard to find...
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
Rise Above is a Redemptive Rocker with some nice surprises.
LYRICS:
Glide above me
Slide above me
My seraph immortal
With Wings of a Bodhi tree
You summon me
To pluck your fig with my tendril
You are
You are
Omega and Primal
I am
In the song of your soul
As we write our own Hymn to Love
That one day will be free of
The discord of akasha octave
Then we will Rise Above
Ethereal
And carnal
We fuse the paradoxical
You are
I am
Love Eternal
We will rise above
On the wings of Love
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Bass and JO
Tableau is an introspective examination of love lost and found.
LYRICS:
Babe, I feel your presence
A shimmer on a rough sea
But I don’t know if you can feel me
You’re framed in the doorway
like a Braque tableau
But I can’t see your face as you go
No I can’t see your face as you go
I see you at the market
Our memoir in your hand
In a tongue only you understand
They flock to your depiction
In a Gollum flash mob
clenching the fiction as they sob
Yes they clench your fiction as they sob
We all want some heaven
But no one wants to die
we all want the truth but we lie
Babe I feel your presence
A shimmer on a rough sea
But I don’t know if you feel me
Did you ever feel me
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instrumants and JO
Love Has Come To US Before is a look at our present political positions and a review of our past for hope for our future.
LYRICS:
He’s building 2000 miles
of barbed wire in the sky
I didn’t know they could cage my soul
But I know I cant fly
I just can’t fly
But I know that
Love has come to us before
Love before
Instead of promised paradise
He mainlines us with ICE
To entice the Klan to bottle blackberry jam
In a supreme ist sacrifice
In a fascist sacrifice
Love has come to us before
Love before
A specter built on lies
A trumped up spy on high
He bends the truth like Geller’s spoon
But I know I’m not blind
I just can’t fly
But I know that
Love has come to us before
Love before
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
Michael Kane: Guitar Bits
My cover of the timeless song Simple Man.
Mama told me when I was young
"Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this it'll help you some sunny day"
"Oh, take your time, don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You'll find a woman and you'll find love
And don't forget, son, there is someone up above"
"And be a simple kind of man
Be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"
"Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need is in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"
"And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"
Oh, yes, I will
"Boy, don't you worry, you'll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"
"And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can?"
"Baby, be a simple, be a simple man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of simple man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can?"
CREDITS:
Written by: Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead Vocals, Instruments and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
The title track, and lead single, Woolsey explores not only personal loss, including my own home, but also my elevated empathy for all human struggles.
Musically and Lyrically this is an Album that touches on the myriad tonalities of human experience. LYRICS: On the crest of the silhouette hill Red lights hang like Judas stalking his kill Panicked loved one’s wet eyes glow Glancing back to once was home I’m a sailor searching for the grail I’m a warrior translating brail The sky fires they slice and gouge And I can’t tell if I’m lost or I’m found No I don’t know if I’m lost or found Far from me is the freeway Woolsey jumps as the brown grass burns All of Fate’s heat evident in it’s rage In smoke signal written words In cloud written words No one knows the best way to go Frightened fast or slow While I’m caught in smoke’s barbed wire I’m trying to put our fire I’m putting out fire I’ve been putting out. Putting out, putting out… Let me Forget Today til Tomorrow No escape for a scorched soul I live a life that is Black and borrowed Nothing left to console I can’t get back what you stole No I can’t get back what you stole I’ve been putting out. Putting out, putting out…
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
California Home is an upbeat clear eyed celebration of my adopted home.
LYRICS:
There’s a land I love
That Cascaded from above
She’s a sweet, cherub fool
And a wayward demon just like you
Whether in sea or redwood
Or posted deep down in the hood
All of Guthrie’s California stars
That crash it’s women, wine and bars
Sing
Sierra, Joshua
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
There’s a thousand religion
For a million more positions
Some roll up like Humboldt kin
Or soak in supple Sonoma zin
All those schooled in traffic 101
Hungover from last night’s hit and run
Sing
Ventura
Sequoia
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
Bus tires drone on a flat Midwest lane
Makes you ache for the crack of a breaking wave
Dream of her golden sand and sea
That’s where you long to be
No matter where I roam
It’s my home
California home
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments, Backing Vocals and JO
"Your Love Is So Hard To Find" is an up tempo track full of longing and frustration.
LYRICS:
Your Love is so hard to find
The way you hide it is so cruel and unkind
Where’s your heart of gold? I’ve never mined it
Forget that deal we made? You never signed it
Your Love is so hard to find
They say that Love is blind
It’s the flaw and strength in it’s soul design
I stumble around tap my cane inside our bed
But all I see is the shadow of my lonely head
Your Love is so hard to find
I’ve been searching for her night and day
In a broken de ja vu ballet
I’ll keep crawling cross the floor that way
Until she comes
Until she comes
Until she comes
Your Love is so hard to find
It's buried down as deep as Egypt’s divine
A cold tomb is your Love shrine
Ain’t no godly guru that could penetrate your mind
Your Love is so hard to find
Yes, I’m looking for it high and low
I just don’t know where else to go
Your Love is so hard to find...
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
Rise Above is a Redemptive Rocker with some nice surprises.
LYRICS:
Glide above me
Slide above me
My seraph immortal
With Wings of a Bodhi tree
You summon me
To pluck your fig with my tendril
You are
You are
Omega and Primal
I am
In the song of your soul
As we write our own Hymn to Love
That one day will be free of
The discord of akasha octave
Then we will Rise Above
Ethereal
And carnal
We fuse the paradoxical
You are
I am
Love Eternal
We will rise above
On the wings of Love
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Bass and JO
Tableau is an introspective examination of love lost and found.
LYRICS:
Babe, I feel your presence
A shimmer on a rough sea
But I don’t know if you can feel me
You’re framed in the doorway
like a Braque tableau
But I can’t see your face as you go
No I can’t see your face as you go
I see you at the market
Our memoir in your hand
In a tongue only you understand
They flock to your depiction
In a Gollum flash mob
clenching the fiction as they sob
Yes they clench your fiction as they sob
We all want some heaven
But no one wants to die
we all want the truth but we lie
Babe I feel your presence
A shimmer on a rough sea
But I don’t know if you feel me
Did you ever feel me
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instrumants and JO
Love Has Come To US Before is a look at our present political positions and a review of our past for hope for our future.
LYRICS:
He’s building 2000 miles
of barbed wire in the sky
I didn’t know they could cage my soul
But I know I cant fly
I just can’t fly
But I know that
Love has come to us before
Love before
Instead of promised paradise
He mainlines us with ICE
To entice the Klan to bottle blackberry jam
In a supreme ist sacrifice
In a fascist sacrifice
Love has come to us before
Love before
A specter built on lies
A trumped up spy on high
He bends the truth like Geller’s spoon
But I know I’m not blind
I just can’t fly
But I know that
Love has come to us before
Love before
CREDITS:
Written by: Scott Marshall
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead & Backing Vocals, Instruments, Loops and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO
Michael Kane: Guitar Bits
My cover of the timeless song Simple Man.
Mama told me when I was young
"Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this it'll help you some sunny day"
"Oh, take your time, don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You'll find a woman and you'll find love
And don't forget, son, there is someone up above"
"And be a simple kind of man
Be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"
"Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need is in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"
"And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"
Oh, yes, I will
"Boy, don't you worry, you'll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"
"And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can?"
"Baby, be a simple, be a simple man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of simple man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can?"
CREDITS:
Written by: Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington
Produced and Mixed by: Dave Darling
Engineered by: Dave Darling and Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall: Lead Vocals, Instruments and MO
Dave Darling: Instruments and JO