Key West Music And Happenings: Music Breakdown

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Music Breakdown – Garrison Bight

Garrison Bight was written on Gary Ek’s
houseboat early one morning in 2009. It was anchored proper off the boatyard of Garrison Bight in Key West. For
these unfamiliar, Garrison Bight is an inlet in Key West. It is
maybe greatest recognized for the “Fly Navy” constructing, which individuals see when arriving by automotive. It additionally has the
Key West Yacht Membership in a single nook. The Key West Fishing Fleet within the
center on the japanese base of the Palm Ave. overpass, with Houseboat Row throughout the road and The Thai Island restaurant is discovered on the different finish of the overpass. Then, there was the boatyard.

The music was written in about an hour,
or so. My then spouse and I had simply damaged up and Gary was type sufficient
to share the roof over his head with me. I am considering I used to be there
a few week, or two after I wrote this music? Naturally, I drew off of precise
issues I had seen within the boatyard, in addition to my private state of affairs,
which was in a flux and I did not know what the subsequent day would deliver.

1)

Esus4

SUNRISE OUT OF
THE BIGHT

                                  G                          A             Esus4

IT’S GONNA BE A
HOT ONE AND I THINK I MIGHT

Esus4

START OUT WITH
COFFEE, CUBAN COFFEE

DARK, THICK AND
SWEET

                                       G

YOU DRINK IT LIKE
WHISKEY

             A                                         Esus4

WITH PASSION TO A
RHUMBA BEAT

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RE:
1

With
a lifetime of uncertainty, not realizing not solely what tomorrow may deliver, a lot much less the subsequent 5 minutes, I wanted a musical base that
would paint an correct image of my state of affairs. Crucial, as
that is the muse the lyrics, but unwritten, would experience on.

With
this in thoughts, it was a pure after I hit an Esus4. That chord simply
pulsates the sensation of uncertainty. It hovers. Because it’s the primary chord within the growing development, you do not know what’s coming subsequent. Is it a serious chord, or a minor chord? Who the hell
is aware of? It is a suspended chord. It is the hermaphroditism of musical chords, being both main or minor. On this music it simply hovers on the intro of the music, holding the
listener in suspense and crops an unresolved wavering basis for
the primary line:

Dawn,
out of the Bight”


Nonetheless,
dawn is stable. It would at all times occur. Due to this fact, in the midst of the second
line, the development goes to a G chord and an an A chord, giving stable as a rock basis…. however then it returns to the Esus4 and the sensation
of uncertainty, as uncertainty stays and can by the music.

Lyrically,
driving on that basis and the now previous echo of  dawn, mixed
with the persevering with uncertainty, it goes:

it is
gonna be a sizzling one and I believe I’d”

Right here,
it returns to and holds on to the uncertainty with the Esus4 chord

Begin
out with espresso, Cuban Espresso, darkish, wealthy and candy”

With
this line, the Esus4 chord accents the protagonist’s (me) hope {that a} Cuban
Espresso would be the elixir that can remedy his state of affairs that is still
unresolved.

It
returns to the stable grounding of the G chord and A chord saying

You
drink it like whiskey with ardour to a rhumba beat”

Visualize
the protagonist at a Cuban Cafeteria, downing a buchi in a single fell
swoop, like a shot of whiskey, as a Cuban rhythm pulsates the ambiance, but the music returns to that Esus4 feeling of
uncertainty. The Cuban Espresso, little question, stimulating the pallet, nevertheless, the state of affairs
stays the identical for the protagonist.

II

Esus4

HOUSEBOAT, SHE’S A TENNENT

TWENTY SIX YEARS DOWN FROM TENNESSEE

                     G                                          A                       Esus4

SURVIVED WILMA THOUGH SHE’S LISTING
FIVE DEGREES

Esus4

SAILBOATS IN THE BOATYARD GETTING
RESTORED AND LOOKING SO FINE

                                 G            A                                             Esus

FRESH COATS OF PAINT, BAR B QUE RUM ICE
AND LIME

RE:
2

The
houseboat the protagonist is staying on has had some weathering and,
as he describes it between the strains, he is unsure about it. It is a
little bit older. This being described within the Esus4 portion of the
development, for the aforementioned causes.

The
boat survived Hurricane Wilma, however paid a value, as she’s itemizing.

Whereas
I used to be there, different boats have been being restored and the events there at
night time have been at all times fueled with rum, ice, and lime.

(refrain)

G                                     E9                                E7

FISHING BOATS ARE HEADED OUT THIS
MORNING

G                                     E9                             Em add9

TRAWL THE WATERS LAY THEIR LINES DOWN

G                              A                   Em

SHE CAME HERE WITHOUT A WARNING

                                G                            A                      Esus4

AND NOW SHE’S ANCHORED ON THIS SIDE OF
TOWN

RE: Refrain

Fishing
boats are headed out this morning

Trawl
the waters lay their strains down”

In
that first a part of the refrain it is beginning off fairly stable, however not
solely with the usage of chords G, E9, and E7 on the primary line. The
subsequent line nevertheless, says they’re going to be trawling and fishing. That line
ends as an alternative of with the E7 the earlier line did, however somewhat an Em
add 9. They do not know if they’re going to catch fish or not, and the Em add 9
underscores that. The Em add 9 has an analogous impact because the Esus4: uncertainty. 

That
night a completely ravishing, however very informal lady got here by. She
stayed on one of many boats in dry dock for a number of days. She attended the nocturnal boat yard events and was fairly pleasent.  It was an sudden, however very nice and welcome shock on this Denison of Testosterone.



III

Esus4

TALES, NEVER ENDING

CHARACTERS ABOUND

G

WAVES AGAINST THE HULL,

          A                                                 Esus4

TEN BUCKS GETS YOU PUMPED OUT

The
night time time events within the boat yard have been attention-grabbing. Everybody had a
story to inform.

Some
have been true, some fiction. These have been the “waves towards the hull” double entendre.
The protagonist job was to determine what was what. The pump out boat’s sewage removing on the time prices ten bucks. In essence, that was the worth of the 50% bullshit
the questionable spewed at these nocturnal alcohol powered events within the boatyard
whereas downing the rum, ice, and lime. The double entendre right here, nevertheless, be they true or be they tales, it was at all times
entertaining!



IV

Esus4

A PLACE ACROSS THE STREET

THEY TELL ME IS GOOD TO EAT

                     G 

I HAVEN’T TRIED IT

A                                          Esus4

‘CAUSE I’M DOWN AND OUT

Whereas
I used to be there cash was tight. I wasn’t working and after I heard about
Thai Island being good to eat, I could not afford it. I actually was
“down and out”.

V

Esus

SUMMER DAY,

YEAH, IT’S A HOT ONE

I AIN’T COMPLAINING, IT’S BETTER THAN
PAIN

G                          A                                           Esus

PERSPIRATION BEATS TEARS ALL THE SAME

I
ain’t complaining, it is higher than ache

Perspiration
beats tears all the identical”

Ain’t
that the reality!… once more ending on that Esus4,..



(refrain)

G                                     E9                                 E7

FISHING BOATS ARE HEADED OUT THIS
MORNING

G                                     E9                              Em add9

TRAWL THE WATERS LAY THEIR LINES DOWN

G                               A                     Em

SHE CAME HERE WITHOUT A WARNING

                                  G                         A                       Esus

AND NOW SHE’S ANCHORED ON THIS SIDE OF
TOWN

                      G                A                                   Esus4

AND IT’S A HOT ONE, HERE AT GARRISON BIGHT

                        G               A                                    Esus4

YEAH IT’S A HOT ONE HERE AT GARRISON
BIGHT

                       G                 A                                    Esus4

YEAH IT’S A HOT ONE, HERE AT GARRISON
BIGHT

©  2009 By Christopher R. Rehm – BMI

Its
a sizzling one, that is for certain. Within the sizzling Florida Keys summer season solar, the
music sizzles on the lose coral gravel lot of the boatyard like bacon
and eggs on a forged iron pan…. however the music stays unresolved and
the destiny of the subsequent 5 minutes stays unknown and fades off anchored to
that E sus4, wallowing in uncertainty.


Garrison Bight was initially recorded in 2009 as a demo, with Dan Simpson recording and producing. A brand new model of the music is presently in manufacturing for my album “Songs From The Island”. Beneath is the demo. When the brand new studio model is completed, I am going to add that to the weblog.

Garrison Bight – Demo

Vocals and Guitars  –  Chris Rehm

Fretless Bass          –   Dan Simpson

Keyboards              –  George Wooden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJMTD7LcTo

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