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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Pere Ubu: Datapanik In The Year Zero 1996 - David Thomas ( June 14, 1953 – April 23, 2025)

 

Pere Ubu was an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of


long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their debut album The Modern Dance in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour.
                 

Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as

musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest.[8][9] While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music.
                     

One of the American underground's most influential bands, Pere Ubu expressed the angst and chaos of

their times with apocalyptic fervor and surprising humanity. Led by frontman David Thomas -- whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics defined the band -- Ubu emerged from Cleveland's urban wastelands with their 1975 debut single, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," which introduced the self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance they expanded on with 1978's debut album, The Modern Dance.
                    

On later efforts including 1989's Cloudland and 1993's Story of My Life, their protean art punk became

more accessible, but hiatuses and lineup changes never diluted Pere Ubu's idiosyncratic vision. The band welcomed the 21st century with uncompromising albums that honored their roots without rehashing them, including 2002's St. Arkansas. Their momentum continued into the 2010s and 2020s, with works like 2013's Lady from Shanghai and 2023's Trouble on Big Beat Street reflecting a literate, volatile sound and viewpoint that was unmistakably Pere Ubu.
                  

Despite their association with genres such as art punk and post-punk, and despite being influenced by

key proto-punk acts like the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and MC5,[30] Thomas has denied the association with punk rock, stating that Pere Ubu are "just a rock band." To define their music, Pere Ubu coined the term avant-garage to reflect interest in both experimental avant-garde music, especially musique concrète, and raw, direct blues-influenced garage rock. Thomas has stated the term is "a joke invented to have something to give journalists when they yelp for a neat sound bite or pigeonhole".
                           

Their music has been called 1950s and 1960s garage rock and surf music archetypes as seen in a distorting funhouse mirror, emphasising the music's angst, loneliness and lyrical paranoia. Sometimes

sounding like a demented nursery rhyme sing-along, this already bizarre blend was overlaid with Ravenstine's ominous EML synthesizer effects and tape looped sounds of mundane conversation, ringing telephones or steam whistles. Their propulsive rhythmic pulse was similar to Krautrock, but Thomas's yelping, howling, desperate singing was and still is peculiar when compared to most other rock and roll singers.
                           

DAVID THOMAS (David Lynn Thomas June 14, 1953 – April 23, 2025)

              


David Thomas was a founding member of the legendary Rocket from the Tombs in Cleveland during 1974. Although they were only together for a relatively short period of time, when they split the various members went on to form Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys, both of whom were destined to leave indelible

marks on the development of modern music. But while the Dead Boys would only last until 1979, Pere Ubu (despite a five year hiatus during the mid-Eighties, when David recorded several solo albums) have continued to this day, releasing many albums and touring throughout Europe and America. David has remained the only continuous member of Pere Ubu, but former members often return to the fold for either studio or live projects, as and when appropriate.   
                    

Pere Ubu – Datapanik In The Year Zero
Label:DGC – DGCD5-24969
Format:5 x CD, Compilation, Box Set, Limited Edition
Country:US
Released:Aug 27, 1996
Genre:Rock
Style:Art Rock, New Wave, Experimental

CD 1.  1975 - 1977    (1:09:29)

                  


01. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo     6:21
Written-By – Thomas, O'Connor, Laughner
02. Heart Of Darkness   4:44
Written-By – Thomas, Laughner, Krauss, Wright, Herman   
03. Final Solution   4:58
Written-By – Bell, Thomas
04. Cloud 149    2:37
05. Untitled    3:32
06. My Dark Ages    4:00
07. Heaven    3:04
08. Nonalignment Pact    3:18
09. The Modern Dance    3:28
10. Laughing    4:35
11. Street Waves    3:04
12. Chinese Radiation    3:27
13. Life Stinks   1:52
Written-By – Laughner
14. Real World    4:00
15. Over My Head    3:49
16. Sentimental Journey    6:06
17. Humor Me    2:43
18. The Book Is On The Table    4:02

Flac Size: 615 MB

CD2.  1978 - 1979    (1:12:06)

             


01. Navvy    2:40
02. On The Surface    2:35
03. Dub Housing    3:40
04. Caligari's Mirror    3:49
05. Thriller!    4:36
06. I, Will Wait    1:46
07. Drinking Wine Spodyody    2:44
08. Ubu Dance Party    4:46
09. Blow Daddy O    3:38
10. Codex    4:54
11. The Fabulous Sequel    3:07
12. 49 Guitars & One Girl    2:51
13. A Small Dark Cloud    5:49
14. Small Was Fast    3:30
15. All The Dogs Are Barking    3:02
16. One Less Worry    3:46
17. Make Hay    4:02
18. Goodbye    5:17
19. Voice Of The Sand    1:27
20. Kingdom Come    3:15

Flac Size: 605 MB

CD3.  1980 - 1982    (1:12:51)

                   

                                               
01. Go    3:35
02. Rhapsody In Pink    3:34
03. Arabia    4:59
04. Young Miles In The Basement    4:20
05. Misery Goats    2:38
06. Loop    3:15
07. Rounder    3:24
08. Birdies    2:27
09. Lost In Art    5:12
10. Horses (Written-By – Thompson)   2:35
11. Crush This Horn    3:00
12. The Long Walk Home    2:35
13. Petrified    2:16
14. Stormy Weather    3:18
15. West Side Story    2:46
16. Thoughts That Go By Steam    3:47
17. Big Ed's Used Farms    2:24
18. A Day Such As This    7:16
19. The Vulgar Boatman Bird    2:49
20. My Hat    1:19
21. Horns Are A Dilemma    4:21

Flac Size: 617 MB

CD4. 390° Of Simulated Stereo, Vol. 2    (1:00:59)

                  


01. Vocal Liner Notes    0:56
02. Theatre 140, 5/5/78    0:07
03. Real World    4:32
04. Laughing    5:19
05. Street Waves    4:30
06. Humor Me    3:08
07. Over My Head    5:00
08. Sentimental Journey    8:49
09. Life Stinks (Written-By – Laughner)   3:13
10. My Dark Ages    5:30
11. C. Teatro Medica, 3/3/81    0:11
12. The Modern Dance    3:40
13. Codex    3:24
14. Ubu Dance Party    3:57
15. Big Ed's Used Farms    3:27
16. Real World    2:46
17. Birdies    2:15


Flac Size: 519 MB

CD5. Terminal Drive    (1:14:20)

                     


01. Foreign Bodies – The Incredible Truth   2:35

Sequenced By, Synthesizer, Saxophone [Saxophones] – Jim Jones
Trumpet, Tape [Riot Tape] – Pat Ryan
Written-By, Producer – Jones, Ryan
02. 15-60-75 – It's In Imagination   4:43
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Terry Hynde
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Satim Magilonex] – Tim Magilone
Bass – Bart Johnson
Drums – David Robinson
Guitar – Michael Stacey
Producer – David Thomas
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Jack Kidney
Vocals, Guitar – Bob Kidney
Written-By – Kidney
03. Syd's Dance Band – Never Again   2:20

Drums – Scott Krauss
Guitar [Guitars] – Pat Morgan
Harp – Doug Morgan
Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer [EML] – Tony Maimone
Written-By – Maimone*
04. Carney & Thomas – Sunset In The Antipodes   2:26

Bass – Mark Price
Drums – Nappy Lemans
Guitar – Michael Aylward
Saxophone [Saxes], Keyboards – Ralph Carney
Vocals – David Thomas
Written-By – Thomas, Carney
05. Home And Garden – (Please) Fix My Horn (My Brakes Don't Work)   3:24

Bass, Synthesizer [Synthesizers] – Tony Maimone
Drums, Organ, Tape [Tapes] – Scott Krauss
Guitar – Pat Morgan
Producer – Home And Garden, Pat Ryan
Written-By – Home And Garden
06. Neptune's Car – Baking Bread   2:13

Bass – Brian Cox
Drums – Scott Krauss
Guitar – John Freskos
Guitar, Vocals – Doug Morgan
Producer – Jim Jones (3), Pat Ryan
Written-By – Morgan, Freskos
07. David Thomas – Atom Mind   2:29

Bass – Paul Hamann
Drums – Scott Krauss
Guitar – Alan Greenblatt
Synthesizer [EML] – Allen Ravenstine
Vocals – David Thomas
Written-By – Thomas
08. Tripod Jimmie – Autumn Leaves   4:17

Bass – Lenny Bove
Drums – Roger Prehoda
Guitar, Vocals – Tom Herman
Written-By – Bove, Herman
09. Friction – Dear Richard   5:56

Bass – Debbie Smythe
Drums – Anton Fier
Guitar – Susan Schmidt
Vocals, Guitar – Peter Laughner
Written-By – Laughner
10. Pressler & Morgan – You're Gonna Watch Me   1:40

Bass – Bob Kravitz
Drums – Leo Ryan
Guitar – Doug Morgan, Pat Morgan
Producer – Doug Morgan
Vocals, Electronics – Charlotte Pressler
Written-By – Pressler, Morgan
11. Rocket From The Tombs – Amphetamine   5:32

Bass – Craig Bell
Drums – Wayne Strick
Guitar – Gene O'Connor
Guitar, Vocals – Peter Laughner
Saxophone [Sax], Organ [Ace Tone] – David Thomas
Written-By – Laughner
12. Mirrors – She Smiled Wild   3:57

Bass – Jim Jones
Drums – Michael Weldon
Guitar – Jim Crook
Vocals, Guitar – Jamie Klimek
Written-By – Jamie Klimek
13. Electric Eels – Jaguar Ride   1:46

Bass – Jim Jones
Drums – Nick Stephanoff
Guitar – Brian McMahon, John Morton
Producer – Paul Marotta
Vocals – Dave E
Written-By – Brian McMahon
14. Tom Herman – Steve Canyon Blues   4:17

Bass, Rhythm Guitar – Tom Herman
Drums – Scott Krauss
Guitar – Rick Kallister
Synthesizer [Moog] – Cindy Black
Written-By – Herman
15. Allen Ravenstine – Home Life   6:47

Bass [Bowed String Bass] – Albert Dennis
Synthesizer [EML], Tape – Allen Ravenstine
Written-By – Ravenstine
16. Rocket From The Tombs – 30 Seconds Over Tokyo   7:00

Bass – Craig Bell
Drums – John Madansky
Guitar – Gene O'Connor, Peter Laughner
Vocals – David Thomas
Written-By – Thomas, O'Connor, Laughner
17. Proto Ubu – Heart Of Darkness   8:47
Bass – Tim Wright
Guitar – Peter Laughner
Synthesizer [EML] – Dave Taylor
Vocals – David Thomas
18. Pere Ubu – Pushin Too Hard   3:54

Bass – Tim Wright
Drums – Scott Krauss
Guitar – Peter Laughner, Tom Herman
Organ [Ace Tone], Synthesizer [EML] – Dave Taylor
Vocals, Harmonica – David Thomas
Written-By – Saxon

Flac Size: 633 MB

NOTES

                 


The box set compiles the original Datapanik In The Year Zero EP,
the first five albums:

                    


01. The Modern Dance 1978  
02.Dub Housing   1978
03.New Picnic Time  1979
04.The Art Of Walking 1980  
05.Song Of The Bailing Man 1982, 

along with a disc of live material (CD4)

                                


And another of related rarities and previously unreleased pre-Ubu material (5-03, 5-09, 5-11, 5-13, 5-15 to 5-17) (CD5).
It omits 'Use Of A Dog' from Song Of The Bailing Man, 'Humor Me', 'Not Happy' and 'Lonesome Cowboy Dave' from Terminal Tower and the vocal version of "Arabia" from The Art Of Walking.

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance on Urban aspirines HERE

Friday, April 25, 2025

Rockin' Bones: On Fire 2001

 

Punk Rock'n'Roll band formed in 1991 in Athens, Greece. Formed at Ampelokipi, a suburban of


Athens , back in 1991. Their first gig took place at an underground bar, in the neighborhood ,under the name of “The other Side”. On 2/7/2001 they were scheduled to perform live at 'Rockwave Festival' (OAKA, Athens) along with 'Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds', 'Charlatans', 'Madrugada' & 'Fall', but after a cataclysmic rain the whole show was cancelled! In early 2008, Fuzz(ex-'Personality Crisis' guitarist) joined the band (R.I.P.).
                       

Bones began their journey in December '91 with their core line-up: Babi Bone - guitar, S. Pyros. D. -

drums, Nick Cage - the bass. A few months after the first rehearsals, the voice of Harry 'Bugs' is incorporated in early '92 and the party begins! A few but explosive live performances and a 7" with three of their tracks ('Psychomama'/ 'Torpedo' / 'Never more') put the group on the map of the Greek independent scene, and Bones discovers fire!
                            

The explosive live shows continue, several demo recordings and a second 7" ('Attitude' / 'Mary Jane'),

establish the new form of the band: Babi Bone - guitar, S. Pyros D. - drums, vocals, Nick Cage - the bass, some vox, Adonis - guitar. Uncontrolled r'n'r situations, a small but very fan for fun core of fans, the appreciation and acceptance from people in the field (musicians - press) justify their decisions, reward their efforts.
(MIC)
                 

Οι Bones ξεκίνησαν την πορεία τους το Δεκέμβριο του '91 με βασικό πυρήνα τους : Babi Bone - guitar,

S. Pyros. D. - drums, Nick Cage - the bass. Λίγους μήνες μετά τις πρώτες πρόβες, ενσωματώνεται στις αρχές του '92 η φωνή του Harry 'Bugs' και το πάρτυ αρχίζει! Λίγα αλλά εκρηκτικά live και ένα 7" με τρία κομμάτια τους ('Psychomama'/ 'Torpedo' / 'Never more') βάζουν το γκρουπ στο χάρτη της ελληνικής ανεξάρτητης σκηνής, και οι Bones ανακαλύπτουν τη φωτιά!
                             

Η αποχώρηση του Harry το '95 από το γκρουπ, αναγκάζει τους Bones να σκεφτούν για πρώτη φορά σοβαρά και να αποφασίσουν ποια θα είναι η συνέχεια. Σ'αυτό το σημείο έχοντας και την υποστήριξη του Άδωνι, ο οποίος ήδη τζαμάρει με το γκρουπ πριν την αποχώρηση του Harry. Αδιαφορώντας πόσο

καιρό θα τους πάρει, μιας και κανείς στο παρελθόν δεν έχει εμπειρία φωνητικών, ανακαλύπτουν ότι το πάθος και το πόσο πιστεύεις σ'αυτά που λες, είναι η δύναμη να προχωρήσεις, και η φωτιά φουντώνει! Τα εκρηκτικά live συνεχίζονται, αρκετές demo ηχογραφήσεις και ένα δεύτερο 7" ('Attitude' / 'Mary Jane'), εδραιώνουν τη νέα μορφή της μπάντας : Babi Bone - guitar, S. Pyros D. - drums, vocals, Nick Cage - the bass, some vox, Άδωνις - guitar.
                            

Ανεξέλεγκτες r'n'r καταστάσεις, ένας μικρός, αλλά πολύ fan for fun πυρήνας οπαδών, η εκτίμηση αλλά

και η αποδοχή από άτομα του χώρου (μουσικοί - τύπος) δικαιώνουν τις αποφάσεις τους, επιβραβεύουν τις προσπάθειές τους και γίνονται οι κύριοι λόγοι που κρατάνε τους Bones στο παιχνίδι, και η φωτιά δυναμώνει!
(MIC)
                            

Rockin' Bones – On Fire
Label: Vinylust Records – none
Format: CD, Album
Country: Greece
Released: 2001
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk

TRAXS

                   


01.  Son Of Reptile    4:39
02.  On Fire    3:50
03.  La-La-La    2:48
04.  Go-Go Baby    2:24
05.  Can't Find A Way    3:30
06.  Lovedrug    2:47
07.  Dope Sick Boy    1:50
08.  I Love The DJ    5:34
09.  Something's Goin' Wrong    2:57
10.  She's Hot    2:36
11.  Toxic Babies In A Rock 'N' Roll Land    3:46
12.  Sherlock Bones 'N' Doctor Watch It !    3:50
13.  Ace Of Spades (Written-By – Mötörhead)   7:18

LINE - UP


Bass, Vocals [Some Vox] – Nick Cage
Drums, Percussion, Vocals [Vox] – S. Pyros
Guitar [All Guitars], Vocals [Vox] – Babi Bone
Harry Gkekestathis - Lead Vocals formed The Dead Sidewalkers
 

 

Rockin' Bones "Psycho Mama" on Urban Aspirines HERE

 
Rockin' Bones "Mary Jane" on Urban Aspirines HERE

I bought this CD in a music bazaar many years ago and it was schratched, so my EAC Program denies to conveert it in Flac and the Mp3  (Track No 9 at 2:20') has a little problem.

MP3 Size: 197 MB

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The Third Mind: The Third Mind 2020 + The Third Mind 2 2023

 

As a musician who has passionately advocated for American roots music since the Blasters released their first album in 1980, Dave Alvin is widely regarded as a traditionalist, which is not as accurate as it would seem at first glance. Alvin grew up on free jazz, psychedelia, and hard rock along with the


blues, rockabilly, country, and jump jazz sounds
that inform his best-known work, and his project the Third Mind is a step outside his usual boundaries that lets him explore ideas he hasn't approached in the past. Alvin was inspired by reading a book on Miles Davis that outlined his methods for composing and recording several of his major fusion albums of the '70s: Miles would call out a key, set a tempo, and he and his band would improvise at length.
                                

Dave Alvin, a respected member of the roots rock and Americana community, shows off a different side of his creative imagination with the Third Mind, a studio-based project whose music is a spontaneous

mix of rock, blues, psychedelia, jazz, and improvisation. The project made its debut with 2020's The Third Mind, an album that came from Alvin's desire to experiment with unusual methods of performing and recording music, creating a set that was challenging, exciting, and languid all at once. Lightning struck twice when the group returned to the studio to cut another improv session released on 2023's The Third Mind 2, and inspired moments from three concert performances were compiled on 2025's Live Mind.
                      

Eager to try something similar, Alvin brought together a group of musicians he thought would be right for an improvisational project. Along with Alvin on guitar and vocals, the sessions included David

Immerglück (Counting Crows, Cracker, Monks of Doom) on guitar and keyboards, Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker) on bass, Michael Jerome (John Cale, Richard Thompson, Better than Ezra) on drums, and Jesse Sykes on guitar and vocals,
with guest appearances from D.J. Bonebrake of X on vibraphone and Jack Rudy, whose credits range from Johnny Rivers to Margaret Cho, on harmonica.
                     

Without rehearsal, the musicians recorded covers of songs by Alice Coltrane, Fred Neil, Tim

Rose, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and the 13th Floor Elevators,
as well as one original created by the group, with improvisational interplay embraced throughout. In February 2020, their first album, The Third Mind, was released by Yep Roc Records, and the following April, the group took their experiment out of the studio and onto the stage with a West Coast concert tour.
                  

The musicians repeated the experiment on 2023's The Third Mind 2, another improvisational session that featured the group covering classic tunes by the Electric Flag, Fred Neil, the Paul

Butterfield Blues Band, and the Jaynetts, as well as creating one new composition, "Tall Grass."
The Third Mind once again hit the road for a brief concert tour in February and March 2024. For these dates, guitarist Mark Karan sat in for David Immerglück, and Willie Aron joined in on keyboards. Performances in Los Angeles, California, Ventura, California, and Dallas, Texas were recorded, and highlights from these shows were collected on Live Mind, released in February 2025.
                         

THE THIRD MIND - THE THIRD MIND 2020

                       


If anyone was expecting that this would be the album where Alvin would remake himself into an avant-

garde noise artist, they get shut down pretty quickly; however, while it's not hard to recognize the rudiments of his guitar style in these jams, he does take the opportunity to stretch out and explore the space around him in a way that's fresh and challenging.
                     

The Third Mind – The Third Mind
Label: Yep Roc Records – YEP-2710
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                


01. Journey In Satchindananda   5:57

Written-By – Alice Coltrane
02. The Dolphins   5:16
Written-By – Fred Neil
03. Claudia Cardinale   2:54
Written-By – Dave Alvin, David Immerglück, Michael Jerome, Victor Krummenacher
04. Morning Dew   9:18
Written-By – Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose
05. East West   16:29
Written-By – Mark H Naftalin, Nicholas George Gravenites
06. Reverberation   3:53
Written-By – Roger Kynard Erickson, Stacy Sutherland, James Thomas Hall

LINE - UP

                 


Bass Guitar, Vocals – Victor Krummenacher
Drums, Percussion – Michael Jerome
Featuring, Guitar, Lead Vocals – Jesse Sykes
Guest, Harmonica – Jack Rudy
Guest, Vibraphone – D.J. Bonebrake
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – David Immerglück
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Dave Alvin

MORNING DEW LYRICS

     


Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today

I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry today
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning
You didn't hear no baby cry today, yeah

Where have all the people gone my honey
Where have all the people gone today
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
                             



I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I thought I heard a young man morn today
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today

Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I guess it doesn't really matter anyway
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
I guess it doesn't matter anyway


Flac Size: 251 MB

THE THIRD MIND - THE THIRD MIND 2 2023

                 


There aren't a lot of things Dave Alvin hasn't done in a musical career that's spanned six decades, but he

was able to scratch one item off his list in 2020 with the first album from his group the Third Mind. For the first time, Alvin, one of America's great songwriters, threw caution to the wind and assembled an improvisational ensemble who strolled into a studio and performed a set of songs with no prior rehearsal.
                    

While the five covers all date back to the '60s, drawn from the songbooks of the likes of the Electric Flag, Fred Neil, and Gene Clark, the interpretations suggest a kind of spiritual psychedelia that trades

Day-Glo cliches for a new kind of electric music for the mind and body. On their first album, the Third Mind sounded like that modern rarity, a jam band with no audible hippie affectations; The Third Mind 2 shows they're digging even deeper into a rich, flavorful groove of their own. Not many people can get away with not rehearsing, but this album proves there are musicians good enough to get away without it, and even make it exciting.

                                  


The Third Mind – The Third Mind/2
Label: Yep Roc Records – YEP-3076
Format: CD, Album
Country: Worldwide
Released: 2023
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                           


01. Groovin' Is Easy    8:07
Written-By – Ron Polte
02. Why Not Your Baby    5:29
Written-By – Gene Clark
03. In My Own Dream    8:23
Written-By – Paul Butterfield
04. Tall Grass    8:47
Written-By – Dave Alvin
05. Sally Go Round The Roses    10:51
Written-By – Abner Spector
06. A Little Bit Of Rain    5:09
Written-By – Fred Neil

LINE - UP

                   


Bass Guitar – Victor Krummenacher
Drums, Percussion – Michael Jerome
Electric Guitar – Dave Alvin, David Immerglück
Harmonium, Mellotron – David Immerglück (tracks: 4)
Piano, Organ [Hammond B3 Organ], Mellotron – Willie Aron
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Jesse Sykes

Flac Size: 288 MB