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The Lonely Fisherman
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I wrote this song in 1974 after overhearing a fisherman at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida tell a group of teenagers that he was going to be on a TV show.
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I am a solo singer/songwriter. My music is mostly soft although my songs could easily be performed in mostly any style.
For me, it's all about the song. That mysteriously magical thing that happens when a lyric is married to a melody. The writing process is invigorating and exciting while simultaneously being exasperating and difficult. It is that moment when music is being composed and a lyric is being written when I am truly the "artist at his easel." The creative process continues when the song is brought into the studio to be recorded because, as in writing, the production and arrangement processes also have their own sets of challenges. Those challenges are always dictated by the song itself and the task at hand at that moment is to be true to the song and carefully craft a recording that reflects what the song is about. Part three, for me, is to then take that song and perform it. It is the purest form of displaying this work of art called a song and is the only place where the magic of the creation is reflected back to me from a room full of interested listeners. And at that moment it is only as magical as the audience makes me believe it is. My CDs are all available on CDBaby.com.
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Pop Indie Pop
Author
Larry Whitler
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1974 and 2007 Larry Whitler
Uploaded
August 04, 2007
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MP3 4.6 MB 256 kbps 5:02
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He spends his time casting lines in the river He cooks his breakfast in an open can Nobody ever goes there with him He says he's only a lonely fisherman He lost his wife in a storm in the winter He has her name tatooed upon his hand "Don't worry," he says, "I'm there with her" He says, "I feel it. And I know I am." "And did you hear that I'm goin' on this T.V. show? To tell the folks the way that I fish--- I tried to tell them there's no mystery, But they said, 'Certainly,' And I'm on at six." He gets around in a sixty four Chevy Sometimes he drives it to the sea "Salt water is the breath of sailors And the seagull dies gracefully." "And did you hear that I'm goin' on this T.V. show? To tell the folks the way that I fish--- I tried to tell them there's no mystery, But they said, 'Certainly,' And I'm on at six." He spends his time casting flies in the river So skilled is he it seems it's at his command Old buddies, it is time to be with him, Ladies and Gentlemen--- The Lonely Fisherman!---
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