Lucy Album:

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John Lennon’s “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was the first Beatles song to consume my attention, to draw me completely into another world. As a young child I listened to it over and over, imagining this strange land and its sparkling inhabitants. I was drawn to Lennon’s psychedelic nasal tenor voice – the way it seemed to float above the swirling music. Later in life I noticed the instrumentation, especially Paul McCartney’s stepping bass. Elton John’s cover version helped open my eyes to the song’s possibilities – what could be done with it. But it was only after I began playing it myself that I realized how one cover version could never be enough.

And then I had an epiphany. What if John Lennon’s Lucy was the same as William Wordsworth’s Lucy? Wordsworth’s “Lucy Cycle” endures as some of the Romantic Era’s most fascinating poetry. Is Lucy a child? A woman? A sister? A friend? A lover? In my versions I think mostly of a lover, but I also see Lucy as symbolic. She represents that perfect balance of energy and joy, spirit and substance, mystery and meaning, the omphalos, the kalon, that seems just within our grasp in our most intense moments of wonder and surprise.


You can download and keep your favorite tracks individually, but here is the LUCY ALBUM intended order:

1. Lucy's Arrival (1:45). Instrumental.
Lucy's Arrival
2. Lucy Pressure (4:44). My version of "Pressure's On" by James (1994).
Lucy Pressure
3. Lovely Lucy (3:22). With brief vocals from 2-year-old Matthew.
Lovely Lucy
4. Lucy's in the Sky (3:01). Fairly close to the original 1967 song.
Lucy's in the Sky
5. Lucy Hesitates (2:20). Instrumental interlude.
Lucy Hesitates
6. Lucy Slumbers (4:13). Lyrics inspired by Wordsworth.
Lucy Slumbers
7. Lucy's Got the Diamonds (2:43). Did she steal them? Or steal them back?
Lucy's Got the Diamonds
8. Take Me to Lucy (3:45). Lyrics inspired by Wordsworth again.
Take Me To Lucy
9. Electric Lucy (3:15). Bassline inspired by "Spirit of Radio" by Rush (1980).
Electric Lucy
10. Lucy Worries (1:20). Instrumental interlude.
Lucy Worries
11. She Said Her Name Was Lucy (4:00). And I believe her.
She Said Her Name Was Lucy
12. Lucy's Departure (2:34). Instrumental conclusion inspired by "Farewell to Stromness" by Peter Maxwell Davies (1980).
Lucy's Departure


Total album length is about 38 minutes.

Please note that, with the exception of tracks 2 and 4 (which are beyond my authority because they are obviously close to their copyrighted originals), this album is released under a Creative Commons License. This means that you can download, copy, share, or perform this music as long as you credit me for the work, as long as you leave the work unaltered, and as long as you use the work for strictly non-commercial purposes.

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1. Letting me know what you enjoyed most.
2. Telling others about this music.
3. Checking out my other projects, including "Claws and Saucers" (see link below).
4. Enjoying it again! Thank you.



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