Ashby’s Podcast
Lonely Are The Brave by NEC, Blame by Montana Screams, Get Back by The Beatles (Performed by AS3) and Tricycle by Ashby Stokes
Neverlong
Friday, August 10, 2007
I wrote this song shortly after reading Stephen King’s, “On Writing”. A great book for anyone who is involved in any creative field, The lyrical style of the song was very much influenced by a passage in the book where King describes getting to the point and not coloring what you are trying to say
“Lonely Are The Brave”
Monday, February 19, 2007
This song was a crowd favorite when NEC played live, especially at “The Bitter End “ on Bleeker St. in the the Village. “Lonely Are The Brave”, along with “Never A Good Goodbye” were originally mixed by heavy weight engineer Frank Fillipetti but the “Lonely Are The Brave “ mix was accidentally
Blame: Montana Screams
“Blame”, from the CD, “Mean World Syndrome” was by far my favorite track on the record. I was big into “Kings X” while writing the music for this song and it you can hear it on other tracks from the CD as well. The lyrical inspiration for this song came from what I call, “Dumb White Guy
The Trio at Sportsbreak
Friday, February 9, 2007
The Ashby Stokes Trio is:
Ashby Stokes: Guitar and Vocals
Robby Cox: Drums
Ronnie Goldman: Bass and Vocals
Special frequent guest from around town include: Kevin Cox, Richard Crocker, Taylor Stokes, Gratin Smith, Kellar Lawrence, Shawn McElrath, Jake Bartley, Hack Bartley, Megan Anderson, Brad
“Tricycle” American Guitarist
From The Album: American Guitarist
This song was written in the early 90’s when I was really into the Cycle of Fifths. All the changes in this song are cycle based and I even went to the trouble of making the song exactly three minutes long hence the title. Pat Nelson laid down a great fretless bass track and Rob Taylor is
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