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acoustic guitar rock by singer and songwriter ben bruce

honest songs, honestly sung
This hand-drawn image is inspired by Letter to a Young Poet, written by William Carlos Williams, in which he describes how all our efforts as writers and as men must be to release the enchained dragon within us.

Songs

Demos

These songs are the on the short-list for my next album. These have all been recorded at home using Garageband on an iMac with no plugins. I use a Shure microphone my parents bought for me and an M-Audio interface.

Tracklisting:
         
         
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/in-another-universe
         
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/bwa-oh
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/so-predictable
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/mama
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/the-way-is-wide
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/water-always-makes-waves
         
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/will-it-so
         
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/tide-came-in
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/simple-song
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/torn-wings
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/vow
         
         

Sylvanus

This is my first album, recorded at Solidman Studios in New York City and released in 2004. Sylvanus is a very ancient deity who represents the wild nature in all of us, the animal and the lover, the musician, the dancer, and, when pressed, a protector of the Earth.

Tracklisting:
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/storm-god
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/shaggy-dog
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/sexy-way
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/moment
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/rise
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/jubilee
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/green-bandanna
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/gnossos
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/cowboy-lover
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/self-medicate
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/homesick
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/bad-dream

Miscellaneous Songs

These are complete songs that I have written (including guitar music) that for whatever reason are not on the short list for my next album. That’s not to say some of them won’t make the next one. I play many of them live, though, and try to break out ones I haven’t played in a while every once in a while to see if they will break into rotation.

Tracklisting:
         
         
         
         
         
         
http://www.benbruce.com/songs/the-day-after-the-boy-that-died
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

Covers

Here is a sampling of covers that I have played live at such clubs as CBGB’s [RIP], the Continental Club, Acme Underground, Arlene’s Grocery, Chandler’s, Nana’s and the Jet:

  • Melissa (Allman Brothers)
  • Seven Bridges Road (Eagles)
  • Creep (Radiohead)
  • Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead)
  • Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)
  • Trouble (Cat Stevens)
  • Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)
  • Tangerine (Led Zeppelin)
  • Five to One (The Doors)
  • People Are Strange (The Doors)
  • Lawyers, Guns, and Money (Warren Zevon)
  • Bananas and Blow (Ween)
  • Three Little Birds (Marley)
  • Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Fearless (Pink Floyd)
  • Pigs on the Wing (Pink Floyd)
  • Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
  • Style (Waxen Wane)
  • And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison)
  • House of the Rising Sun (traditional)
  • For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
  • Don’t Follow (Alice in Chains)
  • One Armed Steve (Widespread Panic)
  • Driving Song (Widespread Panic)
  • Blue Indian (Widespread Panic) — Listen
  • All Time Low (Widespread Panic)
  • Bird In a House (Railroad Earth)