And a great sign appeared in the heavens: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. revelations. xii, i	a shaker's gift: revelations   1. My Robe is New 2. Voice of Peace 3. Holy Order no. 7 4. My Heavenly Home 5. Lovely Love 6. Love is Little 7. Holy Order no. 10 all gifts: the United Society of Believers all arrangements: vin mitchell, guitar
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If I Wept If I wept with the child’s lament; like droplets of moisture seeping through a stone wall.   If I wept with this gift of tears; like spring rain falling through an open window.   If I wept, running my fingers over their hearts; like scintillating blue waves gently washing over warm stones, round as the midnight moon, at ocean’s edge.   Would you be there to save the falling tears in vials of healing water. And with this balm, bless their souls	If I Wept   losing faith;  morning;  la noche oscura;    gift of tears;  the wait;  el septimo escape;     padre pio;  friend on the bridge;    healing waters       all compositions, all instruments by vin mitchell
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the lines were uneven, not through any message from the gods of fate. It was just that the sun shone through from the seam between the stones to the lower levels of the unlit dungeon.   and as I looked down, the rays rested ragged on the floor at my feet.   Thomas Merton, John Steinbeck, Sebastiano Perlino, Wes Montgomery, Padre Pio, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, and Helen Keller were all "called back" in 1968. Jeff Crock took me to a psychedelic light show where two musicians played and introduced me to ragtime.	Ragged   classical ragtime piano compositions for two guitars   Ragged I   1.  Elite Syncopations / 5:06 2.  "Swipsey" cake walk. / 4:54 3.  St. Louis Tickle / 5:21 4.  "Solace" / 6:24 5.  Weeping Willow. / 5:40 6.  the Entertainer / 5:12 7.  "Stoptime" Rag. / 4:03 8.  Maple Leaf Rag / 4:53 9.  Original Rags / 6:09   Ragged II   1.  Sun Flower Slow Drag / 6:06 2.  The Rose-bud March. / 4:18 3.  "The Easy Winners" / 5:45 4.   Eugenia. / 6:33 5.  Rag-time Dance / 5:21 6.  the Strenuous Life / 5:26 7.  "Pleasant Moments" / 4:57 8.  Leola / 5:21 9.  "Pine Apple Rag" / 5:36   (all compositions by Scott Joplin except; St. Louis Tickle by Barney & Seymore, "Swipsey" cake walk. by Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall, Original Rags picked by Scott Joplin & arranged by Chas. N. Daniels "Sun Flower Slow Drag" by Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden) (guitar realization by Vin Mitchell)
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	The Wee People      When Daylight Shines Timour the Tartar The Greenwood Tree The Ten Penny Bit Staten Island My Lodging's on the Cold Ground Smash the Windows Manchester Hornpipe Drink Your Tea, Love Hexman Races Harvest Home Cupid's Waltz Haste to the Wedding Flowers of Edinburgh Come O'er the Stream, Charlie Barbary Bell Circassian Circle Bonnie Tyneside   christine mitchell, piano, keyboard vin mitchell, stringed instruments, hand drum
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ordination maddening, it was, the blaze blest blue. perhaps the contradiction: precise and arbitrary; to be one the spiral the ring the loop the beat of a body. crawling, yet waiting; for the refuge, for the advent. and always, there is the reach in space, (not the schism of a cloud, nor the wrent in our soul) for our guitar. it is imminent, it is our fate, it is the mills of the gods. and we laugh, "maddening!"	Pounce    the pounce;  song for a snow owl;  canta loupe;  forehead kid;  pumpernickel pie;  steppin'out;  quincy, quincy, quincy     vin mitchell, guitar/harmonica;  curt shumate, guitar; jon finn, guitar;  g. andrew maness, guitar; craig hlady, guitar;  cliff maddix, guitar; mike stanzilis, bass guitar;  steve wilkes, drums   all compositions by vin mitchell, except 'steppin' out' by craig hlady(score and parts available for all except 'steppin' out')
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"Vin Mitchell Band – the band that does everything, from straight ahead blowing to high energy fusion, to exciting Latino.  Vocalist Kris Adams shows great promise as an up and coming song stylist."   Ron Della Chiesa WGBH Radio/Boston	Out of the Blue     out of the blue; in the heat (of the midnight sky);  dawn watch;  little hands;  hold on tight;  the crawl;  take one chance;  thru the looking glass;  silent spring;  the reason   vin mitchell, guitars;  kris adams, vocals; matthew brown, electric basses; alan hall, drums and percussion;  jeff williams, acoustic piano and synthesizers guest artists:  david mann, alto, soprano and flute; ray frisby, congas;  pat stout, trumpet and flugelhorn     all compositions by vin mitchell, except 'take one chance' by alan hall, and 'thru the looking glass' by david mann
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	Little Rain     with stars in your eyes;  pop;  louisiana arabesque; dancing on the sun;  the calling;  fat tuesday; the wait;  winter will;  little rain;  another song     vin mitchell, guitars;  kris adams, vocals;  matthew brown, electric basses; ginny fordham, vocal (the calling); alan miguel hall, drums, timbales, percussion; bruce nifong, alto and soprano sax, flute, bass clarinet, EWI; jeff williams, acoustic piano, synthesizers, trumpet (lousiana arabesque);   guest artists:  mark snyder, drum programming, bass (fat tuesday); mike metheny, flugelhorn, EVI   all compositions by vin mitchell, except 'another song' by alan hall, 'fat tuesday' by mark snyder, 'louisiana arabesque' by matthew brown,  'dancing on the sun' and 'the wait' lyrics by kris adams,  'the calling' lyrics by kris adams and alan hall
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	Blues in the Night   1.  Empty Hand, Empty Heart 2.  Beep Beep 3.  Tried and True 4.  Blues on a Hot Night 5.  Cold Water Running 6.  Love Me Like a Hurricane 7.  Bombs in the Night 8.  Cry, Cry, Cry, Cry 9.  Christmas Bay   All compositions by Vin Mitchell, BMI   These recordings were made in the late 80's, early 90's, at the Lawrence Academy Basement Studio; engineered by students under the direction of their instructor and my friend, Peter Hazzard.   Some of the musicians were; Ginny Fordham, Jeff Williams, Matt Brown, Alan Hall, Bruce Nifong,  Pat Loomis, Steve Adams, Mark Snyder, Larry Finn, and others, whose names, I am sorry to say, I have since forgotten.  It's a bit raw, as my leadership, writing, and playing may have been, yet there is an energy here.
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	Christmas Shadows   Christmas Shadows I, Holy Mary and Joseph,  the Journey,  Good King Wenceslas, Christmas Shadows II,  Away in a Manger,  O, Come, All Ye Faithful,  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,  Christmas Shadows III,  Go Tell it on the Mountain, O Holy Night   vin mitchell,  all instruments, arrangements, compositions (christmas shadows I, II, III)   christine mitchell,  all keyboards on 'good king wenceslas', 'god rest ye merry gentlemen'