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Played piano by ear age 5. Ran car battery dead listening to the Beatles. Taught herself guitar age 9. AM radio was her closest companion. Played trumpet age 10. Spun records endlessly. Hopeful. Obsessed with Rachmaninoff. Taught herself drums age 15. Infatuated with Gershwin. Inspired. Wrote 1st song age 16. Won piano scholarship age 17. Attended music school. Intrigued with all instruments. Sought to master as many as possible. Audition placed her under Prince's purple canopy. Did the Minneapolis funk/r&b thing. Returned to music school. Resolute. Wrote music day and night. Sang jazz in award winning vocal group. Choir received top national honors in Chicago. Featured in Down Beat Magazine. 1 of 2 awarded highest honors for outstanding vocal performance at Greeley Jazzfest. Earned Bachelor of Music degree. Happy. Wrote/recorded old school pop with original band. Played in popular alt-country band. Sustained vocal injury. Ended hopes of music career. Devastated. Doc said, "When given a lemon make lemonade." Continued writing/recording in spite of challenges. Fire destroyed studio. Defeated. Walked away from music for a season. Cathartically composed originals for her ears only. Accumulated hundreds of songs in backlog. Rebuilt studio. Determined. Resurrected songs from ashes. Now has catalog 25 years deep. Received requests to release music. Dream reawakens. Struggles with vocals & hearing issues but defiantly refuses to quit. Tracks mostly solo with occasional studio favors. Records slowly but tenaciously. Thankful. Her once agile voice is replaced with fragile, world weary one. Upon completion, collection will be appropriately titled, LEMONADE. Many more to come. Musical influences include the Beatles, Kinks, Byrds, Left Banke, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Elton John, Badfinger & Brian Wilson.
She can hear the sound of celebration
She had an invitation
It breaks her heart to stay at home
You could say she was a little careless
There's wrinkles in her new dress
Waiting for her date to show
CHORUS
She's such a foolish girl
You know the moment took her by surprise
She's such a foolish girl
You know she had to go and close her eyes
She had to close her eyes
Now it's late they're blowing out the street lights
And it is such a dark night
The dealers all begin to close
She tried to put it off until tomorrow (now there's nothing)
There's nothing left to borrow
And her lamp is burning low
CHORUS
*Slide Solo*
CHORUS
-Bridge
Sister, sister rise and shine
Trim your lantern I'll trim mine
Sleeping while your fire died
Don't you know you'll be left behind?
Sister, sister there's no time
You missed your turn you're last in line
How could you have been so blind
Tell me what was on your mind?
CHORUS
credits
released August 29, 2018
Songwriting: Phyllis Johnson (music)/Stefan Johnson (lyrics)
Phyllis Johnson: vox, keys, bass, drums
Stefan Johnson: slide & electric guitars
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