Inner Gypsy

I keep hoping these guys are going to be able to create a European Citizenship. Which will include my EU passport.

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If you know me, you know that I'm not that big on Christmas. But this new house seems to be the perfect backdrop for a tree and some decorations. And Tiffany, my beloved one, has gone ahead and set them up for us.

Oh... if only Christmas was actually like the Hollywood movie versions of it, or the Charles Dickens versions. Although Our Charlie got some of it right with the starving poor and the workhouses of Victorian England. And if only it wasn't considered a time of peace and joy, without acknowledging that what we need is peace and joy all year long.

And of course it isn't actually that, but even if it were – wouldn't that somehow make it even worse that for the rest of the year we murder and pillage each other, and make up crazy moralistic excuses as to why that's okay.

Yet still... some of the magic of it remains with me from childhood. Much of which got lost... erased by family fights and recriminations that always seem to come to the surface just when everyone is "making merry." But there lingers yet a hopefulness and an excitement that Santa will visit, in spirit if not in person, that the world will change and become a better place, and that happiness and satisfaction will prevail come the new year.

So we drown ourselves within that fantasy for a minute, knowing, as all adults do, that it is simply make believe. And perhaps it is true that much will not change by itself. But I like to hold on to the notion that if I work at it, I can personally change just a few of the injustices of this life.

So I urge you all to take life into your own hands. Think good thoughts about others. Don't be stepping on them to raise yourself up. They are not as different to you as you think. We are all in this together. That is the best message I can give you, and if you can bring this through the season into every day of the next year, then we will have achieved something together.
Love and blessing to all.

For those of you who want some Inner Gypsy Christmas music, here a link to our Soundcloud page. If you prefer to get your own mp3, just contact me privately on messenger with your e-mail address, and I will send you 3 songs as a Christmas present.

Holiday music Inner Gypsy is an acoustic-electric bluesy world beat prog-pop band that creates soulful atmospheres with their exciting and beautiful music. IG cultivates a musical experience where fans have fun whi

Great song, great message.

Black Uhuru ~ Solidarity (Official Reggae Video) Solidarity is from the 1984 Black Uhuru album Anthem, and was also released on the 45 RPM 12" single What Is Life, together with the track Party Next Door.Ru...

Here's a cover Mario recorded in the late '90s
https://soundcloud.com/innergypsy/besame-mucho?si=46bce7fd92b040cc9b3d3b9cada94d4d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mario Vickram Sen, © 1992

We are the children of the timeless forest,
A link in the precious chain, our color is green.
Exhale for your breathing, protecting your soil,
We live a life longer than any other creature has seen.

You can’t bring us back, once you have cut us down.
You can’t bring us back, once we’re no longer around.
Our future is in your hands, so please remember that
You cannot bring us back.

We are the roots of a dying civilization.
The Earth must continue, should we cease or should we thrive.
She is far wiser than to let you hold her hostage.
Your loss will not even bring a tear of sadness to her eyes.

You can’t bring us back, once you have cut us down.
You can’t bring us back, once we’re no longer around.
Our future is in your hands, so please remember that
You cannot bring us back.

We are somehow connected, you animals and we plants,
Inseparably united by the carbon floating through the air.
If either one of us dies, we shall all die together.
My innocence will not even save me from this feeling of despair.

You can’t bring us back, once you have cut us down.
You can’t bring us back, once we’re no longer around.
Our future is in your hands, so please remember that
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Trees If we were the trees, and another species was obliterating us from the face of the planet, then maybe we would sing this song.

This is what made me love world music when I was a little child.
https://youtu.be/DYYkJ0kwNss

Banana Boat (Day-O) Provided to YouTube by RCA Records LabelBanana Boat (Day-O) · Harry BelafonteCalypso℗ Originally released 1956. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a divisio...

https://youtu.be/xpj-gbMNrxM

“Self Fulfilling Tragedy” by INNER GYPSY Inner Gypsy's newest release, "Self Fulfilling Tragedy," shares the sad, star-crossed story of love lost. If you like this song and are an INNER GYPSY fan, p...

https://youtu.be/7xMUYdLWL-o

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Here's some funky blues from my "Human Condition" guitar buddy, Chris Carter.
Hope you enjoy it.

Gimme Somethin' to Eat Chris Carter Band at the Turning Point in Piermont, NY. Chris Carter, guitar/vocal; Kenny Soule, drums; George Laks, keyboards; Jason Langley, bass.

Wayne Shorter was born in Newark, New Jersey, He played sax with everyone from Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Maynard Ferguson, to Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius, and Airto Moreira. He died today at the age of 89. Check him out. Your jazz education is not complete without a thorough listening of his work.

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credit Scott Hilburn

Almost forgot to post our annual Groundhog Day song — enjoy...
https://youtu.be/bQ56GyyPMBI

"I Got You Babe" by INNER GYPSY Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott. Groundhog Day, in ...

It’s a slow descent down the road to hell,
I have traveled it before and I know it well.
When I saw it approach I made this promise to myself,
I said - You must not go that way again

But I was drawn like a magnet ... or a hammer to a nail,
By the weight of my history and all that entails.
I could see it quite clearly as it pulled me in,
And I thought — Oh ... here I go again

Chorus:
And I asked myself — What did I do to end up in this place?
They say there’s no such thing as failure, no such thing as disgrace,
All decisions made in anger, and the bridges we will burn,
Are just another opportunity to learn

I wondered what could be waiting for me through this door.
What could I have learned that I did not know before?
Must there always be such sorrow when you first start to grieve?
Must I go that way again?

Chorus

Could the answer be so simple - that you make what you choose?
That you choose how you sound by the voice that you use?
There must be some way out, and I would like to believe
That I will not go that way again.

Chorus
© Mario Vickram Sen, 26 Oct 2000

Opportunities To Learn It is said that every mistake is an opportunity to learn. But even if you understand this concept, it doesn't mean that sadness will disappear from your life. The pain you feel may be the crucial expe

Recorded in 2006 by the late great Dana Andrews for his BCAT show "Smoothie". Featuring your ever lovin' Mo & Tiff and Santo Mollica on percussion.
https://youtu.be/BB6-8xdmYVU

"Mariah" by INNER GYPSY This was recorded on May 13 2006, live on the set of the show "Smoothie" at BCAT studios in Brooklyn NY. The show produced by Dana Andrews. It was an early v...

Jackson Browne - The Barricades of Heaven (performance) Jackson Browne performs “The Barricades of Heaven”From the album, “Looking East” http://hyperurl.co/u9fky1 Recorded for the 2020 Dream Concert to support the...

Here's some old style to rock your day.

54-46 Was My Number Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group54-46 Was My Number · T***s & The MaytalsIn The Dark℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.Rele...

R.I.P. Pharoah Sanders. One of the greats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/arts/music/pharoah-sanders-dead.html

Pharoah Sanders, Whose Saxophone Was a Force of Nature, Dies at 81 He first gained wide recognition for his work with John Coltrane. He went on to a fertile, prolific career, releasing dozens of albums as a leader.

This is for all the musicians out there.

'sigh'...

Inspired by the art in our current hometown

Very short video about the steel pan. Some of Inner Gypsy's favorite music comes from the Carribbean.

Celebrating Steelpan

If you remember Taj's original sixties version with the famous slide guitar intro, then this version will seem quite different.

Taj Mahal Ry Cooder Statesboro Blues Nashville Tennessee September, 2014 - Ry Cooder (Lead Guitar), Buddy Miller (Guitar), Don Was (Bass), Joachim Cooder(Drums),Tim Lauer(Piano), Taj Mahal (Gue...

From 2006
https://youtu.be/BB6-8xdmYVU

"Mariah" by INNER GYPSY This was recorded on May 13 2006, live on the set of the show "Smoothie" at BCAT studios in Brooklyn NY. The show produced by Dana Andrews. It was an early v...

Just for fun, Mario's entry into the 2013 Guitar Center competition. Playing a song by Joe Bonamassa.
https://youtu.be/TG1Obl51T4g

Joe Bonamassa's "Story of a Quarry Man" by INNER GYPSY This is my entry into the Guitar Center Blues Masters competition, featuring Joe Bonamassa's music.After seeing this, Joe Bonamassa picked me (and nine other...

One classic great, doing the music of previous classic greats. Hank Marvin, take a bow. And even better... they're both still alive.
https://youtu.be/wlyunWX6Y9s

The Guitar Gods - Jeff Beck: "Apache" / "Sleepwalk"

Unfortunately, another one of our great heroes has passed. Alan White, the drummer with YES, has died at the age of 72. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer, Bill Bruford. Following the death of bassist Chris Squire in 2015, White became the longest-remaining member in the band.

In 1969 White had joined John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, after Lennon invited him to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, followed by a show at the Lyceum Ballroom. He notably played drums on the singles "Instant Karma!" and "Imagine", as well as on eight tracks on Lennon's Imagine album.

In addition to his work with Yes and John Lennon, White performed on over 50 albums by other performers, notably George Harrison, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Terry Reid, Joe Cocker and The Ventures.

White was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Yes, in 2017.

All you bass players out there should check this guy out —
https://youtu.be/IXnse1iniNk

Just thought we'd throw this one up, with a couple of our influences. Forget about the damned Oscars and listen to some good music, why don'tcha —
https://youtu.be/k9Brw_0gncU

Jeff Beck w. Sting - People Get Ready - Madison Square Garden, NYC - 2009/10/29&30 25th ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERTJeff Beck w. Sting - People Get Ready - Madison Square Garden, NYC - 2009/10/29&30

Here's some fun funk coming out of Tokyo —
https://youtu.be/3K8dNctci1Y

Funk No.1 - TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI keyboard vocal Emi Kanazashisax Harumo Imai drums MiMibass Juna SeritaTOKYO GROOVE JYOSHIhttps://tokyogroovejyoshi.comJuna Serita album : https://linkco.re/...