Bleich Songs Written and Performed by Artist

Christmas Songs

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“Red White and Blue Christmas" Dedicated to our soldiers fighting in foreign lands, and their families at home praying for their safe return. This is a significant Christmas Family Love song for the Men and Women of our Armed Forces. This song was meant to be sung by a lady but try as I may I can’t seem to find a Lady with a good voice who has the courage and dedication and respect for our Fighting Men and Women to sing it as a love song to the men and women overseas .It would even be better as a duet. The chorus could be by a family, because that is what this song is about. The way the world is we may have more Christmases ahead where this song could be relevant!

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"Snow Was Made by an Angel" This is one of my favorite song I have written“ and enjoy sharing with Children. It is a way of combining The message of Christmas as a reason for Snowflakes being created the first time. Children enjoy it.. A charming song sharing the true meaning of Christmas and how a little angel played a role in the snow that fell to earth on Christmas Day.

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"Fiddler's Prayer" was written in Dec. 2001 when my wife Kathy left home just before Christmas. I wrote the song and recorded it the same evening. The song flowed out effortlessly with my tears at the time A few years earlier Kathy lost Jean, her mother to cancer, Kathy had good reason to be depressed. In retrospect I am very sorry for not giving Kathy the support she needed. at the time of her loss. This weighed upon her and created personal problems that she has since resolved.. . Kathy asked me for a divorce, Dec. 2002. I told her I’m not giving you one. I still love you. She said at the time nothing get you down. You have your music and your art.

They helped but my love of God helped even more. Let His Will be my will. After close to 5 years I realize I never stopped loving Kathy and my primary hope for the new year is for a minor miracle that will find our family whole and complete again. Please join me in my prayers that it may with God’s Blessing happen! I will always have love, respect and affection for Kathy as she is a good person who is always ready to help others in need, including myself, even after the divorce. She is quietly a far better person than I am. I firmly believe that if we could find reconciliation It would benefit every one in our whole family including grand kids in the future. I want to work at having our family together again. We all have to try harder and be supportive of our whole family.

I tried to record “ Fiddler’s ,Prayer later , but I could not do it any better with more honest feeling than the pain and love I felt that first day. I wanted to clarify the final line where I sang perhaps the Christ Child was playing the Fiddlers Prayer. That was in reference to the music that led some young people to find him expired, half covered with snow, With his hands frozen to the fiddle and bow. "His Bow stroked the strings like soft angel's wing, Playing a prayer to Jesus, a prayer for peace, family and friends.

I have feeling that God may have found favor at times with my Music and Art. The true experiences I wrote of on directory under Creativity and Spirituality border on being Minor Spiritual Paranormal happenings. After listening to the song click on link. Creativity and Spirituality.

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"Good Night Little Jesus" I started this Christmas Lullaby a number of years ago and never completed the song and current arrangement until Christmas day 2006. It was a productive Christmas Day I wrote “God is Everywhere” and did a whole lot of work on a 24 by 36 inch Giverny Piece I was painting. I like the strength and vitality of this painting.

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"The Perfect Christmas Gift" While contemplating the shopping efforts that stress out people at Christmas time I thought of how no material gift can compare with the gift of love that we hold in our hearts for our loved ones and families and friends. There are more of us who are joining the ranks of those who are temporary financially insecure this year. That is why now more than other years that the gifts of caring, love and support are so important! It is not a time to go deeper in debt, buying presents. It is a time to draw closer and be more supportive of your love ones.

This song evolved into an organ donor request song. Years of reaching out to others who were terminally ill made me aware of the anxiety they had while awaiting an organ donors gift. For some people the gift of life they await never comes. Other have been blessed with successful transplants that gave them a whole new lease on life. Getting on a donor list does not shorten your life. You will probably live longer.

It is very easy to be an organ donor. While writing this song I became a donor. Call or go to the Department of Motor Vehicles. They will give or send you a small simple donor card document. You check off what you would like to do. You sign it and have it witnessed. Take the pink donor dot and attach it to your driver's license or identification card. Your ultimate gift of a legacy of life could bring a great amount of joy into a desperate family's life. It is more than a gesture, it is a confirmation that you are a caring human being. Your kindness will be deeply appreciated, and in way you will live on beyond your days.

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"Let us raise our voice in prayer" This song was worked on as a prayer offering while changing the painting “In Care of an Angel”. As we have lost a great number of soldiers in June, I refocus my efforts working on a song as prayer offering for our soldiers in hopes that our losses will be minimized. I experienced difficulties working on this song. I relate this to the painful distraction of the turmoil in Iraq and loss of American lives in June.

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“In care of an angel.” I wrote a beautiful song Care of an Angel while working on this painting. It was the fourth one of a series of angel paintings. The subtle emphasis is on an angel with her protective hands on the shoulders of a soldier keeping him safe while he is in harms way. It was inpired by a soldier , a Major in Iraq, whose wife purchased him one of my seascapes with an angel in. My Mom and I have been into angels for years. It is the North end of Carmel point looking toward Pebble Beach. I am dedicating this song and painting to the families of the world, Moms, Dads and children. It matters not whether the children are in cribs at home, or on the battle lines in some foreign land. There are always times when we need extra special loving care from above. I wrote this while working on a series of angel paintings while also asking for angelic help with some of my own problems and Angels seemed to have answered my call. “May Jon and all my children be in Care of an angel. May all your children be the same .”

A Special Guardian Angel Summoned by a Loved One's Prayer

A Gift to Provide Spiritual Support for our Soldiers

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"All Mothers are Madonnas", A tribute to Mothers and the joy they find in holding their baby, especially the first born in their arms. This lullaby would be a nice song to hum while rocking a baby. It is in dire need of having a mother sing it, not me.

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"Navy Lady Pilot, Alexa." This song is dedicated to the all Lady Pilots in every Service Branch of our Armed Forces It was inspired by a very beautiful young lady that has accomplished what others only dream about. She graduated from Annapolis Naval Academy. She earned her Pilot Wings. She was also on the Annapolis Navy sailing team. All of this took work and discipline.

You would have to be a blind man not to appreciate her natural beauty and warmth. As a sailor myself I was attracted to her many qualities and accomplishments and her love of the sea and sailing. I enjoyed the fact that she was from my home State of Pennsylvania. Her very presence brightened up my life and made light of my health and other problems. I was on Vicodin before a hip replacement created complications ( Severe Heel Decubis Ulcer on Heel) and I'm not Diabetic, that never should have happened. It was a result of lack of proper post operative protocol at CHOMP's Weslin House. (Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula November 17, 05. The pain was horrendous so I felt dependent on Vicodin like Dr. House on the TV show. I met Alexa in that time frame. She would bring friends in to my gallery and I would play and sing for them. Later she brought her parents in to meet me. Between Vicodin and other distraction, I could not remember Alexa's name. Her parents signed my register Alexa's Parents in one of my guest books. Try as I may and I did search I could not find their address. I had wanted to write Alexa.

The following was once part of the end of the song Navy Lady Pilot that was meant to be spoken to a musical background. Alexa I was in pain when I met you. My memory was clouded by Vicodin. God help you to forgive me. I could not recall your name, when You visited me with your parents that Saturday. Your name, blocked by pain and Vicodin was beyond controlled recall.

Sunday by chance, at the Carmel Mission Mass Your parents and I shared a pew. You were not there. I became aware while in prayer that I really missed you not being there. I enjoyed the strong feelings I had for you, a Navy Lady Pilot I hardly knew, whom I respected, appreciated and loved for the wonderful essence of you, your accomplishments and how you lifted my spirits .,. Your smile and positive energy were like welcoming sun rays after surviving a storm at sea. You helped me dream again and I can do anything I can dream. I dreamt of fun places I would like to explore, of joyful experiences on a comfortable sized Blue water Sail boat that would lead to more discoveries along life's way. That has always been a dream of mine that I have put on hold but not forever. Like yourself I set goals and accomplish them.

When You visited my gallery in August 07, with some young friends that you once taught sailing to I was elated to know you were there and well. I worried every time I heard of a Helicopter downed. I would pray it was not yours. Once again I was a little out of it as the antibiotics I was taking had adverse effects. One may say I was chomped again at that hospital. I picked up a straph infection MRSA. while have my heel debreved. MRSA can be deadly. Some might say I was chomped again. I will put a crocodile photo like the following one along with pictures tracing the development and time frame of both problems that befell me at Chomp. From conversations related to me by other patients, I am not the only one that has been chomped at CHOMP.

Alexa, Some of your students came in the next evening and I asked them if They could relay a message to you. That I had written this song for you and I wanted to share it with you before you left if possible. If I'm lucky I will share the song with you on the deck of a chartered Sailboat or better yet aboard my dreamboat ' WIND DANCING' some day in some distant Island Harbor.

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"Okie Dokie."

This song was inspired by Oklahoma's Gary Moon and the Three Darts. They were 3 lovely ladies including Gary's wife. Gary had written a cool song about two Hearts and three Dart and I may have called the ladies, 3 darts in light hearted manner. They were visiting from Tulsa, Oklahoma and we shared an enjoyable evening together in my Gallery passing the guitar back and forth sharing, playing and singing our original compositions. Gary is a superb guitar player, singer and song writer. Gary is better than good! He sent me a great CD of his original songs and as I was saving them on my computer I titled the album Okie Dokie. The song recounted our pleasurable eveing and the possibility of Sharing more. Okie Dokie is another of my hang loose and enjoy life songs.

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"Hang Loose" Hang loose and not at the end of a rope. Hang loose like a surfer hanging ten. Find ways of making your life and work fun. Don’t get stressed out while working for your dreams. keep it fun and stress free. The joy is in the journey and the journey is for sharing. Be careful of rushing to get things done. When people help you give them credit and they will help you more. If mutual efforts bring rewards, share the rewards. Find ways of introducing humor into your life and learn to laugh at yourself. There are simple symbolic humorous alternatives to the dirty wasteful deed, suicide. If you adopt my super ball philosophy of the harder life or broken dreams throws you to the ground, The quicker you bounce up, the higher you rebound. You will be too busy living, sharing and being productive to ever have reason to count yourself down and out. You have to exercise balance caution and care in your diet, desires and endeavors. We are shocked when young and old people take their lives or the lives of others in dramatic ways yet seem oblivious to deaths that are caused by over eating, drinking, smoking or ingesting too many over the counter or prescription drugs. Sometimes our quest for material things can lead to stress and self affliction of our character that can short circuit our heart and having us leave this world before our time. Be true to yourself and have a healthy respect and love for yourself and others. Developing a gentle sound Spiritual base should be a guiding part of your whole being.. I know that there are people who need far more love hope and care than this song can bring but you can always hope that one person in need may substitute one these humorous symbolic acts in lieu of the life ending dirty wasteful deed. I wrote this song in hope that it may save at least one life. I am sharing this with you in hope you share it with others. Not everyone wears their heart on their sleeve. You may have friends who are bluer than you could ever imagine and could use the lift this song may provide. Please share this free song. Down load it for a friend.

Lyrics

If your love one calls it quits, have no remorse my friend
There’s a special some one meant for you just around the bend
You will find a love one who’ll be true Just hang Loose my Friend
Hang loose like a surfer a surfer hanging ten.
There more to life than money honey, Don’t let stress get the best of you,
Lean on me when in need and learn to hang loose
Don’t give up trying, Don’t give up hope,
Hang Loose my Friend, And not at the end of a rope.
Make it the beginning Not the Bitter end.
Hang loose like a surfer, A surfer hanging ten.

The harder life or broken dreams throws you to the ground
The quicker you bounce up the higher you rebound
Just like a super ball, bouncing along, don’t take a trouncing
Sing this Hang Loose song.
Greet and meet the positive beat of your new world’s rhythmic drum
It’s time to ride the upward swing of your personal pendulum

Love and be true to yourself my friend, others will love you too.
Joy will replace the sorrow, Tomorrow will end your blues.
Don’t give up trying, Don’t give up hope
Don’t even think of swinging At the end of a rope
Hang loose my friend Like A surfer hanging ten.

If you feel like putting a gun in your mouth or up against your head
Fill a water pistol with Bristol Cream Sherry or Mt. Gay Rum instead.
You may wake up with a hangover
but at least you wont be dead.

Weeping by the edge of eternity, where
Mother earth meets Father sea.
Feeling so down You want to drown
Neptune calling you Calling you on down,
100 fathoms down
Before you get, your end wet and are forever gone
Put on your dam water wings, It’s time to get it on.
Dive into life. Hang loose my friend,
just like a surfer, a surfer hanging ten.

If you opt for cutting your wrist Use a dull butter knife
Please don’t break the skin.
If you stick your head into an oven, Don’t you turn it on
Don’t you dare pass wind

You’re looking hard at your pill Bottles as a way out from your ills
It’s time to OD, well reach for your bottle, Bottle of Vitamin Cs

If you’re contemplating jumping as a way to end your blues
Take the risk, Jump out of bed, smack dab in your shoes
Jump into life. Hang loose my friend,
just like a surfer, a surfer hanging ten.

When I was young and I was down, I’d sketch an apple hanging tree
With a stick figure, hanging on a rope, swinging in the breeze
When I felt good the rope would go, disappear with fears and woe
Than I’d make a fortune, hanging by my nose
picking apple with both hands, Hanging by my hook nose.

Don’t take your last ride in your BMW,
with garage door down and tight,
Your Bimmmer’s engine racing , with a hose on the exhaust,
Lead foot the throttle hard and down, Right on through the floor,
Pumping toxic fumes inside your car while the bimmer roars!
Turn the engine off Turn your self on to this hang loose song!
The harder life or broken dreams throws you to the ground
The Quicker you bounce up the higher you rebound

Just like a super ball, bouncing along, don’t take a trouncing
Sing this Hang Loose song my Friend.
Don’t give up trying, Don’t give up hope,
Hang Loose my Friend, And Not at the end of a rope.
Hang loose my friend, just like a surfer
A surfer hanging ten. Hang loose my friend

© April 15, 2007 George J. Bleich

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shortened version of "Hang Loose" with the comedy elements removed.

My Next Songs Reflect The Direction That My Life is Heading. My Life and Expression Revolves Around Music and Art.

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"Reach out with kindness."

Where there is Kindness, there is love. Where there is love there is God. Where there is God there is peace. Go with God and live in Peace. This is a theme that I will continue to explore creatively.

If any one song sings of the way I am now and have been much of my life this is it. Reach out with Kindness, touch some one with love.

I am on a high driven by understanding more completely my purpose in life. I have been doing Random Acts of kindness much of my life and encouraging other to do. I used the prayer of St. Francis as one of my guides in life. This is reflected in my Philosophy of Alltruism, It feel s good to do good. It is better to do things out of love not guilt.

The high that I am on is not predicated on a relationship you have with an other person. it is the one have between God and myself. To your Own self you must be true. We must cultivate our own honesty, courage and strength through perseverance so that in the future we may have the capacity to help others in their moment of need.

Lyrics

Reach out with kindness, touch someone with love.
Smile and say hi to people passing by
Spread a little sunshine as you walk along your way,
Mile after mile, day after day, You can change the world around you
With your smile today Do a random act of Kindness Out of love not guilt
today. Brighten up the world with your Smile
When you pass a stranger , Don’t start thinking danger.
Smile and say Hi with no fear in your eyes
Spread a little sunshine as you walk along your way,
Mile after mile, day after day, You can change the world around you
With your smile today Do a random act of Kindness Out of love not guilt
today. Brighten up the world with your Smile
Bon Jouno Bon Journo
Share the joy you know, the joy you find in living, loving everyday
Gid Day Mate Gid day Mate in an Aussie way
Share the joy you know, the joy you find in living, loving everyday
Bon Jour Mon Ami Bon Jour Mon Amour
Let your smile beam like sunshine, when you walk out that door
Let your steps be lively as you walk along today
Hum, sing or whistle this song along the way
Spread a little sunshine as you walk along your way,
It feels good to do good, try it out today
Try It you like it, as you go along your way
Mile after mile, day after day, You can change the world around you
With your smile today Do a random act of Kindness Out of love not guilt
today. Brighten up the world with your Smile
Let your laughter be the warm breeze That blow storm clouds away
May your smile beam like sunshine When days turn cold and grey.
Spread a little sunshine as you walk along your way,
Mile after mile, day after day, You can change the world around you
With your smile today Do a random act of Kindness Out of love not guilt
today. Brighten up the world with your Smile.

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"Where There is Kindness There is Love" Where there is Kindness, there is love. Where there is love there is God. Where there is God there is peace. Go with God and live and love in Peace. It is inspired by in depth conversations and dialogs shared with a close friend. I always believed That God was every where, But the concept that God, in being everywhere is also in every thing and every one, generates excitement, respect and love for every thing, every animal and every one. Even some people I had problems liking before I now look at in a more gentle light.

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"Evergreen Tree" is one of my favorte songs to sing in the gallery for people in love. Of all the songs that I have written, this is one of the most beautiful in meaning. It is a circle of love that starts from Heaven and after life's journey returns to Heaven to complete the circle. There was a folk group who wanted to record it on an album. Their manager was Simon of Simon and Garfunkle. I was sailing at the time and not around to sign the release forms. The song was designed to be sung by multiple voices in free harmonies, wave after wave never ending. I sang it one time at the town dock at Edgartowne at Martha's Vinyard where the yacht that I was working on was tied up. Every night after work I would bring my guitar out and play and sing. I was joined by more and more people with guitars each night. The third night was magical. It was a warm misty foggy night. We had about forty or fifty people who sang and played along. I gave them vocal parts, dividing them into male and female parts for contrast and they improvised. The song drifted out over the harbor like never ending waves of mystic echoes. The next line would begin while the last note of the precedeing line was held in harmony. It was an ethereal experience. "True love is like the evergreen tree, always green with the hopes and prayers of dreams." I would love to hear Enya do an interprtation of this song.

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"Little Bird," A Random Act of Kindness. The bird coming to sing me a song and the song I wrote for her in return.

I was typing an E-mail to a friend and along the periphery of my vision I saw a darting object fly past. I thought perhaps it was a bird. Than I heard a chirping and could not be sure whether it was inside or out as I had the two French Doors to the down stair area of my studio open. I continued with my e-mail and chirped along in case there was a bird inside.

It was than I saw the tops of little wings fluttering on the tiled ledge just below the large picture window. I went upstairs to see who my visitor was. He was a small dark charcoal tufted bird with a white breast. He flew from the ledge and alighted on a xylophone type instrument that I picked up in Bali on our trip around the world. This was located on the top of our Hammond Organ . It was almost like he was playing something for me as he skipped over the metal plates. Than he flew over to the Brass railing where he sat for a while I sang a song I made up for him or her while I played my classical guitar softly. He actually chirped along. It is not uncommon to have birds sing outside of my gallery on occasion when I am playing and singing inside. When I put my Guitar down he started flying around the studio and I was concerned he may injure himself. He stopped on another ledge and I tossed threw some cereal crumbs in case he was hungry.

I sensed his desire to take leave but was unable to perceive the two French door on the upper level was open for him. He flew to the upper North light windows and than back to the large picture window with the cross on. He flew up and started beating his wings against the window in an effort to escape. He went back down to the ledge just below it and rested. I played my guitar and sang softly to try to calm him down and sang the song “Little Bird” that I created for him. He flew to another ledge that was within my reach. I walked up slowly while singing lowly. He allowed me to cup him in the palms of my hands. He rested there and did not struggle or flutter his wings. I sang softly to him as I walked to the outside deck. I opened my hands so he could fly away. He looked up at me sang a chirp or two and in the next instant he was flying home to his nest.

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"Cabin in the Woods."

I was to visit a dear friend at her home in the the forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. I was aware of some problems she was having at the time and it provided the inspiration for this support song. I have been tranfixed by a concept that is finding it's way into my songs and attitude toward life. Contemplate it yourself and share it with your love ones. Where there is Kindness,There is love. Where there is love, there is God. Where there is God, There is peace. Go with God , Live in peace.

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"Little Dreamer"

I once wondered whether one of my many creative friends may have been playing too much and not working hard enough to realize her dreams. It provided the start of this song that eventually included the many young people with dreams. In Conversation with young people passing through my gallery in Carmel I always encourage them to dream and work for those dreams to become a reality. I now have more respect for the lady's hard work ethic. She will realize her dreams.

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"Love, sweet love" I enjoy sharing this one because it encourages you to believe that you can do anything that you can dream when you are blessed with grace. It also suggests a relevant message "send hate to a black hole in the great beyond". Rowland Evans on keyboard. Phil Michaels on bass. And George singing and playing guitar.

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"Three White doves ",was started while painting in Assisi, Italy in the beautiful hills of Umbria where St. Francis lived in a cave. The story is found in the Directory, Spirituality I once again offered up my creative efforts as a prayer for Catherine, the little 6 year old with Cystic Fibrosis and later as a prayer offering for Diane, another Lourdes water friend, when I took the song to the next step. Sang by, written, arranged, and played by George Bleich on a Yamaha Psr 9000

Some have wondered why when I discuss my mentors and influences that led to my development as an artist I include St. Francis of Assisi in the same breath as Monet, Cezanne and Van Gogh. His light is my gentle natural light.

I some time think of my work as holistic impressionism. Being aware through study of the psychological effects of color on human response I make efforts at infusing my paintings with colors charged with positive energy and life. I try to infuse my music with the same positive energy.

Lord make me an instrument of Your Peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow Love.
Where there is injury, Pardon,
Where there is doubt Faith,
Where there is despair, Hope,
Where there is darkness, Light,
And where there is sadness, Joy.

The more I have ventured into the reality of current world situations the more necessary it has been to retreat into the beauty created within my painting and music. It was as if I was being polarized by opposites. There has been a deeper serenity, softer harmonies, gentler colors, rest and respite to nourish a rising passion to free myself and others from the bonds of silence and inaction in addressing violence.

Songs with a Carmel and San Francisco flavor

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"Sundown dreams" a song for lovers.

This beautiful song combines the reality of dreams come true and wonderful experiences shared on the beach at Carmel. I have sung my beautiful Love song " The Evergreen Tree" at two weddings on the white sands of Carmel Beach. The last wedding had a sundown just like in the painting. What a wonderful background for a wedding.

The poem describes the feeling I had while painting "Carmel Sundown Dreams".

Bleich put the poem to music for your pleasure.

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"Point Lobos" was written for a recently married couple. The husband who purchased a Point Lobos Master touch for his new wife shared how they went on their first date and had their first kiss there. I wrote this love song about Point Lobos. I put the lyrics on the back along with the a seascape painting and burnt them a CD of Love songs I wrote along with the Point Lobos Song. I enjoyed doing it as I have been enthralled with Point Lobos for years. I used to live adjacent to Gibson Beach and had a private entrance to the park. Both Superintendents of Point Lobos collected my work.

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"Stranger in Town" Another song inspired by my Mom. She will be 99 May 22nd. I am her caregiver and constant companion for the last three years. Her dementia kicks in once and a while and causes confusion. I was giving her a ride to gallery to spend the day with me there and she said, "I am stranger in town it is all new to me" Which became the first line for the song.

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"Homage to John Denver and Dolphins" This was written when Denver crashed into ocean at Pacific Grove. The song starts with him flying in his ultra light toward the sundown, writing a song. When He crashes and descends to the ocean depths, He hears the death knell of a dolphin trapped in a net. He meld with the dolphins soul and they both break the bonds of misery and shoot to the surface like an arrow, an eagle for an instant, flying to God's light. In the murmur of the ocean, in the sighing of the seas, You can hear a dolphin's melody. Dolphins are meant to be free.

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"Dudes Day" Pacific Grove Golf Course Song. This is a fun true story song about 4 friends who play golf every Wednesday. In 9 years we have a dudes window that seems to stop the rain when we get up on the first tee. No matter how hard it is raining we still head out to the course and somehow it stops raining when we get on the first tee.. In the 9 years we have not missed one day due to rain that day. I skipped one day when we could have played as the course was open, when a tree fell on my neighbors house and loosened two others tree that with a minor shift of wind could of hit my own home. There was one day when we could see it pouring rain on the green ahead and on the tee behind while we walked in the sunshine of our dudes window. We play a hang loose kind of golf which is described in the song and have had some interesting experiences.

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"Highway 101"This songs was written at San Francisco Airport in upper parking lot, level 4, on a 3/4 guitar into a baby boom box that had a built in recorder. I wrote of my desire to go to some exotic land. Within 3 weeks of writing this song, two of my sons and I were on a painting trip around the world. All you people who work at Cisco this song is for you.

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"Sailing" Thalia A collector friend, who was moving to New York was going to trade her 27 foot Coronado berthed in San Francisco for a beautiful painting of Temple Lot in Bali that I had started on our trip around the world. I figured that I would be inspired to write some neat songs about sailing around San Francisco Bay. I planned to go up later in the day to sign the legal papers of transfer and spent the early part of the day painting and writing this song about sailing the boat down to Monterey. I called up and said I would sleep on the boat. To my dismay Thalia sold the boat to someone else that afternoon. She may have done me a favor as I would prefer a larger boat anyway for blue water sailing. My own yawl," Pipedream" that I owned for 7 years was 34 ft overall. If I make any money from "Sailing", I will invest it in the pleasure of a larger boat.

Songs of the Sea and Sailing

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"Windancing" was written for a school of Dolphin while sailing between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands. The 36 Catalina I chartered was doing six and a half Knots on a beam reach. I was sitting on the stern pulpit seat, steering the boat with my feet while playing guitar. There is no finer audience for inspiration than a school of Dolphin leading the way through the ocean. That is probably the closest I have come to creative Heaven. I have a longer version where I added more nautical terms. When I played this in the gallery Jimmy Buffet fans would say Jimmy could make a hit out of Windancing. They could really hear him singing it! If you are a friend of his, Tell him about the song if you like it and could hear Jimmy singing it. I once sang this for Don Shula, former coach of the Miami Dolphins in my gallery and gave him my autograph. While signing and inscribing their name on a magazine on my art work, I said "Shula, that name sounds familiar, Oh I remember I had a landlord by that name." That was almost as bad as when I asked an attractive blond "where was she from" She answered "The third rock from the sun". I thought she was crazy so I did not give her a brochure." Phil, Rowland and myself are on this playing and singing.

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"Mt. Gay Rum" A collector friend had chartered a sailboat in the Caribbean. He went into an Island Bar owned by a former rock musician and Jimmy Buffet was sitting at the end of the bar giving an almost free concert. The cost was keeping Jimmy mug filled with Mt. Gay rum he played the whole night long. I drank a fair amount of Mount Gay rum when I sailed professionally through out the Bahamas Island and on scuba diving and fun trips to the Caribbean. so this song flowed out and down like a cool pina colada on a hot balmy day. If I can not get Jimmy Buffet to do this perhaps I can get a life time supply of Mt. Gay Rum, a great Barbados Rum from the company for use of it.

My Son Chris, The Rambling Boy and his Old Lady, Marina

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“Its our time to fly” This song “ Its our time to fly.” is dedicated to my Rambling Son, Chris and his young old lady Marina, who are in living in Hawaii, enjoying the weather and surf.

To all those people who have enjoyed traveling in the past, May the song whet your appetite for traveling again. We have experienced many aspects of the song in the past and look forward to going around the world again some day and have some new adventures. Perhaps we will go around the world the other way to get that day back we lost. If you love traveling, this upbeat song is for you. I really enjoyed writing and singing “ It Our time to fly”, my latest song.

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"The Lone Ranger, in Cuba" Reflecting on my early sailor day as a single young man and some of my early Cuban adventures.

They were other adventures in other locales, in Europe, the Bahamas, Bermud, Spain, and America too numerous to put into one song. I have more adventures composed on the subject that I will share with you in the future. They revolve about fun, danger, risk taking, love making and other activities that make life, rewarding, intriguing and challenging.

There were other adventures shared later while in the married state that will also be shared. In Austria, France,Tobago, Bermuda,, than in Bali, Australia, Egypt, Jordan, and Greece with my Kids. My heel wound is healing well so I can look forward to more later in life adventures, More travels and more fun. But it may be a song about the Posse not the Lone Ranger. I really enjoy traveling with some one more than I did by my lonesome self as the Lone Ranger. Though in retrospect I did quite a bit of enjoying life as a single man.

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"Whizzing in the Wind." This Song was written in same area that Inspired some of Jimmy Buffet's songs, Gulf Shore Alabama. While vacationing there, one of my cool dude nephews asked for help designing a meditation garden in his hot tub area at his home. His request for an outdoor whizzing areas for his workman and his explanation in the South we do it out door led to this song. Out door whizzing is a Southern Tradition that stood the test of time, If you're out of doors and have to go, no need to stand in line.

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"Gentle Breeze" An instrumental that recalls the gentle warm winds of the Hawaiian Islands. I compose quite a few instrumentals for the sheer pleasure of wind hovering on the melodic wings of creative expression.

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"Island Dreams" While working on an idyllic Island painting on Oahu I was moved by the peace and beauty of the area at Wiamaeola. The mountains that were just beyond the beach formed an image that was part of an island legend of a young Island Goddess.

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"Surfers Prayer", was written for my Son Christopher who lives to surf. He was moving to Hawaii. The song is about advice from his sailor father to his surfing son. It is about catching a maverick wave at Waiamea on Ohau, how to ride it out with the help of God. Let God be with you at sea.

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"Dragon Wings" A Fun Happy Song about a dragon who teaches people how to fly, and how Doc dragon lifts their spirits and moods in the process. The story and start of the song was created by Christopher while living in Hawaii, embellished by Dad. Jonathan gave the dragon an appropriate name, 'Doc Dragon'. Rowland Evans helped with the editing.

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"La La Land" A wonderful fantasy sea Shore to enjoy and never grow old or know pain.

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"Pyramids" was written in Giza, looking out my hotel room window at the pyramids the day after we rode the camels out on the Sahara to the pyramids. The line in the song 'we're a little beat up by the hands of time' was a result of lacerating my head going into a pyramid, and some minor discomfort from camel riding. Rowland Evans composed the music for the bridge. Sang, written, arranged, and played by George Bleich on a Yamaha Psr 9000

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"Ashes at Sea" If you love the sea you will appreciate this song. Have any of your family or friends scattered their ashes at or by the sea or if you thought of setting your own spirit free in this way listen to this song. It was written for you. The story how the song came about is in the directory Scatter my ashes at sea, Set my spirit free.

Songs of America, The good, bad and ugly

"America" Out of Many one. I love this song and the positive aspects of America that it portrays. “ When we come together out of many one, the beauty of America shines brighter than the sun. That beauty has been diminished by the caustic acid of politics. Our Country has been riddled by divisive politics on both sides. When people are bonded by fear and mistrust of neighbors and fellow Americans, we all suffer! Freedom is compromised when intolerance raises it’s ugly head. Hatred should never be allowed to replace reason. America’s principles of freedoms are violated when there are attempts to legislate strict morality based on religious beliefs. at the expense of the freedom of other religious minorities and life styles. Not even God is as strict as narrow minded Americans who believe they alone are right and attempt to bestow their beliefs by law on everyone else.

Rowland Evans a gifted songwriter and great musician suggested inserting the line Out of Many One, a translation of what was inscribed on the quarter in Latin. In this day and age we need to do that. The division and lack of intelligent dialog has separated and driven apart too many good people for the wrong reasons. We have to realize that we are not the Red States or Blue States. We are the United States. We must be good Americans before we can be good Republican or good Democrat! Political fervor has screwed up this Country. It is time to put the Country before politics. We are weakening the potential of America when we fail to fund our schools and educational and cultural programs for our youth. The recent raising of interest rates on student loans will make it more difficult for more students from different financial strata to pursue higher education. This will further weaken the future American standing in global economics. I find it upsetting when I look at the billions we pour into Iraq. I see American Cities and Towns in financial difficulty. Schools, Hospitals and libraries shutting down are opened on a limited basis. Interest on student loans are going up. Programs that serve Americans are being slashed.. May I invite you to read my concept of Alltruisim not Altruism, on the last button on my directory. The good we do for others will make the world a better safer place for every one when we come together , Out of the many one.

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"New York is a great city" This song reflects the wide variety of Americans who live in New York City and how they all came together as one in their moment of need. 9/11 has been used for divisive purposes which is the opposite of what occurred immediately after 9/11 It is a love song about a city. I used to live in Glen Cove L.I. . New York and spent a lot of time in the city. It is kind of like being a sailor, you might be high and dry ashore but you are still a sailor. Well even though I now live in Pebble Beach, Ca, thousands of miles away from New York, I still think of myself as a New Yorker.

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"Cruising the USA", was started in our small Toyota pickup truck about seven years ago. Mother who was around 92 at the time and my son Jon was 5 and the three of us were singing and writing, Cruising the USA in our little pickup truck. I thought I would finish it while she was still around to hear it. She is now 99 and not quite doing fine. It is dedicated to My Son Christopher Orion and His Lady Fair, Marina. They are planning a trip somewhat like the song. It reached the plateau of it's current state at 4:30 AM, June 14th. As I recorded the process of writing it. I leaned on my experiences of driving across the USA many times.

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“Johnny Goes Marching On” Americans have always responded with courage and sacrifice in service to their country and mankind. For the families of the Firemen and Policemen, individuals in the Service in times of war, this song has an uplifting and comforting message. The torch of freedom is handed down to every man that we will all be free as America goes marching on. This patriotic song spans the decades from 1942 to current time and beyond. It was written in My Father's Memory, who was missing in action MIA, Dec. 7, 1942 in the North Atlantic. New words were added later honoring the memory of the crew of the USS COLE. Some of the terrorists who were involved the attack on the USS Cole were involved in the Attack on America. Sang by, written, arranged, and played by George Bleich on a Yamaha Psr 9000

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“If Johnny Cash came back today.” Johnny Cash always looked out for those in need and was truthful and fearless in expressing his views . He used his heart for all men and a special place for those who had problems. He was an uncommon man with a heart for the common man. May we all follow in that American tradition of reaching out to those in need.

Revised version, July 23 of Johnny cash dedicated to our soldiers who served the military, To those who gave their lives and to those who will bear the scars of war until their final days. Some will live in increasing physical pain as those with agent Orange and the Gulf War syndrome. There is a grave risk of conceiving deformed children. Tumors will keep appearing. Their teeth enamel will start to disintegrate as will their general health.

I am dedicating the song to an attractive young couple James and Kelly Simpson of West Virginia. James has what appears to be Gulf War syndrome. A former student at Defense Language Institute. He left West Virginia with his wife Kelly to seek work in the Monterey area in a 1968 pick up truck that once belonged to his grandfather. James said there was not much construction work in the mining town where they lived.

While camping in the desert in Arizona in proximity to an Indian reservation. They were robbed of money, belongings and power tools. Through the help of Veteran groups along the way they made it to Monterey. I met them in my gallery and they told me they were advised to go to Oregon as the cost of living was low and their was work to be had. They asked for a business card to write down the name of one of my master touch works "morning on the seine" that they really admired. They said they would order one when they got back on thier feet financially. They were a nice young couple who had more then their share of problems. I took it off the wall and said "no need to write the name down". Morning on the seine is yours. They touched my heart.

James and Kelly Simpson of West Virginia, A loving couple with a Bleich work of art to brighten up their lives

I treated them to lunch and invited them to my home the following evening for dinner. I had a friend, Surfer John, who had his own construction Company over to meet them. He advised them to not to go to Oregon. John said, he may have an opening for James a finish carpenter in the near future. They had some interim work lined up, first at the campground where they were staying caring for the Viet Nam veteran section during the motorcycle races at Laguna Seca. Than James was to go out fishing until the end of Salmon Season and Kelly was lining up waitress work. They spent a couple of days with me in an open loft that is part of my studio. It was a major improvement from Camping in a tent, especially during the foggy weather that lingered awhile. I offered to let them stay longer until they could afford a place. They evidently found accommodation that they could afford or were extended to them.

What impressed me was how the working people came to their aid. A mechanic helped repair their brakes for far less than the actual cost should be. He also made contact with some other construction friends in their behalf. It seemed as if most of the people who helped were also Christians who lived their religion by reaching out to others in need. I fall into that category also. I recently signed a letter of condolence to a lady who lost a love one, .Love George ( in the wonderful open way of loving and caring for those who enter my sphere even if just passing through) It is a bit of the Golden rule in action.

I contacted a few TV stations and the Monterey Herald to see about the possibility of a human interest story about James and Kelly. Unfortunately too many people sometime look at Veterans who have falling off the world as the dregs of humanity. They are looked upon with suspicion as Bums, drug addicts, alcoholics, crazies. They do not take into consideration Post traumatic stress or how the medication for pain can lead to other addictions.

Some times I wish the individuals who wave flags as a show of support for our troops would do a little more than that. They should take an interest in what happens to our Veterans, when They come home from combat zones. That they insure our heroes have the proper treatment for an array of health and mental problems that war can create. I get a bit angry at some young under thirty years of age who bravely say we are going to go and kick their ass over there. They don't go anywhere! They have their posh jobs and an easy life in the comfort zone. They drive a Hum bee with a license plate boldly declaring US is number One. They probably play make believe games that they are driving in Iraq when they are the terror on California Freeways.

There are many in the reserve and National Guards who are true unselfish Americans who put themselves at risk in serving their Country Valiantly. I am troubled when those who did their part by fulfilling their military obligations and were relieved to have made it home safely are called back into the service after they were honorably discharged and have their families once more praying that they will make it back home again safely.

Unfortunately some will die, Other will be injured and other like James will be afflicted with mysterious ailments that defy reasonable medical explanations. The Doctors are at a loss. What will really haunt their families are that the original reasons for the war was found to be untrue. There were no weapons of mass destruction or al-Qaeda ties. Don’t let our Veterans stand alone, speak out about the proposal to reclassify new injuries to remove them from qualification for disability. If you area true American and supported the Iraq war, you better dam well support our Veterans too! Don’t let them stand alone!

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“Good Ole American ”

Gas prices are too damn high. An individual who owed me a fair amount of money on artwork informed me he would send me the money. His e-mail address was his name at ChevronTexaco.com. I posted the song Good Ole American which touched upon unfair windfall profits of oil companies right after his communications. I never received the money, nor has he answered my emails. Do you think it could be that who he worked for played upon his decision to with hold his payments? But than again I have other people doing the same as a result of my efforts to speak and write about what I believe is truthful. You don’t want to sell your soul to the devil for profit motivations. You can only do that once unless you make reparation like Earl does. Look out for Karma!

I’m just a good ole American from another time when politicians in the past put Americans first in line and I’m not talking soup kitchen or bread lines. Those with deep pockets. can afford hiring lobbyist to influence votes. When politician allow their votes to be purchased, they are betraying the trust and responsibility in America’s well being we place in their hands. We should not accept anything less than complete honesty from our leaders.

You don’t have to be old to be a good American. You can be young and get your butt out and vote. Get your friends to register with you and have your say in the direction that America will take. Your future is in your hands. If you don’t you will be like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest that you will never win. You will end up being drafted to protect the interest of oil corporations in the Mid-east. People driving around in large SUVs and Hummers don’t give a dam how high gas prices go. They’ll make money on their oil stocks.. But there is an another terrible price to pay and that is the cost of in human life and suffering of our soldiers abroad. The stock market does not represent the true health of America’s financial well being if corporate profit are achieved by cheap labor abroad. As India and China are prospering they are competing with us for oil and gas for their new Cars while we are having panic pumps attacks filling up our old cars. Imbalance on imports is a one way street that is not always open to our products while they flood America with theirs.

The interest of the young and their potential must be served as the future of our Country rest in the potential of their dreams and having them realized. Your future is being handicapped by the government tax give away that serve the fortunate few. The debt that America accrues today will be paid by your children tomorrow. Those in control in Washington are out of control, I don’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat It’s time for house cleaning in Washington. Get out and vote for change.

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"Deep Down" I wrote this song years ago when other brave mining men were in eminent danger. Almost every year since I wrote the song in the sixties, Miners have faced without fear, the challenge of their profession in dire circumstance.

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“Let us give their spirit wings.” It was memorializing the nineteen children who died in the Oklahoma Blast . It was introduced at the Carmel Mission at a Memorial Ceremony during the Children’s Mass at Nine in the morning... Individual Children lit 19 candles for each of the children who died. in the blast. Then all the children sang the song along with me as I played guitar.

Out of the fire Out of the flame there is a lesson waiting to be learned
If only their love could fly like white doves and touch the hearts that Hate has turned to stone .
If we but give their spirit wings, If we but give their spirit wings
Look on back to Waco, Oklahoma too, two wrongs don’t make a right, no they never never do
We saw it Rwanda , Sarajevo too Children pay the price for what those with hatred do
We see it in Palestine , Israel too.. Children pay the price for what those with hatred do.
If we but give their spirit wings, If we but give their spirit wings
Lets light a candle every one to make a light as bright as the sun.
Lets light a candle, it’s not too late to illuminate the fact
There is no more time for hate, If we but give their spirit wings.
If we but give their spirit wings, If we but give their spirit wings
Now 19 white doves fly in heaven’s blue carrying a message
Meant for me and you.
If only their love could fly like white doves
And touch the hearts that hate has turned to stone.
If we but give their spirit wings, If we but give their spirit wings.

The song was written while my mind set was focused on making the May, 5th month of the year a memorial month to those who have suffered from violence and death by focusing on the Fifth Commandment Thou shall not kill.. I wrote the Mayor and , The Governor of Oklahoma and some other officials in the State making that suggestion. It was while writing these letters that I was inspired to write the song. I later raised $2300 for the Oklahoma Children's fund from the sale of one of my artworks that I have in print called Return to Heavens Gate. I still see a memorial gothic arch with the inscription “ May all who enter here find peace and leave hatred behind”.. as an entrance to a memorial garden which would reflect the commonality of good men and women in all the religions in America and the world. The division in the world created by seeing things only in the abstract black and white create many of the problems that exist in America and the world. The sum total of truth is better understood in the multiplicity of millions of hues and grays that fill in the area that exist between the extreme elements of society who only see in black and white with a demented sense of right and wrong. that leads to and promotes violence.

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"Orion a Symbol of Courage"Make the Constellation Orion, A Symbol for Heroes, who accept the challenge of risk in the service of mankind. 9/11/2001 Honor Heroes of the September 11th, Our Policemen and Firemen and the Passengers who perished in Pennsylvania and others from the Past, Present and the Future. Keep the spirit of respect and courage alive in dreams and Memories by focusing on Orion as a symbol of Courage. Orion, a never ending symbol for our Heroes, Eternal as the Sky that Forever Holds it's Beauty. Over three hundred NY Fireman and Policemen gave their lives to try to save others. They are American heroes that should be honored. These brave men died in the service of mankind. Give them their due, To the families of those who gave their lives it would be an Eternal Memorial in the Heavens honoring the courage and sacrifice of New York's finest, The Firemen and Policemen who gave their lives trying to rescue others trapped in the World Trade Center America working in concert with other Nation's Governments could make Orion a bonding symbol of Courage and Sacrifice by joint formal proclamations, no cost, no maintenance. "The Constellation Orion is to be regarded as an International Symbol to Courage, Sacrifice, Peace and Honor of individuals serving Governments who are working together to end terrorism." Audio description set to music of "America Goes Marching On".

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"World Trade Center Island of Peace Memorial" A September 11, 2001 Island of Peace Memorial in Upper New York Bay created out of the remains of the World Trade Center It's location, either adjacent to Liberty Island or Manhattan Island joined by a memorial Heaven's Gate bridge. Peace Islands, Twin Obelisks, surrounded by the flags of all Nations who lost citizens Sept. 11th; a meditative healing garden with small sculptures reflecting the varied faith of those who perished, each piece would have a quote from their Religion inscribed on the base reflecting peace and understanding. Listen for more. audio description set to music, "9/11/2001".

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"9/11/2001" What happened on 9/11 was horrendous. It's a tragedy, that it is being used by politicians for their own vain purposes, desecrating the heroes who died that day.This patriotic song uses 9/11/2001 as a battle cry to rally the spirit of America for the long haul in our fight against terrorism. It reflects on the attack on the World Trade Center. It recalls the battle cries of past wars. These cries strengthen our resolve, courage and sacrifice in America's never ending battles to ensure freedom throughout the world. We all have different way to respond to what happened in New York. I use to live in Queens in New York City, Glen Cove and Locust Valley out on Long Island. This is just my heart felt response. I found myself doing the song over and over as it brought up old memories of my Dad who was MIA in World War 2 in the North Atlantic and He shipped out of New York on that Trip. The song was really dedicated to all those who lost their lives in the service of America from the Alamo to Normandy.

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“Deep Dark Sin” This song relates to some true and sad experiences that sexual abuse within a family can bring. It happened to some one I love, long before I met her. The early bad experience created more problems as she grew older. She built a wall around the experience blocking it out. She no longer knows the name of the individual who was at fault. There are time when you must face the past honestly with forgiveness of the deep dark sinner and forgive any pain or guilt you put on yourself.. She is the master of her fate now and I hope and pray she will put the past behind and find joy in the future. I think this song can help others who were abused in the past. Childhelp.com

This song and event has started me writing songs again.

Spirituals

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"Version one Shadow Angel"

This reflects how I sing low almost in a whispering voice when composing on acoustic guitar in a candle lit room

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"Version two Shadow Angel"

I like this song and I wanted to hear more voices singing together. Using the built in vocalizer on my Keyboard I added , Dream Girls and Men Choir for additional variety and fullness, in addition to replacing one of my lead part with a higher range.

The following evening I tried sleeping on the recliner in the living room as I have been experiencing difficulty making my self comfortable in bed as there are positions to avoid after hip surgery and I also had to keep my heel ( Severe Necrosis of the heel, post operative problem) off the bed or from contact with any thing. It did not work I awoke in pain with tightening of muscles on the inside of groin area and on the outside of buttocks where they made incision. I went to bed and had Eric cover me and bring me the vicodin that I did not take for a few days as it is a narcotic and can be habit forming. I also asked to have the nitro pills near as I was having some light chest pains. He lit the votive candle and this time the shadow was more clearly like a Pieta image set in the lower portion of a defined circle of light. It reminded me of what my mom said 3 days before she died that she was surrounded by a circle of love. It also reminded me of an experience in the past That I had while ill with a high fever that was a result of pneumonia. A close friend Francis Boyd came to my rescue and took me to the hospital. While lying in my bed it was like the ceiling was a vault that opened up to a very bright light and I could feel myself being drawn up into the light. I can’t remember much more . I remember Frank coming over in the night and helping me to the hospital.

This was different in a subtle beautiful way. The circle of light that was formed by the votive candle of Christ That my nephew John D gave me was soft gentle light , yet had a sense of infinity that went well beyond the ceiling wall. It was like looking into deep space that was accentuated by sparkles created by the candles flickering light. It reminded me of twinkle of stars against the softly illumined circle of light on the ceiling cast by the candle. I was not conscious of the confines of the wall and ceiling. .It was a distant warm soft light punctuated by tiny notes of purer colors that appeared to be at different distances in space. The shadowy figure that suggested the Pieta figure of Mary and Christ bore hues like the angel the night before, hints of lavender, shades of blue gray. The darker sections of the ceiling that contained the circle of light would be punctuated by a burst of an arcs of brighter lights and color notes cast by the flickering flame of candle. It was subtle and beautiful. I am contemplating a modern painting based on the experience. I was listening to my Spirituals on a portable CD player with earphones that enhanced the experience of spiritual meditation coupled with the physical shadow and light images on the wall.. I was playing My Mother Mary’s Blue CD with a song of the same name and others like; “We all have a Heavenly Mother” ; “All Mothers are Madonna's” and the Hail Mary and other song I wrote for my Mom while care giving her, have been a wonderful source of pain relief and have brought me inner peace. While listening to these I would have a heightened awareness of the pain Mary experienced watching the sufferings of her Son Christ and also an awareness of how our sins brought Christ pain. A river of tears would flow silently from the outward corners of my eyes, streaming down my cheeks. The tears would continue to flow until I drifted off into sleep. The memory of the experience was one of deep love and pain. I was conscious of my own physical pain but it seemed minimized by the emotional depth of what I regard as a spiritual and soul cleansing experience. Artist tend to hone their sensitivity so their emotional intensity lies closer to the surface of their being. It is one of God’s special gifts that drives their feeling, creativity and lives. When I feel pain I am one is more conscious of the greater pain that others go through. When I was told I might lose my 70 year old foot it seem minor compared to young men and women, who lost their arms or legs as so many of our Veterans have in Iraq.

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"Times in Each one’s life"

Alexandra and Mary of the Sea.

I am dedicating this song to my new God Daughter, Alexandra Dioguardi. The song is about God’s love for us and our love for Him. I wondered how a 70 year old man could be a responsible God Parent in the future. I will be there through my art , writings and songs for Alexandra and my kids and their kids when they get around to having them . No Rush!

Alexandra was born the same day that Christ’s Mother, Mary was born. I gave her the painting that you see her pictured with “Mary of the Sea.” I had put the painting aside for some lady who was going to sing one of my favorite Mary Songs,” Mother Mary’s Blue” some day. ( As I always felt this beautiful song was meant to be sung properly by a lady with a beautiful voice who loved Mary. ) I inscribed the back of the painting, “ Please sing Mother Mary’s Blue for me Alexandra, No matter where I am , no matter how long I have been gone I will hear You sing Mother Mary’s Blue, Love Your God Father, George J. Bleich I sent my spiritual CDs along with the painting.

I find it indicative of my creative direction that my first three songs of 2006 are of a spiritual nature. This was started before Shadow Angel and after “Let Thy Will be my will.” I have more lyrics to this that will become another song Seed of Faith that is in progress

Lyrics Times in Each one’s life
There are times in each one’s life
That you will feel His Holy Grace,
You yearn to be with him, to see His Holy face
But it is not your time to go, there are seeds of faith to sow.
It is time for you to share, what you’ve been blest to know.
The love of God the Father
The Holy Spirit too
The love of Jesus Christ
His Blessed Mother Too
Your belief in Angels
That they do exist
Especially the one who is by your side
No Matter what you do
The great loving examples of so many Saints
Who obeyed God’s Commands, with Jesus in their hearts.
They want you to follow too. To follow and do your part.
Loving God is the first step. Acts of love is just the start.
Follow the foot steps of the Lord and He will walk with you.

A winter storm knocked our power out in Pebble Beach from Monday through Wed. It was cold, dark and rainy with raging winds outside. Candle light was our illumination. The Votive candle of Christ that my nephew, John D Jr. gave me was the only light in my room. I was intrigued by the image cast by the flickering flames on my bedroom wall. It is common for me when the power is out to play my acoustic guitar by candle light. I wrote this song inspired by the shadows.

Candle light is casting dancing shadows on the wall
I think I see an angel more than 8 ft. tall
Her head is bending down, I know she's feeling blue,
Even angels need a friend a sinner man won't do,
No, a sinner man won't do
Shadow angel, dancing on my bedroom wall
Shadow angel almost 8 feet tall
The night is long when you're in pain, when you're all alone
Alone with a shadow angel, cast by a candle's flame.
Shadow angel almost 8 feet tall
Shadow angel, dancing on my bedroom wall
Try as you may, sleep won't come, when pain gets in the way.
Your only friend is a shadow angel
Who will leave with the light of day.
Shadow angel almost 8 feet tall
Shadow angel, dancing on my bedroom wall
dancing on my bedroom wall
The candle light is casting dancing shadows on the wall
I think I see an angel more than 8 ft. tall
Her head is bending down, I know she's feeling blue,
Even angels need a friend a sinner man won't do,
No, a sinner man won't do

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"Gospel, Let Thy Will Be My Will"

"Rhumba, Let Thy Will Be My Will"

"Jazz, Let Thy Will Be My Will"

Let Thy Will, be my will, in all that I say and do

Forgive me Lord, my past sins, the pain that I caused you

Let Thy Will. Be My Will, Give me strength to start anew

God is love, He Loves You, it’s time that we, love him too .

May you be a pawn of the Lord, Moved by his holy hands

Time to repent, make amends and follow him, obey all his commands

Do unto others, as you would have them, do unto you.

God is love, He Loves You, it’s time that we, love him too .

He will be the light of hope, In dark moments of deep sorrow

He will bring you joy and love in all your new tomorrow's

Let Thy be my will, in all that I say and do

Forgive me Lord, my past sins, the pain that I caused you.

When you do wrong, don’t despair, take time to change your ways.

God is Love, He loves you , It’s time that we, Love Him too

To Receive God’s Grace and blessing, all you have to do is love him.

While recuperating from Hip Surgery and I found myself leaning on the spirituals That I have shared with other who have had major health problem. Spiritual Two which is one of the CDs I give out in the gallery brought me relief from both pain and stress. This CD has my Mary songs on, viz “ Mother Mary’s Blue”; “We all have a Heavenly Mother”: “All Mothers are Madonna's” ; “ Hail Mary “ “ Don’t Put Down Mother Mary or you will answer to J C ”, along with songs I wrote for my Mom when I was her primary Care Giver in my home until She died at 99 years of age. I would also play Spirituals One but I found in life that when a son was in pain he would go to his Mom more often as Mothers had a gentler touch. Where Dads were more apt to say you have to be tough Son. I guess I leaned on my Spiritual Mom in my quest for relief .from pain where as when I played Spiritual One which dealt with Christ sufferings I would offer up my pain to give some one else who was in more pain than I, relief.

I would play them at night before gone to sleep and if I awoke in pain which was quite often. I found my self giving copies to other patients and nurses at hospice, To patients and Doctors and Nurses at the VA clinic at Ft. Ord to share with others. On my CDS Spiritual One and Spiritual Two I have printed on the cover Please Share, Do Duplicate which is the complete opposite from many others.

Reviewing the songs more often increased my spiritual focus and I found spiritual lessons in them for myself. I know by people’s responses that they have touched others in a positive spiritual restorative way. Some one, a Musician and songwriter, who I no longer associate with said my songs were too preachy. Looking back I think he was spiritually dead wrong. They were not too preachy, they were just reflections on my personal spiritual interests that I want to share. This led to my First song of 2006, a sermon.,” Let Thy Will be My Will “ based on a short personal prayer I have said for years.

I wanted to express how to receive God’s help Grace and Blessings . All you have to do is love him and put your trust in Him. You will awaken your spiritual awareness. You will realize that Christ Loves You. Even the Saints sinned in the past. In order to change for the better you have to look at your own sins.. You should generate a deeper sense of sorrow for what you have done. Chance are some of these sins may have hurt others, I put the Golden Rule in the lyrics to gently focus on that factor. All of your sins hurt God. . This sorrow combined with a deeper love of God could be the energy that would lead to repentance. Human are frail and subject to fall many times in their lifetime. Sometime that fall could lead into a downward spiral of addiction. You can lose self esteem and find your self depressed. When you do wrong don’t despair and fall deeper into the darker vortex of uncontrolled human behavior. Lift yourself up on the wings of awareness that God, the most wonderful being in the universe, loves you and wants to reach out and help you.... There is no reason ever to feel unloved if you love God. You will be part of a wonderful spiritual family that is always there to help you.. You will think of Angel as friends and saints as people to emulate. You will find brothers and sisters who share your love of Christ and live their lives accordingly. I am not talking about the new millennium Pharisees who are too busy judging every one else to be aware of their own shortcomings when it comes to doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. There are people who read and quote the Good Book but never applied to their lives the lessons in the New Testament Christ taught by example. I once told an learned individual who was reeling off Bible quotes like a computer search engine. “I hear you talking with your mind but not your heart.”

Let thy Will be my will, It is better to be a pawn moved by the hand of God in gentle ways, than a king moved by the hands of man. There are times in life when some will go along with what other are doing that is wrong because they are removing the guidance that Gods love and commandments dictate. You could be part of a crowd of two or two million misled into violent acts. Good young people will sometime get into serious trouble when they act with out thinking of the results of actions that may be encouraged by another individual who they may regard as a leader, cool and strong and neat to be wrong.. Sometimes wrongs get out of control when violence creates more violence. Than in a spontaneous violent thoughtless action of the moment, Lives change forever. The victim , his or her family and their friends suffer, The perpetrators lives are changed and so are those who went along with it. There have been times when some fine young people who never were in trouble before will find themselves in the horrors of jail life because of one spontaneous action that was encouraged by their companions.. But there were other poor decisions that may have led up to that. One negative friend could create problems if you are not careful. The friends that you choose to be apart of their group or new adoptive family was a group with violent tendencies who bonded together for protection from other gang of a similar nature.. The survival of the fittest, over emphasis on physical or financial strength devoid of moral or spiritual strength, creates a problem with balance. in life. Eventually it leads to toppling over. Greed can be top heavy.

If you cultivate your spiritual side it will lead to rich full sense of independence. You will have respect for others because you will have respect for yourself. You will make solid decisions independent of others, individuals and crowds who may lead you astray. You will live your life with courage, not fear .Just remember God , the most wonderful being in the universe loves you Let His Will Be Thy Will., May God continue to bless you. Don’t just read the good book, Learn it’s lessons and live your life accordingly.

I have to smile at another side of me, an itinerant singing preacher, to go along with the itinerant philosopher and primitive artist. The joy is in the journey, the journey is for sharing

GJBleich

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"We're all God's Children" This Gospel song is about the passage of life. The world is the palm of his hand. The final destination is the promised land. There are thunder sound effects reflecting God's pain and anger when we wrong our fellowman. Cold Rain are the tears he cries when we forget Why his son died. Though written from the Christian viewpoint it encompasses all Religions for we are all God's children.

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"Dad You are the Bedrock of our love." inspired by the untimely death of Teah’s Dad. Teah is the wife of my nephew Chris. Her father died very suddenly this early summer at the age of 57. Teah, The wife of my nephew Chris is one of the true beautiful people in the world, a special person in body, heart and soul. I credit her unique positive caring personality to the love of caring parents and the genes she inherited. People will sometime ask me to write a song for a loved one or friend who passed away. I wrote this for Teah, Chris and baby Jude, for Teah’s Mother and the rest of their family and friends I wrote this with out being asked because I love them and in the hope it would comfort them...

This is also dedicated to any one whose father died here or in some distant part of the world while away from their family. My own father was missing in Action in the North Atlantic 60 years ago and I still feel the deep blue pain 60 years later.

If your father is still alive give him a call, tell him you love him .It will be far better than a rose placed on his coffin later...

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"If I were a Sparrow" I include this song as it is special to me. I wrote this song when I was a carpenter in Conn. It was during lent. I became the man who hammered the nails in Christ wrists and feet. There was a small Lourdes Grotto Shrine in Brookfield Conn. That I use to stop at and pray at on the way home from work. The kneeler were falling apart so I found a priest in charge and told him I would supply free labor if they supplied the wood. I remembered putting messages inside the hole where the wood dowels covered the screws. I rebuilt the Kneelers there with out cost. There is a larger shrine in Litchfield Conn. I liked the intimacy of the smaller one in Brookfield as I felt it encouraged the one on one rapport with God that I prefer. I would like to encourage more small shrines like this for Mary, and others for St. Francis out in the country, where travelers can stop and pray. In Europe you will find Crosses on pedestals, along the road, where people stop and pray. This song is with Acoustic Guitar and vocal by Bleich

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"Sparrow 2002" It is common for me to explore varied song arrangements of the same song as the one above. During Lent, 2002, as a prayer exercise I created this gospel interpretation of one of my favorte songs while playing Yamaha PSR9000 and adding vocal harmonies.

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"If I were made blind" A driving rhythmic song examining one relationship with Jesus in the midst of the speed of modern day life. The beauty and gravity of the song transcends how it came to be written.I wrote it while I was laid up for almost a month when I injured my leg.

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"Welcome Jesus in." When I first wrote this song There was a sense of hope That my sister Helen would welcome Jesus into her heart as health circumstances established a temporary wall between her and Christ. She found it difficult to understand why she had a stroke and the problem after affects.

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"Here and Now" was started just before Easter. I have this very large Cross that I built into the Large studio window. I knelt down to pray in my loft while looking over at the illumined Cross and started Here and Now. The title came from a tv interview with a golfer from Louisiana who won his first tournament, a million dollar tournament. They asked him how he kept his focus and cool under the great pressure. His answer was I focused on the Here and Now. He is one cool likable dude and came through sinking two chips and a one putt on the last three holes. At my age I have difficulty remembering his name but not his game. Thank You for the gift of Focus and the "Here and Now."

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"Don't Put down Mother Mary" The Passion of Christ and the pain of Mary. This song relates to Mary and Disciples John and Jesus’ last Command to the two of them from the cross. "Mother behold thy Son. Son behold thy Mother." There are some Bible Quoters who feel that Catholics pay too much attention to Mary. They tend to be critical of all older established Religions. They interpret the bible to justify what they want to do. Using the quotes of lesser insignificant characters with abandon, and put more of a priority on these quotes than the 10 commandments, The clear directives of God the Father. They will sometime wrap the Bible in the American Flag and in the process become more of extension of a political Movement Than part of the living body of Christ. That body is composed of Individuals who have accepted Christ as their Savior and live their lives accordingly with a Christ centered Heart. By their works and deeds you shall know them!

I say to them and the world, if you do not treat Mary with the love and respect that Jesus Christ did throughout His life, then the bible is not pertinent to you. Read the Gospel of John. Jesus’s love of His Mother and John's care of Mary at Christ's request is a valuable lesson in the bible that we can apply to life. We should not just quote the Bible. We should try to live by it.

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"We all have a Heavenly Mother" Lourdes song was written as a prayer offering for Catherine, A six year old with Cystic Fibrosis that I shared Lourdes water with. It includes singing the Hail Mary within the song. Ever since I went to Lourdes the first time, 11 years ago, I have enjoyed singing Hail Marys while saying the rosary while driving. I use my fingers to count the hail Marys, still managing to keep both hands on the wheel. The Hail Mary part was written while driving in the Lourdes area of France. Sang, written, arranged, and played by George Bleich on a Yamaha Psr 9000

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"Mother Mary's Blue". This song is about walking along the ocean blue and sprinkling Lourdes Water into the sea. The unique story behind this song is found in the directory Lourdes Water. Arranged by Phil Michaels and keyboard by Rowland Evans.

One of my enjoyable approaches to prayer is to write, sing and play original songs of praise while painting, often till dawn. For years, I have been combining my creative efforts as one act of prayer. There is more of an intense focus when I become involved with someone who is ill and end up sharing Lourdes water with them.

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" Miracles can happen" was inspired by my sister Helen. It was a new version of my song called "Healing", that originally focused on the healing in relationships of all kinds including, personal and world relationships in addition to spiritual healing. This version focused more on spiritual healing. It had to do with the miracle that takes place within our souls in addition to the external ones. It includes a true story of a Mother's Experience at Lourdes. Not everyone seeking a physical cure will have their prayers answered, some will find their souls are cured. Miracles can happen though they sometime go unseen. Sang, written, arranged, and played by George Bleich on a Yamaha Psr 9000

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St Theresa Song "Little Flower" While sharing Lourdes Water with some one named Theresa I became more conscious of the beautiful story of this wonderful Saint. The last week I spent working on this song as a prayer offering for Her Name sake and another Theresa I met with another serious health problem within a half hour of sharing Lourdes water with Theresa. I gave her a cd of my spiritual with Saint Therese on the cd. I was going to write her name on the cd and was surprised to find out her name was Theresa also. In the past week I have felt close to St. Theresa and have really felt she help me in a couple of Instances with some problems Try The prayer out for yourself. Little Flower show your power and put your own request for assistance and don't be surprised if She helps you.

I dedicated the effort at redoing the song as a prayer for two lovely ladies named Theresa who are going through serious health problems of their own.. The timing was strange. One Theresa left my gallery with some Lourdes water and my spirituals on CDs and 15 minutes later another Theresa came into my gallery Who also had a serious health problem. I sang the Evergreen Tree song for both couples and had some CDs with St. Theresa’s image on the CDs that I just created that morning before I came to the gallery . I was a little late as I was designing and printing the CD labels. Please pray for them that God will help them. Please pray for our fighting men and women in Iraq That they will return safe and sound and will not have to be rotated again, back in harms way.

Everyday since then I have been working on a different version of the St. Theresa song for our boys and young ladies in Harm’s way in Iraq. We lost far too many the past two weeks. More than we have lost in any prior month. Much of the concerns that I put into my songs before the war started has comes to past with a deadly vengeance. The Bush administration hawks have had their way and America is paying the heavy price in human lives and financial deficits. The responsibility rest on the President hands. “Mission accomplished” and “Bring them on “ are just two of the careless statements made by a careless President. The timing of both were wrong and misleading as were the reasons stated as the cause for war on Iraq, in the first place. Some like the President’s consistency of direction, and his personal strength of conviction. Unchangeable and unflappable even when he is dead wrong, I can not understand how he can speak of our loss of lives and problems in Iraq with that cross between a smile and smirk on his face!

Songs I wrote for Mom

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"Keep God in Your Heart" This is one of Mother's favorite phrases. Mother who is 98 is a prayerful woman. Just "Keep God in your heart, George and He will help you carry your little cross in Life." I thought to myself, " Mom you are my little Cross". Sometimes she makes it heavy but I carry it with love and find a certain amount of joy in the process. She is always asking me "Why is God keeping me here so long, George"? I answer "Penance, Mom". Mother said "I've been good all my life George". And my answer is with a smile, "It's my Penance, Mom". Humor lifts her spirits and mine also.

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"Dont Say Good bye" is one of Mother's way saying so long to people who are leaving the gallery. She will add "Good bye is forever, just say so long." She will follow up with a happy " Hasta La Vista" or "Vaya Con Dios", Chalk up another song for Mom. She is a phrase maker "Oh George freeze your teeth and give your tongue a sleigh ride", said mom.

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"Don't Say Good bye" 2002 new arrangement, Mom would always say Don't Say Goodbye. Just say so long, Good bye is forever. Mother was having some health complications, The first in 98 years. Age was gradually setting in and causing me new concern and caregiving problems. This song was her expressions coupled with my love for my mother.

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"I Pray to God My Soul to Keep" Mother had a bevy of Night prayer, This song is started by one of her favorites. When I lie me down to sleep, I pray to God my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray to God My soul to take. It touches upon other aspects and metaphors of the passage. Her sense of peace and continence on her face that visually spoke of her sense of readiness for the journey into the light. She was prepared and ready to let go of her earthly bonds, filled with a sense of peace that comes from being loved. A circle of loving relatives and friends gathered with angels that only she could see. She was at peace and knew where she was going,that God would take her soul To his loving arms in Paradise May we all be as fortunate when it is our time to go, to once again have the faith of a child. I remember once again what my 12 year old said when He was 4 years old. He told me. I want to die dad! Concerned I asked why? He said I can't wait to go to heaven.

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"Tick Tock,"While on my night vigil by mother bedside I would play my guitar softly. though she was sleeping I felt she could hear my singing and playing. I stated plucking two of the strings to D and Am like the tick tock of a clock Back and forth in a gentle rhythm I could sense that Mom's time with us was gradually coming to a close and she would be crossing over to the Eternal side of Heaven. I wrote this song to prepare Mom for her journey. That she could face the end of life here on earth with out fear of that "Dreadful Hour" which was mentioned in one of her night time payers. Little flower show you power, Save me from that dreadful hour. ( a prayer to Saint Theresa, I would tell her that death was not a dreadful hour, that she was going to get on an express train straight to heaven with no stops in purgatory.) She would smile knowingly. The dread was gone. In its place was a sense that she would soon be seeing her Husband, Harry, her Father, John and Mother, Martha, Her 12 brothers and sisters, and old shipmates and friends that made the passage to eternity before her.

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" One Tear to the Ocean" My beloved Mother Helen Bleich died Dec. 13th, 2002. 60 years earlier to the day, Dec. 13th, 1942, that my dad was missing in Action on the cold mountainous seas of the North Atlantic when torpedoed by a German U boat. One tear to the ocean was inspired by some of her last words. She said, "I am surrounded by a circle of love". I thought at first she was talking about her family but had reason to wonder perhaps she saw waiting angels that we could not see that were gathering to take her to heaven. Her face was illumined with love and Grace.

She was one of 13 children. Mother had a deep affection for Mary, the Mother of Jesus which she passed down to her children. Shortly after she died we knelt down around her bed to say the Rosary while her cold dead hands held the Rosary Beads that belonged to her Mother. Some time Mother's Rosaries would break and have to be reassembled The Rosary that I used that night had 13 beads instead of 10 purely by chance. My Sons, Harry Eric, Christopher Orion His girlfriend Marina and I took turns leading four of the five decades that make up a Rosary The 5th decade was Led my sons girl friend Marina in Spanish while we answered in English.

Peace and understanding Songs

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"Man in Black" was written along with "Here and Now". Curse of Cain while working on a prayer Painting of Jesus Christ called Man In Black. These creative efforts were offered up as a prayer, praying for Peace in the Mid- East and the world. They along with "Children of Abraham" that was dedicated to the United Nations Peace efforts in the Mid-East. are fulfilling my New Years resolution to be an active creative voice for peace.

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"Children of Abraham" is a song about prayers for peace in the world, with the emphasis on The offspring of Abraham. This song is dedicated to the Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. I sent him a cd along with My Message to Humanity to share with those interested in peace in the Mid-East who have representatives to the United Nation." I also included a bank check for $1100 for the UN children's AIDs fund to fulfill an old obligation I assummed to do something in support of those with AIDS. There was an excellent National Geographic Story in the December issue, 'Abraham Father of three faiths'. It is my intent and resolution for the New Year, 2002, to continue to be a creative voice for peace and justice in the world. One of the great strengths of America is how we are the positive sum total of ethnic and religious groups who settled in America from throughout the world. When I first started this song I was discouraged by the state of world affairs. The longer I worked on it as a prayer offering, the more hope I felt about peace being attainable in the Mid-East and the world. It is not just a matter of giving Peace a chance but never giving into the despair of war. Jan. 24, Peace day is a day we can be in spirit with the spirit of the prayers being offered up at Assisi for Peace by the Pope and other Religious Leaders, all Children of Abraham who pray together to One God for peace in our hearts and the world... In the spirituality section there is a story of my experiences at Assisi and the peace song 3 white doves that I started there describing the experience.

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"Curse of Cain". Go to the Bible, Genesis, chapter 4, verse 15 Cain and Abel and give me your opinion of what Yahweh, God had in mind when he put the mark of Cain on Cain. Click here to email me. God said Cain would be protected as any one who dared harmed him would have sevenfold more suffering as a result. It almost appears as if that is happening in today's world. There seem to be a continuation of too many Cains killing Ables. I wonder if the circle of hate moves faster because it is going down hill to hell. Perhaps the circle of love is on a horizontal plane and rays out from a center location and doesn't move that fast in comparison. Or if we are pushing the circle of love uphill, It takes more honest effort and sacrifice. The story about Cain and Abel is in the Bible and Koran. In the song I have a line "The death angel you wish on others will visit you instead."

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“God Save the Children" God Reach down to the innocents with your loving arms
Shelter them within the wings of angels, keep them safe from harm
O Lord please save the children, Spare them the heartbreak of war
Spare them the sorrow, that will be theirs tomorrow
Borne on eagle wings of war. God save the children.

Through out history, Men driven by deceit and greed, war and the vain misuse of power succeed in having children pay the cost of war with their lives, loss of love ones and their tears. It is not just the children of Iraq that feel the pain and loss It will be the children of our service men and women who will share the terrible cost and loss from a war that need not be!. The pain never really goes away and no amount of Patriotic fervor and welcoming home our heroes who returned home safely will cushion the reality of their loss and pain. In among the Iraq war news they had a video clip of children in Palestine throwing stones at a tank threatening the neighborhood they lived. These children relative to the tank are the fragile children of stone in the song.

The time has come to use these stones not as weapons but stones to build a peace memorial to the children and young people on both sides who paid the price for violence and hate. It is a time to build a new Free State of Palestine where people can realize the joys of lifefound in more peaceful Cities and Countries in the world and live in peace with Israel. The same holds true in Israel. It is time for fresh new voices to be heard on both sides. It is a time to reject the circle of violence and spokes of hate. May we all enter into the Endless Circle of God's Love and Peace. Though we Know him by different names, He is one and the same.

60 years after my dad was missing in action in the North Atlantic I came across his final letter home to mother and my sisters and I. I also found out his loss was verified to be Dec.13th. not Dec. 7 as the first telegram said approximately Dec. 7th. The pain of his loss was coupled with the death of my 99 year old mother on Dec. 13th, exactly 60 years later. The pain and emotional impact felt was excruciating. The individuals on both sides of this conflict who will lose family members in this war will know that pain.

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"Family of Man," We're just a family and we are all in His great hands. One of my folk songs that I have taught many people including Irish Missionary Nuns who work throughout the world. I would not be surprised to be in Africa and hear it being sung there.

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"About Face" if I had my druthers, this song could be used in peaceful demonstrations in any part of the world including America by individuals or groups who wanted to make a statement for peace in a different manner. When an Individual leader or his compatriots who are pressing for war were present they would call "About Face," call about face for war . Than they as a group would smartly turn their back on him her or them. About Face, is a military command to reverse direction of an individual standing at attention.

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"Man in the moon, July 2002, A lighter peace song." While painting until the early morning, I was moved by a brilliant moon that was visible in my large picture window in my studio. The face on the man in the moon was more evident and it seemed to be smiling. It was the inspiration for "Man in the moon". It jump started my continuation of my resolution of being a creative voice for peace. I took a break from my peace songs as I really felt the world's pain, heightened by my focus, awareness and sensitivity to the havoc and loss of lives that war has brought in 2002.

I have to travel vicariously, the last couple of years I have been very close to home caring for my 99 year old mom. I don't think I have been more than 20 mile away from home. That is such a far cry from my regular jet plane trips through out the world painting. I have more time to develop my music potential and to continue my exploratory painting disciplines. I recently finished "Cruising the USA" and am also working on a neat motorcycle song.