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His Name Is Legs - One of the Team

from The Song Fu Collection by Hazen Nester/His Name Is Legs

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With a new edition of Song Fu, so came a new name and a new bandmember. Bassist Cameron Accola was officially brought aboard and the duo called themselves "His Name is Legs," after a little-known George Harrison song.

Their first challenge was to write a song from the point of view of an inanimate object. The object selected was a guitar stand. A sample of pickup buzz was altered to change in pitch in an attempt to make the mundane musical. Unfortunately, it backfired in the polls.

lyrics

A 60-cycle hum hangs over the air
A tiny, buzzing B
Hit the tuner and it's gone
A quick adjustment to the strings by the player
The fans begin to scream
He takes a pick and starts the song

The music wafts like incense of the ears
The trance takes listeners near and far
The roadies bob their heads
But as for me, I'm stuck standing here
Without my friend Guitar
Wish I could do more instead

Guitar always says that I'm one of the team
I wish the player could see things the same way
When all you do is give support, it always seems
Appreciation would be nice to have someday

Guitar always says that I'm the best friend around
But it seems to me Guitar has all the fun
What can a stand do when you cannot make a sound?
He has all the talent, I wish that I had some

Guitar says that he loves life in the Limelight
The universal dream
A dream I once did share
When we were new, I used to hang in the backlights
The amp beside me wailed and screamed
How I wish I'd return there

Guitar always says that I'm a unique soul
He doesn't know what my life is and why I fight it
The thing is I know it's only rock and roll
But I like it

credits

from The Song Fu Collection, track released May 25, 2009
Words and music by Hazen Nester

Guitars and vocals by Hazen Nester
Bass guitar by Cameron Accola
Drums by Hydrogen, sequenced by Hazen Nester

Produced and mixed by Hazen Nester

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Quiet Desperation Michigan

Quiet Desperation is the name of what on-again-off-again musician Hazen Nester releases his original, non-songwriting-competition, music under along with his friend and collaborator Cameron Accola.

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