Collaborative Songwriting Project with Tony Harris of Tony's Lyrics. Tony developed the original song idea and lyrics and I just added a little seasoning to the Gumbo and stirred the stew with a bit of my musical meandering.

Old New Orleans ©

Tony’s Lyrics - Riff Beach

Original Music - 2025

Some call it a Place of Hope

Some call it a Place of Despair

Gospel Music, Jazz, and Blues

They’re all just floating in the air

New Orleans can steal your heart

Or simply tear you apart

It’s History is tarnished Gold

What’s New is often Old

Maybe having so much fun

Can sometimes take its toll

But it’s a place with a lot of Soul

Like Elvis and Rock n’ Roll

(Oh Yeah, just like Elvis and Rock n’ Roll)

New Orleans ain’t always pretty

Yet the songs about that City

Just never seem to go away

You could sing ‘em all night and day

Like ‘Ol Hank’s ‘Jambalaya’

Out on the Bayou having Fun

Or when The Blues catch fire

Like ‘The House of The Rising Sun’

It’s a Place of Broken Dreams

A Place of half-baked Schemes

But usually far from Tragic

It’s Voodoo and Black Magic

A (Yusuf) 'Cat Stevens' Classic. Listened to and loved for the better part of my Life. A song, a prayer, a Version......some thoughts. Just created simply and in my own way - vocal and acoustic guitar. Intended with respect to an incredibly prolific songwriter and performer from the 70's and beyond. Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Production for this Version by Riff Beach (RiffWerx Productions). 2024

Lyrics - The Wind

I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul

Where I'll end up, well I think only God really knows

I've sat upon the setting sun...

But never, never, never, never

I never wanted water once

No never, never, never

I listen to my words but they fall far below

I let my music take me where my heart wants to go

I swam upon the Devil's lake...

But never, never, never, never

I'll never make the same mistake

No - never, never, never

Writer/s: CAT STEVENS, YUSUF ISLAM

Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC

Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

ReMix and revision of an Original song from back in the Early Days of SoundCloud. Original Lyrics, Music, Instruments, Vocals, and Production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records and 3B Production & Recording.

The Daily Grind © - Riff Beach Original Music - 2012, Revised 2024

Original - RiffWerx ®

Give me fresh coffee beans, and….. I’ll wake up feeling fine

Until I’m fed through The Daily Grind

It sure seems good while it’s churning away

But, I’m all ground up at the end of the day

Oh, I got a tune in my head that’s searching for words

Searching for something that’s never been heard

Pebbles in a quarry all mixed into a load

Smashed into gravel and used to build a road

(Chorus)

Change in my pocket and nothing but time

I’m working my way through The Daily Grind

Oooh.....Sometimes, I swear….that I’m losing my mind

‘Cuz, I’m so worn from The Grind

Oh, and I’m so worn from The Grind

Put some coffee on to start my day

Don’t want to work, just hang out and play

Sometimes, I swear that I’m losing my mind

Want more from life than The Daily Grind

Cuz’ I’m so tired of The Grind

(Repeat Chorus and Out)

Retake of a Steve Miller Classic featuring a Creative Calypso Cover from Riff Beach.

Swim © - Riff Beach - Revised 2019

Original (RiffWerx)

Running from that same tired Dream

Thrilled to have a change of Scene

Checking in just to check you Out

Comes to you, there’s just no Doubt

(Chorus 1)

You’re The Sea of Love

And, I wanna’ Swim

Well, Open Up

‘Cuz, I’m Divin’ In

(Chorus 2)

I left My Soul

Upon your Shore


I lost all Control

But, I need you More

You’re the Best

I’ve ever had

All the Rest

Only made me Sad

You live your Life

With so much Grace

Always a Smile

Upon your Face

Running from that same tired Dream

Thrilled to have a change of Scene

Checking in just to check you Out

When it comes to you, well….there’s just no Doubt

Heal My Heart ©

Riff Beach - Original

RiffWerx - 2024

In the darkness

With the stars so bold

He keeps searching for the warmth he’s owed

He walks the streets

With his head hung low

He has a struggle with nothing to show

Got his dreams strapped on his back

A Heavy Load…..

Been walking too long

On this Broken Road

In every beat, a somber note

In every line, a whispered hope

He’s reaching out for something real

For someone who can help him heal

Oh, Come Heal My Heart

Because it’s been torn apart

Come On now

And Heal My Heart

Wanderin’ through the storm he fights

Just longing for a Ray of Light

He hides the scars inside his soul

Spent too much of his life….

Out in the cold

Come Warm My Heart

Contemporaneous Eargasm created with my Ibanez Nylon Thin-Line Acoustic-Electric.

My own Folked-Up version of this Beatle's Classic featuring the Sonic Strummed Rumble of a Breedlove Nylon Acoustic-Electric and a Vocal track.

Acoustic strings dancing along on a cool breeze under the hot Summer sun. Rumble and sparkle of solid wood Martin Dread, strung with Martin Marquis Silked Phosphor Bronze 12's.....what it likes best. Re-stringing smaller bodies (000-OM's) with Martin Silk & Steel 11-47's. Yet, The Big Boy most wants to feed on PhosBronze. :D))))

Contemporaneous Original Sketching with Synths and Stuff.