Half of these humid tunes have been sung on and on ...for a long time it seems to me, at least. The melodies are clean and if they have been sung in and under water or about the tributaries of deep south topographies during 40 years trubadoring where few have trod, but some of them have been near latrenes at Interstate pump outs and rest stop parking lots.

Yet their "nurishment on theme and rythem has stopped babies from crying and soothed elders in pain. They remain true watersongs and quite absorbing .

Perhaps this music is fresher today since the South has been drenched by four hurricanes and billions rainfall inches causing equal dollars in insured losses painful to folks.... Water has meaning at this time like never before. and the "waterways" tunefully take directions from the rain, they are clear and make true many things aquatic, humid and zeric.
And they are clean these watersongs are transparent, --"I am hoping they will stay that way --the critter says"... for away from pollution sources all around and under us, (but it seems its just a matter of time before every thing down stream gets dumped on but the there is an up life with water just as there is a down. That is the purpose for this collection of watersongs and waterways.

Some of the lines are mean, and every damn one of them is a river with a dam of some kind in it. But some then they lift evaporate up in atmostphere. Every one of them are lean. There is not an o beastbeast song among the lot, and as far as I can tell each one jogs ... through one's memory when thirst or want for a swim, a fish to eat or a boat excursion on a lake catch that fish.

Here I am oh, great spirit of fish and fowl searching for words to catch this music. I need to say something to describe this school of tunes breaking the surface and about how tears come to eyes at the thought of draining another swamp for "development?".

Watersongs

Anything musical enough to convey water and allow it to sink or seek its on level and democratic rhythem --was considered for this album. Twenty two songs floated to the top. Songs from Appalachia, through dams of Chatahoochee, Flint, Apalachicola, evapotranspiration, rain, anticipation bad weather and squalls, water marks time for us all and Apalachicola is Doin' Time. This song written in 1770 has staying power that many commercially successful song can not claim. It is in the veins of the seafood industry worth billions of dollars annually in Florida. Thanks to George Floyd and even to his father my former friend and colleague this song continues to be song danced and thought about each day. These tunes follow the water lines of Georgia and Florida and a little bit of Alabama and the Caribbean. They are high and low forceful and slow, lightning flash and in banjo ringing, fiddle swinging, mandolin twanging, guitars strum and Bass Bum booboomm. There is one, but just one fine shallow theme water we should save. An ethic important to our lives float in watersongs. These songs have endurance yet hydrologic and potentiometric highs and lows. Start with two songs per day and adjust dosages according to the water level.

Song Titles

1 Apalachicola Doin' Time 03:42
2 The One that got away 03:33
3 Belle of ol' Perdido 03:41
4 Choices Between 01:46
5 Eutrophic on Lake Okeechobee 03:26
6 The Last Live Photo 01:52
7 Loxihatchee River Bleeds 01:55
8 Mangrove Buccaneer 03:07
9 Mosquitos Lullaby 02:29
10 Natural Cycles 03:05
11 Oh Kissimmee River 02:37
12 Big-mouth 03:12
13 Sea Oats 03:43
14 Seine Gang of Cedar Key 02:26
15 Steinhatchee Style 01:57
16 A swamp is a Natural Systems Machine 03:32
17 Tic Tock on the Waterfowl Clock 03:11
18 To be WILD 03:16
19 Watersong 02:42
20 Wreckers on a Florida Shore 06:23
22 Dam of the Ocklawaha 02:29
22 Saint Johns Saving Time 02:58

Thank You

The musicians and talented writer, engineers, graphic artists who have had a hand in this or previous product releases and electronic play of these recordings could fill a book. I feel awkward to begin to list the names of so many deserving folks.

Among the musician who have helped me record I appreciate Summers' mother, Linda Crider who co-wrote with me some of the songs and helped design the original Anhinga Roost Music Company " Watersongs" cassette of (15 songs) and "The Watersong Book". Red Henry and Buddy Ray for engineering, direction, consistency, musical instrumentation particularly with Red for mandolin, fiddle and mandola multi tasked sound engineering and vocal harmony and, with Buddy's engineering, computer tutorial, music instrumentation and all around tech-magic man and graphics lay out dude. Thanks to Dennis, Kris, & Summer for booklet and tray card photos. Thanks to Summer, George and Peggy for various photos.

And finally, I want to thank George for all your support, for the friendships we inherited from your Papa Jim the saltwater trader.