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The Collector

from My Nocturnal Youth by Dan Blakeslee

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    Welcome to the intimate home recordings of Dan Blakeslee...

    This physical album is in a limited edition of 1000 which are all hand silk screened by Dan Blakeslee.

    All music recorded by Dan Blakeslee between 1999 - 2010 on a 4-track tape machine, other tape machines, a digital recorder and mini disc. Most of these songs were recorded in the late hours of the evening.

    Dan Blakeslee plays all instruments except Juliet Nelson (cello) on "Bouquet On A Winters Night"

    Mastered by New Alliance East – Cambridge, MA

    All music art and lyrics copyright 2014 Dan Blakeslee

    Songs recorded in Portsmouth, NH – Newburyport, MA – Somerville, MA and various New England locations... sometimes while dreaming.

    Thank you to Jon Nolan and Wire Magazine (Portsmouth, NH) for starting the RPM Challenge urging to people to record songs throughout the month of February each year for which a handful of these songs were created. Thank you William Schaff for inspiring me musically and artistically and showing me how to use a 4 track machine... this album is dedicated to you.

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THE COLLECTOR By Dan Blakeslee

Money takes me from my family. My swollen eyes the mirror shows to me. The canvas and my mind have turned to black. If I chase it down it still attacks.

I fill the walls of my Mothers wooden house. I'd like to get the but I can't get out. I'd scatter flowers all across her lawn, the kind that will bloom early in the dawn.

Christopher let's cycle round the lake. Just our smiles and cameras we'll take. I know that winter gets ahold of you. I though you'd like to know it takes me too.

Father let's now take that Sunday drive. Sail upon the seas and feel alive. Now you only live eight miles from me. So why are you someone I hardly see.

Jonathan I'm glad you're finally home. Though in March it's your brother who will roam. When I return let's talk about the west. I've something for you deep inside my chest.

My wife I know that I lay next to you. Though you feel the sheets before I do. Tonight we'll go out for a promised walk. Please take my hands from inside the clock.

Money takes me from my family. My swollen eyes the mirror shows to me. The canvas and my mind have turned to black if I chase it down it will return attack.

Let me for once catch up to you. In years let's say I've given you a few. When my family calls me to their side. I can let it go and take a ride.

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from My Nocturnal Youth, released November 27, 2014
Welcome to the intimate home recordings of Dan Blakeslee...

All music recorded by Dan Blakeslee between 1999 - 2010 on a 4-track tape machine, other tape machines, a digital recorder and mini disc.

Dan Blakeslee plays all instruments except Juliet Nelson (cello) on "Bouquet On A Winters Night"

Mastered by New Alliance East – Cambridge, MA

All music art and lyrics copyright 2014 Dan Blakeslee

Songs recorded in Portsmouth, NH – Newburyport, MA – Somerville, MA and various New England locations... sometimes while dreaming.

Thank you to Jon Nolan and Wire Magazine (Portsmouth, NH) for starting the RPM Challenge urging to people to record songs throughout the month of February each year for which a handful of these songs were created. Thank you William Schaff for inspiring me musically and artistically and showing me how to use a 4 track machine... this album is dedicated to you.

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Dan Blakeslee Kennebunkport, Maine

With a suitcase of songs, Maine folk troubadour Dan Blakeslee ventured into the subways of Boston in 1995 to practice his craft. His songs of true life adventures combine the essence of early folk music with a dose of country grit. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier. His band release "Christmasland Jubilee" on 12.1.20 ... more

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