Ted Giffin

Touch of Grey (cover) live

June 30, 2016

Touch of Grey, live. GET THIS! IT’S A HOOT. MY ACOUSTIC PUNK ROCK VERSION OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD BREAKTHRU TO THE MAINSTREAM HIT, TOUCH OF GREY! (bwahhahahaha a monster is born!)

Rattled (cover) live

June 30, 2016

Rattled (live) I have heard that rock n’ roll was at least one part hillbillie. So..I would like to add, it could even be Psycho-Billie, therefore here is my tithe to the melting pot….

the Weight (cover) live

June 30, 2016

the Weight (live) (lyrics) I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin’ about half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head “Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?” He just grinned and shook my hand and, “No”, was all he said Take a load off Annie Take a load for free Take a load off Annie And you put the load right on me (You put the load right on me) […]

Who Loves the Sun? (cover) live

June 30, 2016

Who Loves the Sun? (live) (lyrics) Who loves the sun Who cares that it makes plants grow Who cares what it does Since you broke my heart Who loves the wind Who cares that it makes breezes Who cares what it does Since you broke my heart Pa Pa Pa Pa Who loves the sun Pa Pa Pa Pa Who loves the sun Pa Pa Pa Pa Not everyone Pa Pa Pa Pa Who loves the sun Who loves the rain Who […]

Bennie and the Jets (cover) live.

June 28, 2016

Bennie and the Jets, live. So a few words about the song. When I was 5 or so years old, it would come over the AM radio. I vaguely remember seeing Elton John do the song in a wild outfit, like a bird with odd glasses, perfect for my child mind. Getting older, I am thinkin’ ‘BENNIES’ is Speed. So that is all well and good (kinda). Then the kicker is after 9/11 in the States, the genius government figured that the […]

Can’t Find My Way Home (cover) live

June 28, 2016

Can’t Find My Way Home, live. All that I am going to say here, is that the first time that I heard the song I was in a Freezing Blizzard in Chicago in December 1988. I was chasing down a friend of mine named Dwight, as I tended to do back then. She was attending the Chicago Institute of the Arts. Being the puppy I was, I raided the tape collection, this is what I found.

Southern Man (cover) live

June 28, 2016

Southern Man (live). (lyrics) Southern man better keep your head Don’t forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man I saw cotton and I saw black Tall white mansions and little shacks. Southern man when will you pay them back? I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? Southern man better keep your head Don’t forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now […]