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Dirge

The next morning, I added a clarinet part to the composition while imagining another musician in the sombre parade. I also realized that the independent concertina and guitar parts needed to be separated.. The lower wind-blown tones of the clarinet blends with the higher tones emitted through the concertina’s bellows while interweaving with the resonant dobro bass line. The guitar part in the reprise provides hope and renewal. S.R. Bender

“Raven” drawn with charcoal pencil by Sanford R. Bender
“Dirge” composed and performed with concertina, dobro, guitar, and clarinet by Sanford R. Bender on July 24, 2022
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Cedar Sunrise

“Cedar Sunrise” improvised and recorded with banjo by Sandy Ross Bender on July 20, 2022
“Cedar Sunrise” painted with water colors by Sandy Ross Bender
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Sirens

“Sirens” composed, played, and recorded with acoustic guitar and dobro by Sanford R. Bender on July 14, 2022
“Mostly Unnoticed Insects” drawn with ink by Sanford R. Bender in September 2000.
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Where is the storm?

“Mountain constellation” painted and drawn with mixed media by Sanford R. Bender
“Where is the storm” composed, played, and recorded with resonator/slide guitar and acoutic guitar by Sanford R, Bender on July 13, 2022.
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Dance away your troubles

“Dance away your troubles” composed, played, and recorded with guitar and banjo by Sanford Ross Bender on June 30, 2022
“Crescent Dance” painted with acrylic colors by Sanford Ross Bender
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Garnet Stone bridge

“Garnet Stone bridge” composed, played, and recorded with guitar and concertina by Sanford R. Bender on June 27, 2022.
“Garnet Stone bridge”: painted with acrylics on canvas board by Sanford R. Bender
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Night swallows

“Deep green transition” painted with gouache and water color by Sandy Ross Bender
“Night swallows” composed, played, and recorded with guitar and glockenspiel by Sandy Ross Bender on May 26, 2022
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After attending a dance in celebration of the fox

“Triumph of foxes”composed, performed, and recorded with two guitars and a concertina by Sandy Ross Bender on May 14, 2022
“Fox Jump” drawn in sketchbook by Sandy Ross Bender on July 10, 2013
“Triumph of the fox” drawn in sketchbook by Sandy Ross Bender in March 2022

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Timmy, oh Timmy, where have you gone?

“The backyard” painted with acrylics on canvas by Sandy Ross Bender
“Timmy, oh Timmy, where have you gone?” composed, performed, and recorded by Sandy Ross Bender with guitar and concertina on April 17, 2022.

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The Devil’s Questions (Niles No. 1 A)*

“Red Devil Bat ” drawn with red colored pencil and black ink by Sandy R. Bender
* “The Devil’s Questions” lyrics sung by Hugh Stallcup and compiled in “The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles University Press of Kentucky) Riddles Wisely Expounded (Child No. 1) sung with original melody accompanied with guitar and additional guitar track by Sandy R. Bender

If you don’t answer my questions well,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

I’ll take you off, and I live in hell,

And you the weavering bonty.

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Oh, what is whiter far than milk?

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And what is softer far than silk?

And you the weavering bonty.

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Oh, snow is whiter far than milk

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And down is softer far than silk,

And me the weavering bonty.

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Oh, what is louder than a horn?

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And what is sharper than a thorn?

And you the weavering bonty.

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Oh, thunder’s louder than a horn,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And death is sharper than a thorn,

And me the weavering bonty.

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Oh, what is higher than a tree?

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And what is deeper than the sea?

And you the weavering bonty.

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Oh, heaven’s higher than a tree,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And hell is deeper than the sea,

And me the weavering bonty.

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Oh, what red fruit September grows?

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And what thing round the whole world goes?

And you the weavering bonty.

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The apple in September grows,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And air around the whole world goes,

And me the weavering bonty.

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Oh, what is wicked man’s repay?

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And what is worse than woman’s way?

And you the weavering bonty.

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Now, hell is wicked man’s repay,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

And a she-devil’s worse than woman’s way,

And me the weavering bonty.

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Oh, you have answered my questions well,

Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

But, I’ll take you off, ’cause I live in hell,

And you the weavering bonty.

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