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Flagship*

*The ship in a fleet which carries the commanding admiral.

“Flagship” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar and concertina by Sanford R. Bender on April 23, 2022
“Around the cape” Monoprint from St. Martin’s School of Art in London by Sanford Ross Bender from 1974,

**This music is also dedicated to freedom for the people of Ukraine**

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Make it a Special Day

“Make it a Special Day” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar by Sandy Ross Bender on July 30, 2016

“The joy of my life- Adam as a boy-napping and waking” drawn with a pencil in my sketchbook
by Sandy Ross Bender

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Memory of a Drowned Town

“Memory of a Drowned Town” composed, performed, and recorded with vocals, guitar, banjo, and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on December 30, 2015.

“A natural occurence” painted with gouache by Sanford Ross Bender

Memory of a Drowned Town

The river washed my house away,

I always liked the view.

The rocks that I had piled up,

Tumbled away and broke through.

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My cat climbed into the highest tree,

My dog just ran away.

Only the old rooster,

Took command of the bay.

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Down in the valley so far below,

Lay a wasted town.

Some people found their old row boats,

The rest must have drowned.

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We never thought the storm would come,

To our sacred isle.

This is what comes to the best of us,

When we live our lives in denial.

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Sanford Ross Bender – Copyright: 12.30.2015

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Far away from home

“Far away from home” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on April 7, 2022.
“Landscape collection” drawn and painted with ink and water colors by Sanford (Sandy) Ross Bender
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Good Call!

“Good Call! composed, performed, and recorded with guitar and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on March 25, 2022
“Clarinet Sunset” painted and drawn with water color, pencil, and crayon by Sanford Ross Bender

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I’ll make up my own mind!

“Dorrie” photgraphed by Sanford Ross Bender afew days ago.
“I’ll make up my own mind” composed , performed, and recorded with guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on March 22, 2022

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Rain light

“Rain light” drawn and painted with ink and water color by Sanford Ross Bender

“Rain light” drawn and painted with ink and water color by Sanford Ross Bender
“Rain light” composed, performed, and recorded with concertina and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on March 20, 2022.

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The old dog left home

“A dog who won’t stay in the same place for long” drawn with pen and ink on paper by Sanford Ross Bender
“The old dog left home” composed, performed, and recorded with two guitars and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on February 26, 2022,

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Opening my darkened heart for Valentine’s Day

“Opening my darkened heart” composed, performed, and recorded on two tracks with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on February 13, 2022
“Opening my darkened heart” drawn with charcoal on paper by Sanford Ross Bender
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Mouth full of chocolate

“Mouth full of chocolate” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar on two tracks by Sanford Ross Bender on February 6, 2022
Monotype created with colored inks on glass at St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England by Sandy Bender in 1974.