Fast Stop

“Fast stop” painted with black ink and blue pencil markings by Sanford Ross Bender
“Fast Stop” composed and performed with acoustic guitar, electric bass, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on December 20, 2023

Missing in rain

“Desert Rain” painted and drawn with water colors, ink, and colored pencils by Sanford Ross Bender.
“Missing in rain” composed, performed, and recorded with banjo, dobro, guitar, glockenspiel, thunder, and rain by Sanford Ross Bender on September 9, 2023.

Simply from the Heart

“Simply from the Heart” composed, performed, and recorded with concertina and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on July 1, 2023
“Farmlands” painted and drawn with watercolors and ink by Sanford Ross Bender

Once I had a sweetheart (roughly interpreted)

Once I had a sweetheart (roughly interpreted) on guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on November 1, 2022

This traditional song of which I only play guitar was most memorably played and sung by Bert Jansch on his record album entitled “Rosemary Lane”. Bert Jansch (since gone from this world) was probably more influencial than many other musicians on my psyche (human mind, soul, and spirit). My improvised version is imperfect and perhaps flawed in its brevity, but nevertheless is expressive of the vulnerability that is revealed in matters of the heart. S.R.B.

“Poinsetta, Holly and Pine” drawn and painted with ink and watercolor by Sandy Ross Bender

Someone I don’t know

“Someone I don’t know” composed, performed, and recorded by Sanford Ross Bender on January 23, 2022
“Daylilies” painted and drawn with watercolors and ink by Sanford Ross Bender