Tomorrow's show and New Song

Come see the solo act and first show since the pandemic. Dan has several news songs including this one, Without The Truth. Show is Saturday June 19, 2021 at the Schooner Lounge in Beautiful Netarts Bay, Oregon.

Words and Music by Dan Kaufman- 2021

WITHOUT THE TRUTH

D A C G E C A (chords)

A G E A G E

Without the truth, you need not hear me?

Without the truth, there is no unity

With all the fear, without a tear

With all the hate, with all the mirrors

You can not see me

Can you now feel me?

Without the love, what is the point?

Sweet Lord above, and you know Heyzoos, well they put them in the joint

All the ice, it wasn’t nice

It wasn’t fair to tear apart all the families

That was your family

(Modulate to B for Bass solo then back to A for Harmonica solo)

Without Repair Our Ship is Sunk

We can pray for luck or Jettison the junk

All we need is all right here

for all of them for all of us

Unpack the trust, just takes a little trust

The Hurricane Song for 2020

2020 has been a Hurricane of a year. We produced this song last spring and then I pretty much left The Dan Kaufman Band on a back burner. The space for the project was not there and did not feel right to me. But I never can stay away from music for long and new stuff is on the way.

I feel like the Hurricane Song really reflected my life this year. Being thrown into tumult and trying to remember what is truly important: love and life.

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A hurricane will land and blow you far away

And then you’ll long for that record you wanted to play

It’s the one that’s got your brand new favorite song

The one you were going to teach all your friends to sing along

That one about love

That one about love, love, love, love, Life

Well you take that sand and you fill it up in the jar

Until there’s no room left for what you really are

You turn around and see that what you lack

Is the old guitar in the brand new back pack

Let’s talk about love

Let’s talk about love, love, love, love, Life

Don’t bother walking with a pebble up in your shoe

But who am I to tell you what you ought to do?

You’ll find the path but first you’ll you’ll find the way

and then you’ll drop the needle on the record you wanted to play

That one about love

That one about love, love, love, love, Life

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This is a Portland area Community PSA and call to action. Access to clean drinking water in our Metro area is dangerously limited for the houseless community. Many of our neighbors are having to resort puddles and rainwater. This is a sanitation and health crisis.
Here is a video I shot yesterday while making some water deliveries. -Show video-
There was just one bathroom open at the facility I just showed and ONLY the toilet has running water. I am not anything like public health expert but it seems to me not having access to water to drink or for sanitation is as great threat to community health. In the metro area we need our government agencies to step up to water and sanitation so campers can have basic access. So far, it’s not happening. I will spare showing you pictures I found of the porta-pottys that were made available, downtown. They appear unmaintained, overflowing and without sanitizer or toilet paper. Water fountains and spigots are off across the state.

Here are calls to action: Contact your elected representatives at all levels of government and make them away of the issue of no access and the risk to the community especially to the most vulnerable. Second, I propose that area residents WHO CARE start placing hoses with spigots AND soap near sidewalks so people can fill water containers and wash their hands. Even IF we can get our government to act it will still be difficult to reach everyone. Community members with the resources have the ability to bring online thousands of water stations immediately and dispersed across the city. I clearly understand these presents its own set of problems. If you have a better ideas, I am all ears.

Thanks, Dan

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My COVID Spring Manifesto

  • I will be producing and promoting music, videos, a comic book, and historical thought. I will do this by myself, with my family, and in collaboration with others.

  • I will be homeschooling and exercising with my sons especially my youngest.

  • I will be building a mutual aid network with my neighbors.

  • I will be providing and developing web-streaming services using the DiscoTrike.

  • I will be organizing my home and making repairs A place for everything and everything in it’s place.

  • I will be talking on the phone with friends, video calling when possible, and writing post cards.

  • I will do this slowly, deliberately, without panic, and with compassion for myself and others.

    Dan

Gettin’ busy chillin’

Gettin’ busy chillin’

Mutual aid

Mutual aid

Underwood typewriter my friend is lending to me.

Underwood typewriter my friend is lending to me.

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