Songs written for and recorded with young students.

Today on the Fresh Toones Music Show I’ll be sharing some of my “School Day Songs.” These are songs written and performed with some of the under-served students in the City of Rochester, New York.

This is one of the animated music videos that the kid’s made to the Fresh Toone “The Learning Tree.” I was lucky enough to have a fine singer, Misty Adana Aleyce Browning, offer to sing for the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHWwN0SUDE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=8&t=0s

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A show dedicated to my mom, Kathryn Puls, on her 100^th birthday.

Song #1 “When Love is All You’ve Got” – An upbeat song written for a documentary that I made about my mother’s life called “Girl of the Finger Lakes.”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6kcD-Q_m8I

Song #2 “Thank You” – A thank you song for all the folks who have helped me in my life.

Song #3 “Om Namah Shivaya” –A bouncy meditative song of love.

Song #4 “Simple Twist of Fate” – (Bob Dylan) – A song my mom always liked to hear when she’d come out to the coffeehouses to hear me.

Song #5 “Teach Your Children” – (Graham Nash)

Song #6 “This Little Light of Mine” – (Harry Dixon Loes) A gospel song written for children in the 1920s. My mom knew it well from teaching Sunday School.

Song #7 “I Love You (the Anniversary Song)” – A song I wrote for my Dad and Mom’s 60th wedding anniversary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEUopndwlQ&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=4

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Another storytelling show in the series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

Stories #6 through 8 from the “Book of Stories” by Dave Puls

6. The Year I Murdered My Grandma
7. “Killer” and the Ice Cream Sandwiches
8. Patsy’s Kiss and a Broken Toe

Song #1: “You’ve Got a Song” – A simple song that stresses the necessity for each of us to sing our part in the great choir that rings out every day in the universe.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB-1hr29_4&list=PLOyRYerTUWm2Q3t3EXyIOCfzzW4e0TZJf&index=3&t=0s

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

Song #1 “Wade in Water” – (Traditional Spirit) Sung by Kim & Reggie Harris

Song #2 “Freight Train” – (Elizabeth Cotton) An American folk song.

Song#3 “It’ Been a Long Hard Day” – (Fresh Toone) A song for the end of a long hard day.

Song #4 “This Little Light of Mind” – (Harry Dixon Loes) A gospel song written for children in the 1920s.

Song #5 “Hard Traveling” – (Woody Guthrie) A variation of a traditional song.

Song #6 “Nobody Knows the Trouble Seen” – (Harry Thacker Burleigh) An African American spiritual that originated during the period of slavery.

Song #7 “Thanks to the Folks” – A thank you song for the many social activists that have led the way in history.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq9ZBtBAJZY

Song #8 “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” – (Traditional Gospel Song)  A traditional song that was adopted by the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ERLX3b3kE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=5&t=39s

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A show to celebrate the third year of being on air at Rochester Free Radio.

Song #1 “No Big Words Here”– A soothing, peaceful song that invites a little calm into our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fG9BtYftkM&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=16&t=9s

Song #2 “God Bless Us All” – A song I wrote shortly after 9/11 in an attempt to clear my thinking so I might get back to focusing on sharing my love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6hGXgRUJM&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=3&t=0s

Song #3 “Someday” – It’s not so much that Someday is a particular day on which we will all of a sudden discover our love, but Someday is everyday that we seek out and then share our love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhj1HUJI9g&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=16&t=0s

Song #4 “I Can’t Stop Looking” – Without knowing our love not much else seems worth it all so we can’t stop looking.

Song #5 “Part of You” – We are part of much more than we often think we are.

Song #6 “Enough” – A song written for one of those days when you’re feeling like you’ve had enough.

Song #7 “Just Another Rainy Day” – A rainy day song.

Song #8 “Endless Song” – A mellow reminder that “you know it’ll all come out alright” and that “love will always find a way … it’s just an ‘Endless Song.’”

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

Song #1 “If You Believe” – (George Harrison) A Fresh Toone cover.

Song #2 “Everybody Needs Something to Believe In” – We all need something to believe, but let’s make sure that we carefully evaluate what we’ve come to believe in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BtpqvAr48&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=4&t=0s

Song#3 “Om Namah Shivaya” – A meditation of love. “I bow to the God within, my true inner self.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUvOMfAfUQ&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=20&t=0s

Song #4 “Our Love Will Give Us Love” – This song ponders the question. Is it possible that as we give our love we are also creating a reserve of love that we can call upon in the future? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZqfuQrneM&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=19&t=8s

Song #5 “Help Us Everyday” – Another “help song” that pleads for assistance in our efforts to help others as we grow within out love.

Song #6 “Help Us to Know What Love Is” – A joyful song that request some help in our search to understand what love is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihw_MSc9c-8&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&index=4&t=0s

Song #7 “I Still Believe It’s True” – A hopeful song about restoring a love that seems to be have been forgotten.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbCITfs-7g&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=5&t=13s

Song #8 “Here Comes the Sun” – (George Harrison) A Fresh Toones cover.

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “Window on Nelson Street” – As a little kid’s pretend war games begin to expand into more realistic enactments, he eventually is forced to confront the vitriolic debate over the Vietnam War.

Song #1 “Never Had the Will” – A song of from the early 1970s that described the issues at hand.

Song #2 “Oh, That Dark Night” – A lot of sleepless nights were fostered by the Vietnam War and this song tries to reveal some of that experience.

Song #3 “Find Some Relieve” – Not often found during the long struggle to bring the Vietnam War to an end.

Song #4 “When” – “The time is now… Not tomorrow… The time is now… Now or never.“

Song #5 “I Shall Be Released” – (Bob Dylan)

Song #6 “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” – (Pete Seeger)

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A show dedicated to the music of the Joe and John Dady.

A music video of the Dady Brother’s recording of “Mr. Tangerine Man.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRtz0qHhSs&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&index=38

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I’ll be sharing some of the songs that I regularly played for the patients at the Rochester Psychiatric Center.

Song #1 “You Can Do It”– An uplifting song that tries to assure us that we can make it through the trials that confront us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwwrnQqztg&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=2&t=6s

Song #2 “There’s Love Around the Corner” – (author unknown)

Song #3 “This Land is Your Land” – (Woody Guthrie)

Song #4 “Here Comes the Sun” – (George Harrison)

Song #5 “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” – (Written by Tony Saletan and first recorded by Pete Seeger and the Weavers)

Song #6 “This Little Light of Mine” – (Harry Dixon Loes)

Song #7 “Oh, Susanna” – (Stephen Foster)

Song #8 “Stay True” – A simple song about staying true to one’s self. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOlKRxO-Sg&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=2&t=69s

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