Social Conscience CD by Rusty Cline
Life Wind & Soul
Inspired by one of the most loving families I have ever had the privilege of witnessing! Thank you Skip, Caroline, Sarah and Peter for allowing me to witness the loving interactions in your family!
Whisper
The wise ones always seem to be speaking in whispers…
Gulf of Mexico
My heart is truly broken over this debacle. It makes me wonder how far can we go.
I tried to keep blame, finger pointing and judgement out of this song… I just wanted to capture the feeling juxtaposed with the fact that we just keep on keeping on…
Price of Gold
Where did all this land come from? A snap shot from history…
Rusty Cline – Vocals, guitar, composer and arrangement
Sapphire Bell – Vocals and violin
Arthur Miscione – Bass Guitar
Lamont Arthur – Keyboard
Lounging Around in The Coals
You can tell if you listen I had been playing a lot of Leonard Cohen when I wrote this…
The imagery, lyric and poetry is stirring even if a bit dark… it is the truth!
The Watchers
This is a contrasting style in music moving into a country guitar with a folk melody…
Inspired by raging parents that live vicariously at the sports events of their children all over the country – you know the ones that want to riot with their children watching.
I think these types of events happen when you have too many voyeurs…
Monks With Incense
For a childhood friend that drifted toward fanaticism in his living, loving and choosing… he ultimately died in the throws of his addiction and vice… still I do miss him so!!!
Strangers
I resurrected this song for this album – I recorded it in 1999 when I had a music studio on Ft. Lowell Road in Tucson…
Rusty Cline – Vocals, guitar, percussion, composer and arrangement
Sapphire Bell – Vocals and violin
Arthur Miscione – Bass guitar
Warning: if you are religious sensitive don’t listen to this… it is politically incorrect!
Mohammed and Jesus
I look at the tragedy, chaos and genocide that religious fanatics have caused on our planet and I just don’t get it. How can someone think that we could possibly have such a cruel creator?
The Way the World Can Be
Speaking in song to posterity – like my grandchildren and theirs… if I could be so luck as have my great great grandchildren hear this – they just might need and apology from our generation.
Credit for Carbon in Trees?
Can you believe that they actually do this? They do! They are buying and selling the carbon in living trees in order to give credit through congress for the trees oil companies sponsor in rain forest areas. Unbelievable!
Born in Mexico
I was born and raised in Arizona. I have been ashamed and embarrassed by my home state Arizona lately, this new immigration law is a sham and a bigoted night mare – like some ugly back lash from the 1960′s. I have been trying to put a voice to it and finally tonight my muse came to help:
May this law please go away! May we please have our state back! Maybe I should move!
We’ve Come So Far
Written on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in memory of all that helped change the ugliness that happens where there are no civil rights for all…
