Member Since: 02/08/2007
Band Members: Offering Song (Traditional, arranged by Jim Westbrook) :56. Jim has written a piano accompaniment for a Tibetan offering prayer.
Shaky Ground (George Galt) 3:04. Inspired by Lama Yeshe’s statement “I’m a refugee†in one of his refuge commentaries, and a dark night spent on a windy beach. It’s a song about seeking shelter from the uncertainties of life.
How Great it Would Be (George Galt and Pam Cayton) 4:00. This song was written to be sung by the children’s chorus of Tara Redwood School on the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to California in May, 2001. Performing it with them was one of the high points of my life. The mantra is that of Chenrezig, the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas.
Don’t Know Much About Emptiness (Words by George Galt, Diney Woodsorrel, and Jon Landaw. Music by Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, and Lou Adler, ABKCO Music Inc. BMI) 3:13. Written during the Buddhist College at Madison, Wisconsin, Summer of 1978, when we should have been paying attention.
The Dakiniland choir consists of Venerable Nyingje, Angelica Wallace, Elaine Jackson, Victoria Clark, and Shasta Wallace, and appears in How Great It Would Be.
George Galt--acoustic guitar and vocals.
Michael Hodjera--electric guitar, percussion, bass guitar, keyboards, and vocals.
Andy Robbins--bass guitar
Jim Westbrook--piano
Michal Lauren--vocals
Produced by Michael Hodjera and George Galt. Recorded at Leafwood
Cottage and at Zero Gravity, Boulder Creek. All songs copyright 2003 by George Galt, Skeleton Keys Music.
Cover art by Jody Galt.
Graphic Design by Elaine Jackson.
This CD is a dream come true. My deepest thanks to my wife Jody and my family for their support, to Ven. Amy and Petra for their advice, to the Dakiniland Choir for their lovely voices, to Michael for making it happen, to Katy for her patience, to the Woodworm folks for a timely donation, to all of you for your support and encouragement, and especially to Lama Yeshe and Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, the source of it all.
BENEFACTORS
This CD has been funded entirely by the donations of wonderful people who thought it might have benefit. They are Marie and John McEntee, Claudia Wolfe of Wellness Within, Ven. Amy Miller, Judy Weitzner and Don Broderson, Jenny Thierman and Robert Sheridan, Sally Barraud, Ross Brooke, Michael Hodjera, Steve Pearl and Wanda Sisnroy, Richard Prinz and Bev Gwyn, Dan and Rita Miles, Tom Waggoner, Chris and Dave Pegg, Brian Halterman, Steve Willing, Giselle and Ngima Tsering, Jim and Kathy Westbrook, Gail Deutsch, Shasta and Angelica Wallace, Barbara, Brandy and Dronme Davis, Jon and Truus Landaw and family, and all the anonymous donors to the Birthday Tree. May all their holy wishes come true immediately to benefit others.
DEDICATION
By the energy created by creating and listening to this CD and sharing it with others may all teachers of Dharma have long and successful lives, may the Dharma proliferate throughout the universe and remain stable there, may all sentient beings quickly attain enlightenment, and may we become perfect jewels of Dharma, refracting Buddha’s pure teaching throughout all of space.
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Record Label: Unsigned