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Ashley Rose Collective

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About Me

A collection of rough demos (some smoother than others) from an Australian songwriter getting by with a little help from his friends. A little bit of country - a little bit of blues - a little bit of folk - a little bit of whoknowswhat ........

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Member Since: 9/21/2007
Band Members: Not really a band - just me and some friends.
Influences: The Dixie Chicks, Judy Collins, Alison Krauss, Carole King, Eva Cassidy, Anne McCue, Iris DeMent, Lacy J Dalton, Linda Ronstadt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Alison Moorer, Dianne Reeves, Emmy Lou Harris, k.d. Lang, Roberta Flack, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, Tony Joe White, John Prine, Eric Clapton, Harlan Howard, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Gordon Lightfoot, John Fogarty, Shel Silverstein, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Eric Bogle, Joe Camilleri, Leonard Cohen, Bob Marley, Andrew Winton, Christy Moore, Ron Sexsmith, Lyle Lovett, Bobby Bare, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Ross Ryan, The Everly Brothers, Luka Bloom, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen.
Sounds Like: Themselves
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Newly reworked lyrics - Someone elses dream

Someone else's dream A morphine coloured darkness covered Baghdad through to Andrews In a flash of white the sirens fled down Georgia Avenue The liberator's welcome wasn't all that we had hope for...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:45:00 PST

New Lyrics - Slightly on the less than cheerful side of life

In the Jungle  So you think you've finally made it And you think you've done your best And you think you'll have the answers When they put you to the test But you're frightened of the darknes...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Fri, 30 May 2008 06:37:00 PST

Some more silliness - The Ballad of Cool Bennie

A day in the life of Cool Bennie   Verse 1 Strangers whisper, someone's seen her On the other side of town a darkened street, scuffling feet You know something's going down Reaching for the pho...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:28:00 PST

New lyrics - Its funny what an old photograph can do

The Raglin Street FairVerse 1I'm sitting alone and I'm shuffling memoriesand the photograph faces that roll back the yearsTo the long faded voices that I've kept inside meand I'm laughing out lou...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:44:00 PST

These are my principles. If you dont like them ... I have others.

Mr Cheney's dream A morphine coloured darkness covered Baghdad through to Andrews In a flash of white the sirens fled down Georgia Avenue The liberator's welcome wasn't all that we had hope for The v...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:18:00 PST

New lyrics - More a political statement than a country song

Thank God and the Love of St George There's a stench of indifference that hangs in the air as the free world is battered and torn. The nine-thirty news aired a special report and the Senate is being r...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:41:00 PST

More silliness - Its not just my heart that youve broken

It's not just my heart that you've broken The rain's falling heavy on King Street And the rhythm is the perfect disguise for the memories of love all around me and Angeline's sad lullabies This h...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:27:00 PST

More lyrics - A bit of silliness

I'll Meet You Down At The Long Yard. I was headed up north, on the black soil plain, and I hadn't "been long in the scrub, with a van load of prawns, to deliver by dawn, to the Duri Diving Club.We got...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:56:00 PST

New lyrics - pure Australiana

Menindee Did you ever see Menindee,with the lakes full in the spring,and the Desert pea in bloom across the sand?Did you listen to the stillness,as the wild Corellas sing?Feel Mootwingee cast a spell ...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST

New lyrics - San Marco Blues

San Marco Blues Verse I took a shortcut to San Marco's and I by-passed the canals. I saw someone and I thought that it was you. The forum is filled with faces but I'm walking on my own. And it's so ...
Posted by Ashley Rose Collective on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:29:00 PST