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Shed My Skin

by Ruby Parasols

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    Six song multi-angle video production of the Ruby Parasols with 11 piece orchestra concert.

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1.
This bus driver gave me my ticket for free He said kid I only want to hear you sing But black men sat next to me They saw right through my fleece, so instead I sung to these A phone call bore us to the desert heat But Grace brought the refugees That a town rejected understanding Shma’i Ba’kadesh Elohiem Mercy wasn’t made for the blameless Oh somebody lift your voice for the hopeless Out here on the border of Israel The soldiers have all trained themselves well Kalotchneekov echoes I hope they didn’t hit their mark But the shots come out after dark And I know my friends weren’t innocent I’m not either but I’m still living Oh oh oh with the evidence And I know mercy wasn’t made for the blameless Oh somebody lift your voice for the hopeless Now I’ve just rang my little bell The one about the Jews and the exiles How mercy broke that evil spell But if you were listening I couldn’t tell
2.
Gazelle 06:08
Sweet like a memory you’re on my mind When I close my eyes you’re on my mind Let’s run together, your hand in mine Let’s stay together, until it unwinds My great delight, just you and I How the fields are flourishing! Sighs that old rain cloud “In blows the wind!” How those trees dance out loud Is discovered in the end All the clouds are gathering!
3.
Mayflies 05:29
The day after a rainy evening Every rainbow trout was rising Waters churned and surged around me As I commenced to shed my skin so ghostly The night before a placid morning Enemies aloft and chirping From some old cave ideal for hanging I left behind the aquatic edges I’ll never know how us mayflies make it Through the long dark streams and rivers But you can fly with me as soon as I get wings We’ll make it through the weeds together I was made for the river valley The faintest trace of blight will do me in Today I look to lay the eggs That sink toward the deepest places But all our days are one quick exhale When our hatch comes we’ll be dead and gone When our hatch arrives we’ll just be songs We can weave our way through the sleet and the hail And rest beneath a daffodil I’ll never know how us mayflies make it Through the long dark streams and rivers But you can fly with me as soon as I get wings We’ll make it through the weeds together
4.
Jacksonville 05:23
5.
Come live with me and be my love And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, hills, groves, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rock Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. So long as men can breath or eyes can see So long lives this, and this gives life to thee (Sonnet XVIII) If this be error and upon me proved I never writ nor no man ever loved (Sonnet CXVI) And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold With buckles of the purest gold; O none, unless this miracle have might That in black ink my love may still shine bright (Sonnet LXV) For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings (Sonnet X XIX) A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs And if these pleasures may thee move Come live with me and be my Love The shepherds’ swains shall dance and sing For thy delights each May morning. If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my Love. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all to short a date (Sonnet XVIII) This though perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong To love that well which thou must leave ere long (Sonnet LXXIII)
6.
Seven years to the day You found me in the ordinary way Seven years to the day You chose me and beckoned me your way I was just a slave when they sold me away But you cherished me as your steed And for you I'd bleed willingly Oh how I used to sing the anthems of my home country Like a fish beneath the waves I knew liberty Until those traitors came and I was led away silently And in the grove and in the field You broke me with an ancient skill The rolling hills lead to quiet dells Always In the whispering mountain stream You have spoken to me Oh how I used to sing the anthems of my home country Like a fish beneath the waves I knew liberty Until those traitors came and I was led away silently You stabled me And harnessed me to a chariot of the king The rolling hills lead to quiet dells Always
7.
Come live with me and be my love And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, hills, groves, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rock Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. So long as men can breath or eyes can see So long lives this, and this gives life to thee (Sonnet XVIII) If this be error and upon me proved I never writ nor no man ever loved (Sonnet CXVI) And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold With buckles of the purest gold; O none, unless this miracle have might That in black ink my love may still shine bright (Sonnet LXV) For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings (Sonnet X XIX) A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs And if these pleasures may thee move Come live with me and be my Love The shepherds’ swains shall dance and sing For thy delights each May morning. If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my Love. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all to short a date (Sonnet XVIII) This though perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong To love that well which thou must leave ere long (Sonnet LXXIII)

credits

released February 1, 2014

Russ Fish - Guitar, banjo, vocals
John Platter - Drums
Britton Bangs - Electric guitar
Heidi Fish - Keys, accordion
Joel Frlan - Bass

Orchestral musicians:
Josie Toney - Violin, vocals
Phil Pintor - Violin
Maritza Soto - Violin
Cherilyn Reimers - Violin
Tobin Schindler - Cello
Megan Minkema – Cello
Andrew Bybee - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Alexis Tahiri – Trumpet
Sachi Littler - Clarinet
Coltan Foster - Bassoon
Austin Richey - Timpani, vibes, marimba, snare, shaker

Mixed and mastered by Russ Fish
Co-mixed by Britton Bangs
Recorded live at the WWU Mainstage
48 tracks, 1 take, June 10th, 2012

Live audio recording assistants:
Brendan Silk, Nick Thacker, Erik Wallace, and Zach Morales

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 music and lyrics by Russ Fish
Track 5 music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens. Used by permission.

Track 1 orchestration by John Platter
Track 2, 4, and 6 orchestration by Russ Fish
Track 3 orchestration by Britton Bangs
Track 5 transcription by Russ Fish

Track 4 lyrics by Christopher Marlowe from The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599) and William Shakespeare’s Sonnets: XVIII, CXVI, LXV, XXIX and LXXXIII (1609). Set to music by Russ Fish

Television installation conceived and constructed by Russ Fish
Dancing in Mayflies and Live with me and be my Love by Amanda Fish
Visual content conceived, filmed and edited by Russ and Amanda Fish

Projection designer – Brian Russell
Projection assistant – Alan Hussey
Live sound technician – Paul Turpin
Live sound producer – John Bangs
Stage technician – Kramer Elwell
Lighting technician and designer – Ian McKnight

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