Duane's Select Vocal Recordings

Here are some songs that I've recorded with me on vocals and guitar. I put them in an order which I happen to like but you are of course free to listen to them in any order. On some of them I also play bass and/or keyboards and/or percussion. Songs that list me as the composer are copyright of Duane Bowker.

The photo at the top is from the early 1970's when my friends and I were performing at a coffee house called "The Crypt" in Brockport, New York. If only I could find another pair of pants like those!

  1. "El Camino", composed by Amos Lee (duration 3:30).
  2. "LeAnn", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 2:42). Slow blues shuffle with vocal that I wrote ages ago. I did a new version of it in 2005.
  3. "Like Rivers to the Sea", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 3:19). Kind of a quirky love song.
  4. "Tales of Brave Ulysses", composed by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp (duration 4:59). The arrangement is a little bit funkier than the original one performed by Cream. It's me on vocals, bass and guitar. Drums are free-use audio samples.
  5. "Guilty", composed by Randy Newman (duration 2:17). FYI, I don't do either whiskey or cocaine. My big vices are chocolate, ice cream and, of course, chocolate ice cream.
  6. "Take a Chance", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 1:56). A short six-bar shuffle with me on vocals, bass and electric guitars. The drums are from free-use audio samples.
  7. "Hallelujah", composed by Leonard Cohen (duration 4:18).
  8. "I Don't Worry About a Thing", composed by the late, great Mose Allison (duration 2:14). The song is reminiscent of the old joke, "Which do you think is the bigger problem in America today, ignorance or apathy?" Answer: "I don't know and I don't care!" It's me on vocals, acoustic upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and acoustic percussion (i.e., foot-slap-on-hardwood-floor).
  9. "Denial", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 2:40). A song about falling for a friend.
  10. "Sideways", composed by Citizen Cope (duration 2:14). A bluesy rendition of the song by Citizen Cope.
  11. "Whoop De Do", composed by Mark Knopfler (duration 2:55).
  12. "Let Me In", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 2:10). I actually wrote and recorded this one way back in 1992.
  13. "This I Can't Do", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 3:09). Another quirky love song.
  14. "John Barleycorn Must Die", traditional old English folk song as arranged by Steve Winwood and Traffic (duration 5:25).
  15. "Heron and Fish (Pantheism)", composed and performed by Duane Bowker (duration 5:16). A mostly vocal piece with accompaniment on nylon-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar and electric bass. Final mix recorded January 22,2015.
  16. "Tough Old Goat", composed and performed by Duane Bowker (duration 2:21). It's sort of a backpacking love song, which could be a whole new genre. Final mix recorded December 2,2014.
  17. "Day Will Come", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 3:51). It's me on vocals, guitar and bass. The drum track was (once again) constructed using a few free-use audio samples.
  18. "Move On Closer", composed by Duane Bowker (duration 2:33). A dance piece with me on vocals, guitar, bass and keyboard. The sax track was played on a MIDI guitar controller using a Korg synthesizer. Drums are taken from some free-use audio samples.