Bryan Hansen Band - Fong Liner Notes

Liner Notes

Jammin With Dr. Fong

Released May 4th, 2024

This album was created with the help of these amazing human beings who contributed to our Indiegogo Campaign.

Matthew Cook

Eric & Kim Scalise

Kristen Barham

Nichelle Davis

Jeanine Crystler

Anthony D’Amato

Brian Ostering

Tom Briant

Lisa Rodriguez

Daniel A. Wanut

Ken Arora

Evie Task

Steve Mandraccia

Eadie Scott

Karin Kolsky

Brenda Ottaviani

Melissa Peterson

Jean Rosen

Kim & Dom Bagnato

Jammin With Dr. Fong

Intro

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums

Jimmy Merchant | Tenor Saxophone

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Poison

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums & Percussions

Jimmy Merchant | Tenor Saxophone

Garret Faccone | Trumpet

Joel Mikulyak | Trombone

Tom Rosenthal | Baritone Saxophone

Horns Arranged by Stephen Kaminski

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

I’m stuck in a memory

When I was young

Teacher said draw the life you want

So I colored in the lines so clean

With rivers blue and trees of green

But I grew up to poison in the water

Poison in the air

Poison in the words we speak when we can’t reach common threads

Poison in the dollar that divides you and I

Poison looks so pretty

Pretty in the sky tonight

Tonight

Poison looks so pretty

We can build an island with the plastic in the ocean

Ice is melting

Bees are dying

Honey we are running out of time

Children breathing in the air

I can write the government but you know they don’t care

We grew up to poison

Poison in the words we speak when we can’t reach common threads

Poison in the dollar that divides you and I

Poison looks so pretty

Pretty in the sky tonight

Tonight

Poison looks so pretty

Pretty in the sky tonight

What do I tell my grandkids about the world we gave them?

Poison in the water

Poison in the air

Poison in the words we speak when we can’t reach common threads

Poison in the dollar that divides you and I

Poison looks so pretty

Pretty in the sky tonight

Tonight

Poison looks so pretty

Pretty in the sky tonight

Find it In Yourself

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums

Matt Cook | Piano & Rhodes

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

Bloom where your planted

That's what mama said

It's the journey not the destination

Better get that through your head

Time are hard times are hard times are hard

C’est La Vie

You can choose to let it weigh you down

Misery loves company

Typically I'm running from the ground in which we're planted on

Jumping hurdles life throws in my way

Moving forward day by day with mouths to feed and bills to pay

Can't you feel it weighing on your heart?

But if you find it in yourself to face the day

Don't look back for a minute

Tomorrow isn't yesterday

If you find it in yourself to face the day you win

But you gotta find it

You gotta find it

You gotta find it in yourself

Always trust your ear

That's what Father said

Don't listen to the critics

Living rent free in your head

Typically we're running from the ground in which we're planted on

Jumping hurdles life throws in our way

Moving forward day by day with mouths to feed and bills to pay

Can't you feel it weighing?

If you could find it in yourself to face the day

Don't look back for a minute

Tomorrow isn't yesterday

If you find it in yourself to face the day you win

But you gotta find it

You gotta find it

You gotta find it in yourself

Slow it down slow it down

Breathe

If you could find it in yourself to face the day

Don't look back for a minute

Tomorrow isn't yesterday

You can find it in yourself to face the day you win

But you gotta find it

You gotta find it

If you could find it in yourself to face the day

Don't look back for a minute

Tomorrow isn't yesterday

If you find it in yourself to face the day you win

But you gotta find it

You gotta find

You gotta find it

You gotta find it in yourself

Kissing My Love

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums

Matt Cook | Piano

Written by Bill Withers

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Publishing: Interior Music Corp BMI, GEMA

Lyrics

Whoa now

When I’m kissing my love

Yeah thump thumping in my head

Whoa now

When I’m kissing my love

I close my eyes and see a pretty city

With a million flowers babe

Now I can hear the angels sing

Songs that only angels sing

She’s such a pretty thing

That I can feel my heart

Just a thumping and a skipping

When I’m kissing my love

Whoa now

When I’m kissing my love

Feel the blood a pumping in my veins

Whoa NOW

When I’m kissing my love

She’s such a tender sender

With her sweet young friends

She’s so good at what she does

All she wants to do is kiss and hug

She’s got me in love

And I can feel my heart

Just a thumping and a skipping

When I’m kissing my love

Put your foot on the rock and pat your foot

Don’t stop, put your foot on the rock

Whoa now

When I’m kissing my love

Feel the blood a pumping in my veins

Bless her name

When I’m kissing my love

She’s such a tender sender

With her sweet young friends

She’s so good at what she does

All she wants to do is kiss and hug

She’s got me in love

And I can feel my heart

Just a thumping and a skipping

When I’m kissing my love

Daydream Eyes

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums & Synths

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

Is it your daydream eyes floating away again?

Don't leave me on the docks

I'm coming with you my friend

Hold on to me as we sink into this never-ending void

Hold on

If this is the end my daydream eyes

Is it your midnight mind floating away again?

I'll meet you on the corner (I will meet you)

I'm coming with you my friend

Hold on to me

As we sink into this everlasting void

Hold on to me

As we sink into this everlasting void

Hold on

If this is the end my daydream eyes

Have no fear of falling

I'll carry you

If the sun stops shining

I'll pull us through

Hold on to me

As we sink into this everlasting void

Hold on to me

As we sink into this everlasting void

Hold on

If this is the end my daydream eyes

Ssab Edulretni

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Death of a Yes Man (Feat Jeff Coffin)

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums & Synths

Jeff Coffin | Saxophone

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

I’ve been dividing my time, three hundred sixty-five

And the piece of the pie left to protect my mind is a sliver at the table

Three hundred miles to go on tonight’s journey home

And just like my phone, my soul is in low power mode

What are you gonna say no to?

Until you realize- that here lies

Tune in to the death of a yes man

It used to feel wrong

Well it’s feeling alright

Well I feel it falling over now that I’ve realized

The death of a yes man

I’ve been dividing my time, three hundred sixty-five

And the piece of the pie left to protect my mind is a sliver at the table

Who are you gonna say no to?

I never wanted to let you down

Who are you gonna say no to?

Until you realize- that here lies

Tune in to the death of a yes man

It used to feel wrong

Well it’s feeling alright

Well I feel it falling over now that I’ve realized

The death of a yes man

Winds of Change | May 21^st, 1971

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums

Matt Cook | Rhodes

Jimmy Merchant | Saxophone

Gabriie Luc Gonzales | Guitar

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

Oh winds of change breathe upon this land

Help unlock the cages that we built with our own hands

It's the hatred of a color that I'll never understand

Oh winds of change breathe upon this land

Help unlock the cages that we built with our own hands

It's the hatred of a color that I'll never understand

Winds of Change

Oh God of love lift this misery

Hate disguised as justice kills your children in the street

Our nation cries in horror at this cycle on repeat

God of love

Oh winds of change breathe upon this land

Help unlock the cages that we built with our own hands

It's the hatred of a color that I'll never understand

Winds of Change

Oh Father Time look what we've become

May 21st, 1971

Marvin's voice still echoes on another setting sun

Father Time

What's going on?

Oh Mother Earth can we overcome?

The tears of our father smacks the pavement like a drum

Until we reach a new day that will heal instead of shun

Mother Earth

Whoah

Oh winds of change breathe upon this land

Help unlock the cages that we built with our own hands

It's the hatred for another that I'll never understand

Winds of Change

It's the hatred of a color that I'll never understand

Winds of Change

Mary of Medjugorje

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums and Percussion

Daisy Castro | Strings

Alejandro Ataucusi | Guitar

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

Like a dream bathed in golden light

She hovered in the Garden State in 89'

When the news spread like a wildfire

The miracle in Marlboro was nationwide

They came from miles around to sit in silent prayer

For Mary of Medjugorje

Mary of Medjugorje

Like a dream bathed in golden light

She visited for 18 months at night

And the town said they never experienced such a phenomenon

And the Sergeant said there was no determining either way

Mary of Medjugorje

Every first Sunday in 92'

As the sun rose the crowds drew

Every walk of life

Every point of view could find her there

But they've no time for a miracle

And the church turned their head away

Mary of Medjugorje

No determination either way

Like a dream bathed in golden light

She was gone as fast as she arrived

Duncan

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums and Percussion

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024

Lyrics

Misunderstood

Sitting in my window

Where were you before you came into my house

Into my home

DUNCAN

Misunderstood

Sitting in my window

Everyday people pass by

Can't get too close

Though you want to

DUNCAN

Take him for a walk

DUNCAN

Outro

Bryan Hansen | Guitar

Will Blakey | Bass

Pete Andrews | Drums

Jimmy Merchant | Tenor Saxophone

Mixing | Pete Andrews | Submergent Middletown, NJ

Mastering | Dan Shike | Tone and Volume Nashville, TN

Written by Will Blakey and Bryan Hansen

Publishing: BMI, ASCAP 2024