Prague

by Brad Hoyt

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Afghanistan 04:54
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Way Back When 04:11
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Way back when I’ll always remember Way back when This life I surrendered Way back when We were innocent beginners Way back when No thought to consider Flowers on my windowpane And the letters saved from a long time ago Takes me to a different plane To another world where I cannot go Yeah Way back when Well when I Saw your face in the mirror yeah Way back when Well when we Spent all our time together yeah Way back when Well when I Vowed my allegiance yeah Way back when Well when you Denied my repentance Flowers on my bedroom floor Signifies the day that you went astray Always and forever more I’ll wonder why it had to be that way yeah Way back when I’ll always remember Way back when This life I surrendered Way back when We were innocent beginners Way back when No time to reconsider Way back when Way back when Way back when Way back when Way back
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To Last A Lifetime 03:21
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In A Minute 04:39
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Verse 1 I’m here tonight For you Feel free To say what is on your mind I hear the things You’ve done And I know You don’t feel so good inside Verse 2 We need some space Away To think About where we should draw the line The things we feel Betray Our love I don’t if it’s wrong or right Chorus We’re looking for what we cannot find Can’t classify what’s on our minds We could save our lives In a minute There’s some things we can’t understand The situation’s getting out of hand We could lose ourselves Any minute We’re sitting pretty in our comfort zone Then we wonder why we feel alone Seems you never know Till you’re in it There’s some things we cannot control Don’t know if we’re gonna lose our souls We could save our lives In a minute Verse 3 So we meet again You share With me Your secrets and alibis I share with you My thoughts And fears I better run away and hide Chorus
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Lonely Pictures 03:41
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Reflection 00:54
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Far Away From Everyday 02:52
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Kiss Of Fate 04:53
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I Need Some Money 04:41
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Dream Gate 07:02
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Krasobruslar 03:43
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Broken Dream 01:34
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Brother John 01:33
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Root 02:59
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September 01:52
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Still 03:12
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Oh Dee Oh Dee Oh 03:15
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Loreena (Sheechka Moye) 02:47
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These Days, I've Loved 02:09
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To Last a Lifetime (reprise) 02:32
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Way Back When (reprise) 04:12
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This is the third of three releases that cover my early days of writing and recording music. This collection, entitled “Prague” contains music selected from the following CDs I released at the time:

Family Tree
Art House: Dream Gate
Hoyt & Carter EP, The Dark Backwards
Prague Archives

About the recordings:

Afghanistan *
Chris Carter: vocals, guitar
Brad Hoyt: keyboards, additional instruments (2019)
Brian Thorsett: tenor vocal (2019)

Chris Carter and I recorded a double-album of ideas entitled “The Dark Backwards” during a couple recording sessions in 2001. We came up with a ton of stuff, some serious and some absurd. This recording was a spontaneous improvisation with Chris’ vocal and I playing a choir on the Roland XP-30. The original recording had glimpses of distinction while other parts were not presentable. For this new ‘mix’ of the tune, I added a myriad of instruments along with some recorded vocal phrases from tenor Brian Thorsett, and I think the result is very close to the original intention of the music, fully expressing the culture along with the desolation and tragedy associated with Afghanistan.

Way Back When
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Alex Jurman: bass guitar
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Brad Hoyt: mandolin, slide classical guitar, piano, keyboards

Written on the mandolin while sitting on a bench close to the Náměstí Míru station in the year 2001.

To Last a Lifetime
Brad Hoyt: vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion
Alex Jurman: bass guitar

My Bobby McFerrin phase.

In A Minute
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Alex Jurman: bass guitar
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Ondrej Berka: guitars
Josef Pepson Snětivý: clarinet
Brad Hoyt: piano, keyboards, harmony vocal

One of the most popular tunes performed by “Art House”, this is a tune that can stay inside your head.

Lonely Pictures
Chris Carter: vocals
Brad Hoyt: piano, steel string and classical guitars, lute guitar, end vocal

A McCartney-esque tune I wrote on guitar, it’s a melancholy piece that remembers the past.

Reflection
Brad Hoyt: piano

Reflecting on precarious reality.

Far Away From Everyday
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Alex Jurman: bass guitar
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Ondrej Berka: guitars
Josef Pepson Snětivý: clarinet
Jiri Zmek: percussion
Brad Hoyt: piano, keyboards, vocals

Kiss of Fate
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Alex Jurman: bass guitar
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Josef Pepson Snětivý: clarinet
Brad Hoyt: piano, keyboards, classical guitar

I Need Some Money
Alex Jurman: bass guitar, backing vocal
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Ondrej Berka: guitars, slide guitar
Josef Pepson Snětivý: clarinet
Brad Hoyt: vocals, piano, keyboards, harmony vocal

An anthem for those who are burdened with student loans for the majority of their life.

Krasobruslar **
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Brad Hoyt: keyboards, piano

Dream Gate
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Alex Jurman: bass guitar
Ales Pavlicek: drums
Josef Pepson Snětivý: clarinet
Brad Hoyt: piano, organ

Broken Dream
Brad Hoyt: vocal, piano, keyboard
Alex Jurman: bass guitar

Brother John
Brad Hoyt: vocal, piano

Written in the aftermath of a friend’s brother who did not survive depression.

Root
Andrea Hoyt: vocal
Brad Hoyt: keyboards

September
Brad Hoyt: piano

Written shortly after arriving the Prague, summer transitioning into autumn.

Still ***
Matthew Stephens: vocals
Brad Hoyt: piano, keyboards, backing vocal

A collaboration with my late friend Matthew Stephens, He wrote the melody and lyric and I put chords to it and arranged it.

Oh Dee Oh Dee Oh
Brad Hoyt: vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, mandolin
An attempt to comfort a friend.

Loreena (Sheechka Moye)
Brad Hoyt: vocals, keyboards, piano
Andrea Hoyt: vocal
Loreena Hoyt: ‘goo!’

This recording was written and recorded a day or so after my daughter Loreena was born.

This music was recorded shortly before moving back to America and is a reflection on the time I lived in the Czech Republic.

About the next two tracks:

These are impromptu live recordings in my band’s basement studio/practice room. These piano vocal versions are the pieces in their original form. For this release, I remastered them and added subtle strings to “Way Back When”

To Last A Lifetime (reprise)
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Brad Hoyt: piano

Way Back When (reprise)
Tereza Janouskova: vocals
Brad Hoyt: mandolin

credits

released February 14, 2019

Music written by Brad Hoyt (c)1999-2002 Brad Hoyt Music
* Written by Chris Carter and Brad Hoyt
** Written by Tereza Janouskova
*** Written by Matthew Stephens and Brad Hoyt

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Brad Hoyt is a composer, pianist and harp guitarist. For more information, visit www.bradhoyt.com

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