SOL ROCKER

SOL ROCKER is ORPHEUS, a SOUL sharing of music and composed writing, the listener and singer and speaker and muse in us all, and one who has heard the sound and wishes all to know its pure beauty. This is the story and the musical epic of our times, a life led in knowing the music and the songs, and expressing the channel of which all music, sound, words, and living life come from.

IS ORPHEUS HERE?

IN THE DAWN OF SOUND

On the night with a increasing full moon high in the sky facing bright Capella and flying Orion and old Taurus above the Hudson river and New York City, a music man was born to a household with a piano, recordings, the radio and weekend jazz music. He took up drums early on, not yet knowing guitar was his mode, and writing his voice. After he heard Neil Young's Heart of Gold and Bob Dylans' Freewheelin, and the deep roots of folk and rock had been set from the first days of Elvis and Bill Haley and Buddy Holly. But he had already heard Ella, Nat Cole, and Frank Sinatra long before he recognized who they were, and Bo and Fats and Chubby led the way along with Chuck and Muddy underneath the backbeat of sound. Now Orpheus lives in them all, but who would recall, or believe he was still alive, today?

They say Rock may have actually been born in 56', but it took root long before, in the deep jungle or by coastal waters, in the ancient rhythms re-routed from Africa and Ireland and even before in the Persian, Nordic and Germanic people who migrated out from the root races of Mesopatamia, probably sourced in even deeper patterns before that.


First came the sound, and later the tools, of the drum and the dancing, the harmonics of bird song and wind or rain, repeated in the music that was a stable of all cultures. Just as the same air was breathed by Shakespeare and Dante and Plato before them, the myth of Orpheus came of the ancients, then born in every man.

Then as the Gods play on, early was Orpheus exploring the pastures and deserts, the great mountains or the woods and oceans. And so it was the seeker of soul, the Sol Rocker, was himself found far beyond his 4-acre house line, from or through the old road trails to the railroad tracks, often resting and just listening to nature, or the wind, or the sound of silence. It was a calm where he could hear music in the earth. There was little movement of man, and this he felt but did not know, had taken place outside the circle of the world where he walked. Recalling unseen worlds and lifetimes, perhaps walking with an Indian, or a pioneer, or as a soldier, or sailor, listening always for the sound, or the voice. He was taking other explorations from an unknown past, and he felt it, like the music, that did not know its' source. The search was on.

Now Orpheus is missing. Like the wind and ocean gone calm, he had disappeared before, but this time his wife has called us to find him, because this time he was never more satisfied with his life. And she seeks him still. So we ask you, the sound person, because Orpheus may have gone away, but we know this time it's different. His history holds clues to his whereabouts, for a wave always comes and always goes. When Neil Young spoke of the Southern Man, and the unknown legend, he speaks to Orpheus. And every song is a symphony too. Wee haven't found the true mystery yet, spoken of in the oracle at Delphi, which Orpheus was once apart. That's why we want to find him. It is to find ourselves.


Now we do have the story to tell. The story lives, because it may be the music is failing now, falling below its intended return to the source, and the world is in need of music, and its source, the sound, for if not, then all is lost. And it has to come through a channel, the musical one, the Orpheus. First, you may know him as we do, and maybe you can bring him home, or help us find him. He may have gone undercover, or was kidnapped. We just don't know, for if he is like a cat, he may have yet another life.

THE SUNSET IN YOUR EYES

Today, we know, the Legend lives on. The songs have been written, the music has been made, the musicians live in their mansions or seclusions, or they have gone and passed on, and the people continue to wonder just the same. We may not be able to forget the legacy. More, the legacy is really something we need to know, because the 'sound' could be much more than we know. Orpheus is the soul rocker, and if he needs to be laid to rest, it could mean the music dies with him. But if he is like you and I, his spirit lives on. This is the mystery of Orpheus.

"AND WE KNEW THE TIME WOULD COME
AND WE KNEW WHEN DAY IS DONE
BEAUTY STANDS IN A RED VELVET DRESS
JUST HOW DID YOU COME TO BE SO BLESSED?

SUNSET COLORS OPEN YOUR MIND
BLUE RED YELLOW GREEN FLASH SURPRISE
YOUR EYES REFLECT THE SMILE INSIDE
BUT HOW DID YOU GET THAT SUNSET IN YOUR EYES?"

"Sunset in your eyes" copyright WORDS AND MUSIC 2008 Eagle Works

12 DISCIPLES OF MODERN MUSIC
TOP 60 OF THE 60'S
THE GREATS IN MUSICAL HISTORY
THE STORY OF THE SOUND
ORPHEUS LIVES
EAGLEPEDIA MUSICAL LISTS
LISTEN TO THE SOUND

Original 52 rock (2 for every letter) and 8 rhythm Soul stars

Allmans airplane beatles beach boys csny cream/clapton dylan doors elvis elton john fleetwood mac pink floyd grateful dead/garcia genesis hendrix holly paul simon joni mitchell janis joplin joe walsh/eagles kinks carole king love lovin spoonful moody blues mamas and papas

Neil young/buffalo springfield ricky nelson roy orbison ozzy pretenders petty queen rolling stones robbie robertson and the Band santana steppenwolf james taylor CaT stevens ChUck berry jethro tUll Van morrison velvet underground who winwood /Traffic yardbyrds bYrds zappa Zeppelin and Q and X factors U2 / Jackson Browne moby grape represent continuity, currency, and individual groups.

Sam Cooke James Brown Aretha Franklin Michael Jackson Marvin Gaye Muddy Waters Otis Redding Bob Marley

12 disciples of modern rock: Peter (Townshend), John (Lennon), James (Hendrix), James (Brown), Philip (Collins) or Michael (Philip) Jagger, Thad (Thelonius Monk) Paul (Mccartney), (paul) Simon, James (Taylor), Matthew's (Dave), (B J) Thomas, (David Clayton) Thomas "One Child", or Ray (Thomas) and Justin Hayward (moody blues), Nathaniel (King Cole), Judas - Dylan (once was called), McCartney ("Hey Jude"), Nathalniel (King Cole),Andrew (Loog Oldham) of rolling stones producer and Andrew (Lloyd Webber) Stage.

THE THEMES OF THE 12 APOSTLES OF ROCK

Where we see WHAT IS IN A NAME is also the sound or living word coming through the players or musician or songs, these twelve 'apostles' issued key songs such as Imagine, Let My love open the door, All you need is love, Fire and Rain, All along the Watchtower, I feel Good, Genesis, God gave me, Sound of Silence, In search of the lost Chord, Unforgettable and key styles of folk, rock, R and B, soul, gospel, country, blues, show, production and intrumental sound.

The definitive original rock and roll of fame? This is our list.

TWELVE DISCIPLES OF ROCK

TWELVE DISCIPLES OF ROCK
TOP 60 OF THE 60'S
THE GREATS IN MUSICAL HISTORY
THE STORY OF THE SOUND
ORPHEUS LIVES
EAGLEPEDIA MUSICAL LISTS

12 DISCIPLES OF ROCK: JOHN, SIMON, PETER, JAMES, JIMI, NEIL (NATHANIEL), PHILIP, ANDREW, THOMAS, MATTHEW, THADEUS, & PAUL
12 Disciples of Rock - Key Names and Memorable Songs
John Lennon - "Imagine", "All You Need is Love"
Neil Young - (Nathaniel) "Mr. Soul", "Keep on Rockin' in the free world"
Peter Townsend - "Pure and Easy", "Let My Love Open the Door"
James Hendrix - "Axis Bold as Love", "All Along the Watchtower"
Paul Simon - "Sound of Silence", "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
James Brown - "I Feel Good"
James Taylor - "Fire and Rain"
Phil Collins - ('Genesis')
Dave Matthews - "Satellite" and "Two Step"
David Clayton Thomas - 'One Child' / Justin (Hayward) and (Ray)Thomas of Moody Blues - "Night in White Satin" - and B.J. Thomas, christian country singer.
Andrew - has at least three persons just as Thomas did. Andrew lloyd Webber (broadway theatre songs) and Andrew Loog Oldham (manager of rolling stones) and Andy Gibb, youngest of the Bee Gees.
Judas (related) - Bob Dylan "Blowin in the Wind" and "All Along the Watchtower"
Paul McCartney - "Hey Jude"

(Dylan was once called Judas for changing from acoustic to electric music. Saint Paul was not an original disciple, and in fact to some, changed the basics of Christianity worship to a more acceptable social context. McCartney like Paul survives the Beatles but was not the spiritual origin of the band as John was. However he remains a lead figure in the band.)

Associated: Judy Garland - "Somewhere over the Rainbow"
John Phillips - (Mamas and the Papas) "Dedicated to the One I love"
with Michael Philip (Mick) Jagger "Satisfaction"
Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul, and Mary) and Pete Seeger
James Taylor - "Fire and Rain"
Nathaniel King Cole - "Unforgettable" "L.O.V.E"
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival); "Who'll stop the Rain"
James Morrison (Doors) - "The End" and "Light My Fire"
We can include among the 72 that followed or prededed them are the ROCK AND ROLL DISCIPLES OF FAME among them are Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Brian Wilson, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Greg and Duane Allman, Roger McGuinn, Mick Fleetwood, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Prince, Madonna, among others.



These are the songs and singers of the modern day spiritual messages cached in modern music style. The key component of music and of all life is the sound current, the spiritual vitality within all great songs and said to be within all existence. This sound leads us all towards the Spiritual realization. The twelve disciples of Rock were principle in modern music in developing this natural adaptation of the principle of sound to express the principles to the world, and re-establish that conscious link with the spiritual current.

TWELVE DISCIPLES OF R0CK

The 12 disciples of Modern Music (Rock, Blues & Jazz)
(All were speakers, innovators, leaders, rebels, and martyrs in some way)


John Lennon, Paul Simon, Pete Townshend, Thelonius Monk (Thaddeus), James Hendrix, James Taylor, Phil Collins and John Phillips, Nathaniel King Cole, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paul Simon, Dave Matthews, and David Clayton Thomas lastly, Bob Dylan who once was called Judas when he switched to play electric from acoustic folk sound. Dylan of course holds a place of distinction which is not clearly a traitor as much as rebel or rock leader, as all great innovative artists are. He is one who passed on the legacy of the disciples of sound and song. We may also include Paul Mccartney who was the 12th Disciple who sang "Hey Jude" and was like Saint Paul or even Judy Garland who sang over the rainbow. Paul did became an associate disciple of Christ after his death, a provides example of an important message and icon in the modern rock musical movement.

A disciple is one who serves the Master. The Master nrings us life, in the form of music and sound. Rock is our modern form of music that is within the sound of spirit that sings through the Soul. In spirit, we find freedom, truth, love and beauty, through all and in all. Each of the twelve disciples holds a name of one of the original 12 disciples. These repeat the coming of the 12 elemental disciples that are naturally part of the world, in all times, just as they were in modern times.

In modern music, these 12 were instruments in modern day service to the spirit of sound and light in music and the world. They each served in their own area, and led a movement or new spring of the original sound through music in the particular vein which produced all the forms of music (these include rock, blues, jazz, country, pop, folk, vocal groups, rhythm and blues, soul, metal, alternative, and fusion.

Many of the disciples crossed the barriers of musical type and were the disciples of the beauty of song, and music in modern times. We may notice these twelve are like to the original 12 of Christian times, many martryrd and fallen, they lost the way or were taken from us, but all of us can see alive or dead, that in some form they are immortal, in the sense of keeping the music alive, and each was a channel for and a messenger of the original message, however they may express it. So we see the theme of beauty, love and happiness along with creativity, service, and spirit, all within the greatest music we may hear or know.

DISCIPLES OF THE SOUND CURRENT

We can say the history of the disciple names are seen in many regards to modern or ancient times, in artists of history and those such as Johann Bach, Amadeus (Thadeus) Mozart, Dylan Thomas, or Matthew Brady. In whatever artistic field, each attempts to demonstrate or recreate the beauty of sound and light in particular forms. In fact, all artists and performers are disciples of the sound current, with some particular channel or talent, and just as individuals may see themselves leaders for an era, we can list even more of these associates (we may list 72 followers or perhaps the 144 saints of modern music). We are not making these all religious icons, but showing the greater view of what it means to be a disciple of the true human spirituality, of which music is one of those special expressions.

The 12 Modern Disciples have a place in history: John Lennon of the Beatles, Pete Seeger and Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary, Thelonius Monk Jazz instrumentalist, Neil Young, or even Nathaniel King Cole, John Phillips of Mamas and the Papas, Producer Andrew Loog Oldham of the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel, David Clayton Thomas of Blood Sweat and Tears, James Hendrix of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, James Brown, the Father of Soul, or James Morrison of the Doors who could be called James the lesser or James the last. we see Dave Matthews of the band with his name in a later following. Many have died or had difficult times during their lifetimes and achieved notoriety or definition as the Martyr, just as all the disciples were. Andrew loog Oldham produced the White infusion of black music in the Rolling Stones, greatest pure rock and roll band of the era, and was later released from control of production even though he did adapt the group to a modern sound. Thelonius Monk was a great innovator whose standards in jazz are most often played. He was among others a Jazz icon who had greater recognition or make a notable successful recording. They all made great contributions to the appreciation of rock, rhythm and blues for listening to the modern sound.

THE SPECIAL SONGMAKERS - John Lennon was the Messiah of Modern Rock and Roll, leading the most influential and recognized band in the world. Peter Yarrow brought together the Folk Humanitarian movement to world wide attention with simple melodies and a group context, both within, and without their music. Thelonius Monk ushered modern jazz improvisation of the essential sound word of music. Nat King Cole was an original presenter of the voice into blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues intepretation with soulful attention breaking through the barrier of race, in a pure way leading many others behind him. John Phillips most memorably led the folk pop rock generation with the freedom and love movement. Paul Simon's sweet ballad and "sound of silence" arrangements also included the transition multi-ethnic or internationally inspired unity. David Clayton Thomas soulful interpretations of pop spirit in larger context of universal man. James Hendrix's most dynamic solo guitar artist in the world heralded electronic and universal themes. Jim Morrison related the spoken word and independence spirit.

THE TWELVE NOTES OF MUSIC

Why these 12? We can also appreciate others in this group, who did not have the Christian names. It is more than coincidence the twelve share them, but we add one of many in the person of Jerry Garcia, whose special talents and voicing gave him immortality that led an entire generation to open space and beyond linear concepts. Finally, in modern terms, Dave Matthews expanded the modern generation in fusion of blues and rhythm jazz expression, speaking of man as a whole spirit, even if still and always individual. However imperfect there lives are, they are all heralds and prophets in their own way taking up the living word as best they understood it.

We shall see others appear to take on the twelve disciples, and we see many others with the same christian names, and just as before, the world received the message of the many mansions and the light of the world, through the voice, word, or sound of Soul, that comes through its pure and true voice. You see the voice of the twelve disciples never dies, because it has always existed, even before civilization and modern music began. That is why we love and know such sound when we hear it. The 60's may have been opening the door, but it was an old door waiting to be heard.