Nick the Cliff Dweller

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Here's another iteration of my Nick song. I played multitracked instruments that I recorded with my Tascam M-208 mixer and my Tascam 38 1/2" 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder. I played my Yamaha DX7 synthesizer keyboard and my electric bass, if memory serves. I collected all this equipment sometime around 1985 or '86. Here's the earliest musical sketch of the song: on.soundcloud.com/ftNWHzQKwcVFmWs19. Here's the 2nd musical sketch of the song: on.soundcloud.com/76ESK. I believe I began drawing my comic character Nick the Cliff Dweller in 1968, or perhaps 1967, when I was 9 or 10 years old. I probably began singing the song around then. The Nick the Cliff Dweller song was inspired by my older brother Buddy who improvised a song with lyrics I didn't use but a tune that I did. Here's Buddy's original lyrics: Nick the Cliff Dweller he's a fine feller As swell as swell can be. He lives on a hill with his moonshine still. If the bats don't get 'em then the vultures will. You can see my Nick the Cliff Dweller comics here: michaelanthonybohacz.name/childhood_pictures.html.

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