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Thursday, May 3, 2018

More Gazebo . . .

. . . from GAZEBO [coming soon to a lobe near you] liner notes). . .

-All songs composed and performed by OHO (1990-2018) with the exceptions of tracks 7 and 17 used with permission: “Baltimore” (Randy Newman, Six Pictures Music), “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” (Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith, Sony/Atv Music) with “It’s a Small World” (Richard Sherman & Robert Sherman, Wonderful Music Company, Inc.) --Sequence continuity by Michael M. Kennedy and Jerry Semler -Produced by OHO and Bill Pratt at The Bratt Studio, Woodlawn, MD. Additional recording by David Reeve at Blue Balls Studio, Stewartstown, PA; P. Daly German at his Back Room Studio, Baltimore, MD; Steve Carr at Hit and Run Recording, Rockville, MD; and David Kelly at Luna Blue Studio, Severn, MD.
-Front cover illustration by Connell P. Byrne; on-CD art by David W. Wilcox; photography by Cameron Reeve and David Norbut; back cover and left inside panel background: “Well Tempered Drummer” by Lena Samsonova; OHO logo design by Jon Considine ©2018 OHO Music
This one’s for Connell.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Gazebo . . .

. . . (coming to an auditory nerve near you SOON)

And here are the ladies and gentleman who made it all possible:

OHO:

David Reeve (drums, rhythmelodic deployment, vocals, engineering, keyboards, whistling)

Ray Jozwiak (keyboards, accordion, vocals) Jay Graboski (vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin, percussion, keyboards) and Bill Pratt (engineering, vocals, keyboards, whistling) with Steve Carr (bass guitar, 14; engineering, 9, 14, 18) John Cochran (bass guitar, 6) T. Craig Considine (trombone, 8) Denise Fischer (vocals, 3) P. Daly German (lead guitar, vocals, percussion, 4) Lisa Griffee (backing vocals, 13, 15) David Hughes (bass guitar, 2, 15)

Spencer Jozwiak (bass guitar, 12) Bruce Kovacs (french horn, 10, 13) Ric Levine (additional bass guitar, 6) Harry Maben (drums, 14) Gene Meros (sax, 7, 10, 16) Mark O’Connor (“Ivy Dog” groans, 12) Mary O’Connor Bruns (backing vocal, 14) Bill Phelan (electric 12 string guitar, 6, 10; pedal steel guitar, 4) Barry Lee Reichart (lead vocal, lead & rhythm guitars, 12) Wayne Rosenbaum (additional drums, 6) Kirsten Smith (backing vocals, 15)

Ted Staley (percussion, 15)

This one’s for Connell

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Monday, April 9, 2018

A Pairing . . .

. . . made in heaven . . .

OHO and Millstone Cellars

(from http://www.millstonecellars.com/)
MillStone Cellars is a farmhouse cidery that crafts all oak barrel-aged dry ciders. We focus solely on the production of rustic style ciders, cysers and meads, heavily influenced by the native yeast, microbes and local growing conditions. We source all of our ingredients within 150 miles of our cidery as well as growing and foraging our own. We strive to distill and preserve all things that make our region and climate unique, presented to you in a bottle of cider.

(from http://www.ohomusic.com/bio/)
21st Century OHO continues to play locally as a trio consisting of keyboardist/vocalist, Ray Jozwiak, drummer/percussionist/vocalist, David Reeve, and guitarist/vocalist, Jay Graboski. . . Where Words Do Not Reach - a comprehensive collection of OHO instrumental music from the early 1970s through the present is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho5

OHO at
MillStone Cellars
2029 Monkton Rd
Monkton, MD 21111
Phone: (443) 895-9991
7:30PM
Friday, April 13, 2018

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Sunday, December 31, 2017

How . . .

. . . is where we go . . .

(If you still have no plans, go to:
Sunday, December 31st, 2017
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
Early New Year's Eve Party with OHO - 4:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896 [map]
Price: no cover
Enjoy Chef Barry's cajun-inflected cuisine and the folk/prog/jazz/rock/pop of Baltimore's iconic OHO before 2018 arrives. . .
Or have a great meal with some infectious music and get to bed early)

Waited all these nights for the day to come
Nevermore will I ever suck my thumb
Imaginary pains from my misery
Merely phantoms peopling my fantasy
I believe in everything good
Though my body feels its decrepitude

How is where we go.
Where is how we go.

Severing the strings of the puppeteer
No longer victimized by the petty fears
Swinging round the pole of infinity
Now I am “in the know”

How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.

Cupid hurled his dart; aim was true, hit its mark.
I know that I will never be the same.
Writes across my soul in a secret, sacred code,
Pouring cream so sweet into my tea
Chiming bells ring. See this living take wing.

My identity’s been revealed to me.
I am in accord with my mystery.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.Third-Hand Intelligence

OHO at Millstone Cellars November 2017

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Brushing . . .

. . . up for New Year's Eve . . .

Sunday, December 31st, 2017
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
Early New Year's Eve Party with OHO - 4:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896
Price: no cover
Enjoy Chef Barry's cajun-inflected cuisine and the folk/prog/jazz/rock/pop of Baltimore's iconic OHO before 2018 arrives.

Or have a great meal with some infectious music and get to bed early.

Third-Hand Intelligence
by OHO (Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak)

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Still More . . .

. . . OHO music from Millstone Cellars (Monkton, MD) in November 2017 . . .

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Plunge . . .

. . . Again . . .

At heaven's door we pick the lock

When all we had to do was knock
Though Alice she rattles her train of chains
The fetters are inward all the same

Take a look as you fall
Passing through another wall
Here is where the corn is cut
The wind comes down
Get off the pot
Get off the pot
Get off the pot

It's your world the way that you live
Eats the smile right off your face
You're not in Kansas anymore
I am the sheath I cry for more

Biding trends and waves of shock
The turbulence it turns me on
Nonetheless we're born and rocked
By divas, drunks and Barbie dolls

I signed up for high-wired acts
If I lose my balance just cut me some slack
I'm holding out for what can be
Emc squared possibility

Experience to be alive
The abstract now is literalized
You have dreams and nightmares to explore
Get the goods
Get off the floor
Get off the floor
Get off the floor

OHO, live at Millstone Cellars (Monkton, MD) November 2017

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Millstone . . .

. . . performance by OHO of Dot On Your Door recently. . .

You’re living your ninth life time is running out
The blood of the lamb has dried and lost its clout
If you show no mercy, no mercy will be your
You’re dated and done for the dot’s on your door

On day one they marked you, put you on the list
Embroidered a burning red letter on your bib
You move with caution, the trap’s laced with lure
You’re dated and done, there’s a dot on your door

Cowards die a thousand times, the brave die only once
If ignorance is bliss, may your joy be out to lunch
If you were meant to hang in life then you will never drown
Dodging the left, the right one brings you to the ground

You’re using the right words, getting the response
Newton was right, you’re life’s a renaissance
Your impedimenta pile up on the floor
You’re locked in this room, There’s a dot on your door

Kissing your mother, digging in the dirt
Hoping something of your life will take root and give birth
The vine seeks the light, branches reaching through the clouds
Where love will prune and crown you, relieve you of your shroud

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Nomination . . .

(from https://www.facebook.com/ohomusic)
OHO's instrumental version of "Scared Money (Don't Win)" from their all instrumental album, Where Words Do Not Reach, is a nominee for Best Instrumental Rock Song for this year's JPF Awards (Just Plain Folks). And this song, one of the finalists culled from 17,400 albums and 240,000 songs.Not the Grammies...but something. http://www.jpfolks.com/2017awards.php?

OHO Always great to be acknowledged. Piqued my memory of overhearing a gambler say, "Scared money don't win," then going home and writing a song about taking risks. Former OHO engineer and bassist, Steve Carr, made a stripped-down mix (sans vocals) for our audition for the Star Search TV show back in 1989. The singers had to sing live over this backing track while the band pretended to play instruments (for those of you who have the Bricolage CD/DVD set, you may view our performance of this song on that DVD. Thanks to Bennett Davis' creativity, he was able to match the master with the VHS soundtrack and improve the fidelity significantly.) Later, when assembling the program featured on 2015's "Where Words Do Not Reach" album, since there were no instrumentals by this version of the band (1985-1992), I retrieved the master of this very version from our archives and overdubbed an instrumental (guitar) version of the vocal melody line a la The Ventures, employing a sustainor-pickup-equipped Fernandes Elite model through the "Bloody Finger" distortion pedal. Voila! Who woulda thought this would be a contender? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Orchids to the band.

Scared Money (Don't Win)
by OHO
from Where Words Do Not Reach

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Saturday, December 3, 2016

Tonight . . .

OHO, live at Bourbon Street On The Beach, Saturday, December 3, 2016
6:00 to 9:00PM
Original, rock/pop/jazz/folk-inflected music, a plethora of sophisticated cover tunes and some of the best food north of the Big Easy

Bourbon Street on the Beach

www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com

11604 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD 21842

(443) 664-2896

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My latest solo offering, No Frills, is now available at - No Frills

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Get your copy of OHO's Where Words Do Not Reach now!
The Ocean City Ditty Video is now on YouTube
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Monday, August 15, 2016

Oh Yes . . .

. . . OHO . . .

Friday, August 26th, 2016
ELK RUN VINEYARDS
Wine Down Fridays Presents OHO - 6:00PM
15113 Liberty Rd
Mt Airy, MD 21771
USA
(410) 775-2513
Price: na

OHO rocks the vineyard once again, bringing their prog/folk/jazz/pop/rock original tunes and sophisticated, thought-provoking covers to Maryland's premier winery - Elk Run Vineyards. Great wine and great music. It's a win-win.

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My latest solo offering, No Frills, is now available at - No Frills

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The Ocean City Ditty Video is now on YouTube
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Years . . .

. . . ago . . .

. . . my friend Bob, also a musician, alerted me to the fact that some jazz players, mainly pianists such as McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea, voiced chords in unique and interesting ways, a fact with which I was quite unfamiliar. At the time mind you, I was entering the twilight of my years of accordion lessons and listening to art/prog-rock bands like Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant. The lessons providing invaluable theory experience and an unrivaled discipline in practice and dedication; the art/prog providing tremendous inspiration and motivation to create; although at the time, I was quite unable to create the kinds of things I would very much have like to created. Nevertheless, this unique voicing of chords, one tactic of which Bob was very explicit, was the use of fourths - resulting in a slightly non-conventional, yet pleasing and ever-adaptable sound as opposed to a major triad or some inversion of same. In any case, although I didn't fully grasp the enormity of this discovery at the time, I did attempt to employ it and have incorporated it into my musical thoughts and deeds ever since. One such composition that utilizes the concept is, as of yet tentatively titled, posted here in all its undecided and raw, new-born glory . . .

Step It Up(in progress)
©2016 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Saturday, July 2, 2016

AHA!!!. . .

Friday, July 8th, 2016

BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH

OHOmusic - 3:00PM

Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896 [map]

Price: na

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Words . . .

(from www.urbandicionary.com)
nailed
you completed a task successfully or got something right . ie :You nailed it to the cross.
shred

shred
verb
play a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar.
"we want to hear everything from country and western to blisteringly fast guitar shredding"

rockinest
(adj) To rock even more than it is possible to express with the word rockin.

Jay's Guitar Solo
©2016 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Fever . . .

. . . courtesy of OHO. . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco)
". . . Disco is a genre of dance music containing elements of funk, soul, pop, and salsa that was most popular in the mid to late 1970s, though it has had brief resurgences. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the gay, African American, Italian American, Latino, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco also was a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period. Women embraced disco as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other marginalized communities of the time. . ."

I Won't Run Away
Vintage Jay Graboski and David Reeve OHO

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak. Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com

My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

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