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Rue Blue

(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2021 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars and bass-reynoldAccordion-Denny MalmbergRecorded by Stymie Seamans So…I recorded a brand new tune on the morning of 5/20/21 and my friend Rene created this video for it. “Rue Blue” is a piece I have been working on the past winter and spring. It was nice to be in a […]

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Sidewalk Cafe

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2000 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans I wrote this song about 20 years ago. I did one small group version on the “25” album. This is the 2011 solo version. Incidentally, as many know I perform regularly with the trio also called Sidewalk Cafe and we will be playing this coming

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East Hennepin Swing

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2004 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars-ReynoldBass-Jeff Engholm For about 7 years in the early 2000s, I had a weekly Sunday night gig on East Hennepin Avenue in North Minneapolis. We also played there on other nights as well during that period including a few New Year’s Eve gigs. Consequently, a lot of time was spent playing

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Tempus Fugit

(Composed and performed by Reynold Philipsek copyright 2008 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Recording engineer:Stymie Seamans There are several recorded versions of this tune. One with East Side, one with Sidewalk Cafe, one trio version with Matt Senjem and Michael Bissonnette and this acoustic and essentially solo version. “Tempus Fugit” means “time flies” and who can argue with that idea? I have

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Roma

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2005 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer-J.R.Hammond Guitar-ReynoldSax-Al AsmusBass- Jeff EngholmPiano-Gregg Inhofer I sometimes forget about certain recordings until I hear them again by chance. In this case, while listening to Spotify this version of the tune came up. It was that rare time when you can hear your own music and for a second or

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