Mady Kaye
Don't Be Nowhere


An unabashed fan of the Great American Songbook, Mady is "...a skillful interpreter of Tin Pan Alley’s classics, and when she gives voice to these masterpieces of wit and romance, she communicates all the craft, all the feeling that has made these songs standards..." In addition to our musical relationship, we shared stewardship of the Music Umbrella of Austin and its Songwriter Competition, the progenitor of the Austin Song Writers Group. To hear more of her, check out Mady Kaye Goes Cabaret, Volume 2: The Magic of Mercer

After the rhythm section had recorded Craig's Until You Walked Out on Me, a breezy Cedar Creek morning became a swinging noon when Mady showed. (Sidebar: Ray Charles: play in time, in tune, with feeling!) Actually, more than a sidebar, that's Mady. Wow! This wonderful songstress and these tasty players - together. It's so easy this way. At Flashpoint, after adding archtop rhythm guitar, this song was made complete with Mike's trombone, a baritone complement to a mezzo soprano. I never spoke aloud the names Billie Holiday and Jack Teagarden, but they had always been the voices in mind's ear. And then there's Floyd's expressive piano... Spencer's easy lines... Art's superb brush work...


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Floyd Domino
Spencer Starnes
Art Kidd
Fletcher Clark
Mike Mordecai 		piano
acoustic bass
drums
archtop guitar
trombone
Fred Remmert
Eastside Flash 		Cedar Creek Studio (South Austin)
Flashpoint Studio (Downtown Austin)

DON’T BE NOWHERE

DON’T BE NOWHERE without me.
Don’t be takin’ no trips.
Don’t be lendin’ those sweet lips
To anyone but me.

DON’T BE NOWHERE without me.
Don’t be dancin’ at clubs.
Don’t be getting’ no back rubs
From anyone but me.

I know I can’t possess you.
You’re simply too headstrong.
But then when I caress you,
I pray you prove me wrong.

I won’t be nowhere without you.
Won’t be far from your side.
Won’t be takin’ no backslide
From anyone so true as you.
So although wherever you are,
That’s where you happen to be.
My darlin’, won’t be nowhere - without me.

by Fletcher Clark
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rev. 07/29/10