Happy Chichester [and Howlin' Maggie]

Often it takes somebody else to tell you that you just have to open your eyes to see "Love Is All Around Us"

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Now here's a very personal story. One night when I was living in San Diego, I found myself extremely depressed, for reasons I won't go into. I wasn't exactly contemplating suicide, but I was wondering why I wasn't contemplating suicide. However, I happened to have a ticket to the Belly-Up Tavern where the band Brad was playing (a Pearl Jam spinoff band with Stone Gossard as the guitarist). Opening for Brad was some dude I had never heard of, from Ohio, named Happy Chichester. I walked into the bar, walked towards the stage, and the singer looked right at me and sang the musical question about suicide which you hear in the accompanying audio clip.

I honestly don't think I have ever felt that depressed, since that song snapped me out of it. Just goes to show.


 

"Love Is All Around x4" by Happy Chichester

[All Right...]

We live in such a lovesick world,
All the lonely boys and girls,
Often find it hard to choose,
Between a lover and their latitude!

We know that they go on about,
People always missing out,
So many things, so many times,
And so on, et cetera, I ain't crying!

And I know anything's possible
If we believe it so
I'm not too proud to say
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !

Some people hang their heads and cry,
Some will even want to die,
Why you leavin' here so soon?
Could I tell you something you could use?

But as soon as I open wide,
It seems that my tongue is tied
And we wouldn't be satisfied
If they did it for us...

And I know anything's possible
If we believe it so
I'm not too proud to say
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !

Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !

Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !

Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !
Love is all around us !


Here's just a snippet... gawd, this one, also, I can really relate to...

"I Fall in Love with My Friends" by Happy Chichester

I fall in love for, all the wrong reasons,
Strapped to me like a bomb !

 

...I also recommend the trippy, ethereal lyrics of "If I Could Murder the Right Man" and "Nobody Calls Her Baby", all from the album "HYDE".

 


These songs are copyright by Happy Chichester and Howlin' Maggie. No ownership or permission is expressed or implied. The accompanying audio clip is for your "review purposes", in other words, I am explicitly hoping that this sample inspires you to go out and buy the song. And thereby avoid having Happy Chichester sue me.

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  • My first name is Kevin
  • My last name is Wohlmut
  • My middle name is Arthur

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