Composed over the course of the past 20 years, "Wherever You Go ... BEAR You Are" is comprised of 11 original compositions (10 vocal tracks and 1 instrumental track), blending roots reggae positivity and skankiness with classic-rock and jam-band-ish melodies that will take the listener on a musical journey through numerous other genres, moods and modalities. While the final sound may be VERY difficult to classify within any one single genre, many of these songs are extremely catchy and easy to sing along with and will be easily accessible to fans of many different types of music; from Blues and Rock to Jam Bands, Americana, Psychedelic Rock, Folk, Reggae, Jazz, and even Classical.

It is the artist's hope that these songs will provide listeners with mantras and tools that will be helpful in dealing with the dynamics of our rapidly-changing planet and culture, banishing habitual negative thought patterns to the buried layers of their brains, never to be seen or heard from again. Recognizing that we are all part of the universal one and the role each of us plays as co-creator of our universe, this album is deeply spiritual without ever preaching to its audience. "Welcome to the Luvolution!", in particular, may be considered an anthem in the soundtrack to our newly-emerging culture of cooperation and community. It is the artist's prayer that the songs contained on "Wherever You Go ... BEAR You Are" may help us all to more quickly and fluidly breathe into reality the paradise we all know is waiting for us!


The Gift
This is the present, the here and now,
Calling you and me to be THE GIFT

Head for the Hills (Sittin’ on Top of the World)
Drop what you’re doing, no time for that now
Time that we head for the hills
No use in asking what, why, when, or how
Ready, set, head for the hills
Cool breezes, sitting on top of the world
Time seizes, the here and the now become swirled
We’ll swim with the fishes and we’ll fly with the hawks
We’ll whoop with the whoopering wills
We’ll run with the panthers, get sly with a fox and
We’ll roam where the antelope will
We’ll be sitting on top, sitting on top of the world (X4)
Let’s get back to our mother, get back to our roots
Replenish the cup we must fill
Wake now discover the fountain of youth
Let us run now and head for the hills

Bubble
Gonna blow a big fat bubble for us to dance inside
There won’t be any walls for us to hide behind
We’ll spin and roll until they tell us to go home
We don’t want any trouble
We’ll roll and spin until the chubby lady sings
Rolling and spinning in our bubble
Gonna blow a big fat bubble about one foot off the floor
And once we step inside nothing can hurt us anymore
Gonna blow a big fat bubble for all the world to see
Then all that’s left to know is would you like to float with me?
We’ll float and roll until they tell us to go home
We don’t want any trouble
We’ll roll and float until we hear the last sweet note
Rolling and floating in our bubble
…Whoa… I’m gonna blow a big fat bubble

Butterfly
Butterfly, you flutter by on a wing and prayer
Never stopping long enough to show the world you care
Purple wings so paper thin makes me wonder how you fly
So fragile yet how strong you are, on up and up you rise
Watch out for the net now butterfly
Faster than a jet now flutter by
I ain’t finished yet my butterfly
Please give the love you get now my sweet butterfly
When the rainbow shows amid a glorious sunshower
Will you rest your tired wings upon the lotus flower?
Or, will you simply fly on by for fear you may be touched?
Butterfly, so delicate, one touch may be way too much
One day a young man netted you but then he set you free
Pray you’ll land again someday so that you might see
Not all of us would trap you, try to keep you for our own
Remember this sweet butterfly, you reap the seeds you’ve sown

The Honeybee Song
It’s a good thing for the honeybee
Nobody told him he couldn’t fly
Just doing what comes naturally
Like any other bird in the sky
Even modern science can’t explain the wonder of it all
How a world so big could seem so small
Anything is possible, yes anything at all
No job too big, no tale too tall
Peace around the world begins right here at home
Together we can change the world
Open up your eyes, discover you are not alone
Open up your voice, let your song be heard
Buzz around, buzz around, around my hive
Don’t you tell me you can’t fly

High Time
Walkin’ along just the other day
I was just walkin’ along, Eugene, Oregon
Came across some hippies
They were just kickin’ it in the park
Strumming guitar and singin’ a song
It’s high time
To consider what position my condition is in
It’s high time
To get on with the show
I don’t mind
If the middle of the riddle comes a little too late
I don’t mind,
So you might as well give it a go
People get on red-eye
Cause the show’s about to start
Put a little beat, put a little beat,
Mama put a little beat in your heart
All aboard cause the bus about to leave,
I said you better get ready to go
We’re gonna get down, gonna get down
To some good ol’ rock n’ roll
It’s All Mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter (X4)
…So you might as well give it a go

Lasso Me the Moon
The sun goes down
The outer edge of twilight is upon us
Just look around
There’s a fast approaching darkness
Moonglow… Halo… Lasso…
Gonna lasso me the moon
Tonight’s the night that’s gonna last forever
Time will stop, we’ll all get off
As one by one, the kingdom we will enter
Upon a breeze so feather-soft
Moonglow… Halo… Lasso…
Gonna lasso me the moon
A wolf somewhere is howling, she’s howling at the moon
Aaaooowww I’m gonna lasso me the moon (X2)
Swinging on a beam of light that is tied around the moon
Dancing through the starlit night ‘neath velvet skies of June
The moment’s right, I’m feeling light, the cosmos are aligned
Oneness is upon us now, all energies unite
Moments flow unstoppable when you’re living in a blue dream
Anything is possible when you’re swinging on a moon-beam

Rock Star
In life, there is a struggle to find the path of least restrain
When you find yourself in trouble, when sunshine turns into rain
You may look and see a rainbow or you can hide and live in pain
You can simmer in the ashes or you can rise and be the flame
When the going gets tough, the tough keep going
They keep on keeping on
When the water gets rough, the rough keep rowing
They row right on through the storm
When the road of life gets so rocky, you think you can’t roll on
Remember you’re a rock star, remember you’re a rock star
And forever and ever and ever and ever and ever you rock on.
Well I’ve been from Humboldt county, to Miami, F-L-A,
From the hills of West Virginy, to the sands of Santa Fe
You know I’ve befriended strangers, and I’ve bestranged some friends
But no matter where I’m headed, can’t seem to see around the bend

Good N’ Plenty
I would crawl across the driest dessert
I would wade across the widest stream
I would climb the highest mountain ever
Just to taste your sweet lips again
You’re my good n’ plenty
Tell you why, mama, you’re so heady
You’re my good n’ plenty
And I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go
You’ve got such yummy gentle kisses
Bring me to such states of blisses
Yes your yummy gentle kisses
Melt like snowflakes on my lips

Serendipity
Every time I find myself thinking about you
I always find you to be thinking about me
Every time I find myself start to doubt you even exist
You come to me, you come to me
Whoa, Serendipity, spinning me in circles round the sun
Whoa, Serendipity, ensures the best is always yet to come
Last time I saw you, I couldn’t remember your name
I knew I’d met you briefly in the Indiana rain
Then, one sweet September morning amongst the dewy pine
I was on my way to somewhere but you were only killing time
Whoa, Serendipity, spinning me in circles round the sun
Whoa, Serendipity, ensures the best is always yet to come
It’s just ridiculous how serendipitous is
This solitary instance of coincidence
The probability is practically nil you see that this reality
Was ever real for you and real for me
Can’t you see that all the sh*t that happened up to now
Was plainly meant to be then you were sent to me
And when everything’s been said and everything’s been done
I guarantee we’ve had more than a little fun
Cause when the sh*t hits the fan in the pretty little city
We’ll blame it all on Serendipity

Welcome to the Luvolution
(Om gate Para gate Para sam gate boddhisvaha)
(Let go Completely let go Really completely let go)
(To the bliss divine)
(Yes yes, Bless bless, Wholeness)
Riding on time is like surfing ‘pon a wave
It comes, it goes, it ebbs, it flows
Hours turn to days
Days turn into weeks and weeks slip into years
I’d rather live in love than live in fear
This is the rhyme for a reason
This is the time, you know now is the only season
Go big or go home, c’mon and wiggle your bones
Brothers and sisters, I wanna say welcome to the Luvolution
I don’t care what color ‘pon your skin, no no
I don’t care if you’re fat or if you’re thin
If you got a little hair on your chinny chin chin
Yes, everybody welcome, just step right in
Left, right, one foot in front the other
Step light upon your sacred mother
Take flight when your heart begin to flutter
Because every girl’s your sister and every boy your brother