Chords for Yellowjackets - Who Is Russell Ferrante?

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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] Man, he's [Eb] my Bach.
[A] He's my [Db] Debussy.
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[Dm] We're like family.
[A] We're like [E] brothers, really.
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_ [Cm] The consummate musician.
[A] He's studied, [G] he's listened to all [Dm] different kinds of music,
he [D] understands the inner workings of [A] music,
he sees the big picture.
[Db] _ _ [Dm] If you think of a musician who practices,
who's never [Cm] satisfied _ _ with their craft, with their playing,
[G] always looking for something [D] new,
always looking to expand and grow upon his craft,
[Dm] _ _
that's Russell.
_ _ _ [B] When he plays, when he [Dm] composes,
there's a real [G] deliberate quality [Dm] to what he does.
In [Bb] his compositions you will hear [D] a theme or an idea
or a technique or a device that is the focal point of this composition
and then is elaborated upon and expanded upon.
_ [Db] Number [Dm] one, great human being.
_ From the moment I met Russell, [F] I knew that he,
I felt that he could just [Dm] give me the shirt off his back.
That's cliché-ish, but it's really [N] true.
There's three percussion elements.
There's a shaker.
It's just in that second section.
There's a shaker, there's that little [E] hand drum,
_ and then in the [A] gospel section there's a little tambourine.
He's just got an amazing pair of ears.
He has great time.
He's a composer, you know,
and a lot of people can play but can't necessarily write.
You know, Russ is a far more sophisticated writer,
writes way more sophisticated things
than most of the people that I hear even today.
When I go into that zone of writing or creative place,
I'm just, _ I kind of throw myself open to whatever [B] might present [Ab] itself,
and [Db] I search around and I put my antennas up
and really try to be aware of interesting ideas
that might [G] percolate to the top of my consciousness.
[F] And I don't necessarily [C] think of it, you know,
as [Ab] initially at least as the guys in the band playing the music.
I'm just searching [Abm] for good musical ideas.
And then maybe once it's underway,
[B] then I'll start [Gb] thinking, okay, this [Abm] _ piece right here,
this could be adapted really nicely for the band,
and what we do and the players in the band.
But I'm kind of more like just, you know,
it could, maybe the ideas could be applied
in a lot of different directions.
Of the [E] pieces that I contributed, there were five [C] pieces.
One I had been working on for a while,
and I thought this could be, [F] make a nice Yellow Jackets tune,
or it could be something, you know, almost a little [Ab] solo piano piece.
But [C] then when we set this time, [Am] you know, a couple months ago
that we said we [Cm] really need to record during this period of [Eb] time,
then over [C] that, _ these [Am] last month or so,
I [Cm] really set to [C] working on some music specifically for this record.
_ It's been really fun.
It was a great, it was really exciting.
And [G] it was a thrill being back in the studio
and getting to record our tunes [F] again.
If I don't have a deadline, a [C] lot of times it doesn't get done,
or you'll get partway through something.
But _ [Bb] the impetus and [F] the incentive to complete things
and get [Eb] the chart written and really tighten it up
comes with the deadlines and knowing, you know,
you're going to have to record some things.
This piece is a Russ Ferrante composition titled Indivisible.
There's the [Gb] stuff that will go on probably [Bbm] the remainder of your life,
just trying [Db] to, you know, be [Ebm] _ [Dbm] as truthful
and [A] as _ honest and a person of [C] integrity that you can be.
So there's those challenges.
There's manage your _ _ [Gb] emotions and _ _ temper your bad habits and all the rest.
So there's that.
_ There's [E] trying to [A] become a better musician, a [G] better writer.
I mean, [B] as a musician, [C] my focus is in [Ab] trying to learn more
and [Db] expand my [Em] musical vocabulary and [Eb] my appreciation for different [Gm] styles
and try to incorporate those [B] things into my own music.
[B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] And actually, [D] you know, I mean, this is kind of corny,
[Bb] but [C] Father's Day just passed,
and I got a really beautiful card from my daughter.
And she said, _ you know, some pleasantries, [Dbm] and then she said,
but most of [E] all, or something like this,
thanks [Db] for being a great [D] role model.
[B] You know, and I thought, well, wow, I'm not [Bb] really sure I [Ab] am,
but I would like [Fm] to try to live up to [Gb] that, you know,
in the [Ebm] eyes of someone who [Cm] really loves you, that respects you.
[Gb] Try to be, you know, all that you can be.
[Ab] That's a great challenge. _
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