The Tsekoombah
This Story is the absolute truth as told by The Tsekoombah himself, to the master storyteller, Gregor Rice, as well as Gregor's own experience with him in Sedona, AZ and our beautiful Sacred Site and Grid Node, Tarajories, Hill of Health, complete with Legendary Healing Water. Gregor Rice reserves the right to pitch this song sans names and related information. We have no current information on the whereabouts of The Tsekoombah, and truly enough, it could all have been a dream.
A preface is in order, to follow in time, with links, et al. In the interim... enjoy this.
~ Now playing: RAW PRE-DEMO, as in 'something on the order of maybe' re: tracks, one option of a possible musical background, open for change, this currently sans vocals, et al, for a relative gist, and a lyric demo also exists for the gist. Below, see the story/lyrics of The Life and Times of The Tsekoombah, simply meaning, Man of Wisdom, whose name shall not be uttered by our lips, online anyway. We continue to honor and miss our special friend. And come to think of it, we do recall him giving us permission to put the accompanying photo he gifted us up on this story page. But don't get lost in this mystical maze of scintillating Tarajories healing energy...come back... come back to The Tsekoombah.~
Words and Music: (c) 1999-2017 Gregor Rice
Just a baby of 9 when he went up on the Hill
And faced a horrible Snake comin' in for the kill.
He froze like Stone gettin' ready to run,
Then the Old Snake spoke, "What ya here for, son?"
He couldn't remember as he started to cry
In reply to the Snake, "I didn't come here to die!"
"Just think about it, boy," the Serpent said with a smirk
And went for his arm before the boy could… [jerk]
"Is it Thunder? Or the Lightning?"
"Your Grandpaws say you got the Medicine Heart
An' all the Aunties say they saw it right from the start.
You take my Medicine. I give it to you
With a Power for Healin' like a Strike from the Blue.
If'ya think you can make it only 3 more days
You will earn every Secret of the Ancient Ways.
Just sit here to soak up all the Legend and Lore
And take every bit of what ya come here for
The Lightning ~ Take the Thunder. Take it."
Suggest a long, mystical instrumental with breathtaking scenes of Sedona, AZ
He came down from the Mountain with a streak of gray hair
But he learned how to Vanish clean into thin Air.
No matter what ails ya from the croup to the pox
He's got a little somethin' in his Medicine Box.
He'll cover your head with a Black Silk Scarf
And reach down to your guts 'til you wanna barf.
He'll blow that devil right out of your Soul.
Watch it ooze down the wall as he patches the hole
With Thunder ~ And his Lightning.
You don't call him 'Shaman' or a 'Medicine Man'
Just a 'Tsekoombah' from the Promised Land.
He'll mend your bones with the Song of his Flute
Or boil up a Brew made of Arrowroot.
The Elements serve him at the Wave of his Hand
And he brings back the dead with a pinch of Red Sand.
He calls Gome~Kia with a couple of Smokes
And they Danse Pondaw in their Rainbow Cloaks
Of Thunder ~ And Their Lightning.
[Faint BG vocals @ Long Instrumental Ending with lingering video in Sedona:
BG Vocals: "Bullet in the face @ Wounded Knee"
The Tsekoombah: "I can See ya comin' but ya can't See me, haw ne, haw naw..."]
PRE-DEMO ONLY: suggest 3 vocals; StoryTeller, The Snake and The Tsekoombah
this rendition featuring Ted Tomiuk's screamin' guitar work
suggesting the possible addition of the recurring melodic solo guitar hook 4-8 measure intro
or intro builds from dulce to forte depending on video shot in beautiful Sedona, AZ
bringing in various instruments one by one fit to visuals.
Suggest slowing the tempo down a bit, and definitely nix quarter note drum,
ask to hear bout intriguing visual story that goes with re: dream ending... anyway, here it is... hot, new and different.
(c) 1999~2017 Gregor Rice
And, yes, included with permission from The Tsekoombah at the time of writing our story, hereafter remaining nameless per request of family as it shall remain.
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Presenting: The Tsekoombah and his lovely daughter, Princess Also Nameless.
Lightning Shaman, Honored Man of Wisdom, and 7 time World Champion Fancy
Dancer,
this extraordinary human being also presented and negotiated with Chairman Mao during the Peace Talks, too long ago, now...
with any seeming hope of world peace unlikely short of Divine [or extraterrestrial] intervention.
More... ...The Tsekoombah orchestrated The Sacred Ring Ceremony while our highly honored guest here @ Tarajories.
To this day, The Eagle still comes at the least sign of danger. Don't believe? Click herein.
And I still stand in awe at the reference, found at the base of the Totem he built during his work and play here on The Hill.
The Tsekoombah's powerful teachings were not wasted on this grateful... but humble... student.
So unfortunate, the StarKamp website which housed the above, and below, webpages was wiped out without notice or compensation by Verizon. Funding required and requested for the redo. Thanks!
More... from The Stories of Tarajories. Click The Tsekoombah photo for another glimpse into the mystery, magic, and intrigue of Tarajories... ...Personally unknown to the storyteller, but highly honored nonetheless,
our own reporting on this Arizona TV news film-@-11 taping of The Hopi SnowDanse en demonstration of the work as shown.
From a sparkling blue Sedona sky to a Conference & Celebration of The Elements, Pondaw... Grandfather Cloud...
and other honored guests fill the arena on high.
We apologize for missing the thickest of snowfall as we again stood in awe at the sight we beheld.
Our driveabout too late for snow shots the following day finds our report nixed but will be forthcoming via The Stories of Tarajories
As such, both the lyric demo by Gregor Rice and subsequent instrumental presentation
w/screamin' guitar work by Ted Tomiuk are available on the broadjam profile-in-process.
also check out another powerful story-song: The Ballad of Young Billy, another powerful story-song is demoed at Gregor's Broadjam artist's page... just scroll down to find it.
Also hear the Line-Up for blockbuster adventure~comedy~sciphi feature film, Black & Bluzae, too, at Gregor's Artist's Profile Site @ Broadjam
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