COVENSTEAD - Fantasy Realm

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Covenstead

============== recording project ==============
phase four
(an ongoing project of Al's)
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Spring 1975 to the Present ...

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The dream of "Fantasy Realm" began a very long time ago, in 1975.

We'd started a "garage band" - a first band for most of us. Every single one of us was just beginning to learn to play music. Typical of teenagers of ANY "generation" I suppose, we were all thinking up these "surreal scenarios" all of the time. We couldn't even settle upon a name.

I think that the idea of "The Jesse Caine Band" actually first emanated from thinking about Joe Walsh's old band, The James Gang. But it is getting to be SO LONG AGO that I'm really not certain. Anyhow, we used to laugh that there was no one actually named "Jesse Caine" in the band. I don't remember who came up with the name. It may have been me - or any one of the other guys. I know I did use it to write under, and I think that Joe and Les might have, too.

I still have the old piano from that time - which we'd painted it on - out in my garage - STILL, after all these years ...

One of the concepts we had come up with was to take a voyage on one of those old wooden ships somewhere - and to live totally in that time period - the clothing, everything - except even though it is on a tall ship, you would have electricity and could play your music out on the deck under the stars every night ...

Rock and roll pirates or something like that ...

I know that I came up with the actual "Fantasy Realm" idea - unless you want to say that Lewis Carrol's "Alice In Wonderland," Bram Stoker's "Dracula," "The Wizard Of Oz," or any of another million writings take in the same concept. Basically, that was just what it meant - a reality composed of fantasy - fantasy and reality, one in the same - a realm of fantasy ...

whatever ...

So ...
we've been trying to consolidate some of the material of that period
- and have been re-recording -
in order to finally - after 2 and a half decades - complete this album.

Al Tavers
Summer 1999

The bottom 2 ship graphics are borrowed from the site to which they link.
They are of the tall ship (topsail schooner) "Blarney Pilgrim" out of British Columbia, Canada.
Definitely check out their EXCELLENT web site if you're interested in these magnificent vessels !!!
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The Original Musicians:

Al Tavers - lead vocals, keyboards
Joey Parent - guitars, vocals
Frank Costa - drums
Les Brown - bass, vocals

( Mark Mendonca - lead vocals )
( Bob Moltedo - bass )

The Remake Musicians:

Al and friends ...

Tentative Song Inclusion:

The Prince of Dilemma (part one, original version)
Fantasy Realm
Toward You (Our Time Is Riding)
Still You Shine
Make Me A Star
Boy Racer ( Searchin' For The One )
Warped (In Space And Time)
Acid Reign
Into The Wind (original version)
I Do (Journey Into The Night Sky)
Dreams
Indian Boy
Seafire
Sons And Daughters
Christopher

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