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John Lee Sanders, Featuring Maria Grig on solo violin - Joy In the Morning

from Tweakin' Some Twang by John Lee Sanders

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I wrote this song for my beautiful sweet wife Maria, who brings me joy every day. The melody came to me in a dream, while we were in Vancouver. I ran down to my studio, and recorded the melody into my computer, right away, before I could forget. Maria and I met in 1997, in Germany, on a Long John Baldry tour en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Baldry
Two months of one nighters over a 2 or 3 month period. We spent 10 days together on the middle of the tour, where I fell in love with her. Over Time, circumstance, and an ocean between us, we lost track of each other. In 2012, we reconnected in 2012, and were married in 2015, on October 7.

I was Long John Baldry's piano player for many years, replacing Elton John, who held the gig until 1968. I'm a huge Elton Fan, and love many of his great string arrangements, with Paul Buckmaster, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Buckmaster
and James Newton Howard.

My wife Maria and I are big fans of orchestral string scores of the Movies, Mozart, and the classics. in 2008, William Ross and Doc Kupka of Tower of Power asked me to be the vocalist on a great CD called "Doc Goes Hollywood, with an "A" List Hollywood Film Orchestra. Mr. Ross is one of the greatest film composers, and Arranger conductors in Hollywood, Music director for Barbara Streisand, Harry Potter, Academy Awards, Titanic, Star Wars. www.williamrossmusic.com
It's been my dream to arrange a song like this for full orchestra, but I think we created something beautiful here

She suggested I add a string section, to feature this beautiful melody. I studied orchestration at the University of North Texas, film scoring, and studied the scores of John Williams, and so many. I met Maria Grig through Airgigs.com, who studied at the conservatory at Saint Petersburg Russia, who added 12 string parts, solo violin, viola, and cello. She's an amazing player, and so honored to have her on this great track.

lyrics

Lyrics By John Lee Sanders and Michael Decroix

Joy in the morning
1
Baby you’re my joy, joy in the morning
 When I fell for you was perfect timing
 Heavens and the planets were all aligning
 Somewhere in space and time where love unfolds
 Verse 2
And you know you’re my joy, my joy in the morning
 Weather there’s rain or sun comes shinning 
 If ever was a cloud with a silver lining
 Your heart would always change it into gold
 
 Bridge
And when true love calls from out of nowhere
 Like a shooting star we wish upon
 And when the nightfall’s the magic somewhere
  Calls for the rose colored mist of dawn (or-turns to the rose colored mist of dawn)
 
Verse 3
 Oh you know you’re my joy my joy in the morning
 Givin’ my heart wings now it’s soaring
 High above the clouds ain’t no raindrops pouring
 Somewhere in that place in the sun we’ll surely find
 Oh my joy, joy, joy
 Bridge
 
And when true love calls from out of nowhere
Like a shooting star we wish upon
 And when the nightfalls the magic everywhere
 Calls for the rose colored mist of dawn
 
Verse 4
You know you’re my joy my joy in the mornin’
 Weather there’s rain or sun comes shinin’
 Heavens and the planets were all aligning
 Somewhere in the sun surely we’re gonna find
 Oh we’re gonna find
You’re my joy in the mornin’Joy in the mornin’ time
You know you’re my joy in the morning time

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from Tweakin' Some Twang, released October 30, 2018
John Lee Sanders, Piano, Tenor Sax, Keyboards, String Arrangement.
Bach Norwood, Upright Bass
Mick Mestek, Drums
Bruce Kaphan, Pedal Steel Guitar
Maria Grigoryeva, Solo violin, 1st, 2nd violin, viola Maria Grigoryeva
Cello, Lyudmila Kadyrbaeva

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John Lee Sanders Palos De La Frontera, Spain

Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Saxophone, Guitar, Piano, vocalist, and Emmy nominated composer, he has evolved a complex musical gumbo, with the flavors of Americana, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Country, classical, with a deep love of the traditions, and culture of New Orleans. ... more

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