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Thompson | Henderson | Elbaum (T.H.E. Songs)

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Dave Henderson and Marc ‘Sparky’ Elbaum are as yin and yang as they come. Dave’s a true Live Free Or Dier, born and raised; Sparky’s a refugee from Brooklyn. They asked me, I don’t know why, to write liner notes for an excellent album they’d done, NEW EDGE, OLD SOULS, and I was hooked. I got Sparky and Dave to do the music for my Off-Off-Broadway production of THE PENIS RESPONDS, 12 plays, 12 themes. I needed an instrumental for Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer to dance to in my live broadcast production of ON GOLDEN POND and, again, Dave and Sparky came through. We wrote two songs for WHITE PEOPLE CHRISTMAS when I directed it in LA. And for AX OF LOVE, I threw them the small challenge of taking the same lyric, MAKE ME CRAZY, and doing it six different ways to underscore the 30 years that pass in the play, 60s pop, Psychedelic, Reggae, Heavy Metal, Grunge, New Age. We’ve written a dozen or so songs together, some of which you can hear here. Old Souls indeed and good ones.

Dave Henderson, Marc “Sparky” Elbaum, Ernest Thompson and Shawnn Monteiro
Dave Henderson, Marc “Sparky” Elbaum, with Ernest and Shawnn Monteiro

WHEN LOVE IS GOOD*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Shawnn Monteiro
From the movie TIME AND CHARGES

MAKE ME CRAZY*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Cyndy Kaza
From the play AX OF LOVE

LOVED TONIGHT*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Cyndy Kaza
From the movie THE LOVE LINE

AMERICAN HERO (The Steroid Song)*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

LONG STORY SHORT*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

GET THE HELL OVER YOURSELF*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Gagne, Jr.

MISS YOU*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Marc Elbaum

I BELIEVE*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

IT TAKES A VILLAGE (IDIOT)*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

LIKE YOU*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

TAKE A SINNER TO DINNER*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

LAST MAN STANDING*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL*

Lyrics by Ernest Thompson
Music by Dave Henderson and Marc Elbaum
Performed by Dave Henderson

*Licensing rights must be obtained. For contact information, click here.

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La Mama, New York, NY
A staged reading of Karen Black’s powerful play, starring Ms. Black, Gail Brown, Barbara Haas, Eric Sutton and Kat Yew