All original musical revue
songs by Phil Greek and Neil Asgarali
7 different scenes/virtual locations, with video and graphic projections
Scene 1 -
HOMETOWN
They say no man is an island, but that’s what it felt like.... hometown.... this journey begins in Middle America, at the home of a young intense musician profoundly affected by the power of the music and idealism in the 60's and 70's.... his first songs search for meaning and substance of spirit .....Singing and playing piano on Better Things and This Music and with the ukulele on Voices in the Wind ...
Scene 2 -
LAS VEGAS
The
rites of passage - from the perfection of innocence into the adventure of
experience and loss... Las Vegas that is... From a world
of boyhood idealism into the harsh reality of "working"... He auditions various
showrooms.... singing Crystal Pond....
well received creatively, but the producers insist if he want a job he
"impersonate someone with a name...." Now without income he plays the
streets for change where he meets a reggae rap musician from Trinidad working
the other corner.... he introduces him to a steel or as its
called a pan, and it was never the same after that - they sing and
perform Gold
on Blue.... and set sail for Jamaica to have his new pan tuned by "The Hammer" - here come's a real
cultural musical experience.... singing Satisfied
Scene 3 - JAMAICA
Kickin' back in Jamaica they finally encounter the "Island doldrums”…. taking time to write new songs -
sings Coconut Bay.... He hears some deep bass tones... undulating sexy
reggae music... he meets a Dreadlock bass player who tells him
"mon what you looking for ... dis Jamaica mon" shares some herb tea
with him and they play and sing Chillin ... the spiritual vibe of the reggae music... but still wonders where the man with the hammer be... there's a few
notes on his pan that need work.... after all both he and his pan had been
through 2 storms at sea...dare he go back? After performing Time for Love for his Rasta buds he again leaves for Trinidad, the land of the pan....
Scene 4 - TRINIDAD
King of the
Groove helps them arrive quickly in Trinidad... asking where the man with the hammer be.... but
because he is a new face, and a pale one at that at first, they don't trust
him... he sings his first calypso, Calypso for Mama and is allowed to meet the master pan tuner who revives his old $25 instrument, making it nearly
the best sounding pan in Trinidad... now the bands all want him to play with
them as they jam on Playday,
and into show title theme Oh Me Island Love Me
Scene 5 - HAWAII
He sets sail
to Clouds,
reflecting on the dreamy passing of clouds
as they sail into a storm that rages.... finally washed on a deserted beach....
is he on the set of the next "Survivor"?...soon he hears a stringed
instrument playing gracefully alongside the bell like tones of his pan - so
warm and embracing.... then out of the bush comes a beautiful girl in a grass
skirt playing an ukulele.....they sing and play Splendid Feeling,
merging the 2 island cultures and sounds into one.....he sings a song called The
Hula Girl, and she shows him great hula....she then takes him back to her
village - Waikiki, where they write a song together and perform Aloha at the
corner of a garden under the tiki torch near the pink hotel.....
Scene 6 - PIANOMAN
Trinidad was
was an important place musically, he did
feel a part of something vital and vivid.....the art of banging the oil
can and raising it to angelic heights..... but at
some point he realizes perhaps the piano is like his home, and to sit behind it
was what he wanted now......this is expressed with
passion in Land of Toys,
with Street Music dedicated to his buds on the streets outside (now that
he's a headliner - the promoters decided they could make him a name after
all... as he became a better musician, and a more mature performer for his
experiences in travel......he dedicates Eternal Friends
to all those he may never see again, but will never be forgotten.......
Scene 7 -SHOWTIME
Our Musician now headlines the showroom with his state of the art visuals and sound, alongside a band that has everyone dancing around the globe .... the rock anthem Over the World...... enter the zone of time with 3 Dimensional Diversity.....building into Life Is, and Spinnin in Dust, finally ending with Dazzlin', a special song for his daughter Julia expressing that the future rests within the family that we create at home and in the world as our Island (shot of the earth from above, of course)
encore: he roams the crowd singing I Like Your Smile