Bohacz & Frenz

Michael Davis wrote this musical sketch. Mike played electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he had. A visitor played what sounds like my Stratocaster in my absence. I'm not pleased. Note to self: Mike probably recorded this in his Chicago apartment on West School Street near North Racine Avenue sometime in or after 1979? Or was it the loft that Mike later rented on Division? near Ashland...

Michael Wayne Davis wrote the song lyrics and I wrote the music to his words. He remarked that the music was a departure from what he wanted but he didn't come up with anything to replace it. I sang lead vocal on this musical rehearsal. Mike played electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he had. I played my Fender Stratocaster. Here's where you can hear different versions of this song: ht...

Michael Davis wrote this song and sang lead vocal on this musical rehearsal. He also played electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he had. I played my Fender Stratocaster and sang backup. Here's a finished version of this song: https://on.soundcloud.com/5EoojB5wAsNkzuns7. Here's another iteration of this song: https://on.soundcloud.com/hdNd6PMvdLtzRSkc9. A version of this tune eventually...

I wrote the song and played my Fender Stratocaster through my Fender Twin Reverb amplifier. Michael Davis had electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he played. We probably recorded this in Mike's Chicago apartment on West School Street near North Racine Avenue sometime in or after 1979? Here's where you can hear different versions of this song: https://on.soundcloud.com/H48ir https://on....

I wrote the song and played my Fender Stratocaster through my Fender Twin Reverb amplifier. Michael Davis had electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he played. Here's where you can hear different versions of this song: https://on.soundcloud.com/C3Zxz https://on.soundcloud.com/nSe7M. Note to self: we probably recorded this in Mike's Chicago apartment on West School Street near North Racin...

I edited “Improvisations” from different sections of an 8-track cartridge tape I recorded that I called “Mike In Concert.” I made the 8-track for my brother Buddy's family sometime in or after the fall of 1976. That's my niece Donna and nephew Jimmy, Buddy's children, in the picture with me. My brother Monte appears framed in a photo.

I recorded this piece sometime after January 1981 when I began working at Faith Chapel Radio Recording Studio in Berwyn, Illinois (yes, Svengoolie's Berwyn). The studio had at least two quarter inch reel-to-reel tape recorders. I used them to bounce a multitrack recording forward and backward. I played piano and electric guitar.

Michael Wayne Davis wrote the song lyrics and I wrote the music to his words. He remarked that the music was a departure from what he wanted but he didn't come up with anything to replace it. Mike sang lead, I played electric guitar, Ralph Warchol was on electric bass. Ralph and I sang backup vocals. This was recorded on December 13, 1981 in a house that Mike rented in Oak Park, Illinois. Here's w...

I wrote this song sometime after December 1, 1982 when the first clinical use of an artificial heart designed for permanent implantation was in the news. My very talented friend Ralph Warchol purchased a quarter inch reel-to-reel 8 channel recorder with which he outfitted his luxurious basement. This song was the first we recorded with his new toy. I sang and played electric guitar. Ralph sang bac...

"Float away where your mind can go into disguises, No one realizes. No one realizes. Flying by all across the sky into disguises, No one realizes. No one realizes. Float away, etc... into disguises float away, etc... Sailing now to a port down south to the North Pole We're takin' the long route. Freda's coming in a boat behind the stats followed by A flying saucer from the planet Krel with a milli...

"The sun rises in the east and it sets in the west And a day happens in-between. Chroisyavana greets the dawning and the sunlight stretches in. Hear the laughter. Dinisdugavindaveda, Everything is new when I am in tune. Dinisdugavindaveda, oh! The sun rises in the east and it sets in the west And a day happens in-between." I'm guessing I recorded this sometime in 1977 when I was 19 years old. Insp...

I wrote the song, sang, played all the instruments, if memory serves. I multitracked this recording with two tape recorders. The first recording made the basic track of upright piano with my vocal. I then played the recording back through speakers into a second miced recorder while I performed on another instrument and sang backing vocal. I continued to bounce recordings this way to include acoust...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This first selection from our 8-track "Elephantus" features Mike Willette, Matt Anthony, Francisco Arriaga, Mickey Strejc, Greg Miller and myself. We borrowed music...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This fourth selection from our 8-track "Elephantus" features Ken Henley, Mike Willett and myself. We borrowed from "Black Dog."

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This fifth selection from our 8-track "Elephantus" features Ken Henley, Mike Willette and myself. We borrowed sound effects from "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This sixth selection from our 8-track "Elephantus" features Matt Anthony, Mickey Strejc and myself. We borrowed from "All You Need is Love," "Someone Saved My Life...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This last selection from our 8-track "Elephantus" features Matt Anthony (as the weird child) and myself as the interviewer. I cannot recall what music we used.

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers and labeled this 8-track with the year 1974. This first selection from our 8-track "Ping Pong" features Ken Henley, Greg Miller, Mike Willett, Francisco Arriaga, Mic...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers and labeled this 8-track with the year 1974. This second selection from our 8-track "Ping Pong" features Ken Henley, Mike Willett, Greg Miller, Francisco Arriaga and...

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers and labeled this 8-track with the year 1974. This last selection from our 8-track "Ping Pong" features Mike Willett, Ken Henley, Francisco Arriaga, possibly Greg Mil...

I probably began these musical sketches sometime in late 1974 or early 1975 when I was around 17 years old. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

I probably began these musical sketches sometime in late 1974 or early 1975 when I was around 17 years old. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's. Here's where you can hear a finished version of this song: https://on.soundcloud.com/91QAU. A version of this tune eventually ended up in my video "Now Then, Therefore." available here: https://youtu.be/py5pwznq-94?si=mfoKg...

I probably began these musical sketches sometime in late 1974 or early 1975 when I was around 17 years old. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's. You can hear a finished version of this song here: https://on.soundcloud.com/XKEac. A version of this tune eventually ended up in my CD "Mostly Acoustic" available here: https://on.soundcloud.com/UssrPNYRW7yURbou5.

I heard this tune on the soundtrack for the film "A Clockwork Orange." It's originally from the album "Sound of Sunforest" by Sunforest.

In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This second selection from our 8-track "Nose and Eyes" features Mike Willett, Ken Henley, Art Tulpa and myself. We borrowed music from "The Sting" and The Beatles f...