Ohiofornia by Jovan Karcic

“On a cold, rainy, January night you walk up the steps to the porch of a two story brick house built in the 1860’s. There’s a line of people waiting to get in.
It’s your turn next to walk through the parlor door into the warm, candle lit room. A pump organ and quiet guitar fill the room and swells with your heart as you see the body lying motionless. Your friend who suddenly passed under a full moon just days before. You say your peace, and cross yourself then walk into the next room where there is a wake. A celebration of life with a rollicking band led by piano and strings, drinks and food are served. It’s time to go through the hallway and take your seat for the eulogy. Soon you are back in the dark,cold, oceanic, physical state of disease. Medicating, walking in white gloves, not shaving and receding, in order to escape the waves of the heart. Years pass, and just as suddenly from the dirt erupts new life and hope. Love has made a claim on your heart. It is time to begin again again, to walk in the sun, and accept the love that has found you and walk the tightrope between death and rebirth.” jak


These songs were determined by the events and emotions that occurred between January 2001 and 2004, which includes the hit-and-run death of Karcic’s bandmate and, several years later, meeting the person that would become his life partner. These recordings took place in the same “real time” that this un-living and re-living was taking place. And like all great songwriting, it’s both the internal and external that contribute to the words and sounds. These recordings were later revisited in 2021 to better clarify and communicate the songs’ meanings and messages, translating them from the author’s private home studio to you.

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