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Bike Problem
The Bruce Blues Band

1.   Bikie Q 3:59   <play> 
2.   Ridin through Heaven's Door 4:43
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3.   Bike It 2:39
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4.   Color My World 3:02
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5.   Dirt Church 3:03
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6.   Down at the Bike Park 3:14
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7.   Biking Easy 3:29
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8.   Paranoid 4:02
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9.   Corner Canyon 2:53
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10. Pleasant Grove 3:22
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11. Wish I'd Brought a Light 2:30
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12. Rear Wheel Traction 3:50
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13. Why Stop the Pain 3:52
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14. Roll on the Bike 4:12
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   The songs on this CD are recycled tunes with lyrics by Bruce
 
Bike Problem
The Bike Problem CD was my 3rd. I now had an electric guitar, -- a birthday present courtesy of my sweet wife. So the sound has expanded significantly compared from the first two CDs. I take my first stab at keyboard work with "Color My World," recorded in my living room with a badly out-of-tune piano.
I like this fun mix of songs, because it reflects the type of stuff my band "Oak Harbor" did in the 70s. Yeah, we played a lot of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Good times. And good money. I was definitely overpaid for my meager quantity of talent.
 
How to get the tunes!

1. Donate to a participating group and get a real CD in a bi-fold jacket. Listen to perverted versions of Golden Oldie songs in high-quality surround-sound! (Are you part of a group -- such as a school race team or trail foundation -- that could use the CD as a fund-raiser? Or as a raffle prize at your trailwork day or fundraising event? Contact Bruce directly. Go to the top right corner of this web page and click Contact/Editor.) 

2. Download the album as a ZIP file in MP3 format (around 55 MB download). Lesser sound quality, of course, but it's free and ready to drop into your phone or iPod.. Then please consider a donation to your favorite trail group.  Download "Bike Problem" CD as zip file in mp3 format

3. Pick individual songs by listening to them on-line, then download only those you want. Go back to the main "Goodies" options page.

 

Information for fundraisers!

Products
There are seven CDs available. "Bad Biking" has 12 original songs by Bruce, while "RE: cycle", "Bike Problem", "Hero on the Pedals", "Hard Day's Ride" and "Born To Ride" each have 14 songs -- mostly recycled versions of golden oldie favorites with an occasional original. "Fat" has 15 songs. The CDs are professionally produced and packaged in a bi-fold jacket with a semi-flexible disc-mounting station made of recycled plastic. The bi-fold comes in a protective outer clear plastic sleeve. Contact Bruce directly to get your CDs.

Collecting your donations
That's up to you. We don't specify a "price" for the CD. You can set a donation amount per CD, or leave it open-ended, or use them as raffle prizes, or whatever. The back of the CD jacket has the ISBN barcode for the product, so the CD can be rung up in bike shops as a sale. (Expect the bike shop to deduct its transaction and handling costs.) 

Your costs
Please plan to reimburse Bruce for the production cost of the CDs you distribute. As of January 2019, this cost is $2 per CD. For select cases (such as trails where Bruce rides), he will donate a few CDs to get you started. Contact Bruce via the link for "Editor" in the page heading above.

Custom art work
The CD and its jacket can be customized with your trail foundation's logo and other information. This requires a minimum order of 100 CDs with payment up-front, and will have a delivery time of around 3 to 4 weeks.

Not that anyone cares:  

Bruce Argyle does all the parts for these songs: vocals, harmony, bass, rhythm, lead guitar, keyboard, and percussion. He records the tracks in his basement studio and acts as his own sound engineer for the mix.

Bruce works on a song until he gets bored, which doesn't take long. Then he calls the tune "done" even if it's still a little raw. So don't expect perfect masterpieces.

Bruce started his music career as a finger-picking singer-guitarist, doing mostly folk rock and ballads. After not becoming a star, he switched to bass guitar and harmony vocals -- and earned enough to pay for college, medical school, a wedding and a first kid.

Then Bruce became a respectable citizen with a job. So the Gibson Ripper bass guitar sat in the closet for 40 years  Now, although the voice is shot and the fingers are clumsy, the old "rock star" is back on stage.