This
is the story of a Ghost song I wrote
about an experience I had with the real
ghost of a woman actress from the 1800's.
I was staying at a friends place in
Longmont, Colorado last April 2006.
The building that he owns used to be
called 'The Times Call' building years
ago.
In the
late 1800's they used to print one of
the local newspapers, 'The Times Call',
on the 1st floor. There was a big explosion
from a gunpowder barrel, in the basement
next door in the 1870's, and the building
and the adjacent buildings had to be
rebuilt as a result of the fire that
ripped through walls of half a city
block. 'The Dickens Opera House' at
the end of the street was spared. A
bystander, who was standing on top of
the opera house at the time of the explosion,
was blown off to the roof of a building
below. He was spared with an injured
leg. A business across the street had
all its windows blown in from the shock
wave. The woman inside was frantic,
and ran out of her shop screaming with
the blood streaming down from her cuts
and bruises.
After
the dust settled, and a couple of years
went by, the block was rebuilt and ready
for action. 'The Times Call' building
started printing again, but used the
2nd floor as a boarding house, instead
of the owners living there. They rented
out rooms, a hot bath, and a meal for
people coming and going on the old locomotives
and stage coaches. One of the patrons
happened to be a semi-famous actress,
who must have traveled across the country
performing in various venues for the
general public. I wish I knew her name.
These
days the interior of the upstairs looks
like something from an old western movie.
There are old sky lights on the ceiling,
the wall paper is slowly peeling off,
and the hard wooden floors are warped
as if everything is sinking into the
middle of the main living room. In fact
the water in the fish tank, against
one of the walls, leans toward the center
of the room. Watch out for the staircase
that leads down to the street level.
It leans one side higher than the other
as well from old age.
The upstairs
where I stayed had been closed off since
1964. There is a calendar hanging on
one of the doors in the apartment looking
over Main St. The page is still on April
1964.
Last
spring while I was playing guitar and
working on some new music, I thought
I saw someone out of the corner of my
eye. In fact, I'd been staying there
for a few weeks by then, and thought
I felt some sort of presence there.
That night when I went to bed, I put
on a video. 'The People Who Live Under
the Stairs'. I fell asleep and I felt
a cold whisper in my ear. I woke up
to find the movie still playing and
the face of a woman on the TV. screen.
I felt the hairs on the back of my neck
stand up. That was about 2 a.m. in the
morning. I tried to go back to sleep,
but my mind was on high alert.
A few
hours later I made some coffee, and
started to play my guitar. I felt a
presence in the room again, but it felt
friendly, as if it liked what I was
playing. As I played, I came up with
a nice chord progression, some lyrics,
and a cool chorus line. An hour or so
later I finished writing my song called
'U Don't Know'. The vibe in the place
was electric.
My friend
Joe, the present owner of the building,
came home around 10 a.m. I told him
about my experience the night before,
and the song that I wrote about it.
He told me he knew about a presence
in the building, but didn't want to
scare me. He said he had had some friends
over in the past that felt the same
sort of energy that I did. He asked
me what the ghost sounded like. I said
'A woman in her 30's mabye'. He asked
me what she looked like. I described
her and his jaw dropped to the floor.
Joe asked
me to wait in the room while he went
to get something. He came back ten minutes
later with an old photograph he had
been keeping in storage with other old
artifacts. These things where still
upstairs when he first bought the building
a year before. Remember the upstairs
had been locked up for years. When he
showed me the photo, it was a black
and white picture of a lady in her late
20's, dressed in an old western theater
outfit. She was the same lady I had
seen the night before. I was shocked!!!
I stayed
there for a few more weeks, and every
time I played guitar and sang she would
let her presence be known. It was a
friendly presence as it turned out.
So now when I go to visit my friend
Joe, at 'The Times Call' building, she
lets me know she's still there.
Here's
a link to the song I wrote about her
http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=135016
Music
Biography- Jeff Knabel
Rhythm/Lead Guitarist & Lead Vocalist/Song
Writer

Jeff
Knabel visit his official web
site here knabel.homestead.com/Homepage.html
I've been playing guitar and writing
my own songs for about 25 years. I started
playing in Hawaii where I learned the
basics of rhythm guitar. Then I moved
to South Carolina where I learned the
components of song writing. I started
my first band there when I was sixteen.
After that I moved to England where
I got my first taste of recording in
a studio and playing out live with Dave
Hinton in 'Surge'. One of the bands
I played in called 'Chain Reaction'
got into the Top 100 in Amsterdam, Holland
and various cities in Germany. I was
also able to play in the Marquee in
London twice, and the Oxford Apollo.
My ability to compose on the guitar,
bass, and keyboards lead me to meeting
top musicians such as Phil Lynott from
'Thin Lizzy'. For my Highschool graduation
I was elected to write our graduation
song and was able to perform it with
chosen choir singers from our school
in the Oxford Town Hall in front of
400 people.
After three years in England I moved
back to the states. I taught guitar
and recorded in Omaha, NE. for a year
and a half. Then I moved to Longmont,
Colorado where I played in various bands,
taught guitar, recorded, and made a
music video with a band called the 'Tommy
Knockers' that is still played to this
day on local access stations. From there
I spent three years in the Navy. In
my spare time I would teach and write
music.
My next big move was to New Zealand
where I played in a band called 'Locomotive'.
We played all over New Zealand off and
on for about two years. During that
time I studied music at the University
of Canterbury in Christchurch. I taught
about 20 students to play guitar and
write their own music for the three
years I was residing there. The blues
were the in thing in New Zealand at
that time, so I wrote a lot of them.
I decided to do some more traveling
down to Fiji where I won a local talent
show and to Australia where I was able
to play some open stage gigs in various
cities there. Longmont, Colorado was
calling so I headed home and formed
a two piece band called 'Glass Staircase'
with an old friend of mine. I programmed
Midi music to play behind us and I played
rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals,
and Tim Forsyth played keyboards and
sang harmony. From that a six piece
band was formed called 'Naughty Naughty'.
So for the past two years I performed
with two bands, wrote all the original
material, and recorded a C.D. at Blue
Dream Studios with Joseph 'Hal' Racheli
(Bass), Robin 'Bird' Smith (Mandolin),
Jason Lynn (Lead Guitar), & Darcy
Griffiths (Drums). Let me give a big
'Thanks' to those guy's for all their
hard work and dedication.
I'm ready to teach guitar and record
again here in the Christchurch area.
If you are interested give me a call
at (643) 389-5838. My address is Flat
5E, 32 Brittan St. Linwood. Christchurch,
New Zealand 8001. E-Mail address
jeffknabel@hotmail.com -
Teaching beginners and songwriting techniques
is my speciality. Listen to the new
studio version of And Who Am I by "Lebanese
Renegade". Ritchie Gillies did
a great job on Lead Guitar and Harmony
vocals. More original mp3's are available
on www.mp3.com.au
or www.mp3.net.nz
Special thanks to Racheli's deli
Produced by Brandon Berman: brandonberman.com
Storyline: Brandon Berman and Joey Mentoni
Cinematography: Brandon Berman, Jay Shaffer, Lindsey Wilkinson, Trisha Mentor, Joey Mentoni
Editor: Brandon Berman
Ghost Costume, Hair & Make-up: Amber Widom
Production Assistant: Ryan Good
CAST
Ghost Lady: Amber Widom
Obsessed Man: Jeff Knabel
and the Outback Vigilantes
Band footage and band only rough cut by:
Josh Hyde and LoFu Productions: lofuproductions.com
Special thanks to Jaybilizer L.L.C.: jaybilizer.com
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