On the Drift
I’m a big damn Firefly fan and late one night cruisin’ the intertubes I found a couple of awesome .mp3 available for download from some big damn musicians. I decided to buy On the Drift and just finished my first listen. The first track is named “The Ballad of Joss“, sung to the tune of “The Hero of Canton” (which is on the CD as well). “He wrote about spaceships, and shepards and whores! Stood up to the Networks and gave ‘em what for! Fox canceled his program but that was their loss. The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!” The title track’s instrumental version and Saffon’s Wedding Dance are well done. Leaf on the Wind is an ode to everyone’s favorite pilot, Wash. “I wandered the whole ‘verse I went where I’d please, I drift like a leaf on the wind. I spent a whole month trying to juggle geese, I drift like a leaf on the wind.”
My verdict? It’s got a kind of poetry to it, Sir.
Here’s a myspace page featuring some firefly music inspired by Saffron. Undressed by Zane Stafford is amazing.