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This website & the images herein © 2025  Matthew Mars, all rights reserved. The (p) phonographic rights for the master recordings referenced as The Extended Haiku Remix Project or as Matthew Mars Music are held by  Matthew Mars but copyrights for individual poems or songs revert to their respective authors & songwriters. 

THE CHURCH ON LOS ANGELES STREET by Matthew Mars, produced by Andrew Bush & Matthew Mars; recorded & mixed by Andrew Bush at Grandmas Warehouse, Echo Park; additional recording by Matthew Mars at Red Planet Studio, Los Angeles; mastered by Dan Gerbarg at Howie Weinberg Mastering, West Hollywood; art direction Matthew Mars. THE AIRPLANE SONG (Mars/Watanabe) Andrew Bush: guitar, bass; Steve Hunter: guitar; Marvin Etzioni: mandocello; Bill Mason B3; Steve Kruse: harmonica; Butch Norton: drums; Jennifer Hardaway: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: vocals. ALICE (Mars) Andrew Bush: guitar; Sarah Kramer: trumpet; Javier Orman: violin; Quinn: mallet percussion; Butch Norton: octave drums; Jennifer Hardaway: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: synth bass, drum loop.vocals. MICHELANGELO AND THE MOVIE STAR (Mars)  Andrew Bush: guitar; Steve Hunter:  dobro; Marvin Etzioni: mandolin; Bill Mason B3; Jeffrey Roden: bass; Butch Norton: drums; Anna Montgomery: harmony vocals; Brandon Scott: harmony vocals; Leslie Brenner: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: baritone ukelele, drum loop, vocals. ISAAC THE KNIFE (Mars)  Andrew Bush: baritone ukelele, Matthew Mars: vocals. MR. SMITH (Lorand/Mars) Andrew Bush: piano; Steve Hunter: dobro; Bill Mason: B3; Leslie Brenner: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: vocals. ICARUS AND THE LINDBERGH BABY (Mars) Andrew Bush: strumstick, tenor guitar, octave mandolin; Bill Mason: B3; Jeff McElroy: bass; Butch Norton: drums; Matthew Mars: vocals CHANTING NAMES (Mars) Andrew Bush: saz, guitar, cumbus, bass; Quinn: percussion; Jennifer Hardaway: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: drum loop, vocals MELINDA TRIPS THE WIRE AS SHE'S COMING THROUGH THE DOOR (Mars) Rich Mangicaro: frame drum, Jennifer Hardaway: vocals; Matthew Mars: drum loop, vocals; ALTERNATE HISTORIES (Mars) Andrew. Bush: guitar, vibraphone,  bass; Rich Mangicaro: percussion; Chris Bleth: woodwinds; Matthew Mars: vocals EVERYBODY GOTTA KNOW (Armatrading) Andrew Buah: piano; Cameron Stone: cello; Kathrin Shorr: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars: vocals NAZARETH BY RAIL (Ford/Hardaway/Mars) Andrew Bush: strumstick, guitar; Ian Walker: double bass; Cameron Stone: cello; Quinn: drums; Jennifer Hardaway: harmony vocals; Matthew Mars:vocal. JOAN OF ARC (Mars) Matthew Mars: vocal. Special thanks: Rene Marie, Lis Lewis, Carole Hampton, Naomi Beard, Annie Herring.

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