Phil Maffetone – guitar, piano and vocals
Coralee Thompson – flute, piano/keyboard, bass and vocals

As an International Medical Director, Coralee successfully developed and implemented many natural therapies for improving the brain, body and mind. Through the years, her work with Phil has led to a number of important articles, lectures and a recently completed book on the brain.

Their musical performances, sometimes combined with health lectures, include regular shows in Tucson and special events throughout the U.S. and abroad. See the Events for updated schedules. 

Their musical recordings in Los Angeles this past spring provided most of the songs for Between Us. More of Phil & Coralee's music is found under Members.

See a video interview with Phil & Coralee on the Renegade Health Show. Click here

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Cover: Dr. Phil's daughter Julia with granddaughter Veronica.
Photo by Mike Cetta (www.mikecetta.com).

Here are some songs recorded by Phil & Coralee:

A History of Secrets
Written by Phil on the piano, but after hearing Coralee sing and play this song, it became hers!

Things That I Bleed
Written by Phil in LA, Coralee’s vocal brings out the deep spiritual feel of the song.

If I Become the Wind
This song was originally written by Phil but had many lyrical gaps. Coralee filled them in with her beautiful lyrics creating a Canticle-style piece reminiscent of Paul Simon's Scarborough Fair. Earlier this year If I Become the Wind was the inspiration for a group of artists, painting in France, to create this incredible painting:



Since 2006, Gertrude Vercauteren, from Belgium, Joëlle Sommier, from France, and Eitan and Jessica Kirin, Americans living in France, have formed a collective of 4 painters, working together on the same canvas. They have exhibited several times and have done a performance improvising a painting to the improvised music of jazz musicians. This painting is amazing in real life, measuring about 3 feet x 4 feet. You can hear the song below.

Middleman
Phil wrote this song in a Paris sidewalk café. Coralee's striking vocal harmonies and exquisite flute create a splendid presentation with a unique symphonic ending. Jonny Polonsky plays bass and acoustic guitar on this recent LA recording found on the new album, Between Us.

Even Bees Need Variety
Coralee Thompson, MD

Did you know that about 100 different agricultural crops depend upon honeybees to thrive? In February of each year, for example, all mobile honeybee hives are transported across the country to California’s rich agriculture areas to pollinate almond trees. In total, the annual worth of bees is about $14 billion in the US and $215 billion worldwide. In the US alone there are about 2.4 million bee colonies cared for by about 1,000 beekeepers.

Between 2006 and 2008, a mysterious fatal condition resulted in a 30 to 60% loss of all honeybees. Referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) this unexplainable devastation to honeybees occurred throughout the US. Top scientists scrambled to solve the mystery of CCD, and, it was found that, like so many “natural disasters,” human civilization plays a significant role. After numerous bee autopsies, genetic mapping, chemical assays, and colony evaluations, the fundamental root appears to be the bees’ diet.

Bees need to feed on a variety of plants to stay healthy. With the human desire to kill weeds, and their flowers, the use of chemicals to produce weed-free lawns and neat looking landscapes, the result is a significantly reduction in wild plants for bees. Along with it go the bees lack the variety of pollen found in these plants. Because of this, the immune system of bees becomes more fragile. Add some stress to this malnutrition, and bees become susceptible to a particularly dangerous virus called Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV). In addition to poor nutrition and overcrowding, stressors for bees, like in humans, include travel.

An article in the April 2009 issue of Scientific American highlights this issue of bees and the destruction of nature.

Read an excerpt on Honey from the new 5th edition of In Fitness and In Health...click here.

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