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Townes Played Baseball
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Dust from Texas on his flying shoes
This skinny boy wanted to learn about the blues
Spoons were silver then, not the ships of Andilar
Presley taught him girls go wild for a man with a guitar
He was not his mama’s only boy,
but the most troubled it seems
He was smart enough to take on the world
But that woulda been too easy
Townes only played
When the odds were impossible to beat
Before the old quarter and Carnegie hall
There was a sock hop in a lunch room; his mama dropped him off
Dotsy watched him through a window as he played
Three songs by his heroes that he hoped would get him laid
He was not the most popular boy
Until he got those girls to scream
He learned he was magic on his own
Didn’t need help from a team
Townes played baseball
But the guitar was his real dream
Three years in the middle when he shoulda been out West
They filled him up with schooling but he failed every test
All the poets say he should’ve been the best
But he ran out every road until there was nothing left
They took his mind leaving nothing to be saved
no memories but the ones his songs and stories made
He was not his mama’s only boy,
but the most troubled it seems
Townes gambled his heart
And lost it along with his sleeves
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Pancho and Lefty
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Buckskin Stallion Blues
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Tower Song
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Julie Jurgens Chicago, Illinois
A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose fearless, empathetic songs draw upon an upbringing in rural Illinois fraught with experiences of poverty, mental illness and domestic violence, sung from the perspective of a survivor and advocate who is mad as hell and determined to stand her ground. .pic by Joe Mazza-Brave Lux. ... more
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Love or Something Similar EP
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Impeccable girl&boy harmonies, wickedly witty lyrics, and songs that get stuck in your head but also have deeper layers. So good.
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the original teenage rage!
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Tin pan alley meets 21st century raging against the dying of the light.
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Tom Waits + Randy Newman + soul = Mutts. A nicer group of lads you'll never meet. Piano, upright bass, and a growling baritone will cure what ails ya.
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Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert offer up a stunning minimalist country record, conjuring huge emotions with little more than vocals & guitar.
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