A little love song to music and heroes using mostly cool old album titles as lyrics. This is another one where I had been playing around with the riff, and one day I spontaneously sang out the first verse. I would sing that just to amuse myself and eventually more titles came to me, then I started diggin’ the whole idea. Here’s one I loved but had to leave out:
Ridin’ The Storm Out, Women and Children First
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees, it’s kinda like goin’ to church!
lyrics
A good portion of the lyrics in this song are album or song titles of my heroes. Below the lyrics -there's a "key" to the titles.
Desolation Boulevard, Live At Budokan
Eat A Peach, Brothers And Sisters, Duane and Berry are gone
King Of California, Road To Bayamon
I cant’ wait to take a ride on that ol Young Brigham
I’m Up On The Lowdown, I love Sun Sessions
There’s Shotgun Willie, with a sawed-off Remington
There’s A Slow Train Coming, and Blood On The Tracks
Get Your Wings, Fly By Night, Sheer Heart Attack
Rust Never Sleeps, out On The Beach
Why don’t these old records sound right on CD?
A Little Bit O’Soul, when you’re down and out
Whole Lotta Shakin’, Round And Round
Once in a while it makes me cry
Day After Day it helps me fly
Raw Power, Love It To Death, Kick Out The Jams
Tooth, Fang & Claw, We’re An American Band
You’re Gonna Get It, Long After Dark
Every Picture Tells A Story, A Wizard, A True Star
Round About Midnight, Miles In The Sky
Reigns A Love Supreme you know you can’t deny
I don’t know much of what this world’s about
I’m standin’ in a mean ol flood, over there’s a ten-year drought
Houses Of The Holy, Tommy, Twist And Shout
Let It Be, Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
KEY:
In order of appearance
Desolation Boulevard – Sweet
Live At Budokan – Cheap Trick (amongst many others)
Eat A Peach – Allman Brothers
Brothers And Sisters – Allman Brothers
King of California – Dave Alvin
Road To Bayamon – Tom Russell Band
Young Brigham – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Up On The Lowdown – Chris Smither
Sun Sessions–Elvis Presly/Johnny Cash/Carl Perkins/Roy Orbison/Ike Turner/Charlie Rich/Sonny Burgess/
Billy Riley… and all the rest of ‘em!
Shotgun Willie – Willie Nelson
Slow Train Coming – Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
Get Your Wings – Aerosmith (the good ‘smith)
Fly By Night – Rush
Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young
On The Beach – Neil Young
Little Bit O’Soul – The Music Explosion
When You’re Down and Out – Tommy Bradley – James Cole
Whole Lotta Shakin’ (Goin’ On) – Jerry Lee Lewis
Round and Round – Aerosmith (again, the good ‘smith)
Once In A While – (Too Many to List)
Day After Day – Badfinger, Pretenders (Many Others)
(The MICHIGAN verse!!!)
Raw Power – Iggy And The Stooges
Love It To Death–Alice Cooper(Alice Cooper Band:the real one!)
Kick Out The Jams – MC5
Tooth Fang & Claw – Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes
We’re An American Band - Grand Funk
You’re Gonna Get It – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Long After Dark – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart (the good Rod)
A Wizard, A True Star – Todd Rundgren
Round About Midnight – The Miles Davis Quintet
Miles In The Sky – Miles Davis
A Love Supreme – John Coltrane
Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin
Tommy – The Who
Twist and Shout – Isley Brothers, Beatles
Let It Be – Beatles
Let It Bleed – Rolling Stones
Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! – Rolling Stones
Here’s one I loved but had to leave out:
Ridin’ The Storm Out, Women and Children First
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees, it’s kinda like goin’ to church!
(REO Speedwagon, Van Halen, Blue Öyster Cult)
credits
from Million Miles,
released July 4, 2003
Garrick Rawlings - 12 string guitars, electric & slide guitars, bass, vocal
Chris Brantley - Drums
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