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You Were Always On My Mind
(Willie Nelson)
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
If I made you feel second best
Girl I'm sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
And maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
But you were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
And give me
Give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied
I'll keep you satisfied
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
But you were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
please listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Xl17B-Z0A.
from "the Buddha Den," Dayton Ohio's premier music blog:
" . . . over at Jimmie's Cornerstone [Brown & Wyoming], we have an extremely rare appearance from ANDREW AND THE PRETTY PUNCHERS, who recently laid down some new tracks at Refraze Studios for the highly-anticipated follow up to their stellar debut, Goodbye Ohio. Along for the ride tonight are all-girl punk outfit Jasper the Colossal and the always-fun disco/metal duo, Electric Banana . . . "
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under the stars, under the canopy of your heart
(september e-mail gurl)
(for Sylvia)
from the west they come tum-
bling over the mountains,
under the stars, under
the canopy of your heart
they kick up dust
in the ghost towns of
Nevada and hurtle hither
& yon through Utah, vaulting o-
ver the grandest of canyons
and galloping down the streets
of Gallup, they caterwaul
like alleycats into Kit Carson
Colorado and scampering
up & down the endless rows
of endless Kansas corn they
holler: "Goodbye Salina!" and
"Hello Topeka!" then scurry through
Missouri - stripping & dipping (skinny
style) in the mighty Mississipp awhile -
they puff out their chests and
strut their stuff through the
front doors of the shotgun
bars of East St. Louis, stumb-
ing out the back they shoot
up the road for one last sip
from the city of Champaign, then
off to catch that Danville train
rolling through the bowling
alleys & flea markets of
Terra Haute & Kokomo, and
over the Buckeye border's
golden trees all aspangle
they fly by Chicken Bristle,
Farmersville, New Hope & Liberty -
and after posing pretty
over Dayton the Gem City
they scoot across the park, leap-
ing over the fence and into my
yard, up the back walk through
double-glaze windows into my
kitchen emblazing my heart.
they perch themselves there:
like songbirds singing
in time to its beating
from the west they come
fresh air
(from the chapbook "trying to unravel something, anything" 1998 - originally titled "into my kitchen emblazing my heart (september e-mail gurl)".
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WHEN: Thursday, August 27th @ 9:30
WHERE: Jimmie's Cornerstone (corner of Brown & Wyoming)
WHO: ANDREW AND THE PRETTY PUNCHERS, Jasper the Colossal, and Electric Banana
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Greetings from my new digs!
I am very excited to report that Andrew and the Pretty Punchers spent 10 hours at Refraze Studio on Saturday. Instrumental tracks for all nine new songs were recorded.
Unfortunately, once again, yours truly left early and missed the opportunity to be on the album by providing hand claps on one of the songs (last year I left early and missed the chance to be part of the Pretty Puncher Choir on the song "Goodbye Ohio"). I also got so wrapped up watching the recording process that I neglected to take any photos of the band recording.
Refraze Studios is an amazing state of the art facility. The studio's roster of recording artists include: The Breeders, Guided By Voices, The Ohio Players, George Clinton & Parliament, Brainiac, Public Enemy, and many others. Refraze has also been the studio of choice for many other lesser known bands from the major labels: Matador Records, Def Jam, 4AD/Electra, and others.
Within the next week or two Andy and Greg will return to Refraze to record the vocal tracks. After that, the steel guitar player from Dayton's premiere bluegrass/traditional country band, The Elderley Brothers, will go to the studio to add steel guitar to 2 or 3 songs. The guy is about 60 or 70-years-old and is considered by many to be one of the best lap steel guitar players in the midwest.
And about the new album . . .
Plain and simple: The new songs are phenomonal and the band delivered once again. "Goodbye Ohio" is a great album, but the new one is going to
kick its ass.
The tentative name of the album is "No Longer A Lover" and the nine tracks will be:
Some Good News
Everyone Is Not
Cloudberries
Le Petit Mort
Time Waster
Shitty Teeth
Storm Clouds
Hide And Seek
A Pale Comparison
Eric "Friz" Frisbee, a member of the WHIO-TV Channel 7 film crew, was on hand and captured about 5 or 6 hours of footage. He will also film Andy and Greg's vocal recording session, in addition to the band's next live show. Finally, "Friz" will conduct video interviews with the band members, individually and as a group. What will come out of all of this with be a video for the album's single "Time Waster" and a 50-60 minute documentary of the band. "Friz" is a great guy and an extremely talented videographer, so the results should be excellent.
One of Andy's friends has agreed to do the artwork for the CD in exchange for two Jimmy John's sub sandwiches. After that, the CDs will be pressed and packaged.
It tentatively looks like a late October CD release party.
I will be e-mailing folks who received a complimentary copy of "Goodbye Ohio" to see if they are interested in a copy of the new album.
Contact me at jumbostatz@yahoo.com if you have questions about receiving a copy of the new CD.
And don't forget - copies of "Goodbye Ohio" are still available on eBay.
. . . . .. . . . . . (Refraze Studio . . . enter here to make rock)
Just a very small sampling from the Refraze Studios wall of fame:
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Love Me Tender
(performed by Elvis Presley)
Love me tender
love me sweet
never let me go.
You have made my life complete
and I love you so.
Love me tender
love me true
all my dreams fulfill.
For my darling I love you
and I always will.
Love me tender
love me long
take me to your heart.
For it's there that I belong
and we'll never part.
Love me tender
love me true
all my dreams fulfill.
For my darling I love you
and I always will.
Love me tender
love me dear
tell me you are mine.
I'll be yours through all the years
till the end of time.
Love me tender
love me true
all my dreams fulfill.
For my darling I love you
and I always will.
please listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-bd3aDMGA.
