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Green River Blues

by Ben Walden

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Almost all night long my memory runs on fossil fuels and alcohol to Cali we go calico tuned up tonight sawing a fiddle until I'm blinded by a light We forgot the chords, took a ride on the trip ship Seven Devils, an octagonal bliss kiss Switch and the Tripstick are feeling this Cascading masquerade the last long pleasure vista Witch and the Tripstick Switch and the Tripstick
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Civilized 03:09
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Left Coast 04:47
Money doesn't matter but it always does Money doesn't have emotions So many lovers on the Left Coast singing, "I tried to get out, I tried to get out" I wish that my mind was the ocean I'd ride out the ebb and flow I'd fill it up with plastic and I'd signal smoke Nobody for miles So many lovers on the Left Coast singing, "I tried to get out, I tried to get out" You start to repel and then you look around A mind is not matter The thought of Heaven above brings you a smile and a laugh But you stick with the land and sea So many lovers on the Left Coast singing, "I tried to get out, I tried to get out"
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Magpie singing by a dark green river I was not there I was gone Chill of the wind made the devil shiver I was not there I was gone Don't lay me down in no coffin But send word by telegraph to everyone at home I never knew myself, you see I never knew myself, you see Don't let the wolf sniff around your door

about

After losing a restaurant job due to covid19, I holed up at the OK Theatre with my touring bandmates Bart Budwig and Nevada Sowle to work on various studio sessions, folk music being the thematic thread between the otherwise very different projects. This eclectic four track EP structures some tunes that I had lying around for a while around Nevada's hip hop-inspired electronic beats. Only one of the four songs is in a major key.

credits

released May 1, 2020

Recording primarily engineered by Nevada Sowle at the OK Theatre.
Mixed by Bart Budwig and Ben Walden

Album art by Rosalind Parducci

All songs written by Ben Walden ©2020. "Left Coast" was cowritten with Richard Crookston ©2019.

Bart Budwig- trumpet
Jon Luc Hefferman- keys
Chuck Johnson- upright bass
Rosalind Parducci- vocals
Greg Rawlins- jug, jaw harp
Paul Smith- fretless gourd banjo
Nevada Sowle- beats, percussion, keys
Ben Walden- vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, keys, fiddle, mandolin

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