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Put your hands on the remote! browse music »Slightly Out of Focus by Gary Hirstius
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fave it Acoustic | Roots Rock
11 tracks | 44 minutes
Released Dec 2004
on Four Cats / Radionic Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Too Far Gone lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Too Far Gone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Too Far Gone
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 Perfect Wings lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 Perfect Wings lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 Perfect Wings
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:59 Rough Diamond lyrics BUY MP3 04:59 Rough Diamond lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:59 Rough Diamond
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:19 Long Shot lyrics BUY MP3 05:19 Long Shot lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:19 Long Shot
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:48 Lies lyrics BUY MP3 03:48 Lies lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:48 Lies
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Fine Line lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 Fine Line lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Fine Line
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 Time Slips Away lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 Time Slips Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 Time Slips Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:04 Temporary Secret lyrics BUY MP3 05:04 Temporary Secret lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:04 Temporary Secret
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:47 Heart Beat Away lyrics BUY MP3 04:47 Heart Beat Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:47 Heart Beat Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:25 Trying to Get to You lyrics BUY MP3 02:25 Trying to Get to You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:25 Trying to Get to You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:23 Fade Away lyrics BUY MP3 02:23 Fade Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:23 Fade Away
Another powerful roots-rock CD from Hirstius. This record is a stripped down version of the Temporary Secret CD, released in 1997. It is just as potent....with observations that the songwriting is maturing.
Bio / Background
The people of New Orleans have always been surrounded by music, especially Gary Hirstius. Besides the natural influence of being born and raised in a city so rich in musical heritage and style, his father is a trumpet player in the real-deal Storyville Dixieland Jazz Band. There were always combinations of guitar, trumpets, and drums lying around the house and at age 14, Gary started to gig with his guitar. By 17 he was playing on Bourbon Street, holding musical residence at the world famous strip club Big Daddy's. It wasn't long before Gary found himself playing what he calls the "Bayou Circuit," the small cities and towns of the swampy and wild Cajun country south of New Orleans.
It is an easy and characteristic process to become jaded with such consistent playing and it didn't take long for Gary to realize he needed something else to happen, something new. An ex-cop cousin who was employed as a detective gave Gary an introduction to the alternative that he sought.
↓ more ↓At the age of 21, with no experience and no training, Gary Hirstius began his other calling - private investigation. Like music, detective work came naturally. He soon had himself dual careers - his songs and stage energy often a byproduct of the stress involved with surveillance and other modes of anonymously meddling in others' lives, hired by sometimes strange and insidious individuals to watch other strange and insidious individuals.
He only left New Orleans to reside and play music in New Jersey for a year but found the Big Easy - with its people, diversity, and music - a place he couldn't stay away from. In 1986, Gary became the frontman of the original Continental Drifters who later became the Subdudes. The "Rock `n' Roll Detective" (as he soon became known as) also fronted his own Junior Mays Band and Tommy Malone (formerly of the Subdudes) and Dave Malone (currently with the Radiators), and was the last heard leading Jackson Meddler (later renamed NO Angels) with former Evangeline members Beth McKee and Sharon Leger. It's an entirely new story now with Day Seven and Mr. Hirstius is ready to emerge from the clandestine nature of his investigations once again, this time to stay. There will be no doubt to the legitimacy and talent of this great band and Gary's timeless songs. Just be prepared for the roller coaster ride of emotions at their live shows, mostly be ready to leave impressed and already humming formerly unfamiliar songs.
*Louisiana serves up more than just good Cajun food with these two releases by singer / Songwriter, Gary Hirstius. A sprinkle of Amerciana a la Tom Petty, feel good of Jimmy Buffet, and the rough and tumble bar rock of Bob Segar, Hirstius proves that good songwriting, excellent musicality and sure professional sound equal a genuine jewel. For those in need of some Southern tinged, bar jukebox, "been down this road" story telling -- check it out.
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