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fave it Folk Rock | Folk Blues
12 tracks | 50 minutes
Released May 2002
on Highland Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 John Hardy lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 John Hardy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 John Hardy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:19 Don't Talk to Strangers lyrics BUY MP3 03:19 Don't Talk to Strangers lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:19 Don't Talk to Strangers
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Long Black Cloud lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Long Black Cloud lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Long Black Cloud
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 Lowdown World lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 Lowdown World lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 Lowdown World
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Gambler's Blues lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Gambler's Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Gambler's Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:34 Seven lyrics BUY MP3 05:34 Seven lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:34 Seven
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Roll Tonight lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Roll Tonight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Roll Tonight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:50 Framed on 8th St. lyrics BUY MP3 04:50 Framed on 8th St. lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:50 Framed on 8th St.
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:09 To Be Blue lyrics BUY MP3 04:09 To Be Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:09 To Be Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 I'm a Stranger lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 I'm a Stranger lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 I'm a Stranger
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Are We Goin' Down? #2 lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Are We Goin' Down? #2 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Are We Goin' Down? #2
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:22 Orphan Girl lyrics BUY MP3 07:22 Orphan Girl lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:22 Orphan Girl
An already classic Northwest album of lo-fi singer-songwriter folk, blues and late-night rambles. ATTENTION.... THIS IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD THROUGH iTUNES...YAY.
Bio / Background
The unassuming packaging makes this nugget look as though it was ordered from the Roebuck catalog some 100 years ago. "Say, we could really use some Luther Russell," you say, and gather together with excitement when the box in the plain brown wrapper finally arrives. Russell is the neighbor who sits and smokes on the porch, strumming sweet despairing songs on his guitar; something you forgot you had lost comes jangled loose from your memory.
Stories of people you never met sound like the stories from your own life: "John Hardy," "Long Black Cloud," "Gamblers Blues," "Framed On 8th Street," "To Be Blue," "I'm A Stranger." The sound of a passing train slips through Russell's raspy voice; the dust welled up inside the organ makes it breathe a little heavier and the evening sun remains frozen just an hour below the curves of the hills. Someone whispers abpout the spirit of Neil Yong some twenty years hence.....the others nod in silent contemplation.
↓ more ↓Sepia-toned photos of honest and worn faces bring to mind the color of whiskey. All sounds recorded by Luther Russell in a bedroom somewhere in Portland.
Get two, because you'll wear the first one out.
-C. Beeson
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