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Nine Black Paintings by Niel Brooks
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fave it Modern Folk | Americana
14 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Feb 2006
on Reelcore Artists, Ltd.
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 The Inferno Of Elmer Karr lyrics BUY MP3 00:35 The Inferno Of Elmer Karr lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:35 The Inferno Of Elmer Karr
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 Dear Suicide lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 Dear Suicide lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 Dear Suicide
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 The Silent Coal Town lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 The Silent Coal Town lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 The Silent Coal Town
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:54 Dr. Beezler lyrics BUY MP3 00:54 Dr. Beezler lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:54 Dr. Beezler
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Galveston Girl lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Galveston Girl lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Galveston Girl
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:35 Woody Guthrie lyrics BUY MP3 02:35 Woody Guthrie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:35 Woody Guthrie
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:18 A Strange Limousine lyrics BUY MP3 02:18 A Strange Limousine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:18 A Strange Limousine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 The Season You're In lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 The Season You're In lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 The Season You're In
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 Bottlerocket lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 Bottlerocket lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 Bottlerocket
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:42 Der Gunderfilme lyrics BUY MP3 01:42 Der Gunderfilme lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:42 Der Gunderfilme
Post-modern folk meets Gram Parsons and Neil Young.
Bio / Background
"Dreams don't die in the town, they just don't get far" - Niel Brooks, "Night".
From day one, Niel Brooks was in the middle of a story. His mother was scheduled to deliver Niel on Christmas Day, but the family doctor told them he was going on vacation. If they wanted him, it was now or never via induced labor.
So Niel Brooks was born. Sure, it's not on the level of Athena emerging fully-formed from the head of Zeus, but it established Brooks' penchant for living in interesting times. It would only be a few short decades before he was hanging out with characters like Bubba the Greek and being ushered out of a late-night diner to evade the wrath of a midget prostitute.
In between, though, Brooks grew up in a textile mill village, which isn't anything special in South Carolina, where generations have been born and laid to rest among rows of practical, crowded houses. Each of those generations has also watched a way of life fade away.
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