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18 tracks | 57 minutes
Released May 2003
on Live Music Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Fifteen Iguana lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Fifteen Iguana lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Fifteen Iguana
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:11 I'm Not Green lyrics BUY MP3 02:11 I'm Not Green lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:11 I'm Not Green
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Reference Librarian lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Reference Librarian lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Reference Librarian
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Our New Boss lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Our New Boss lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Our New Boss
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Music Camp lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 Music Camp lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Music Camp
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:37 Sour Grapes lyrics BUY MP3 02:37 Sour Grapes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:37 Sour Grapes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:36 Can I Blame You? lyrics BUY MP3 03:36 Can I Blame You? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:36 Can I Blame You?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 Plan B lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 Plan B lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 Plan B
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 White Wolf lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 White Wolf lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 White Wolf
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:32 Adam and Isaac and Eve lyrics BUY MP3 04:32 Adam and Isaac and Eve lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:32 Adam and Isaac and Eve
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 Nachshon lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 Nachshon lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 Nachshon
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:14 Robert Carter III lyrics BUY MP3 02:14 Robert Carter III lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:14 Robert Carter III
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Home lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:48 Bunkin' In The Bungalow lyrics BUY MP3 03:48 Bunkin' In The Bungalow lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:48 Bunkin' In The Bungalow
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 The Weight Of Gold lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 The Weight Of Gold lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 The Weight Of Gold
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:36 My Dad And Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:36 My Dad And Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:36 My Dad And Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:02 You Spoil Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:02 You Spoil Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:02 You Spoil Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:57 Take A Box lyrics BUY MP3 02:57 Take A Box lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:57 Take A Box
A witty, off-center view of the world from the reference librarian of modern folk music. Songs about love, guilt, slavery, Passover, and iguanas.
Bio / Background
When he isn't writing songs about iguanas, slavery, and guilt, Rob Lopresti is generally found at the reference desk of a university library, helping astonished students discover that Google does not yet contain the entire sum of human knowledge. He also writes fiction - his new mystery novel SUCH A KILLING CRIME is set in the Greenwich Village folk scene, 1963.
And, of course, he plays the autoharp. Rob was raised in New Jersey, as a couple of the songs on his album make clear, but he has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1987.
The album contains eighteen songs, all of which Rob wrote. Themes include family, relationships that go wrong, and having the courage to do what needs to be done. Here are notes on a few of the songs.
"Fifteen Iguana" is a true story. A bunch of iguanas were pulled off a Caribbean island in a hurricane and survived a 200 mile trip on an old tree trunk. Rob thinks the song is so popular because people like to sing the iguana part in the chorus.
↓ more ↓Hearing a crowd squeak "We don't wanna!" is one of his favorite concert experiences.
"Robert Carter III" is also a true story. Carter was a vain, ignorant snob. He had no redeeming characteristics, except one: he personally freed more slaves than anyone else in American history.
"Nachshon" is based on an old Jewish legend about the Exodus. The song has started to be performed at Passover celebrations in many places.
"Reference Librarian" is a bragging blues about Rob's day job. He says: "A little laughter is good stress reduction for the overworked catalog jockey. Several people have bought the CD for their friends who share my profession. Hint, hint."
"White Wolf" also appears in Rob's novel. How many CD's feature a song written by a fictional novel?
"Can I Blame You?" is a funny love song, featuring a narrator who feels it is important to lay a proper groundwork for a relationship by deciding in advance whose fault the break-up will be.
"Take a Box" is his best known song. He claims to have no idea what it is about, "but a lot of people enjoy singing it."
Peter Berryman says "Rob Lopresti writes songs that beg to be sung." Faith Petric says his songs are "funny, tender, down to earth, all together a treat." Treat yourself today to "Can I Blame You?"
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