OK, this is probably a rip-off of a Van Morrison or The Band type song. But, if you gonna steal, might as well steal from the best.

Phrasing is a trifle off here and there -- but it is FAWM/RPM!

MP3: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8790679
256 kbs: http://www.jkt9000.com/html/07_OleStompingGround.mp3

Kevin

EDIT, 3/13: Slap Johnson adds sax -- wow! I also the edited the last verse, but I am not happy yet with how that flows. Always more to do.

EDIT, 3/15: I am still not happy with that last stanza. I think it is a better "filled-out" idea now -- but it doesn't sing as well.


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Ole Stomping Ground
(c) Emmrich 2010

With the radio playing
and the saxophones wailing
it was 1974

down at the beach
with the friends all around
we were always looking
for something more

I don't know how
many of us found it
I guess I never took a poll

I gotta say
we got what we got
and it was better
than nothing at all

(chorus)
I'm going back down
to that ole stomping ground
I wonder who'll be around
probably no one I'll remember
and not a soul will know me
but I'm going back down
to that ole stomping ground

I thought it would be so good
going by the old neighborhood
and say goodbye one more time

everything looks kinda different,
the old replaced by the new
I guess I don't really mind, cause
I've done a bit of changing, too

everything looks kinda different,
not much the same
in a funny kind of way
I don't even mind

(chorus again)

Kevin: vocals, acoustic guitar
Bethan Mathis: vocals
Slap Johnson: Sax!
BIAB: drums, bass, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, piano, fiddle

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Last edited by Kevin Emmrich; 03/15/10 10:32 AM.
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