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Lyr Add: Long Black Line (Spencer Bohren)
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Subject: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: PoppaGator Date: 12 Jun 06 - 11:28 AM Click here to hear Spencer's post-Katrina masterpiece. Seems like every wannabe songwriter in New Orleans has been moved to try and capture the experience of last August's catastrophe. So far, the best of the bunch, to my taste anyway, have been those of the "laughing-to-keep-from-crying" school of thought ~ for instance, Armand St. Martin's "Waitin' for My Trailer" (to the tune of "Walkin' to New Orleans" ~ It shouldn't be that hard / Just to drop one off in my yard) and Phil Melancon's album-length exercise in gallows humor, "Hurricane Romance." Most of the efforts to create a serious expression of our situation just haven't been able to capture the enormity of the whole deal ~ until now. Spencer debuted this song at his sparsely-attended Jazz Festival set; the other nine acts scheduled at the same time included none other than Bob Dylan, which is why so many of us (including me) weren't there. None of the local music journalists made to to Spencer's set either, I suppose, since there was no mention of this very notable performance in anything I read during and after the festival. WWOZ began playing the song just this past Thursday, as soon as Spencer made it available on his website, and their phones have been ringing off the hook ever since. I trust that, if you listen, you'll agree that this is indeed The Real Thing and that you'll appreciate it (although, as Spencer says, "this ain't no party song.") |
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Subject: RE: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: katlaughing Date: 12 Jun 06 - 01:34 PM Wow, I am humbled and impressed and moved to tears. Thanks, so much, Poppa, for letting us know about this. I'll see, too, if I can't find a donation to add to the Chevy fund. That car is famous in WY and elsewhere I know! kat |
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Subject: RE: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: Strollin' Johnny Date: 13 Jun 06 - 11:24 AM Hope to see Spencer this coming Sunday at 'Roots To Music' at the 'Lincoln Imp' pub, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. He played our local club (Gainsborough) a couple of years ago and stunned the audience with his powerful and bluesy style of performance, and his great songs. The guy's a star (and a fine gentleman also). S:0) |
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Subject: RE: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: Snuffy Date: 13 Jun 06 - 11:49 AM He's also appearing at the George Hotel, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, on Monday 26th as part of the Shipston Proms 2006 |
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Subject: RE: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: PoppaGator Date: 17 Jun 06 - 12:15 PM refresh Just to let you know ~ Spencer will be spending the next month or so in England and Ireland: http://www.spencerbohren.com/schedule/ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE LONG BLACK LINE (Spencer Bohren) From: Jim Dixon Date: 10 Jul 06 - 11:26 PM THE LONG BLACK LINE Spencer Bohren Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, You read it like a book. It's the only way to know How high the water got August twenty-nine. That hurricane last summer left a long black line. Sometimes it's to your ankles. Sometimes to your knees. Sometimes it's to your chest or head or up above the eaves: Water filled with chemicals, water filled with gas, Water spillin' everywhere, a city under glass, Water laced with poison, God knows, of every kind. You don't want to know what's in the long black line. You can go to church confessin' all your sins. You can tell your brothers 'bout the shape this world is in. You could tell your sisters judgment day is come. He's dealin' with the devil. He's thinnin' out the scum. This one it was water; fire comes next time. All of this is written in the long black line. "I will never leave this place," you hear some people say. Then there's the ones who just can't hardly wait to get away. Lots of others have no choice. They're livin' in a void. Their house is wrecked. Their job is gone. Their lives have been destroyed. The people comin' back, no tellin' what they'll find. One thing will be waitin' there: the long black line. Drivin' on the highway, you go too fast to tell, But get down in the Lower Nine; it's like a walk through hell. Out along the curb, it's everything we own. We sacrificed our every lives to this mighty storm. Beautiful New Orleans, oh, she was so fine. Now everywhere you go there's just the long black line. The long black line. The long black line. The long black line. The long black line. Some people say the sinners brought it on themselves. Others say the climate change will send us all to hell. Some people blame the government. They speak of genocide. There's some that don't say anything. They just want to hide. Even strong men fall apart. They break down and cry. Mother Mary, pray for us, the long black line. Every single minute, every single day, You wonder, are you doin' right? You wonder, should I stay? 'Cause everything is broken, all the lines are down. Confusion walks down every street. There's rumors all around. The media is black and white. Politicians whine. Everything is broken except the long black line. The long black line. The long black line. The long black line. The long black line. God help the Lower Nine, The long black line. |
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Subject: RE: Spencer Bohren's 'Long Black Line' From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 06 - 06:14 PM Saw him at The Rockingham Arms, Wentworth. Great gig. |
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