My boat, is being made to order.
Right now, it's at the builder, my boat.
My friends, room for all of my friends
I'm serious about this, my boat.
George, Gary, Chuck and Jim, room enough for all of them,
And my baby, I won't go without my baby.
Stories, a place on board for stories,
My own and everybody's, going on and on.
Short ones, true ones, and the made up,
The ones still being written on my boat.
Cherries, chicken, cheese and wine, everything good my friends like
And my baby, on my boat.
No one will be denied on my boat, on my boat.
No getting ahead or falling behind on my boat, on my boat.
Just having a real big time on my boat.
Singing, eating and laughing down on my boat.
You can do whatever you want, on my boat.
We may go a little way down the coast on my boat.
Listening to the The Rolling Stones on my boat.
I've always wanted a trip like that -
But if it don't work out with my boat, my boat.
No one will be denied on my boat, on my boat.
No getting ahead or falling behind on my boat, on my boat.
Just having a real big time on my boat on my boat.
No one will be denied on my boat, on my boat, on my boat.
Raised in North Carolina, Tift Merritt has released five full-length albums and two live records,
including a recent
reissue of her debut album Bramble Rose earlier this year. The New Yorker
has called Tift Merritt “the bearer of a proud tradition of distaff country soul that reaches back to
artists like Dusty Springfield and Bobbie Gentry.” Emmylou Harris calls her a diamond in a coal
mine....more
A vibrant vision of "Central Americana" from the Costa Rica-based artist, blending heartland devotionals with playful Tropicália grooves. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2022
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6