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Snakes Were Gettin'
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Lonnie Johnson meets Primus.
alternative acoustic blues country electric slide delta harmonica estonia resophonic bullfrog tartu
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Alt.blues from Tartu, Estonia
Kriisa and Roots established their musical partnership in 2000 and have been gigging as Bullfrog Brown since 2003, appearing at some of the biggest international blues and guitar festivals in Northern and Eastern Europe, such as the Lakeside Blues Festival (2006) and the Savonsolmu Beach & Blues Party (2007) in Finland, Augustibluus (2003-2007) and Fiesta De La Guitarra (2006) in Estonia, Blues Nights (2005) in Lithuania, and the WRA InterContinental Resophonic Guitar Festival (2005) in the Czech Republic. Their 2006 trip to Britain included shows in London, Glasgow, Kingston, Hartlepool, and Stockton. In their native country, the band have opened for and - at the maestro's personal request - played with David "Honeyboy" Edwards, backed Zigaboo Modeliste's keyboard man Eddie Baytos on the road and on national television, and toured with Dave Arcari, Black River Bluesman, and Bottleneck John. In March 2007, Bullfrog Brown became the highest ranking blues band in UBL.com's Ultimate Band Competition, placing 6th in a 2-year race with thousands of international pop, rock, and hip-hop artists; in April, the band won First Prize at the Blindman's Blues Forum showcase. In 2006, a track from the band's "Uncooked" EP was featured as the only post-1971 and non-American recording in the History of Slide Guitar programme compiled by Radio Melibokus in Germany, and the EP itself nominated for the Deed of the Year award in the group's hometown of Tartu, Estonia. “The new voice and sound of the old blues.” -- John Vermilyea, Blues Underground Network “Huge stage presence and a superb band.” -- Dave Raven, BFBS Radio "Primal earthy blues." -- Paul Bufton, Blues Matters! “More real than the real thing.” -- René Malines, Virus de Blues “All of this punk rock blues experimentation in recent years has finally been perfected.” -- Eric Gebhardt, Blues In London
Song Info
Genre
Blues Country Blues
Charts
Peak #68
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Andres Roots
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Andres Roots
Uploaded
August 04, 2005
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MP3
MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
My wife asked me to write a song about spring that would have alligators in it. So I did. Features the regular Bullfrog trio, plus Peeter Piik on bass and Raul Terep on drums.
Lyrics
Early one morning Early one spring The sun was out of bed And the world began to swing Big alligators crawled around And whispered by the docks The snakes were gettin' kinda long To fit inside their socks A rabbit came And shook my hand He kindly took the picture of This entire band Said "Here you go, kind Mister, Just frame it on the wall Like all the other Jesuses Bit further down the hall" A bear came by to see us and To make a request Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" Was what he liked the best A girl with many faces Took pictures of my song She messed up all the lyrics And exposed the chords too long The sun was on a stroll And we were captured still The air was gettin' slippery And stuck inside the film The girl with many faces Left two for me to keep: One inside my wallet And one beside my cheek
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