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 Take Me Home With You –It takes three of us to tell this story of lust, cars, and rivals to be vanquished. This veritable goldmine of 13th chords gives us a chance to offer a little nod to Steely Dan. “The last thing I need is one more friend.”I Don’t Miss New York – In which our narrator gets unceremoniously dumped by his girl for a seagoing rival, and seems to convince himself that he’s finally had enough of Gotham. With Walt Whitman on his brain, he can’t find another song that name-checks both Sunset Park and the Goethals Bridge. You Look Back – The much-honored Hooptyphone gets a chance to appear in this tale of the unwitting cruelty that can lie at the end of love’s wretched path. But if it were really all that bleak, we wouldn’t have named the album “Key’s Under the Mat.".  World’s Changin’ – Our narrator’s really had it with all this talk of “Change”. He likes it just the way it is, and he’s out to prove it. Guns, God and guts… and a front porch somewhere in Texas.Follow You Down – That girl was just born to wander; she didn’t mean any harm. This is a song that we like to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out a bit when we play it live. Now try to come up with another song that manages to rip off both Longfellow and Deuteronomy. Step Back Baby – Who knew that one little phrase could say so much? “Step back baby, let a grown man do his thing.” Sunday Morning – It’s time for the Gospel According to Ol’ Hoopty. After all, does anyone really know what fate holds for us? Might as well have a little fun on a Saturday night! Dance – This band has a lot to say about a lot of things, but sometimes they want to make people just get up and have a blast. The Isley Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire - Bill gets to name check some of the greats. Check out George on the trombone! Willie’s Coming Home – Life was tough enough in Appalachia in the 1940s. The boys who went to war and the gals who held down the home typify some sad and all too familiar themes. Black and White Tight Dress – The infatuated guy meets girl. Love and fashion all in one. Black Mountain Blues – A lonely night in a storied little town in North Carolina, where our narrator comes face to face with loss, rejection and an annoyingly loud cover band. “Like a steamboat pushing through a sea of glue…” Crawfish Patty – You know that old parable about the lady and the tiger? So what’s behind this door in the French Quarter, the lady or the crustacean? We don’t live in New Orleans (although Mike IS from Baton Rouge). We don’t play like those people. This is just our tribute to the music and culture of that great city. |
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