"Well, i'm a fast talking, hell raising, son of a bitch
and i'm a sinner and i know how to fight
well, i can leave you if i wanna, little baby and i'm gonna tonight.
cause i got a bucket full of tears and a hard luck story
there's a bad moon rising behind!"
Whiskeytown
Há muito tempo atrás, ele era roadie de bandas como Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Paycheck and Blood, Sweat and Tears, depois tornou-se ator em Hollywoodland chegando a ganhar um Oscar e depois de alguns entornos e retornos à musica, Billy Bob Thornton juntou mais dois caras (J.D. Andrew e Mike Butler) e montou a banda - The Boxmasters.
O primeiro trabalho da banda saiu ano passado e infelizmente eu ainda não tinha ouvido. Celebrando o espírito hillibilly e o rock'n'roll (com uma bota no country), o cd traz toda a vitalidade, ironia e solidão que envolve a boa música.
O disco é duplo, e no primeiro lado temos as composições originais do grupo, que traz clássicos instantâneos, destaque para as canções - The Poor House, I'm Watching the Game e 20 Years Ago - onde encontramos viciados em jogo, pais de família, solitários e o hard-working man (que somos todos nós), o clima é Mod total e os vocais de Thornton lembram o J. Cash da Sun Records.
No lado B, a banda toca covers de bandas como Beatles, Mott the Hoople, Chad & Jeremy e The Who, destaque para o retorno às raízes hillibillyes das bandas do Brit Pop. A versão (J. Cash doing the Beatles) de - I wanna hold your hand - arrancou um sorriso deste que escreve.
Conheçam, escutem e enjoy!
p.s. - no final do ano eles lançaram um cd com canções de Natal, amazing!
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin', Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded with hatred, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And, what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, Where the executioner's face is always well hidden, Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color, where none is the number, And I'll tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it, And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
O LACME é a banda de um grande amigo meu, Jô Estrada, um dos poucos que permaneceram de muito, muito tempo atrás. Ah sim, considero Jô um dos maiores guitarristas do país e digo: a banda é uma das poucas que me tira de casa nos dias de hoje.
Formada por Jô Estrada, Tatiana Pará e Nina Pará, o som deste power trio tem forte influência hard rock, e Jô é um dos maiores fãs dos Beatles que conheço.
Freedom and Whiskey - banda de Louisville, Kentucky faz um excelente Southern Rock, com pitadas de AC/DC, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd dentre outras grandes bandas que enchem o ambiente com guitarras sujas, rasgos de voz e fumaça de cigarro.
Formada por : Mark - Lead Vocals / Harmonica Bill - Bass Guitar / Lead Vocals / Backing Vocals Mike - Drums / Backing Vocals Chuck - Lead Guitar / Backing Vocals
a banda é praticamente desconhecida, o selo por qual eles lançaram os cds (três) é tão pequeno que só é possível comprar por um site chamado CDBABY, que merece ser explorado, principalmente por ser um site que abriga pequenas bandas de Southern, Country e Blues. Só coisa fina. Quer outra dica? procure e escute Adam Klein.
Ah, para saber mais sobre o Freedom & Whiskey vá para Myspace.
A letra da música do post abaixo não está completa, portanto:
Alicia Keys and Jack White - Another Way to Die Lyrics
JW: Another ringer with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty
AK: Another one with the golden tone voice and then your fantasy
JW: Another bill from a killer turned a thrill into a tragedy
CHORUS:A door left open A woman walking by A drop in the water A look in the eyeA phone on the table A man on your side Someone that you think that you can trust is just Another way to die
JW: Another tricky little gun giving solace to the one that will never see the sunshine
AK: Another inch of your life sacrificed for your brother in the nick of time
JW: Another dirty money, heaven sent honey turning on a dime
[CHORUS]
It’s just another way to… Hey… It’s just another way to… You’ve got to….
JW: Another girl with her finger on the world singing do what you wanna hear
AK: Another gun thrown down and surrendered took away your fear
JW & AK: Another man that stands right behind you looking in the mirror
[CHORUS]
It’s just another way… Suit ‘em up, bang bang! Bang, bang, bang, bang.