A chilling performance and some fine songwriting Simon. Beautiful wastelands feel with this acoustic purity. Durge

@pumpstreetsongs: my lad was on about it ... never seen it perhaps i should check it out

omg your songwriting!! teach me!! your really good!! (:

Cookin' Up Meth .... In the Tennessee Hills ... © Simon Veasey October 2014

I was lookin’ for a second chance
Shelley was lookin’ for an easy way out
I guess we both found what we were lookin’ for
That day I came knockin’ on her front door
Her daddy was mean in a rage he flew
Says boy I’m gonna put lead in you
Stole his money and his car and we drove away
Aint no way we’re goin’ back to Kansas again
Aint no way were goin’ back to Kansas again

Now home is the back seat of this ol’sedan
Parked down by the river next to the dam
Got no gas so we have to walk into town
Tryin’ to get a job but there aint no jobs around
Now Shelley’s met this boy says he’ll show her the way
To fix it so we don’t have trouble again
Need a bottle of coke and a packet of pills
And we’re cookin’ up meth in the Tennessee hills
And we’re cookin’ up meth in the Tennessee hills

I got me a gun and I aint scared to shoot
If the cops come by I gotta cut loose
Now Shelley aint here most of the time
She’s sitting in a space at the back of her mind
The Freaks line up and they trade me the pills
Aint nothin’ personal it’s just paying the bills
It’s about stayin’ alive there aint no frills
When you’re cookin’ up meth in the Tennessee hills
When you’re cookin’ up meth in the Tennessee hills

When you’re cookin’ up meth in the Tennessee hills

When you’re cookin’ up death in the Tennessee hills



Cookin' Up Meth .... In the Tennessee Hills

This is an old favourite of ours that we used to sing out 26-27 years ago ... its still a lovely tune and Sally-Ann sings it just right ... I've not heard many people do this song at all. Took the Weissenborn out of the mix from the original upload because I thought it cluttered it a bit but the original is still up here if you want to compare. Sally-Ann on vocals and guitar, me on second vocals, guitar and bass ... recorded in the front room with two dogs present (sleeping) ... have fun, thanks for dropping by, hope you enjoy it :)

Factory Girl - (North American c1830) Remix

A Gallon at a Time
3-13-2015 John Delk

I was raised up in the whiskey
Like grandpaw and my dad
An the hills of kentucky
Is the only home I've ever had

          An I'd rather go to prison Lord
          Than to the bottom of a mine
          That's why I make my living 
          A gallon at a time

          An it's a gallon for the sheriff
          To keep me out of jail
          An it's a gallon for the doctor
          That keeps my baby well

          An it's a gallon for the groceries
          An the sugar that I need
          An a gallon for the banker
          Owns my 30 acre deed

I get water from the mountain
It makes the purest stuff around
An Grandpaw's old still
Ain't never let me down

       It's a gallon for the farmer
       To keep that corn alive
       An a gallon for the preacher
       Cause the good Lord does provide



A Gallon At A Time

Pauls challenge song on the theme - You mad me laugh. 
Part of Coventry singer songwriters January 2014 song challenge.

You made me laugh  Paul Moore

One of those end of the road small towns on it's last legs.
What happens to the kids there?

Cooper Hollow

A little bit of narrative on the boy meets girl, girl screws Roadie, girl disappears, boy heads south of the border story!!

Kicking Up Dust

Here's Sally-Ann's first song writing effort ... Its her great grandfathers story about how he moved from Burton on Trent to Nuneaton where he worked as a wheelwright ... problem was there was no work so he started selling Moonshine out of his kitchen to the railway workers, he got busted and ended up having to licence his front room into a pub ... the Railway Tavern ... its still there today, still serving beer 100 years on ... anyway let her know what you think :)

Sally - Ann Veasey - Railway Tavern

voici un extrait d'un ancien enregistrement que je voulais vous faire découvrir,

bonne écoute

Interlude

Sons En Couleurs - Joy & Sorrow

Struggling with a failing throat and getting to grips with the new Logic upgrades but I had fun recording this .... singing was hard work this is take about 22 ... the others ruined by coughing fits!!!!

Simon Veasey and the Black River - The Road

This is a quick capture of my granddaughter Kira singing the song that she sang at her dad's funeral last week. We rushed it, the timing is all over the place and we will re-do it properly when we get her back in the studio but so many people have asked about it as she was so brave we just wanted to capture it. RIP Nick

The Prayer - Kira Veasey

Welcome to my Soundcloud a home for demos and a few live recordings on route to recording the album, thanks for stopping by. I'm a singer songwriter (UK Songwriting Competition Semi Finalist 2015/2016/2017) and multi-instrumentalist from Warwickshire in the centre of the UK with a strong leaning towards Americana, folk and modern country. I sing simple songs about simple people living the harsher side of life. 

Why not follow the link below and check out some of the more traditional folk stuff Sally-Ann and myself are doing ... let us know what you think :)

All songs are self-penned unless otherwise stated, love to read your comments, hope to collaborate with some of you guys soon :)

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