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Blues in My Soul

Moving On

Balkun Brothers - 'ReDrova' 

Produced by Balkun Brothers. 

Recorded and Edited by Nick Balkun at Balkun Studios in West Hartford, CT 

Mixed & Mastered by Jason "Jocko" Randall 
at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, NY 

Album Art by Francis Coiro, Jim Gangi, Nick Sonsini, and Ty Morin (179 Pictures.). 

Dedicated to Vincent Gangi "Grandpa Vinny" and Brandy Balkun. 

All songs written and arranged by Balkun Brothers. 
All songs published by Balkun Brothers. 
©℗ 2013 Balkun Brothers. All Rights Reserved. 
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Credits:
Released December 2014 

Steve Balkun - Vocals/Guitar/Percussion 
Caleb Battersby - Bass/Baritone Horn/Vocals 
Nick Balkun - Drums/Percussion/Vocals  
DJ M.E. - Vocals
Dave Sadloski - Vocals/Harmonica/Acoustic Guitar
Larry 'Buzzy' Fallstrom - Keys/Organ
Shmem & Rancor - Vocals/Foot Stomping


Sally's Blues

Album: The Originals |  https://www.reverbnation.com/victorla... 
Established about eight years ago and led by Lawson, the tight three-man band take their name from the song, “Boogie Chillen,’” which was made famous by late Delta blues icon, John Lee Hooker.

“We play a lot of blues,” said Lawson, befitting his band’s name. “But at a lot of the places we play we have to play classic rock and country, too, so people can dance.”

Despite his love of original music, Lawson allows that he and Boogie Chillen may summon no more than a trio of originals during any given performance.

“We do one called ‘Hammer,’ which is a blues-based rock song,” Lawson said. “We have one called ‘Back to Alabama,’ which I play with a slide guitar. Mostly wherever we play we’re expected to play covers, but every now and then we’ll throw an original into the show.”

Now, Lawson certainly neither qualifies nor touts himself as a long-suffering Delta blues musician a la John Lee Hooker or Robert Johnson. He’s an art teacher at Richlands Middle School.

However, he plays a wicked Fender Stratocaster, with which he rocks from a base forged in the blues. Include him more within the school of blues in terms of style that yielded Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jonny Lang than Muddy Waters and Elmore James.

“It’s definitely more of a blues-based sound,” Lawson said. “Even when we play classic rock or country, you’ll hear that blues influence. One of my favorites was Stevie Ray Vaughan, but I love the old guys like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, too.”

Fittingly, Lawson and Boogie Chillen band mates Don Armstrong (bass) and Andrew Brown (drums) are apt to summon such blues staples as the Willie Dixon-written, Muddy Waters-performed “Hoochie Coochie Man.” Listen for Elmore James’ “Shake Your Moneymaker” alongside Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” and “Pride and Joy.”

“We do quite a bit of ZZ Top and Jimi Hendrix,” Lawson said. “I like to do things that nobody else does.”

As such, Lawson prefers to apply his own stamp upon tunes obscure and otherwise.

“We kind of make them our own,” Lawson said. “I never really play anything exactly like the records. Then I never play it the same way twice. We just take the music and go with it.”
Written by: Robert McGraw 2018 BY TOM NETHERLAND

The Originals

Victor Lawson & Boogie Chillen - Suitcase Full Of Blues

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Floyd Lee - Mean Blues-Dub-Down in Lamar

Lyrics translated from a Menelaos Loudemis poem (in Greek originally) and adapted for a Blues song by GPT and the undersigned. 

[Verse 1]
Come close to me, baby, I ain’t the fire,
No, I ain’t the flame that burns you down.
The rivers wash away that fire,
And the cold north winds chase it ‘round.
He ain’t, no he ain’t the fire.

[Chorus]
Come on, come on baby, come close to me!
Let’s hear that song in the summer heat.
I’m no fire, I’m no wind, I’m just a man —
But I’ll love you gentle as the land.
(Choir full: “He’ll love you gentle as the land!”)

[Verse 2]
Come close to me, baby, I ain’t the wind,
No storm’s gonna carry me away.
The mountains stop the restless air,
And the floods take the rage away.
He ain’t, no he ain’t the wind.

[Bridge]
I’m just a drifter, a soul on the road,
Restin’ by that old olive tree.
Listenin’ to the song of the earth,
Waitin’ for you to sit with me.
(Choir hums low, gospel style)

[Chorus]
Come on, come on baby, come close to me!
Let’s hear that song in the summer heat.
I’m no fire, I’m no wind, I’m just a man —
But I’ll love you gentle as the land.

[Outro]
No, I ain’t the fire…
No, I ain’t the wind…
Just a wanderer callin’ your name again.

Come close to me, baby...

part of me .mp3

Sirens slice the distance and I grip my prayer like iron
My soul patched together after hunger after desire after sin
When faith starts fading I strike that ember until it flares
This grind taught me to lift my eyes when the weight drops low
I hold a fire inside no dark corner can choke
I watched too many brothers fall because they stopped believing in the smoke

I am the child of pavement and the rise of steady hope
When dawn rips through the night my salvation climbs the slope
I carry the ember of faith running fierce inside my veins
I walk on I rise I become the promise I claim

Street pressure hisses regret and offers traps with friendly smiles
My scars are medals lifted high without a trace of shame
When shadow leans heavy I answer with a flash that blinds
The urban drum keeps calling through the walls that still resist
I repeat my vow and wake the ember that refuses sleep
I become the beacon burning for the ones who lost their speech

I am the child of pavement and the rise of steady hope
When dawn rips through the night my salvation climbs the slope
I carry the ember of faith running fierce inside my veins
I walk on I rise I become the promise I claim

Listen to the drum in your chest striking against the ground
Rise up fill your lungs answer the horizon with sound

I am the child of pavement and the rise of steady hope
When dawn rips through the night my salvation climbs the slope
I carry the ember of faith running fierce inside my veins
I walk on I rise I become the promise I claim

The city roars but I keep my spine straight
My inner fire pushes through every alley I navigate
Redemption walks beside me with steps that never slow
And this ember in my chest leads me to the dawn’s first glow

I am the child of pavement

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