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*Track recorded on "Bluegrass in Minor Key (Dm)" 
Courtesy of Bluegrass Jam Camp. 

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Drums, Mandolin
 
Kaw-Liga (H.Williams) 

Kaw-Liga, was a wooden Indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-Liga - A, just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".

He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga - A, too stubborn to ever show a sign
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.

[Chorus:]
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, he never got a kiss
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red
Kaw-Liga, that poor ol' wooden head.

Kaw-Liga, was a lonely Indian never went nowhere
His heart was set on the Indian maiden with the coal black hair
Kaw-Liga - A, just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer "YES" or "NO".

Then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid
And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' Kaw-Liga stayed
Kaw-Liga - A, just stands there as lonely as can be
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.

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Kaw-Liga (H.Williams) 2013

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Piano &Harmonica, Drums Loop, Organ

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (B.Springsteen) 2015

Lou Rents: Vocals, Electric Guitars, Bass, Harmonica, Drums & percussions

State Trooper (B.Springsteen)

New Yersey Turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow 
License, registration, I ain't got none, but I got a clear conscience 
'Bout the things that I done 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me... 

Maybe you got a kid maybe you got a pretty wife, the only thing that I got's been botherin' me my whole life 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me 

In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy, radio relay towers lead me to my baby 
Radio's jammed up with talk show stations 
It's just talk, talk, talk till you lose your patience 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me 

Hey somebody out there, listen to my last prayer 
Hi ho silver-o deliver me from nowhere


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State Trooper (B.Springsteen) 2012

It's a long time since I try to record this song, but every time the result is not what I had imagined. Yesterday I tried again and in about two hours came out this version, is still not exactly what I thought, but it is very close.
Hope you like it and remember: the day the lottery I win I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Harmonica

Used Cars (B.Springsteen)

My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
My ma's in the backseat sittin' all alone
As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue

Now my ma she fingers her wedding band
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's tellin' us all 'bout the break he'd give us if he could but he just can't
Well if I could I swear I know just what I'd do

Now mister the day the lottery I win I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

Now the neighbors come from near and far
As we pull up in our brand new used car
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry and tell 'em all they can kiss our asses goodbye

My dad he sweats the same job from mornin' to mornn
Me I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowin' that horn
The sounds echo'in all down Michigan Avenue

Now mister the day my number comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

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Used Cars (B.Springsteen) 2015

"I like Bruce Springsteen because his songs sometimes are about me" Pete Yorn

Lou Rents: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Organ, Pedal Steel Guitars, Percussion, Drums Loops

My Father's House (B.Springsteen)

Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
Before the darkness falls

I heard the wind rustling through the trees
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
With the devil snappin' at my heels

I broke through the trees, and there in the night
My father's house stood shining hard and bright
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms

I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride
From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light

I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

My father's house shines hard and bright
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
Shining 'cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned



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My Father's House (B.Springsteen) 2015

A wonderful song by Bruce Springsteen.
I was inspired by the version that appears in his album "Live 75/85"
I enjoyed a lot playing it!

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Piano, E-Bow, Keyboards, Drums Loops

I'm On Fire (B.Springsteen)

Hey little girl is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone? 
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire

Tell me now baby is he good to you?
Can he do to you the things that I can do? - Oh no.
I can take you higher
I'm on fire

Sometimes it's like someone took 
A knife baby edgy and dull 
And cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my scull

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I'm on fire


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I'm On Fire (B.Springsteen) 2015

Lou Rents: Vocals. Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Bass, E-Bow, Electric Piano, Harmonica

Nebraska (B.Springsteen)

I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died

From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path

I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun

The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest

Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap

They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd 
Be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world



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Nebraska (B.Springsteen) 2015

It was the spring of 1996 when I saw Bruce Springsteen on stage for the first time, he was in Genoa for The Ghost Of Tom Joad's Tour. During the encore, to my surprise, he played "Bobby Jean", only with his acoustic guitar and harmonica.
What came out it was a great version... country, folk... I found it beautiful, the memory still gives me the creeps. 
I tried to celebrate it and rework it as best as i could and this is the result, hope you like it!

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Bass, Organ, Harmonica, Pedeal Steel Guitar, Percussions, Mixing Loops
Henry Schofield: Base Drums Loop

Bobby Jean (B.Springsteen)

Well I came by your house the other day, 
Your mother said you went away 
She said there was nothing that I could have done 
There was nothing nobody could say 

Well me and you we've known each other ever since we were sixteen 
I wished I would have known 
I wished I could have called you 
Just to say goodbye 

Now you hung with me when all the others they turned away 
They turned up their nose 
We liked the same music 
We liked the same bands 
We liked the same clothes 

We told each other that we were the wildest, 
The wildest things we'd ever seen 
Now I wished you would have told me 
I wished I could have talked to you 
Just to say goodbye 

Now we went walking in the rain 
Just talking about the pain from the world we hid 
Now there ain't nobody nowhere nohow 
Gonna ever understand me like you did 

Maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere 
In some bus or train traveling along 
In some motel room there'll be a radio playing 
And you'll hear me sing your song 

Well if you do you'll know I'm thinking of you 
And all the miles in between 
And I'm just calling one last time 
Not to change your mind 
But just to say I miss you baby, 
Good luck goodbye


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Bobby Jean (B.Springsteen) 2015

Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Organ, Drums Loops, Pedal Steel Guitar
Horse Loop from MEL & TIM's "Good guys only win in the movies"  (subsequently in "Insane In The Brain" by Cypress Hill)

State Trooper (B.Springsteen)

New Jersey Turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow 
License, registration, I ain't got none, but I got a clear conscience 
'Bout the things that I done 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me...

Maybe you got a kid maybe you got a pretty wife, the only thing that I got's been botherin' me my whole life 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me

In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy, radio relay towers lead me to my baby 
Radio's jammed up with talk show stations 
It's just talk, talk, talk till you lose your patience 
Mister state trooper please don't stop me

Hey somebody out there, listen to my last prayer 
Hi ho silver-o deliver me from nowhere

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State Trooper (B.Springsteen) 2015

Waitin' Round To Die (Townes Van Zandt) 2015

Track recorded on "Billy and the Lowground Fiddle Tune Backing Track - 90 BPM" 
Courtesy of LP Backing Tracks ©2017

Lou Rents: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Fisa, Glockenspiel
Bluegrass Jam: Upright Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin

SMILE (E.Vedder & J.Ament)

Don't it make you smile?
Don't it make you smile?
When the sun don't shine, don't shine at all
Don't it make you smile?

Don't it make you smile?
Don't it make you smile?
When the sun don't shine, don't shine at all
Don't it make you smile?

I miss you already... I miss you all day
I miss you already... I miss you always

Don't it make you smile?
Don't it make you smile?
When the sun don't shine, don't shine at all
Don't it make me smile?

I miss you already... I miss you all day
Three crooked hearts and swirls all around... I make you smile
I miss you already... I miss you all day
I miss you already... I miss you always
I miss you already... I miss you all day

https://youtu.be/BozGLnGb45s

The Blougrass Sessions

Smile (E.Vedder & J.Ament) 2017

LP Backing Tracks: Upright Bass, Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar
Lou Rents: Vocals, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Pedal Steel Guitar, Harmonica

 
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (J.Strummer & M.Jones) 

Darling you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
And If you say that you are mine
I'll be here 'til the end of time
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

And It's always tease, tease, tease, tease, tease
You're only happy when I'm on my knees
One day it's fine and next it's black
So if you want me off your back
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
And If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double
And If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go now?

This indecision's bugging me 
If you don't want me, just set me free 
You know Exactly whom I'm supposed to be 
You know each clothes even fit me
So come on and let me know 
Should I cool it or should I go? 

Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
And If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double
And If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go now?

Should I Stay Or Should I Go (J.Strummer & M.Jones) 2017

Atlantic City (B. Springsteen) 2017

Written by Cosmo
Lou Rents: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums Loop & Keyboards

Quando Ho Incontrato Te

D'improvviso apro gli occhi e mi sveglio, non so bene perché
Ho dormito poco più di tre ore e adesso eccomi qui
Potrei alzarmi e trascinarmi in cucina, chissà in frigo che c'è
Potrei prendere coraggio e svegliarti, chiacchierare con te
Con te di che ma no
Meglio se continui a dormire non venire quaggiù
Il tuo sonno vale più di un respiro, tieni in vita anche me
Anche me anche se lo so*

Passerà
Come passa un sabato
Mi addormenterò 
Senza più paura ma adesso
Guardo dentro di me o forse no
Quanto è borghese tutto questo, mi vergogno un po'
Non so più come sto, chi vincerà
Né come stavo quando mamma ha lasciato papà
Ciò che è sepolto in me ritorna su
Speriamo spunti fuori qualche bel ricordo
Quando ho incontrato te, e chi lo sa
Manco ricordo quand'è che mi hai dato il numero

Sento un rumore, cos'è?
È il camion della spazzatura
È l'edicola di sotto che apre
È qualcuno che va già a lavorare
È la grande macchina che riparte come in ogni città
Per produrre per il bene di chi, tra poco tocca a me
Ed io che faccio? Non sono pronto

Ho chiuso gli occhi proprio come te
Ho anche imitato il tuo respiro
Forse rimpiango ciò che non ho più
O l'uomo che non sono mai stato

Passerà
Come passa un sabato
Mi addormenterò 
Senza più paura di niente
Guardo dentro di me o forse no
Quanto è borghese tutto questo, mi vergogno un po'
Non so più come sto, chi vincerà
Né come stavo quando mamma ha lasciato papà
Ciò che è sepolto in me ritorna su
Speriamo spunti fuori qualche bel ricordo
Quando ho incontrato te, e chi lo sa
Manco ricordo quand'è che mi hai dato il numero

D'improvviso chiudo gli occhi ed è l'alba ma va bene così
Anche se tra poco devo svegliarmi mi addormento e


Testo di Quando ho incontrato te © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Quando Ho Incontrato Te (Cosmo)2018

I Wish I Knew (Hank Williams III) 2019

Bankrobber (J.Strummer & M.Jones) 2018

Dead Flowers (M.Jagger/K.Richards) 2018

Two Hearts (B. Springsteen) 2019

The Apartment Song (T.Petty) 2018

Self Portrait

1984 (Don't Think Too Much) (Lou Rents) 2012

Che Cosa Mi Manchi A Fare (Calcutta) 2018

Hi There! 
I'm Lou Rents. 
First of all I would like to thank all the people for listening to my music, during the last two years more than 2500 plays... terrific! 
Thank you very much!!! 

I'm a "One Man Band" from northern Italy, this is what I love to do as soon as I have some free time: I pick up a drums track, an old song and then I try to record a new version of it, as best as i can, trying to get better every time. 
Someone likes to go out dancing, someone likes cars or motorbikes, others tell you that they love only you... and then they betray you... 
Me? I just Rock!

If you like my covers and my songs, please put "thumbs up" and share them. Any suggestions and comments are welcome!

If you want to play with me, even if we are far from each other, or if you want to download some of my songs please contact me, 
below you will find all of my possible links, or you can send me an e-mail: lourents79@gmail.com

Don't forget to have fun!


La redenzione è nell'umiltà (the redemption is in humility)

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