Brand new song from Moonshiner Collective.  Party on.

The Banjo Song (Moonshine!)

Moonshiner Collective cover of Paul Simon's "Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes" from 1986's "Graceland" record.  Play it loud on some nice speakers if you can!!

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Paul Simon Cover)

"Autumness" is inspired by the Redwood Forests of Big Sur, CA and the fantasy like perspective these massive trees and the nearby ocean gives us.  It is a song about being humbled by and in awe of the California coastline's unique landscape and the feeling of freedom and wonder of being lost in its beauty.

"Autumness" Lyrics

While these redwood forest holy ghosts
Remind us where to play
We fell deeply in the autumness
And decided then to stay
We left battle scenes and dollar signs
Just hoping to be saved
Running freely through this wilderness
The night becomes our place

Is this day ours to borrow?
Lost and living for tomorrow
Oh Lord thank you kindly
We have seen you in the red trees
For the love of my life
For this sea and this sky
And this place where we can find our way
(whistle)

Drifting further toward the water’s edge
We closed our eyes and sang
When we felt the beach under our toes 
We fell in love again
Well it’s sure good to get lost sometimes
In the autumness my friends
And this time we promised everything 
But who knows where it ends 

Is this day ours to borrow?
Lost and living for tomorrow
Oh Lord thank you kindly
We have felt you in the sea breeze
For the love of my life
For this sea and this sky
And this place where we can find our way
(whistle)

The fire burns inside us
And now no time for sleep
Awake
Take it all in
And breathe, breathe, breathe
The purple, red, and blue skies
The ocean's majesty
These hills the only skyline
Relax we're simply free
Relax we're simply free



Autumness

"Jackson Tanner" is a story told from the perspective of Jackson Tanner, a wild west vigilante from the late 1800s who refuses to accept that he's dead.  Killed in a gunfight by an outlaw gang, Tanner was left somewhere between heaven and hell and remains a ghost searching for answers.

"Jackson Tanner" Lyrics:

Old Jackson Tanner is my name
I try to keep a western town that won’t be tamed
It was a dry midsummer night
The meanest dogs on earth were lookin for a fight
I heard 5 shots before I fell
But I’d sent the most of em straight down to their crooked hell

Ooooooh well they say I’m dead
But I walk this world
Ooooooh they say I’m dead
But I’m of this world

I’ve lived forever since that day
Out by the canyons near that old and dried up lake
I’ve seen some changes that I fear
What they call department stores get bigger by the year
And all I wanted then was peace
To let my wife and kids rest safely when they sleep

And I was a vigilante’s son
We did our best to take the earth back from the scum
Those were the meanest dogs alive
They thought they got me but I had fate here on my side
And why I’m standing here today
Some thought them bullets had me in an early grave

Ooooooh well they say I’m dead
But I walk this world
Ooooooh they say I’m dead
But I’m of this world

Life’s pretty lonely on this range
My wife and kids took off that God forsaken day
And why they left I’ll never know
Somedays the whiskey’s all I have in this here world

Yeah Jackson Tanner is my name
And I’ll be damned if my son follows in this game
But I’m not so sure just where he is
I heard 5 shots and then I put my hand in his
He was a vigilante’s son
I never planned this when I’d handed him my gun

Oooooooh well I guess I’m dead
Oooooooh But I’m not alone
Oooooooh I guess I’m dead
Oooooooh But I’m not alone
I’m not alone
I’m not alone
I’m not alone


Jackson Tanner

Moonshiner Collective's music intends to cut through the chaos and noise of modern life and beckons the listener to let go for a moment. The band consists of singer/guitarist Dan Curcio, violinist/keys/vocalist Daniel Cimo, bassist/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Vince Cimo, and drummer Lance Iunker.  The eclectic blend of folk rock instrumentation and four part vocal harmonies combines contemplative lyrics with a foot stomping, high energy, California beach town influenced sound. It is good time music with a passionate depth. The music's unifying positivity bridges gaps in generations and genres; with a sound and message that draws fans of The Avett Brothers, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Fleet Foxes, The Wood Brothers, Van Morrison, and Old Crow Medicine Show but is also a style entirely its own.

Jackson Tanner

Moonshiner Collective

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