Mike Cobb - vocals, Telecaster guitar, lead vocals and lyrics
Matt Statler - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Tim Capron - bass, backing vocals
Rip Westmoreland - mandolin
Scott Hamilton - drums

Live at The Flying Lobster

High On A Mountain Top

in front of crowds it stands to state it's case
each word a hollow promise filled with fear
for if they knew the truth behind it's face
it's only hope for life would disappear
a life built by delusions gold and grand
skyscrapers of the self in shining steel
but as the dirt below turns into sand
our mother earth begins her final meal
impossible to see without eyes closed
impossible to hear from any sound
our wisdom lies beneath the statue posed
our wisdom grows from seeds below the ground
the ides of march have come but are not gone
to bring the waves that crash into the dawn

prompt:  Write a sad song.  A song that makes you cry...a song that makes your heart hurt...a song you want to listen to over and over...

(I cheated a bit on this one too.... pulled this from a song I wrote in march... sometimes you just can't write an entire song every day!) :)

Ides Of March - Day 23 of NaSoWriMo

Triangles

prompt:  no prompt, just an original blues song I wrote to fill in for the 15th day.  

(I guess the fact that I wrote it a couple weeks before May is technically cheating, but sometimes you just ain't got time! and I did essentially write and record everything in one day, so at least there's that)

Maggie Valley - Day 15 of NaSoWriMo

Recorded at The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music in Red Hook, Brooklyn by Mike Cobb, Ernie Vega & Geoff Wiley

Mixed by Don Fierro, Hakanai Recording

Piano by Nando Pelusi

Your Life Matters

If you listen closely you hear Dwight say he's too drunk too figure out the simple recording rig. Fortunately it was working fine and we preserved this basically free styled track that sort of captured our night. It doesn't matter but he also was saying he couldn't close the windows - on the computer. Later there was a cowboy movie on the muted TV. Thanks for listening. Please drink responsibly.

2 Drunk or not 2 Drunk

For immediate release
December 27, 2017

JAMES McMURTRY RELEASES SOCIOPOLITALLY-CHARGED
FREE DOWNLOAD 'STATE OF THE UNION' ON DECEMBER 27

New single arrives as the celebrated tunesmith launches forthcoming
tour supporting Jason Isbell for six weeks starting in early January

AUSTIN, Texas – James McMurtry's new single “State of the Union” releases as a free download via his website www.jamesmcmurtry.com on December 27. The singular songwriter's razor-sharp sociopolitical commentary surely will turn heads. “My brother's a fascist, lives in Palacios, fishes the pier every night,” the song opens. “He hoslters his glock in a double retention. He smokes while he waits for a bite. He don't like the Muslims. He don't like the Jews. He don't like the Blacks and he don't trust the news. He hates the Hispanics and alternative views. He'll tell you it's tough to be white.”

“Every region of the United States seems to have its own way of anglicizing, or rather, Americanizing Spanish names,” McMurtry explains. “There’s a town called Palacios on the Texas coast. Texans pronounce it 'Palashuss,' which just happens to kinda rhyme with 'fascist.' While there’s usually at least one in every town, I don’t know for a fact that there’s even one actual fascist residing in or near the town of Palacios, Texas. This song, like most of my songs, is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of any of my characters to actual persons, living or deceased, is just plain lucky.”

Lucky fans might hear “State of the Union” live as McMurtry supports red-hot singer-songwriter Jason Isbell on an extensive tour in early 2018. The highly-lauded tunesmiths will launch the run at The Criterion in Oklahoma City on January 4 and serpentine for weeks throughout the South, Midwest and East Coast before concluding at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia on February 17. Major markets on this exciting run include the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh and Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.

Publicity: Cary Baker, Conqueroo, cary@conqueroo.com, (323) 656-1600
Management and radio: Jenni Finlay, jenni@ jennifinlay.com, (512) 787-8968

State Of The Union

Hey, I'm a singer, songwriter, & guitarist based outta Brooklyn, NY. I dig all kinds of music & call mine "ECLECTICANA." Thanks for listening! Mike 

High On A Mountain Top

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