Really well done man.  Great vocal.  Nice use of dynamic and tonality range.  Passionate performance.

Beautiful acoustic and stunning passionate vocals, really lovely song!

Quality...enjoyed! Hard to achieve such great minimalism.

this shit is just epic--the words, the vocal delivery, wow wow

From Scoot Horton's solo debut "Six 2 Seven"
www.scoothorton.com

Billy McGill

Bottle’s Been Bringing Me Down

will i learn before it’s too late?
before I make my last mistake
will i learn before it’s too late?
that the bottle’s been bringing me down

drinking and smoking and staying up late
it’s gonna catch up to me i can see it’s gait
worked once or twice now i can’t relate
and the bottle’s been bringing me down

she comes to me she says my friend
i’ll be here with you till the end
you don’t need no other friends
i’m the only one worth having around

she starts out with the softest touch
but with her it’s never enough
i’m pushing back she’s wanting more
she stands up straight pour after pour

i said my prayers and i made my rounds
this goddamn bottle’s still bringing me down
she’s screaming at me i don’t make a sound
float to sea one day i’ll drown

will i learn before it’s too late?
before I make my last mistake
will i learn before it’s too late?
that the bottle’s been bringing me down

down yeah it’s bringing me down
down yeah she’s bringing me down
will i learn before it’s too late?
that the bottle’s been bringing me down



release date: October 23, 2017
lyrics and arrangement by Jesse O’Neill 
(trad. melody)
performed by Corina Corina and Jesse O’Neill (Max Caddy)
recorded mixed and mastered by Willie Green for Paul Womack Media in Brooklyn, NY
© all rights reserved

In their new single “Bottle’s Been Bringing Me Down,” Max Caddy puts a new twist on a ‘Great American Songbook’ classic. Taking a time-honored page out of the folk tradition, this dark tune of woe finds Corina Corina and Jesse O'Neill trading verses and harmonies over a warm guitar and mandolin arrangement inspired by the industrial-age song 'Erie Canal.'

"Growing up in Albany, NY I was steeped in the tradition of folk music at a young age," says songwriter Jesse O'Neill. "Erie Canal was always one of my favorites. How many songs namedrop my hometown? But it felt disingenuous to be singing about building canals with my mule because I live in 2017 New York City. So I adapted that haunting melody into a personal story that a lot of people can relate to: The shameful pull of alcohol."

"This song is the perfect introduction to Max Caddy," says vocalist Corina Corina. "It's timeless, and bittersweet and showcases our chemistry as a duo. Not to mention, Jesse and I have done our share of research on the subject matter! it's an instant classic type song that a lot of people will understand at face value as well as on a historical musical level."

Max Caddy was formed in 2012 in New York City and is re-emerging on the city’s live music scene following a 2-year hiatus when Corina went to live in her native bay area, California. The band released the EP ‘Caddy Tracks’ in 2013, and has toured up and down the East Coast both toegtehr and as solo acts. 

Consisting of Jesse O’Neill on guitar/mandolin and vocals and Corina Corina on vocals an percussion, Max Caddy is known for it’s inspired live performances featuring original music and rootsy takes on an eclectic array of cover songs ranging from Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Wonder to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 

Max Caddy has a bi-monthly Friday night residency at Manhattan’s legendary Sidewalk Cafe featuring some of the city’s best acoustic musicians and is developing a wealth of new material for an upcoming full length album.

Bottle's Been Bringing Me Down (Single)

Bottle's Been Bringing Me Down

Sweeter side of somber
 
Born on the stroke of midnight
With the wind right by my side
Not really smiling
Only hiding to get by
It pulls me in, right from within
Whispering in my ear
That on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
 
I crossed no oceans not even a single road
Really did no traveling, always did what  I was told
Never new the truth, never had no youth
And freedom’s just a word to me
But on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll be free
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll be free
 
Born on the stroke of midnight
With the wind right by my side
Not really smiling
Only hiding to get by
Then it pulls me in, right from within
Whispering in my ear
That on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear

S.P. Landin - On the 7th day demos - Sweeter Side Of Somber

Sam Stone Mono Remix

My Little One is about love and destiny. 

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Written and performed by Stephen Artemis Jr.
Recorded by Brian Speaker
Produced by Stephen Artemis Jr. and Brian Speaker
Mixed by John Agnello
Mastered by Jeff Lipton
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