Prowlin' Lobo

Itinerant Blues

Black Water Buff

Workin' on the Blues

Moose Jaw

Short Line Rag

Ball in the Street

Terrebonne

Tomcat Stroll

Free Blue

Somewhere Beyond

Prowlin' Lobo Blues

Penance

Fire in the Canyon

Cut n' Roll Sweepin' Blues

5-Gallon Bucket

Distression

Road Travels On 生活还得继续
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Backing Vocals (和声) - Prairie Boulmier


Road Travels On was the first song I wrote that I liked. It reminds me of the Chicago song “25 Or 6 To 4,” which, like Road Travels On, is about late night difficulties in songwriting: Difficulties I experienced for many years. It also reflects my belief that the feeling I sought in my music would happen if I kept trying, i.e., traveling on that road. At the time, I was listening to Townes Van Zandt alot, and that really impacted the imagery in Road Travels On. Townes would ride his horse, Amigo, through the mountains from Aspen to Crested Butte, Colorado each year. There are lines in this song that draw directly from the imagery of those rides.

“Road Travels On”是我写的第一首歌，我很喜欢。它让我想起芝加哥歌曲“25 Or 6 to 4”，它和Road travels on同样是关于晚间创作的困难。这也是这些年我所经历的。这首歌也反映了我的一个信念：只要坚持下去，我在音乐中找寻的灵感自然会出现。这就好像人在旅途，峰回路转。                  那时我每天听Townes Van Zandt的歌，对我写Road Travels On 有很大影响。有段时间，Townes每年骑着他的马Amigo穿越科罗拉多的山脉，从阿斯彭到克雷斯特德比特。你可以从我这首歌的歌词中发现，有些是我想象他骑马旅行的景象。

 
Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Try to wrap my mind around
整理思绪
Words I wanna say
想出我要表达的词语
Waiting, disappearing
等待，消失
Maybe try another day
或许等几天灵感就出现
Wanna sleep
我想睡
but my inside said stay
但我的身体告诉我不要
and the darkness
还有这黑暗
she's the one
我没有对她的
I can't resist
抵抗力
 
You can echo through
你能反映出
my soul
我的心灵
ring my heavy head
我的思绪混乱
But I'll sing on the wind
但我会和风一起歌唱
'til the end
直到最后​
 
Let me ride
让我乘风而行
one note at a time
一步一步
through them hills
穿过山谷
leavin my heartache behind
留下伤心在身后
free as a breeze in them wide western skies
在宽阔的西部天空中自由得像一股清风
Let me ride
让我乘风而行
Let me ride
让我乘风而行
 
Try to wrap my heart around
整理心情
Things I wanna show
表达我的感受
Little darlin' she's hopin' the sun will shine
我的女孩希望看到阳光照耀
But it's too far gone now
但一切为时太晚
Road travels on
生活还得继续
and the darkness
还有这黑暗
she's the one I can't resist
我没有对她的抵抗力
 
You can have my memory
你可以拥有我的记忆
My words, my feelings, may never
我却找不到词语表达我的感受
But, I’ll sing on the wind to the end
但我会和风一起歌唱到最后
 
Let me ride
让我乘风而行
one note at a time
一步一步
through them hills
穿过山谷
leavin my heartache behind
留下伤心在身后
free as a breeze in them wide western skies
在宽阔的西部天空中自由得像一股清风
Let me ride  
让我乘风而行
Let me ride
让我乘风而行



Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

Road Travels On

Bartender’s Guitar 调酒师的吉他
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Violin  (小提琴) - Xin Xin (辛欣)
Harmonica (口琴) - Greg Luttrell


With Bartender’s Guitar, I want to convey my feeling of being far, far from home and my realization that I have changed so much over the years that I can never really return. I understand that others, who I still feel a strong kinship with, have, by-and-large, stayed in the same place and not changed. When going about your daily busy life, you may lose sight of such a far off place and time. But, if that drink does the trick (i.e. plays the way you want), you may remember it better.
 
《Bartender’s Guitar》是我表达的自己远离家乡的感觉，以及多年来的变化。这些变化让我离当初的自己已经那么远了，而我的家人却大多留在了同一地方，没有任何改变。忙碌的日常生活或许会让你看不到如此遥远的地方，但是，希望这首歌能把你短暂地带回去，回想起一些亲近又遥远的记忆。

 
Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Got a warm, dark heart
有一颗热心又消极的心
Got a bartender’s guitar
有一把调酒师的吉他
That drink don’t play
酒的力量不够
the way I want
无法让我达到想要的境界
I could forget who you are
我只能选择忘记
 
It’s a long way home
回家路千里
When you’re going downhill
当人生走下坡路时
It’s a long way home
回家路千里
When it slowly disappears
当家已经慢慢消失时
 
Well the road runs on
回家的路
Nowhere, on and on
一片渺茫
I know your mind, hasn’t changed
我知道你骨子里没有变
And I know it never will
我知道你永远不会变
 
It’s a long road home
回家路千里
Feel you’re going uphill
感觉困难重重
It’s a long road home
回家路千里
Worn through the years
家随着岁月而变淡
 
Windin’ through the
蜿蜒爬行在
Blindin’ snow,
大雪中
through the secrets
驱逐不去的秘密
that haunt my soul
紧紧缠绕于灵魂
A river‘s a river
只要有水
when the water flows
就是河流
I drift along
我顺水漂流
Nobody ever gonna find me
没人能找到我
 
Got a warm, dark heart
有一颗热心又消极的心
Got a bartender’s guitar
有一把调酒师的吉他
That drink don’t play
酒的力量不够
the way I want
无法让我达到想要的境界
I could forget who you are
我只能选择忘记


Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

Bartender's Guitar

She Waits 她等待
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Violin (小提琴) - Xin Xin (辛欣)
Backing Vocals (和声) - Greg Monk


Fang Dazeng was a Chinese war photographer and correspondent who went missing during the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. I found this young man’s compassion for his country and it’s people, as well as his ability to capture feeling in photographs, very moving. Just as powerful was the commitment and loyalty of his mother and younger sister, who each awaited his return, in vain, and safeguarded his photographs despite danger, for the rest of their lives. She Waits is a song about incredible strength in loyalty, longing, and love.
 
《She Waits》是一首关于忠诚，渴望和爱的不可思议的力量的歌曲。方大曾是失踪于抗日战争时期的一名战地摄影师和通讯员。我看见了这个年轻人对他的国家和人民饱含的怜悯心，以及他的摄影作品中捕捉到的动人的情感。在他失踪后，方大曾的母亲和妹妹一直坚持着等待他的归来，即使在有生命危险的时候，也仍然守护着他的摄影作品，终其一生。


Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Down in the mountains they know me
山中的人们认识我
and they hold me in my dreams
我在梦里和他们热泪相拥
 
Down in the mountains they remember me
山中的人们记得
young and free full of dreams.
那个曾经年轻自由充满梦想的我
 
She waits for me every day and night
她等我，不管白天黑夜
In her dress of white, faded and torn.
穿着那件破旧褪色的白裙
 
Thinks that someday I’ll walk through that gate
她期盼着有一天我会跨进那道门
Oh but its growin’ late.
但她的日子已所剩不多
 
Thinks that someday I’ll come back home
她期盼着有一天我能回家
Oh so she carries on
就这样春去秋来，一载又一载
 
I died at sea
我消失于人海
so long ago
已经很久
so long ago
已经很久
Never come home
再不能踏上回家路
 
I died at sea
我消失于人海
so long ago
已经很久
so long ago
已经很久
Never come home
再不能踏上回家路
 
I drowned at sea
我消失于人海
so long ago
已经很久
so long ago
已经很久
Never come home
再不能踏上回家路
 
I drowned at sea
我消失于人海
so long ago
已经很久
Lord I wanted to come home
啊苍天，我多想回家
 
She waits
她在等
and she waits for me
她在等我
and she’s fading
绝望一点点将她蚕食


Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

She Waits

Holy Rollin’ 吼利柔利
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Eric Allen Woodshed Trio (Eric Allen柴房乐队三重奏):
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals (主音吉他及和声) - Michael Maslennikov
Double Bass & Backing Vocals (低音提琴及和声) - James Thomason
 

A song about being on the road, Holy Rollin’ offers a glimpse of the non-musical challenges a touring, but largely unknown, band faces while traveling (rollin’) through the southern US. From troubles with women, venue bosses, and money, the rollin’ is not very holy, but still the band persists. Holy Rollin’ is about the love of playing music with the band through all the ups and downs of life touring on the road.
 
这是一首关于在路上的歌曲，《Holy Rollin’》讲述了乐队在美国南部巡演的路上碰到的一些与音乐无关的挑战，这些故事往往不为人所知。其中有性骚扰，也有场地老板和金钱上的困扰。没有什么是圣洁的，但乐队仍然有所坚持。《Holy Rollin’ 》 表达的是热爱与乐队一起，在旅途中经历跌宕起伏。


Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
You wanna be in the Woodshed
想进柴房乐队？
Gotta roll some holies
你得柔沙吼利子
 
Well I met a little girl a couple towns ago
几天前巡演路上我遇见一个女孩
Told me she loved me, didn’t see her no more
对我说她爱我，但我再也没见到她
Met a little girl a couple towns ago
几天前巡演路上我遇见一个女孩
Told me she loved me, didn’t see her no more
对我说她爱我，但我再也没见到她
Guess I’ll just keep rollin’ on
那么我会接着柔
Got these holy rollin’ blues
我有吼利柔利布鲁斯
 
Wanna go see Lorilei
想去见Lorilei
she just turned 21
她刚满21岁
Lord little girl long, lean, lazy, and like to have fun
她瘦高，懒惰，喜欢寻开心
Bring me the good stuff in the mornin’
清早给我带来好东西
Lord moan the blues all night
整夜唱布鲁斯
 
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔 
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy holy rollin’
吼利吼利柔利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro  
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy holy rollin’
吼利吼利柔利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
 
Roll on
接着柔
Down Mobile town
柔到莫比尔
Get to the club and the bossman waitin’ with a 44
来到俱乐部，等着的老板手里拿着一把枪
Said “You mess with my daughter boy you best not come round here no more”
他说“你乱搞我的女儿，最好离这里远点儿”
Better get on your bus now
快上你的车滚蛋
 
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚去
Go back home
回家去
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚去
Go back home
回家去
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚去
Better get on back to Georgia
最好回佐治亚
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚
Back home
回家去
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚
Way down to Macon Georgia
回佐治亚南部的梅肯
Go back to Georgia
回佐治亚
Go on home
回家去
 
Got $200
藏200美元
in the sole of my shoe
在鞋底
Lord Tennessee crystal lady gonna tell me what to do
田纳西占卜女人告诉我怎么做
Said “You best keep rollin’ them holy rollin’ blues”  
“你最好继续你的吼利柔利布鲁斯“
Now I know what I’m gonna do.
现在我知道了该怎么做
 
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy holy rollin’
吼利吼利柔利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy holy rollin’
吼利吼利柔利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
 
Let’s roll now
让我们接着柔
 
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Rollin’ rollin’ holies
柔利柔利吼利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy holy rollin’
吼利吼利柔利
Holy rollin’
吼利柔利
Holy ro
吼利柔
Yes Lawd
好的


Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

Holy Rollin'

All on Death Row 都在死囚区
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Violin  (小提琴) - Xin Xin (辛欣)
Slide Guitar (滑棒吉他) - Greg Luttrell
Double Bass, Backing Vocals, Hambone (低音提琴、和声、拍击) - James Thomason


A bounty hunter is someone who works with a bail bondsman to catch criminals who post bail and then run-away (bolt) to avoid punishment. I wrote All on Death Row loosely about a close friend of mine from youth who later pursued bounties in exchange for leniency. All on Death Row is a snapshot of the physical and mental hardships involved in this ‘long way from home’, roaming lifestyle. A lifestyle that eventually contributed to my friend taking his own life.
 
赏金猎人是一个与保释保证人合作的人，他们通过保释金抓住罪犯，然后逃走以逃避惩罚。《All on Death Row》写的是我年轻时的一个密友，他追求奖金以换取宽大处理。 《All on Death Row》是这种“远离家乡”的漫游生活方式会面对的一些身体和精神上困难的一张快照。这种生活方式最终让我的朋友结束了他的生命。


Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Got us a post and bolt down river
保释后，家伙沿河南下逃走了
On it
明白！
 
Yeah been a long time
多年了
Roamin’ been a draggin’ me down
我在找人，辗转各地
Killin’ me killin’ me killin’ me
这种生活折磨死人
Roamin’ been a draggin’ me down
我在找人，辗转各地
Been a long time
多年了
Been a draggin’ me down
辗转各地
 
Yeah gunnin’ down the road
奔波在路上
Gunnin’ for everything
使尽各种手段
Got a problem down the Mississippi River
密西西比河这边出了事
Gonna pay me ta live this way
为拿赏钱追逃犯
But I can’t
但我不愿​
Go on livin’ this way
不愿一直这样活着
You know we’re all
我们每个人都在死囚区
Livin’ on death row
都活在死囚区
Hey
嘿
 
His call, cell or hell
命由他定，回监狱还是见上帝
 
Cut down Tunica town
在蒂尼卡城我被抓
Cut for chasin’ sin
他们怪罪我到处寻人
Gonna throw ya in the Sugar Ditch Alley boy
他们说把你扔进臭水沟
Sees if you can swim
看你会不会游泳
Bets are in lord
看你自己的运气
Time to sink or swim boy
浮还是沉 
You know we’re all
我们每个人都在死囚区
Livin’ on death row
都活在死囚区
Hey
嘿
Yeah, just gonna float to the top boy
恐怕只有你的尸体飘上来，哥们
 
It’s a long, long way home
回家路千里
It’s a long, long way home
回家路千里
It’s a long, long way home
回家路千里
A long, long way home
回家路千里
It’s a long way home
回家路千里
When you’re goin’ downhill
当你人生不顺时
 
Gotta cancer
我生不如死
Gotta cancer
我生不如死
Keepin’ me alive
但好歹还活着
Gotta cancer
我生不如死
Gotta cancer
我生不如死
Lord flippin’ dice
生命有如赌博
You know I ain’t
你知道
gonna count my days
我不会坐等死亡
Hey
嘿
Yeah
耶
 
Nobody cure me
没人能救我
Somebody cure me
谁来救救我
Everybody
我们每个人
livin’ on death row
都活在死囚区
Hey  
嘿
 
Em Em Em Em Em  
哼
Em Em Em Em Em  
哼
Em Em Em Em Em  
哼
Em Em Em Em Em
哼
 
Jes scrapin’ off the grime
只想做点儿除暴安良的事



Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

All on Death Row

40 Years  四十年
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen
Cello (大提琴) - Joy Stuhr


In the days following my father’s passing in 2018, I wrote this song about his life after leaving his home state of Kentucky to seek work in Indiana. 40 Years depicts the life of factory workers and weekend musicians in the American midwest through his story. These are people who work toward a pension their entire lives waiting for their day to come. However, in a darker sense, 40 Years is a reminder about the loneliness and disappointment the elderly can be left with once they retire and their family has gone away.
 
父亲2018年去世后，我写了这首歌，讲述了他离开家乡肯塔基州在印第安纳州工作后的生活。 《 40 Years》通过他的故事描绘了美国中西部工厂工人和周末音乐家的生活。这些人一生都在努力争取退休金，并等待那一天的到来。但是，从另外一个意义上讲，这首歌想说，当你真的退休，家人也离开之后，你感到的可能是孤独和失望。


 
Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Up in the break room
在休息室
Playin’ cards
和工友们
Passin’ time
打牌
with the boys
消磨时光
‘til 1:30 rolls around
等着半夜1:30的班开工
See in the paper
翻看报纸
What’s on
关心一下
What’s goin’ on
家乡那边
down home
有啥新事
‘til 1:30 rolls around
等着1:30的班开工
 
Stood this line for 40 years
站在这条组装线
40 years I clocked my time
我打卡四十年
Waitin’ for my day to come
等待那吉日的到来
40 years and I’m alone
四十年后，却孤独一人 
 
Blue grass dry
肯塔基经济萧条
Headed north
不得不北上找工作
when the mills
当工厂的机器
came to town
运进这座城时
Cross that Mason-Dixon Line
我跨过俄亥俄河来打工
Out with the band
参加乐队演出
Start at 10
晚上10点开始
1:30 shut it down
1:30结束
Always thought I’d get back home
一直以为有一天我会回家乡
 
Sang these songs for 40 years
同样的歌唱了四十年
Every night I gave my soul
日子一天天熬过
Waitin’ for my day to come
等待我的吉日到来
40 years and I’m alone
四十年后，却孤独一人
 
Now the kids
孩子们
they’ve gone away
都已远去
Now the factories
所有的工厂
all left town
也已经撤离
Now my hands too
我的手
stiff to play
也僵硬到不能弹奏
But I can tell that joke again
但我还会讲那个笑话
If you’ve got the time
只要你有时间听
 
Now she’s gone
她也走了
Always thought
一直以为
I’m the one
我是那个
To go
先走的人
I’m supposed to live alone
只剩下我独自生活
When u back son?
儿子，下次什么时候回来？
In the door
从门里
Disappear
看着你
out of sight
消失在远处
Another lonely night
又一个孤独的夜
 
She’s my world for 40 years
四十年她一直是我的世界 
Every night I come back home
每天下班我准时回家
Are there anymore good days to come?
还有好日子在等我吗？
40 years and I’m alone
四十年后，却孤独一人
 
If there’s anymore good days to come
如果还有好日子等我，
Well I can tell that joke again
我可以再讲那个笑话
If you’ve got the time.
如果你有时间听



Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds（2020）
 
Copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。

40 Years

Eric Allen, originally from Indiana in the US Midwest and having performed and lived in New York City for over a decade, is a singer/songwriter and guitarist known for his authentic and soulful Americana, blues, country, and outlaw sound. Eric's original compositions include 40 Years, Workin' on the Blues, All on Death Row, Fire in the Canyon, Ball in the Street, Terrebonne, and Holy Rollin’, among many others.
 
Eric will release his 2nd studio album, Prowlin' Lobo Blues, in December 2022 on all streaming platforms. Using primarily acoustic instruments, Prowlin' Lobo Blues explores life on the rails and road in the mid-19th century, during the Great Depression, and today. Eric’s self-titled debut album, Eric Allen, released in January 2021 on all streaming platforms and was recorded as an entirely acoustic undertaking. Its songs convey stories of life on the road, hope, and longing in Eric’s down-to-earth, world-weary style.
 
Eric Allen performs as a solo act using his folksy, Texas-influenced fingerpicking style. Eric also combines a rocky style with authentic Chicago, Texas, & Mississippi Delta blues as lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the Eric Allen Woodshed band and Howlin’ Rotten Blues duo. Eric has been featured on tours and at international music festivals throughout China, including the October 2021 Chevrolet World Music Asia Festival in Shanghai and Wuhan, summer 2021 Howlin' Rotten Blues Tour in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and summer 2019 Eric Allen Blues Tour in Shandong and Hebei provinces.
 
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