Olivia Wendel originally wrote “Portland” in 2018, pre-pandemic while riding the 1 train home from her restaurant job. During the shift, a customer asked her if she’d ever been to Portland Oregon, somewhere they thought she would really enjoy. This song was her response to that conversation and the feeling of wanderlust she felt while watching the sun go down over the Hudson River as the 1 approached 125th street. Now in 2021, as New York City begins to emerge out of quarantine, the song resonates completely differently for Olivia. It’s a song that finds beauty in the places we call home, while longing for the possibility of traveling and getting lost in a new places. Recorded last summer almost entirely remotely, producer Jeff Peters and Olivia worked to achieve a production that is buoyant and hopeful, while allowing the melody line to wander around and explore.

Portland

anything and everything (demo)

La Fusion

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all of the things you said

too close

Starlit Shadow

Caught in the Chaos

No One Watching

Lyrics:
I had a dream, where you and I were dancing as  a team
I know that I’m a fiend, but I believe in you and I 
See
Anything is possible
I just gotta put my foot down down down

All of these obstacles, make me wanna take a trip out of town

I wish to see you in that dress, it’d be the best day of my life

That dream’s a sign, that you’ll be mine
I pray to Christ, to see the night
That dream’s a sign, that you’ll be mine
I pray to Christ, to see the night

I had a dream, where you and I were dancing as  a team
I know that I’m a fiend, but I believe in you and I 
See
Anything is possible
I just gotta put my foot down down down

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Had A Dream

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Let's Get Gone-  Kathy Kay Wallace Songwriter
V1- 
 Been bustin’ my ass  (back)  every single day
 My paycheck always  stays the same
Gas prices  keep climbing  
 Wonder why I keep trying

5 o’clock stop grabbed a clean shirt
Jump in the shower wash off all the dirt
Headed on out  to hang with  the boys
Gonna make  a little weekend noise
 
CH 
So slide it  on down
Kill another round
Somebody better  say a prayer for this town
Boss man got me 5 days a week
Now I’m gonna blow  off a lotta  steam
Cousin Johnny  Brother Jim
Ole Jack Daniels   they all workin’
One more drink  
It  won’t take long     
Til I’m  gone gone gone gone
Let’s Get Gone

V2
Same ole bar with the same ole friends
Lord have mercy looked what walked in
Pretty little thing   over in the corner
Bought her a drink headed  right straight  for her 

CH 


BR
She said Boy  the next drink’s on me
Man I love a girl that loves her whiskey

CH
TAG

Lets Get Gone

All songs written, performed, arranged & co-produced by JJ Draper
All songs produced, recorded, engineered & mixed by Joey Walker
Additional mixing and engineering by Shaun Duncan & Barny Peplow
String arrangements by Ben Rowarth

Vocals - JJ Draper
Additional vocals - Crosby Stewart
Guitars - JJ Draper, Lorenzo Calvo and Joey Walker
Piano, keyboard, synths - Alex Knight, JJ Draper & Joey Walker
Bass guitar/ Bass Synth - Bobek Markiewicz
Dobro by Paul Walker 
Drums and Percussion - Joey Walker
Saxophone by Phil Gale
Trumpet by Joe Davies
Cello in "in hell, at home" by Samuel Rowe

String Quartet - 
1st Violin - Ana Vandepeer
2nd Violin - Martin Ash
Viola - Abby Bowen
Violincello - Ruby Grace

...if you're awake in the night

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