AROUND THE BEND. The debut album by Whiskey & Burlap. 12 Original #Americana tracks include:

Why Not
Your Heart Holds Me Here
Road Of Life
It Will Never Be The Same
Somedays
Its Coming
Whiskey & Wine
Manzanita Bee
Juniper Redolence
Ocotillo Blossom
Season
Winter Wind

Performed by Whiskey & Burlap. Camille Sallave (vocals, percussion), Ethan van Thillo (mandolin, vocals), and Craig McIntosh (guitar, violin, bass, vocals).

All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Recorded and mixed by Kris Towne, Capricorn Studios, San Diego, CA.
Mastering by Joe Goodwin, Bellwether Mastering

Produced by: Whiskey & Burlap. Contact us at: whiskeyburlap@gmail.com

Original artwork by:
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Copyright 2021.

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Around The Bend

Debut album by Whiskey & Burlap. Tracks include:

Your Heart Holds Me Here
It Will Never Be the Same
Winter Wind
Road Of Life
Ocotillo Blossom
Season
Whiskey & Wine
Juniper Redolence
Why Not
Its Coming
Somedays
Manzanita Bee

Performed by Whiskey & Burlap. Camille Sallave (vocals), Ethan van Thillo (mandolin, vocals), and Craig McIntosh (guitar, violin, bass, vocals).

All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2021.

Somedays

From AROUND THE BEND. The debut album by Whiskey & Burlap. 

"Why Not" Lyrics:

These Steps Are not like any other
Each one Is just a little harder

One inch And then two
Slowly becomes A foot or few

Sweat runs Down your face
Your mind Plays silly games

One tale After another
Then the weight Leans harder and harder

Why not Keep climbing those steps
Why not Keep feeling that sweat
Why not face all your fears
BE BRAVE

Why not Say what you want
Why not Open your heart
Why not Let love shine in

Lost you along the way
You disappeared around the bend

Always got to be in front
Never stopping to Breath
Our desert air

So I’ll take that last Mile alone
The hardest one yet

Heart pounding against my chest
I will follow The wind of the crows

You can’t turn back now even if you tried
You’ve come too far -leave that road behind
Life has a way of throwing you back around
If you keep on fighting with what’s allowed

Why not Keep climbing those steps
Why not Keep feeling that sweat
Why not face all your fears
BE BRAVE

Why not Say what you want
Why not Open your heart
Why not Let love shine in

BE BRAVE

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Why Not

From the debut album by Whiskey & Burlap, "Around The Bend"

Road of Life Lyrics:

There was a time when
I was running fast for you
The clouds wee heavy
And the rain was hard

The clock keeps on ticking
Seconds become years
I close my eyes gently
And I’m already in tears

But if I had a chance
I would do it all over again
Do it all over again
You and me on this road

I would load up the hatchback
Head East on Highway 40
Do it all over again
You and me on this road of life

There was a time
That it was just you and I
And then all of a sudden
It was four of us

Birthday candles glowing
Grey hair is flowing
I take a deep breath
To fight off all the stress

But if I had a chance
I would do it all over again
Do it all over again
You and me on this road

I would load up the hatchback
Head East on Highway 40
Do it all over again
You and me on this road of life


You and Me (You and Me)
On this
on this road

There was a time
When we would sneak to the beach
And not it’s a walk
Around the neighborhood park

Parents growing older
Kids give cold shoulder
thirty -plus years
Working nine to five

But if I had a chance
I would do it all over again
Do it all over again
You and me on this road

I would load up the hatchback
Head East on Highway 40
Do it all over again
You and me on this road of life

You and me on this road of life

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All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2021.

Around the Bend

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Road Of Life

From Whiskey & Burlaps's debut album, Around the Bend.

It Will Never Be the Same Lyrics:

After All is said & done
We’ll Just Lay there quite & stunned
It’s All Out in the open now…
It will never be the same (2x)

Ocean breeze & sandy feet
Nervous breaths smoke stained sheets
All out of excuses tonight..
We just gotta hold on tight

It Will Never be the Same
Our lonely paths crossing in vain
Wondering what’s Behind those eyes
Cloudy nights or shots of fire

The full moon shines & smiles so bright
The bonfire snaps & hisses its’ tongue
Dancing to the wine and drums…
Slowly inching closer as one (2x)

Coffee brewing & the morning sun
Hiding under the covers won’t fool anyone
What will become of us…
Good or bad it’s been so fun (2x)

It Will Never be the Same
Our lonely paths Crossing in vain
Wondering what’s Behind those eyes
Cloudy nights or shots of fire
Cloudy nights or shots of fire

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It Will Never Be The Same

From the debut album by Whiskey & Burlap, Around The Bend

"Your heart holds me here" Lyrics:

I saw the boughs laden today
With the first September snow
And all the while I thought of you
In August’s golden glow

And overhead the blackbirds fly
Towards lands I’ll never know
Each passing day I feel the pull
To pack my bags and go

But your heart holds me here
Like a sunbeam in my arms
And no matter when the wild wind beats the door
The storm ain’t gonna do me no harm
Cause your heart holds me here
With winter coming on


A miner takes the gold from the hill
the farmer ploughs the row
a lover goes a-courtin when
The springtime rivers flow

And even now when autumn’s fruit
Is freezing on the bough
You place your hands upon my neck
And lips upon my brow

And your heart holds me here
Like a sunbeam in my arms
And no matter when the wild wind beats the door
The storm ain’t gonna do me no harm
Cause your heart holds me here
With winter coming on

I said winter’s coming on
And when the snowdrift’s pilin up around the door
And the heat is comin on
I’ll thank God that your heart
Held me here

All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2021.

Your Heart Holds Me Here

Oh help me lord Take me away
Take me back To sea level today
Done with the dust In my nose
Always waiting For the sun to go
Just travelin this road of 395
Hoping go Make it out Alive

Worn out & beaten down
Drivin’ around Cali town
Up and down 395
& get eaten alive

Standing at the door of Devils post pile
They expect me to climb miles and miles
Little do they know I’ve lost my mind
Travelin’ this road of 395

Oh help me lord Take me away
Take me back To sea level today
Done with the dust In my nose
Always waiting For the sun to go
Just travelin this road of 395
Hoping go Make it out Alive

Now they know
My mind has flown
All that is left
Is all long gone

Where the creek flows
And the crow on the tree
Just take me back
To the breeze by the sea

Oh help me lord Take me away
Take me back To sea level today
Done with the dust In my nose
Always waiting For the sun to go
Just travelin’ this road of 395
Hoping to Make it out alive

Worn out & beaten down
Drivin’ around Cali town
Up and down 395
& get eaten alive

Standing at the door of Devils post pile
They expect me to climb miles and miles
Little do they know I’ve lost my mind
Travelin this road of 395

Oh help me lord Take me away
Take me back To sea level today
Done with the dust In my nose
Always waiting For the sun to go
Just travelin’ this road of 395
Hoping go Make it out Alive
credits
from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.
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Travelin' This Road

Sad songs & my sticky skin
Oh but the ties that lay within
In and out of my bed sheets
Far from who you want and who you keep

Tampered beauty and flavored sweat
Oh you kept it sweet and smooth
Rhythm and rhyme swirls in my mind
Cleverly howl at the northern moon

Time and tides roll by
Like the dandelions
Making wishes fly
By sugary jest

Accompany you, accompaniment
Swindle and woven in my heart you are chosen
Sway is the mist of sacred doom
Linger longer as you always do

Time and tides roll by
Like the dandelions
Making wishes fly
By sugary jest

Morning came too soon
You swirl and swivel
Unwind and chisel
My minds a puzzle

Morning came too soon
You swirl and swivel
Unwind and chisel
Twist my heart like you do

It’s 4:42 and all is quiet
With all these words, swirling in my silence
Calling has faded, wishing flowers gone
Ripped from my bosom singing sad sad songs

Morning came too soon
You swirl and swivel
Unwind and chisel
My minds a puzzle

Morning came too soon
You swirl and swivel
Unwind and chisel
Twist my heart like you do

Time and tides roll by
Like the dandelions
Making wishes fly
By sugary jest

Canary birds sing
Persuasive and content
Thirst for knowledge
You came and went
You came and went
credits
from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

Sad Songs and Sticky Skin

Was minding my business
Working away
With wood and nails
Seems like just the other day

Stopped me in my tracks
& my heart skipped a beat
It was then & there
My heart fell fast

I fell under your spell
With my favorite waitress
So easily and gracefully
Your beauty called to me
Your kind spirit
Your smile
Could it be me
My favorite waitress

Time came and time went
We built a life
Family and friends
Music and strife

Now here we are
Eye to eye
From time past by
For you . . .By my side

I fell under your spell
With my favorite waitress
So easily and gracefully
Your beauty called to me
Your kind spirit
Your smile
Could it be me
My favorite waitress

Holding hands Holding you
Laughing lasts Goodnight kisses
Holding hands Music soars
Looking at you Never gets old

I fell under your spell
With my favorite waitress
So easily and gracefully
Your beauty called to me
Your kind spirit
Your smile
Could it be me
My favorite waitress
My favorite waitress

My Favorite Waitress

When I think of you
And what comes to mind
The wild wind fills
Surging inside

When I see you
walking my way
I should be ok
But I drift away

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
You fill my soul,

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
wrap me around that sweet sweet sound

I’m not one to search for words
But when it comes to you they blur
I feel the warm surge inside
And it all takes over

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
You fill my soul,

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
wrap me around that sweet sweet sound

Beg for mercy
But it feels so good
Release this torment
Your essence stood
Beg for mercy
But it feels so good
Waiting for me in the early morning hours
My blossoming flower

When I think of you
And what comes to mind
The wild wind fills
Surging inside

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
You fill my soul,

2 pages, is all it should take
To get it down
2 pages to tell you how
wrap me around that sweet sweet sound
credits
from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

Two Pages

Rain on me Feel the storm
Don’t play safe Don’t stay calm
Pour on me Bring the storm
I’ll keep you safe And bring the calm

The older I get
The less I know
I’ve seen hard times
And good ones go
Birds they came
and fireflies glow
as life goes on
the less I know

We never learn Or do we
Taking for granted, All possible in me
Or take that chance Living like its one
Will we dance Under the soft sun

Your cup in my hand, I
sip so far away, I
choose to glance
Our eyes drift in and stay

I call to the gods, And
all the angels aglow
The older I get
The less I know

Rain on me Feel the storm
Don’t play safe Don’t stay calm
Pour on me Bring the storm
I’ll keep you safe And bring the calm

The older I get
The less I know
I’ve seen hard times
And good ones go

Birds they came
and fireflies glow
as life goes on
the less I know

We never learn Or do we
Taking for granted, All possible in me
Or take that chance Living like its one
Will we dance Under the soft sun

Your cup in my hand, I
sip so far away, I
choose to glance
Our eyes drift in and stay

I call to the gods, And
all the angels aglow
The older I get
The less I know

Rain on me Feel the storm
Don’t play safe Don’t stay calm
Pour on me Bring the storm
I’ll keep you safe And bring the calm

The older I get
The less I know
I’ve seen hard times
And good ones go

Birds they came
and fireflies glow
as life goes on
the less I know
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from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

The Older I Get

Spin the Bottle

From the moment that you told me it was over
My fate has been to be a rolling stone
I lay my head in a different bed for every mile I roam
And I wonder now which path will take me home.

I guess I turned to drink when I was lonely
And I needed wine to keep you from my mind
But when I wake at noon in a hotel room and I don’t know where I am
I got to find that highway sign

Spin the bottle tell me which road I should take
I just don’t know what else I can do
Spin the bottle spin it so hard it could break
I’m just trying to find my way back to you.

Those first few months I worked a job in Reno
And I even saw this girl from time to time
But late one night when the moon was bright and I heard that whistle blow
I knew I’d have to move it down the line.

They say that Jesus loves the lonesome sinner
But the devil’s always offerin' you a ride
I climbed on in and I rode with him for every weary mile
Now I only want to be by your side

Spin the bottle tell me which road I should take
I just don’t know what else I can do
Spin the bottle spin it so hard it could break
Cause my heart is sad and cold
And this highway’s growing old
I’m just trying to find my way back to you.
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from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

Spin The Bottle

Lanterns sway
Shadows may play
Go soft in the night
My candlelight

Don’t be afraid
What come, what may
Whispers in flight
Cut through the night

Echoes from the past
Voices collapse
Inside
Of me

Hold me dear
Can’t you hear
The ghosts
Of me

Look up above
The stars sing
They sing to you
And they sing to me

Don’t you fret
It ain’t over yet
Go soft in the night
My candlelight

Echoes from the past
Voices collapse
Inside
Of me

Hold me dear
Can’t you hear
The ghosts
Of me

Lanterns sway
Shadows may play
Go soft in the night
My candlelight

Don’t be afraid
What come, what may
Whispers in flight
Cut through the night

Echoes from the past
Voices collapse
Inside
Of me

Hold me dear
Can’t you hear
The ghosts
Of me
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from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

Ghost Of Me

River flowing through my mind
Like the slow passage of time
Like a snowbank melting in the heat of day
Sinking down until it’s melted . . . . away

Water falling from the sky
Reminds of the time when you and I were like
A couple of foals just feeling our oats
But now I hope that meadow don’t
Dry up and blow . . . away

Fire burning all across the hill
Embers raining down but baby still
I seek the coolness in your valley
Smoke pushes me down to the ground
And the ashes swirl around
But the heat will never make me …..Burn away

People all around
this world
Keep on living like they never
Heard of

Fire burning all across the hill
Embers raining down but baby still
I seek the coolness in your valley
Smoke pushes me down to the ground
And the ashes swirl around
But the heat will never make me …..Burn away

Burn away
Burn away
Burn away
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from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

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Burn Away

Juniper moon
Reel me in
Can I catch a ride
As you pass by

He’s comin’ soon
Just down the road
Will you wash your light over
My wounded soul

Pull me in
Lean in slow
As you glide by my
Briar rose

Keep me still
Won’t you save my soul
And all that’s left of my
Briar rose

It’s almost like
You taunt my mind
Softly laughing
At my demise

Cause there you are
Again in my sight
Bending my mind
And pulling me in

Pull me in
Lean in slow
As you glide by my
Briar rose

Keep me still
Won’t you save my soul
And all that’s left of my
Briar rose

Cause I’d rather sit on a moon
Then to be seen by you
Your fingers and taboo
Deep in your eyes, I’ll be lost to you, lost to you

Juniper moon
Reel me in
Can I catch a ride
As you pass by

Keep me calm
Lure me close
No consequence
Over our souls

Pull me in
Lean in slow
As you glide by my
Briar rose

Keep me still
Won’t you save my soul
And all that’s left of my
Briar rose
Briar rose
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from Questioning Why, releases September 23, 2023
All original music & lyrics by: Camille Sallave, Ethan P. van Thillo, and Craig McIntosh.

Copyright 2023.

Briar Rose

Whiskey & Burlap arrived to the San Diego music scene in Summer 2018. Comprising of three members with diverse musical interests and backgrounds. W&B performs a fun mix of genres including: Americana, Bluegrass, Country & folk. Spend a few hours with W&B and you’ll hear new originals from their 2021 album (Around The Bend); as well as classic covers from artists such as Mandolin Orange, The Civil Wars, Gillian Welch, Dolly Parton, Susan Tedeschi, Johnny Cash, and more!
Whiskey & Burlap has performed at Deft Brewing, Nate’s Garden Grill, Poway Americana Festival, Helix Brewing, Adams Ave. Unplugged Music Festival, SoNo Festival, and the iconic Winston’s in Ocean Beach.  Booking info: whiskeyburlap@gmail.com

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