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Big, "noisy" guitars. Nods to west coast psychedelia garage band swagger.

Thief on the run lyrics; an "an outlaw, but one with a smile and a generally "good heart." A true anti-hero fella...

This has become an album of big guitars, big themes and extended solos.There's a place for sensory overload in rock & roll. Here's my version of that. I try to never sacrifice melody or content when "going there."

I think I learned/appreciated this approach from Neil Young's 'live" stuff
(things like Arc/Weld, Rust Never Sleeps)...
Still, you bring "your own thing" to it all.
The layered guitars, the "conversations" they have with each other...
Stay with it. I especially like the, trippy last 30 seconds...

Bill Mallonee

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I KNOW, I KNOW w&m: bill mallonee BMI 2017
You'll need a few disguises
and a number number of faces
steal you a good horse
and it's off to the races
i know...i know

I showed up in these parts
where the rattlesnake crawls
just inside the circle
and just outside the law
I know, I know

chorus:
you can lie with some paper
you can lie with a pen
words are like honey
ah, but them again...it's all good
if you know how to spin

Now, when it came to a safe
they opened easily
and if they had any secrets
they never kept them from me
I know, I know

You lie out under the stars
or hide out in the woods
Sure it gets lonely
but the pay is good
I know, I know

Now, I know a good joke
let me share it with thee
"what's a 100 politicians
at the bottom of the sea?"
....I know

You may know the hangman
on a first name basis
but if you steal a good horse
it's off to the races
I know, I know

credits

from FOREST FULL OF WOLVES (2018), released January 27, 2018
Bill Mallonee & The Big Sky Ramblers

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Bill Mallonee

Bill Mallonee is an Americana artist w/ 80 plus albums over a 30 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their "Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He was the
founding member of Vigilantes of Love. He has worked with Mark Heard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, & Peter Buck from REM.
His most recent work, "Lead On, Kindly Light" is a 23song double Cd released Feb 2020. ... more

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