30-Minute Music Hour

quiet, slow notes on fiddle and guitar

guitar being played as warm-up exercise

notes being played on fiddle as warm-up exercise

It's the "30 Minute Music Hour." I'm Andy Moore. From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nickel & Rose.

cheers and applause

warmup notes on bass, fiddle, guitar fade

(quietly) One, two, three, four.

"Hard Day's Work"

uptempo folk music with staccato notes on bass and fidde, melody on guitar

fast guitar playing of melody in staccato style

fiddle plays uptempo melody

uptempo folk music with staccato notes on bass and fiddle, melody on guitar

Sit with me my Anna On a cold day in March Up on the reservoir with a bottle of whiskey Today we know who we are Drive with me my Anna To a beach outside of town I'll quit my job and we'll live there forever Or at least we'll live there for now

guitar playing melody

You are beautiful my Anna At a bar on Christmas Eve With tears running down our faces There's nowhere else we should be It's a hard day's work To be mesmerized by clouds Or an open country road It's a hard day's work to see beauty when it's found In the broken people of the earth

fiddle plays uptempo melody

You are beautiful my Anna At a bar on Christmas Eve With tears running down our faces There's nowhere else we should be There's nowhere else we should be There's nowhere else we should be

music fades

cheers and applause

Johanna

Sorry Carl. I forgot to tell you I changed that song.

Carl

Oh yeah. I love when you do that.

Johanna chuckling

Carl

What'd we got now? We're going to play this song. It's called "Another Man Is Dead." (quietly) One, two, three.

"Another Man Is Dead"

slow folk guitar and fiddle music

Carl

Another man is dead Another man is dead Another man is dead They put a bullet in his head Another man is dead When my grandpa was young He had to hold his tongue Cause they'd hang ya from a bridge downtown Now they call that "stand your ground" Another man is dead

fiddle flourishes

Carl

21st century Don't mean a thing to me 'Cause it might as well be 1910 They're killing women, killing men Another woman is dead Another woman's dead Another woman's dead Turn signal wasn't on They locked her up and now she's gone Another woman is dead No respect for life Just a slave in your eyes You'd rather see me in chains I guess some things haven't changed Well, maybe I'm just angry and my words may be cliche It's hard to write a song While folks get murdered every day I know it ain't so simple But I know I'm mad as hell Why should we choose between a noose and dying in a cell They killed another man They killed another man Police pulled a gun on me When I was only seventeen I could have been that man Some folks believe the lies They're fooled by the disguise No need to hide behind a white hood When a badge works just as good Another man... ...is dead

mid-tempo folk music with bass, fiddle and guitar

ending notes of fiddle fade

cheers and applause

Carl

All right. Thank you. Ok, we're warmed up now. You can start recording...

audience laughs

Carl

So that last song, we just were in the studio and recorded that. So that's going to be on our next album, which probably won't be out when this is on TV but it will be out soon after that. And this song we're going to do is called "Red Rocking Chair" which was on our first EP, Oh Sweet Love.

Red Rocking Chair

bass note strummed three times

guitar strummed

Carl

(whispering) One, two, three.

slow bluesy music

Carl

I ain't got no use... ...for your red rocking chair I ain't got no sugar, baby now I ain't got no honey, baby now Who will rock the cradle And who will sing my song Who will rock the cradle when I'm gone Who will rock the cradle when I'm gone I will rock the cradle And I will sing your song I'll rock the cradle when you're gone I'll rock the cradle when you're gone

guitar solo

Carl

It's all that I can do It's all that I can say Send him to his mama next pay day Send him to his mama next pay day It's all that I can do And yeah, it's all that I can say Can't get along this way Can't get along this way I ain't got no use... ...for your red rocking chair I ain't got no sugar, baby now I ain't got no honey, baby now

music fades

cheers and applause

Carl

Thanks guys.

applause

Carl

Julian? - Yeah. All right. We're going to play an old one from way back in 2016. Wow, so long ago. It's the first song we wrote together. It's called "Julian." Goes like this. Hey, that's Ernest Brusubardis over there playing the fiddle.

applause

Carl

He's the professional in the band.

chuckling

"Julian"

riffing on bass, fiddle, and guitar

Carl

(Quietly) One, two, three...

midtempo bluesy music

fiddle playing medody

Carl

Take me to the river, let me float away And let the water take me to another place Don't you go too far, you know it won't be long Til you will have to pay for all the things you've done I left a little letter and I wrote your name Now you will have to live on with all my pain Maybe I will see you on the other side Just you, me and the devil nothing left to hide

fiddle solo

Carl

Carl and Johanna

Julian Will you go to sleep again Julian Will you go to sleep again Julian

tempo increases

Carl and Johanna

Will you go to sleep again Julian Will you go to sleep again

fiddle solo

guitar solo

Carl and Johanna

Take me to the river where the fire burns bright Guitars are always turning and the whiskey lasts all night Take me to the time we all use to know Where music was a way of life and death the final show Hold my hand as we walk my final path Under the bridge is where I fill my glass Take me to the fire, the fire burns blue Guitars are always turning and I'm free to love you

fiddle solo

fiddle solo

fiddle notes slow and fade

Carl and Johanna

That was disgusting Ernie. How dare you?

cheers and applause

applause

guitar solo

Carl and Johanna

So take me to that river, let me float away And let the water take me to another place Don't you go too far, you know it won't be long Til you will have to pay for what you've done, oh I left a little letter and I wrote your name Now you will have to live on with all this pain But maybe I will see you on the other side Just you, me and the devil nothing left to hide

ending notes fade

Carl and Johanna

Thank you.

cheers and applause

Carl and Johanna

All right. This song here is the title track off of our latest EP. It's called "Americana."

"Americana"

midtempo folk guitar music

Carl and Johanna

If I wasn't standing on this stage Would you wonder why I was here Would you ask me if I was lost or if I came to sell you pills Well I thought this was for everyone Not just a few But I guess you won't be satisfied til it all belongs to you Americana I guess that's why it's called Americana Sister Rosetta made this land for me and you Stolen by a man from Tennessee with blue suede shoes He made it look so easy and y'all call him the King But what about the folks who wrote those songs he loved to sing Americana There ain't no room for me in Americana Ain't no room for me in Americana I don't wanna be in Americana 'Cause oh so many years ago I used to have a home And somewhere along the way lost everything I owned The instruments from Africa, they're no longer for me Just like the songs we sang when we all wanted to be free Americana There ain't no room for me in Americana Ain't no room for me in Americana I don't wanna be in Ameriana 'Cause oh so many years ago, I used to have a home And somewhere along the way, lost everything I owned These things don't just happen And I just can't believe Somebody else's version of my own history Americana I guess that's why it's called Americana There ain't no room for me in Americana I don't wanna be in Americana

ending notes fade

cheers and applause

Carl and Johanna

Thank you so much. We're going to play one more song for you. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having us. And this song's called "Dog River."

"Dog River"

adjusting bass

Carl and Johanna

Hey, we love you.

chuckling

random notes on bass

Carl and Johanna

You ready? (Quietly) One, two, three.

Chord strummed four times on bass and guitar

Carl and Johanna

Dog river runs so cool Runs so cold when it runs for... youuuuu

tap, tap, tap

Carl and Johanna

Youuuuu Youuuuu Youuuuu Dog river runs so cool Runs so cold when it runs for you Youuuuu Youuuuu Youuuuu Green Mountains sky so blue Standing over me and you Youuuuu Youuuuu Youuuuu Should the mountains fall and the river run dry I walk a hundred miles to be at your side Side Side Side Side Side Side

overlapping

Carl and Johanna

Dog river runs so cool Runs so cold when it runs for you (Dog river runs so cool) Dog river runs so cool (Runs so cold when it runs for you) Runs so cold when it runs for you (Dog river runs so cool) Runs so cold when it runs for you Youuuuu Youuuuu Youuuuu

last note fades

cheers and applause

Carl and Johanna

Thanks you guys.

cheers and applause

Carl and Johanna

Thanks so much.