Nickel & Rose
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.
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