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Freakwater - Scheherazade

Freakwater - Scheherazade

Appalachian, country fried and old crow. Cut with a dose of homemade gin made fresh from the cedar junipers out yonder in the pasture.  Strangely reminiscent of Alison and Robert's tango many years ago, there's still enough retro romance in this barn dance to keep you smilin'. My favorite is Number One With a Bullet, it's got classic tar paper shack street cred. I also heard the wild cats yellin' earlier down in the holler just a notch up over from the fresh cut fields where the Velveteen Matador does the meltdown, all steel slides wailing that lonely cry. Memory Vendor has that goin on too, in case you needed some black in your coffee. Down Will Come Baby is the classic here, or I should say one of them.  Lettin' you know, the duet still lives, with them modern days cooks whippin' up another wicked batch you remember so well.  Ah, to sit a spell, just thinkin' about it. Chills.  Contact:  https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/scheherazade



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