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Kentucky Moonshiner

from The Briars and the Brome by Return To Normal

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Loosely based on a traditional N. American folk song of the same name -- which is, in turn, based on the classic English language folk song, "The Wild Rover".

The traditional recorded versions of Kentucky Moonshiner are mostly either aggressive, dark, and hard driving, or (more to our liking) sparse and non-rhythmic. But despite the pesky illegality of this activity it is nevertheless a craft practiced in the bucolic valleys of the Appalachian Mountains -- one that requires knowledge, skill and patience. We tried to convey that sense of craftsmanship.

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Well, I been a moonshiner for seventeen years,
spent all my money on whiskey and beers,
I go down to the holler and set up my still,
and I'll make you a gallon for a two dollar bill.

Then I go down to the tavern,
and drink with my friends,
no woman following me,
watching what I spend.

But I do love a pretty woman,
and how I wish she were mine,
her breath is as fresh as
the dew on the vine,
Kentucky moonshiner.

So I eat when I'm hungry
and drink when I'm dry,
if the moonshine don't kill me,
I'll live 'til I die,
God bless every moonshiner
you're all friends of mine.
May your days be as sweet
as your best batch of shine.
Kentucky moonshiner.

Seems I spent most all my days,
just a cooking up the 'shine,
never worked in no factory,
no dark, dusty mine,
I'm going down to the holler
going fire up my still
and I'll make you a gallon
for a two dollar bill.

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from The Briars and the Brome, released September 22, 2015
In part traditional, with additional lyrics and arrangement by Return to Normal. Mastered by Jonathan Huxtable, smallfishrecordings.

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Return to Normal is Corinne and Marty Lucas -- mostly acoustic oriented new folk with a theatrical and storytelling approach, rich tonal blends and a subtle infusion of jazz and soul elements.

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