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Gone West

by John Greene Music

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1.
Cash on the Barrelhead 04:00
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Cash on the Barrelhead words and music by i&c louvin got in a little trouble down at the county seat thrown to cook in the jail house for loafing on the street when the judge gave the verdict I was a guilty man he said forty-five dollars or forty days in the can said, that’ll be cash on the barrelhead, son you can take your choice you’re twenty-one no money down, no credit plan no time to chase you ‘cause I’m a busy man forty days in the jailhouse, four days on the road I was feeling mighty hungry I feel a heavy load saw a greyhound coming stuck up my thumb before I got to my seat, the driver caught my arm said that’ll be cash on the barrelhead son this old grey dog gets paid to run when the engine starts, lawd, and the wheels all roll give me cash on the barrelhead I’ll take you down the road © Sony /ATV Music
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Me and My Uncle 03:28
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Me and My Uncle words and music by john phillips me and my uncle went riding down south colorado, west texas bound we stopped over in santa fe that being the point of about half way and you know it was the hottest part of the day i took the horses up to the stall went to the barroom those drinks were tall six days in the saddle you know my body hurt it being summer i took off my shirt and tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt west texas cowboys, they all around with liquor and money they loaded down so soon after payday you know it seemed a shame and being my uncle he start playing the game hi-lo jacks and the winner take the rein my uncle start winning, cowboys got sore one of them called him and then two more accused him of cheating, no it could not be i know my uncle and he’s as honest as me and i,m as honest as a gambling man can be now one of them cowboys, he starts to draw i shot him down lord he never saw shot me another, that woke the law in the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold and we hi-tailed it down to mexico now them cowboys are out of their gold and my uncle god rest his soul taught me good lord, taught me all i know taught me so well, i got that gold and i left him dead out there by the side of the road © Spirit Two Music
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Ooh Las Vegas 04:08
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Ooh Las Vegas words and music by gram parsons / rik grech ooh, las vegas ain’t no place for a poor boy like me ooh, las vegas ain’t no place for a poor boy like me every time I hit your crystal city you know you’re gonna make a wreck outta me well, the first time I lose I drink whiskey second time I lose I drink gin third time I lose I drink anything ‘cause I think I’m gonna win well, the queen of spades is a friend of mine the queen of hearts is a bitch someday when I clean up my mind I’ll find out which is which well, I spend all night with the dealer tryin’ to get ahead spend all day at the holiday inn tryin’ to get out of bed ooh, las vegas ain’t no place for a poor boy like me ooh, las vegas ain’t no place for a poor boy like me every time I hit your crystal city you know you’re gonna make a wreck outta me © RSO / Tro Essex Music
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Boxcar Blues 02:40
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Boxcar Blues words and music by butch hancock well there’s a big old buick at the baptist church a cadillac at the church of christ i parked my camel in the old haystack i been searching for that needle all night there ain’t going to be no radial tyres turning on the streets of gold so i’m going down to the railroad track watch those lonesome boxcars roll if you ever heard the whistle of an old freight train beating out a beautiful tune if you ever seen the silver of the railroad tracks shining in the light of the moon if you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground i know you won’t need to be told why i’m going down to the railroad track watch those lonesome boxcars roll © Rainlight Music
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I Can't Dance 02:12
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I Can’t Dance words and music by tom t.hall I can’t dance I never could I guess my feet don’t match i’d get out there on the floor but i’m afraid of hurtin’ my back I can’t dance I guess I’m just one of the unfortunate few so just for a little bit, baby i’ll come out and dance with you I can’t dance and I’m feelin’ so good, some of us can, some of us can’t some of us wish that they could I can’t dance I guess I’m just one of the unfortunate few so just for a little bit, baby i’ll come out and dance with you I can’t dance and I’m feelin’ so good, some of us can, some of us can’t some of us wish that they could I can’t dance I guess I’m just one of the unfortunate few but just for a little bit, baby i’ll come out and dance with you © Unichappell/Morris Music
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Hickory Wind 03:52
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Hickory Wind words and music by gram parsons / bob buchanon in south carolina there are many tall pines I remember the oak tree that we used to climb but it makes me feel better each time it begins calling me home hickory wind I started out younger had most everything all the riches and pleasures what else could life bring but now when I’m lonesome I always pretend that I’m getting the feel of hickory wind it’s a hard way to find out that trouble is real in a far away city with a far away feel but it makes me feel better each time it begins calling me home hickory wind keeps calling me home hickory wind © Tro Essex Music
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Big River 03:34
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Big River words and music by green/montgomery I taught the weeping willow how to cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl. Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, And I followed you, Big River, when you called. Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone. I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone. Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf. She loves you, Big River, more than me. © Abraham Music
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Willin' 02:30
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Willing words and music by lowell george warped by the rain driven by the snow drunk and dirty, don’t you know and i’m still, willing out on the road late last night seen my pretty alice in every headlight alice and i’ve been from tucson to tucumcari tehachapi to tonopah driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made driven the back roads so i wouldn’t get weighed and if you give me, weed whites and wine and show me a sign i’ll be willing to be moving kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet had my head stove in but i’m still on my feet and i’m still, willing smuggled some smokes and folks down to mexico baked by the sun every time i go down to mexico and i’ve been from tucson to tucumcari tehachapi to tonopah driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made driven the back roads so i wouldn’t get weighed and if you give me, weed whites and wine and show me a sign i’ll be willing to be moving © EMI Music
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Six Days On The Road 03:35
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Six Days on the Road words and music by green/montgomery well I pulled out of pittsburgh rolling down the eastern seaboard i’ve got my diesel wound up and she’s running like a never before there’s a speed zone ahead but alright, I don’t see a cop in sight six days on the road and i’m a gonna make it home tonight I got ten forward gears and a georgia overdrive i’m taking little white pills and my eyes are open wide just passed a jimmy and a white, i’ve been passing everything in sight six days on the road and i’m a gonna make it home tonight well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye I could have a lot women but i’m not like some other guys I could find one to hold me tight, but I could never make believe it’s alright six days on the road and i’m a gonna make it home tonight well the icc is a checking on down the line i’m a little over weight and my log books are way behind but nothing bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales alright six days on the road and i’m a gonna make it home tonight my rigs a little old but that don’t mean she’s slow there’s a flame from her stack and the smoke is blowing black as coal my home town’s coming in sight, if you think i’m happy you’re right six days on the road and i’m a gonna make it home tonight © GEMA
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Promised Land 03:00
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Promised Land words and music by chuck berry left my home in norfolk virginia, california on my mind straddled that greyhound, roaring into raleigh all across caroline stopped in charlotte, bypassed rockhill, never was a minute late we were ninety miles out of atlanta by sundown rolling out of georgia state then we had a little trouble, it turned into a struggle half way cross alabam the hound broke down and left us stranded in downtown birmingham right away i bought me a thru train ticket, riding cross mississippi clean i was on that midnight flyer out of birmingham smoking into new orleans somebody help me to get out of louisiana, help me get to houston town there’s some people there who care a bit about me and they won’t let the poor boy down sure as your born they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in my hand and i woke up high over albuquerque on a jet to the promised land working on a t-bone steak a la carte, flying o’er the golden state the pilot told us that in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate swing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone cut your engines and cool your wings let me make it to the telephone los angeles give me norfolk virginia, tidewater four ten oh nine tell the folks at home the poor boys calling the promised land’s on the line © Tristan Music
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Brass Buttons 03:38
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Brass Buttons words and music by gram parsons brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues and the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes my mind was young until she grew my secret thoughts known only to a few it was a dream much too real to be leaning on too long oh and all the time she knew her words still dance inside my head her comb still lies beside my bed but the sun comes up without her, it just doesn’t know she’s gone and i remember everything she said brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues and the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes © C Koppelman/M Bandier/Jonathan3 Music

about

In the winter of 93/94, after a lifetime of bass playing, light design and sound engineering (worthy occupations all), I was approached/tricked into fronting 3 songs for a charity bash at the local hotspot.

A band was recruited, art students later to become Derrero, and a celebrity guest, the very wonderful Davey Payne, sax player, of Blockheads fame. We rehearsed and played pool and despite my extreme, knee knocking, fear did the gig to some acclaim.

The songs were "Me and My Uncle", "Six Days" and "Statesboro Blues" as I recall and it was fun and a band was born and became The Lost Cherries and eventually an album followed namely Gone West.

How this was financed is a mystery, I must have been single at the time !

John Greene Dec 2006

credits

released January 1, 1995

THE MUSICIANS

John Greene - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards

Ashley Cooke - Guitars, BV's
Dave Hirst - Bass
Andy Fung - Drums

with

Andy Brodie - Banjo, Mandolin, Guitars
(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6)
Stanley Guffogg - Piano (tracks 5 & 10)
Rosalie James - Piano ( tracks 6 & 8)
Dave Bacon - Fiddle, BV's (tracks 6 & 9)
Dave Lucas - String Bass (track 4)
Louise Haines - BV's (tracks 5, 6 & 9)
Kate Metcalfe - BV's (tracks 6 & 9)
Mary Wycherley - BV's (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 9)

and on Track 11
Tony Roach - Pedal Steel Guitar
Jess Carter - Drums


Ashley Cooke, Andy Fung, Dave Hirst and Mary Wycherley became Derrero

Andy Brodie, Dave Lucas and Stanley Guffogg were all, at times, Rhythm Doctors.

Dave Bacon builds Hurdy Gurdies.

TECHNICAL

Recorded and engineered on 8-Track Brenell by Dave Lucas at Third Ear Studios in the Spring of 1994


Artwork by #johngreenemusic
Photos by Mary Wycherley

Produced by John Greene and Dave Lucas

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John Greene Music Falmouth, UK

John Greene's music is a reflection of his turbulent, non-conformist life and is based on early rock and roll, the pop explosion of the 60’s, the blues and many things Americana.
Best described as ‘Hard Country’, it lives in the space also occupied by the likes of Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. It always involves his unique viewpoint on the world he has lived in and the troubles we all share. ... more

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