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Brand New Good Old Days

by Leftover Salmon

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1.
In my eyes Indisposed In disguises no one knows Hides the face Lies the snake The sun in my disgrace Boiling heat Summer stench Neath the black, the sky looks dead Call my name Through the cream And I'll hear you scream again Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come Stuttering Cold and damp Steal the warm wind, tired friend Times are gone For honest men Sometimes, far too long for snakes In my shoes Walking sleep In my youth, I pray to keep Heaven send Hell away No one sings like you anymore Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) In my eyes Indisposed In disguises no one knows Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun) Black hole sun (Black hole sun, black hole sun) (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
2.
These days I seem to do a lot of dreaming I’ve forgotten all my scheming Just try to be in the here and now These days full of evermore distraction I can find my satisfaction In the faces of these good friends all around These are the brand new good old days My used to was got stuck way back in yesterday It’s never more now than it is today These are the brand new good old days These days we won’t be getting any younger And before time takes us under I’m living big every minute of every day These days I don’t think about tomorrow ‘Cause the time just can’t be borrowed And tomorrow just turned to yesterday These are the brand new good old days That used to was is stuck back in yesterday It’s never more now than it is today These are the brand new good old days These are the brand new good old days My used to was is stuck way on back in yesterday It’s never more now than it is today These are the brand new good old days
3.
Now you put your right foot on the left And you bring your left food down With your hand in your pocket and your chin up high You turn about half way 'round Now don’t do the double shuffle or the Jackson's drag Cause you might be movin' in an un-hip bag It’s a folk-country-disco tech-soft-rock-contemporary-abstract-expressionism-wordmovie- flower-power-hard-driving-neo-bluegrass-stoned-billy-dirty-boogie-freak-downcoming- on-jellybean-psychedelic stomp Now you spread your knees and dance on your toes And cross you finger on the end of your nose Then drag your elbows down on the floor And turn a somersault and then you do it once more And then back in the middle with a Do-si-do But a little more "si" and a little less "do." Down on your belly with your knees up tight And you roll out the door until you plumb out of sight Well you put your right foot on your left And you bring your left food down With your hand in your pocket and your chin up high You turn about half way 'round You don't do the double shuffle or the Jackson's drag You might be movin' in an un-hip bag It's a folk-country-disco tech-soft-rock-contemporary-abstract-expressionism-wordmovie- flower-power-hard-driving-neo-bluegrass-stoned-billy-dirty-boogie-freak-downcoming- on-jellybean-psychedelic stomp It's a folk-country-disco tech-soft-rock-contemporary-abstract-expressionism-wordmovie- flower-power-hard-driving-neo-bluegrass-stoned-billy-dirty-boogie-freak-downcoming- on-jellybean-psychedelic stomp
4.
Flying at night The city lights shining down below On a midnight flight Heading down south to Mexico I don’t know why I feel this way every time I have to go Flying at night Thunderstorm raging outside the window Higher than a kite Lightning putting on a stellar show Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow never knows Flying at night Full moon rising in a velvet sky Feeling alright watching the silver clouds roll by My mind is wandering like a bird up in the sky In my mind I think about The life I left behind Trying to find just where this plane is flying Oh, flying Flying at night Visions of you dancing in my head What a beautiful sight The morning sun rising up ahead The stars are shining, hell, the moon is turning red Flying at night The city lights shining down below On a midnight flight Heading down south to Mexico I don’t know why I feel this way every time I have to go I don’t know why I feel this way every time I have to go Oh, have to go Flying at night
5.
Left Unsung 03:56
Might ave been ’86, both of us kids near the city Midwest, flatlands, suburbia felt like such a pity I was jazz band, you were theater class How were we to know it would end in such a mess? Champaign, Monkey House, radio, music and the rain Home-brewin’, growin’ in the closet but we didn’t see the pain Saw you find that mandolin Now we all hear that were never gonna see it again No new songs to sing Or highways left to ride No more good times with your friends 'Cause you’re on the other side No new melodies Or trips around the sun But we’ll all be here To write the songs you left unsung East cost, West coast, mountaintops brought you to the middle Making up a life and a sound, you were dancing to the fiddle Of a Hartford tune on a sunny day Your time in the light before it all went grey No new songs to sing Or highways left to ride No more good times with your friends 'Cause you’re on the other side No new melodies Or trips around the sun But we’ll all be here To write the songs you left unsung No new songs to sing Or highways left to ride No more good times with your friends 'Cause you’re on the other side No new melodies Or trips around the sun But we’ll all be here To write the songs you left unsung Yeah we’ll all be here to write the songs you left unsung Yeah we’ll all be here to write the songs you left unsung (Songs you left unsung, songs you left unsung) (Songs you left unsung, songs you left unsung) Yeah we’ll all be here to write the songs you left unsung All be here to write the songs you left unsung All be here to write the songs you left unsung
6.
There's a new kind of music going round It's known as the boogie grass sound So grab your partner and swing her around And dance to the boogie grass sound I love to hear Bill sing about Kentucky And the Allman Brother's 'Rambling Man' We pulled the music all together So dance to the boogie grass band Well my daddy played the banjo and saws the fiddle too And taught me how to sing and play for you I got bluegrass in my soul and rhythm in my feet And dance to the boogie grass beat I love to hear Bill sing about Kentucky And the Allman Brother's 'Rambling Man' We pulled the music all together So dance to the boogie grass band There's a new kind of music going round It's known as the boogie grass sound So grab your partner and swing her around And dance to the boogie grass sound I love to hear Bill sing about Kentucky And the Allman Brother's 'Rambling Man' We pulled the music all together So dance to the boogie grass band
7.
Red Fox Run 04:04
Run red fox run, run red fox run Run red fox run, there's a man with a gun Red fox run Gun totin' man, gun totin' man That gun totin' man, he don't care about this land, just gun in hand Well, he'll chase you through the church house and the schoolyard He'll snipe you down from half a mile away He hides behind an automatic rifle These tools of war, no place in modern day Run red fox run, run red fox run Run red fox run, there's a man with a gun Red fox run There ain't nowhere to run, there ain't nowhere to hide There ain't nowhere to run, you can't hide from a gun Nowhere to run Well, they say it is their right, the freedom to bear arms But the founding fathers never saw it causing so much harm How many more children have to die before we say It's time to go and put that gun away Run red fox run, run red fox run Run red fox run, there's a man with a gun Red fox run Well, thoughts and prayers to broken stares ain't helpin' 'Cause the country is owned by the NRA When the fox is gone, we all move on, but just know This was never about a red fox anyway Run red fox run, run red fox run Run red fox run, there's a man with a gun Red fox run Run red fox run, run red fox run Run red fox run, there's a man with a gun Red fox run
8.
Sunday 04:00
On top those mountains as they cry They're soaking up the sky Sunday A subtle river's flowing through Never seen a night so blue Sunday Pours to the grounds where demons lurk For breath in souls they search Sunday The roots of all their fears are drenched Their thirst is briefly quenched Sunday Scrolling through the miles for life Stormy Mondays always bright Tryin’ to find the preacher's light The rye is loud tonight Sunday Over the shadows a forest spills A ghost over her hills Sunday Those hollow eyes leave not a spare Of life within the air Sunday Deserted tracks please save the day Eliminate this space Someday Shut out these sights, I'm afraid to breathe New life between these leaves Scrolling through the miles for life Stormy Mondays always bright Tryin’ to find the preacher's light The rye is loud tonight On top those mountains as they cry They're soaking up the sky Sunday A subtle river's flowing through Never seen a night so blue Sunday Scrolling through the miles for life Stormy Mondays always bright Tryin’ to find the preacher's light The rye is loud tonight On Sunday On Sunday Sunday
9.
Waterfront 04:50
Down on the waterfront The sun is sinking low The harbor lights are shining across the bay There’s a sea breeze blowing across my face As the ocean waves carry me away Carry me away Down on the water front The boats are sailing by the seagulls are circling I can hear them cry Time is standing still As I leave this world behind Leave this world behind Will you wait for me As I sail out to sea We will be free Eventually Down on the waterfront Got nowhere to go There’s a lighthouse Shining out on the reach Sometimes it’s hard to know watching the waves Crashing down on the beach Crashing down on the beach Will you wait for me (Will you wait for me) As I sail out to sea (As I sail out to sea) We will be free (We will be free) Eventually (Eventually) We will be free We will be free We will be free We will be free
10.
We'll Get By 04:03
Blue skies in the morning Changed to stormy clouds last night But the sun came back around To shine down it's sweet light We may never know About tomorrow's skies So take it as it comes Somehow we'll get by We'll get by We'll get by Feels like we're going under We're at the end of our rope So I'm staying up on this mountain Trying to hold on to hope It's insane down there below me So I'm keeping myself high Someday we'll get better Somehow we'll get by We'll get by We'll get by Two feet on the ground Head up in the sky The world is spinning round Don't let it pass you by We're living in a dream No need to question why Nothing's what it seems Somehow we'll get We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by Well it's a wide wide world of trouble Don't let it bring you down Find some kind of bubble Let your world spin round You gotta find another vision When you open up your eyes See a new tomorrow See that somehow we'll get by We'll get by We'll get by Two feet on the ground Head up in the sky The world is changing fast Don't let it pass you by Live all that you dream Let your spirit fly Nothing's what it seems Somehow we'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by We'll get by

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Compass Records is proud to welcome Leftover Salmon back to the label. For 30 years, the group has been one of Colorado’s most beloved musical exports, picking up where bands like Little Feat, The Band and The Grateful Dead left off and distilling their music into a potent brew of bluegrass, rock ‘n’ roll, folk, Cajun, soul, zydeco, jazz and blues.

On Brand New Good Old Days, Leftover Salmon delivers a feel good collection of 10 new tracks, dipping their collective musical toes back into the bluegrass stream from which they emerged as a band 30 years ago. The resulting album is a fun, engaging and deeply musical set which showcases the band’s musical roots even as they embrace the more progressive elements that made the band one of the principal architects of the jam grass sound several decades ago.

Leftover Salmon have been considered the architects of what has become known as “jamgrass,” and are a band that has continued through various musical fads and label affiliations to maintain a vibrant, relevant and influential voice in the music world. Over that time, Leftover Salmon’s sound has grown and evolved while staying true to the roots and guiding spirit of the band’s founding members — mandolinist/singer Drew Emmitt and guitarist/singer Vince Herman.

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released May 7, 2021

Drew Emmitt – acoustic and electric mandolin, electric guitar, vocals
Vince Herman – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Greg Garrison – bass, vocals
Andy Thorn – acoustic and electric banjo, vocals
Alwyn Robinson – drums, percussion, vocals
Guest musicians:
Erik Deustch – piano and keyboards
Willa Emmitt – vocals on “Waterfront”

Mixed by Mario Casilio
Mastered by Randy LeRoy at Tonal Park, Tacoma, Maryland
Engineered by Mario Casilio, except for “Category Stomp”, engineered by James Tuttle
Recorded at Echo Mountain, Asheville, NC Oct. 2019, assistant engineer Kenny Harrington, and E-Town Studios, Boulder, CO Feb. 2019 (“Category Stomp”)
Additional vocals recorded at Oman Sonic Lab, Nederland, CO, Nov 2019, GregGarrisonBass Studio, Lakewood, CO Nov 2019, Alwyn Studio, Brooklyn, NY Nov 2019, and Caribou Room, Nederland, CO March 2020, assistant engineer-Silas Herman

Cover art by Drew Christie | www.drewchristie.com
Photography by John-Ryan Lockman | ShowLove Media
Package layout and design by Robert Hakalski | www.visual-machinery.com

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Leftover Salmon have been considered the architects of what has become known as “jamgrass,” and are a band that has continued through various musical fads to maintain a vibrant, relevant and influential voice in the music world. Over that time, their sound has grown and evolved while staying true to the roots and guiding spirit of the band’s founding members — Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman. ... more

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