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Joe Harvard's Blunt - High Wire Act

from Columbus, Ohio by Joe Harvard

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While in Ohio, Joe got bored one day & was unhappy using a drum machine to write a new song with. He pulled out the unfinished Jolly Ranchers basic reel, recorded on 8-track at Fort Apache South in 1986. The Ranchers were the brainchild of Dave "Bone" Pedersen, but the LP was never completed. This is the drum track from "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers, re-purposed.

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I'm workin' on high wire act
It’s hard to look down, don't know how to slow down, turn around or make my way back
Sister bend a knee, say a prayer for a one-eyed hungry Jack who's workin' on a high wire act

Another Cathy’s clown with a circus frown and a greasepaint tear on my face
Just a homeless hound runnin’ around chasing you all over the place

When you're on top of the big top you're really on top of the world
But when you hit the bottom of the barrel you're just another swine out lookin' for a pearl, out workin' on a high wire act, workin' on a high wire act

Whooooaaaaa ….

Well I'm a circus clown when I'm down but I'm the King when I got that swing
You got me spinning around like a merry-go-round
So dizzy can't see a thing

Sister bend a knee, say a prayer for a one-eyed hungry Jack who's workin' on a high wire act. Workin' on a high wire act

credits

from Columbus, Ohio, released June 1, 1993
written by Joe Harvard

eric “strongarm” armstrong [bass]
joe harvard [lap steel, pedal steel, Telecaster, vocal]; bob kendall [drums]
catherine "the cactus" boone [vocals]

Rec & produced by Joe Harvard on the old Fort Apache Otari 50-50 1/2" 8-track @ Little Big Horn Studio, AKA the kitchen. Drums rec '86 Fort Apache South by JH

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Joe Harvard Asbury Park, New Jersey

"VU & Nico" author, producer-artist-musician
LP creds: Dinosaur, Jr, Pernice Brothers, Throwing Muses etc; spiritual midwife to tons more as co-founder/owner of Fort Apache '85-'93.
An East Bostonian based [One Banned Man, Dub Proof, Doctor Danger, Cockwalkers] in NJ & MOTH NYC Storyslam Champ '01; loves cats. Asbury Music Awards: Top Americana '09/Top Multi-Instrumentalist & Top Avant-Garde '10. ... more

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