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Rating: FROM EUROPE TO THE WEST...
"We must go and never stop until we get there.
Where are we headed, friend?
I don't know but we must go." (Jack Kerouac - On the road)
There are novels that make us forget our lives, that take us far away and make us dream, there is music that can make us travel, the road is easy and everything goes smoothly, the show can begin.
The train rolls slowly on the tracks, wooden seats and the scent of tobacco, the light passing through the windows is reassuring and never dazzling, the sepia tones fix the landscape as if it were a photo with a burned flash, small stations are passed through unhurriedly, the blues first and then on and on, jazz, alt-country, bluegrass, and especially folk.
Rosemary sings, like Joni Mitchell, alluring and sensual, sexy and melancholic, Rosemary Moriarty, a name that brings us back to Dean Moriarty, protagonist of the famous book by Jack Kerouac, "On the road", an icon of the Beat Generation and a symbol of the "journey", among women, alcohol, and drugs, in search of a destination, with the obsession of jazz.
"Gee Whiz But This Is A Lonesome Town" is dust and sweat, the smell of whiskey and smoke, a cabaret inside a saloon, where far is near and near is emotion, simple, double bass, slide guitar, harmonica, violin, and banjo play like in a John Wayne or Quentin Tarantino movie, elegance and atmospheres close to the early Black Heart Procession are always present in a soft sunset where time stands still.
"Jimmy" (the video - http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x3co0t_moriarty-video-jimmy)
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Jimmy (04:24)
Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Come see Jimmy your uncle Jim Your auntie Jimmie and your cousin Jim
Come home Jimmy because you need a bath
And your grandpa Jimmy is still gone daft
Now there's buffalo Jim and buffalo Jim
And Jim buffalo now didn't you know
Jim Jim Jimmy its your last cigarette
But there's buffalo piss and it's all kind of wet
Jambo Jimmy you'd better hold your nose
All roads lead to roam with the buffaloes
And the Buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The Buffaloes used to say be what you are
The Buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
The Buffaloes used to say do what you do
Well you've gotta have a wash but you can't clean your name
You're now called Jimmy you'll be Jimmy just the same
The keys are in a bag in a chest by the door
One of Jimmy's friends has taken the floor
Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Dear old Jimmy you've forgotten you're young
But you can't ignore the buffalo song
And the Buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The Buffaloes used to say be what you are
The Buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
The Buffaloes used to say do what you do
If you remember you're unkown
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a gnome
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a Noam
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a Noam
Buffaloland will be your home
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