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Twisted Roots

by Andrew Browne

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Ross Hutcherson Lovely laid back album. Favorite track: Blood Lust Frenzy.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    "Twisted Roots" CD by Andrew Browne
    Comes in gorgeous cover designed by Gudrun Reiss, with booklet: credits, lyrics (so you can sing along.. . ) song notes and photos.
    Catalogue # AWB123 released November 2016

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1.
Haunts You 04:59
I'm going down where the water's slow I'm going down where no-body goes going down where no-one goes no-one goes, no-one knows where the water's slow gonna watch the sun fall from the sky the shadows become night moaning eucalyptus sigh possums whisper, barn owls cry from the other side, what's died springs back to life, haunts you I'm going down where common sense has fled down beside old, empty oyster beds going down, nothing's there, nothing just what's in your head moaning eucalyptus sigh possums whisper, barn owls cry
2.
Blood Lust Frenzy hey lady, do you got a light? watch your smoke, drift into the light I stay away, from sunlight sleep all day, take a drink at night take a drink, take a drink, take a drink at night I got a blood lust frenzy drop of red, drop of red, drop of blood at night blood lust frenzy daylight saving's gone at last I get another hour, of eternity you live, you die, so fast why live so uncertainly? It's just an idea I don't mean to scare you I stay away from sunlight I sleep all day, l take a drink at night
3.
The Legend of Laika - as told by “control dog” Mushka up there where you are, it's so quiet up there where you are, you can see for miles I imagine you in every satellite passing overhead tonight we called you Laika, or 'Barker', 'Kudryavka' - 'Little Curly' the best street dog from Moscow in our class what of us others, we passed with flying colours? we all knew you'd be the first dog they asked we didn't know you'd be the first dog, and the last we built a rocket-ship “Sputnik” NASA nicknamed “Muttnik” kissed your nose, howled, licked your face Khruschev's grim solution, to celebrate a revolution you were the first dog in what became a two horse race we shot the best street dog from Moscow into space Is that you? Is that you? Is that you? Passing overhead tonight
4.
Tradies Yawning a vision dream on waking, golden threads, snaking over low hills in early morning light dots moving in a painting, drawn across the landscape warp and weft, fight or flight cruising down a freeway, into a drive-way basking in the sun gazing in the mirror, at an ever changing picture perfect but for the person I've become I'm in line for a promotion, a lifestyle by the ocean sun and surf, sand and hair but I'm startled at this early hour by the slow drip from the shower the thought that another queue is drawing near Chorus and it only takes a moment of fleeting terror to wake me with a vision for the day today's already dawning with the sound of tradies yawning I join a queue, with the sun, to make more hay I join a queue, with the sun rooms empty of reason, exhausted soles falling to the floor having just climbed into bed there's only this quiet moment, the breath that's barely in me the golden vision's fading from my head tucked into the traffic, like a cigarette in its packet all praying to the dead and the new-born love is not self-serving, love is slow to anger I keep telling myself while I'm leaning on the horn
5.
Twisted Roots - A W Browne our twisted roots won't let us get too far away, from each other we look for differences we're just the same as one another the sun beckons some warms the rest no matter what it is you do no matter what it is, that gets you through choice, incredibly rare nine out of ten of us will never share the sun beckons some warms the rest even when the sun goes down it's coming up on another town in the west the sun beckons some warms the rest
6.
Change 03:37
Change - A W Browne change, become something new change, if you want to ... here we go again along our rutted paths, around the bend it's enough to send your sunny soul to a darkened end, let's not pretend it's all beer and skittles, pony rides bright days filled with friends just to remind you, an island needs the sea change, become something new change, if you want to you'd change tight shoes that pinched you before your toes turned blue you can change, if you want to hey it's the morning, life it's repeating ground hog snoring, I know you're not sleeping hey, is it dawning? you can't keep retreating people like you and me it's not us and them, it's “we” an island needs a sea change, become something new change, if you want to you'd change tight shoes that pinched you before your toes turned blue you can change, if you want to
7.
Twenty Sixth Floor - AW Browne she shot out of school and she hitched a welfare ride twelve hundred clicks, beyond the great divide four years in the city, two kiddies by her side and she won't go home, she's too mixed up inside down she goes from the twenty sixth floor around the corner, to the bottle store steady on her feet, speaks nice and clear she don't want to go empty-handed, back up there she knows her man what he means by how he swears if he's angry or drunk, she can hear him 3 blocks from here she fires up a billy, gets her man a beer she plays a careful game, but he can smell her fear she thinks about jumping off the twenty sixth floor she stands up, takes a step to the door she won't have to put up with that man no more and then her baby starts up crying from the room next door Kayla and Jayden draw the fig trees, the bats and the crows they really like your stories about swimmin' in water holes takes her back to family, the ones who know we spring out of the land and back to the land we go down she goes from the twenty sixth floor around the corner past the bottle store she's got 3 tickets, leaves on the train a whole brand new world for her again
8.
The Salt and the Sea - AW Browne the daily paper hits the drive been up here waiting for it to arrive six times today - I've been told the day is like it always is changes as it will with the breeze from Lyttleton the salt and the sea they comfort me - the salt and the sea I joined the navy when I was young rugby, boxing, OP rum lost some teeth, found my way ashore Lyttleton is a seaside port Main and West, where I taught the children of the rough and tumble poor the day is almost over we share a cup of tea my Mary she leans over she kisses me every day she kisses me she is the salt - she is the sea If you're trying hard to picture me google street-view Surrey St my son is on the left, I'm on the right an earthquake happened yesterday I know because the house still sways with aftershocks like we're at sea
9.
Black Dog Blue Moon - A W Browne it's sad you lose, every game night and day are just the same you say the world is big, it's mean, it's tough and it's hard you don't believe the whole thing's turning with a beating heart is that why, you do what you do? running on home to shoot up in your blue room is it a black dog? is it a blue moon? have you bitten by a black dog? haunted by a second full moon? hey bent-over man, can you see the sky? the pigeon lying at your feet, lost the gift of flight is that why, you do what you do? running on home to shoot up in your blue room bitten by a black dog, haunted by a second full moon is that why, you do what you do? New York in May, it's Sydney in June it's Christchurch in July, for a second full moon you can feel a shift, from your water to your bones the blue moon tide has ebbed, it's starting to flow
10.
Never Seen Rain she caught a train, heading east rolling plains, endless fields of wheat she met a man, in a weather-beaten coat years of travelling, days from the coast never seen rain, never seen rain never, ever seen rain the silence in him, let her talk until the rising sun, met their iron horse old lady beaten up, old-man broken down little brother watching, her train pull out of town rode all day, all night beyond the rail line, city lights found some ground, beneath the southern sky the stars and the moon heard them cry
11.
Powerless 04:01
Powerless A W Browne what do you mean, you're gonna see me at three? you haven't been seen in three weeks your mood rides around, on ground Rhino horn your friends, they're thin on the ground in the morning light download some company, to join you tonight strangle the friendship, writhing in blue, blue light now the waiting, is over justice, served up, cold nothing stirring tonight you're locked up inside blue flickering light strange dreams, strange dreams, tonight what will you do, when you add two and two and the answer is, you're alone you seemed black and white with the sun in your eyes but you're grey, in your blind mans disguise

about

'Twisted Roots' is Andrew Browne's second album, the first being 'Fishing for Compliments' (2001).

A bunch of beautiful and surprising songs, that he usually sings with just acoustic guitar and voice, have been transformed into an enchanting, slightly dark set through the quiet genius of producer and musician John Stuart (Sound Heaven, Blue Mountains).

Using an unusual ensemble, including vibraphone, bass flute, violin, cello, pedal steel, percussion and Cuban trez, John has presented Andrew’s songs as a series of connected narratives, threaded together with fine performances by some of the best musicians in Sydney and the mountains.

The songs are about the usual range of things: the living, the dead and those in between, dogs in space, evil friends, vampires, junkies, alzheimers, love, hurt, change, rain and the fleeting terror that wakes tradies at dawn.

credits

released November 16, 2016

Producer, instrumentation and arrangements, electrified guitars - John Stuart
All songs by Andrew Browne
Nylon String Guitar - Cam Kinsey
Percussion/Drums/Vibes - Jess Ciampa
Double Bass - Brett Hirst
Cello - Anna Martin-Scrase
Backing Vox - Arne Hanna
Bass Flute - Rob Maxwell-Jones
Double Bass -Brett Hirst
Cuban Trez - Arne Hanna
Electric Slide Gtr - John Stuart
Cello - Anna Martin Scrase
Piano - Finbar Stuart
Backing Vocals - Tina Harrod
Violin - Veronique Serret
Pedal Steel Gtr - John Stuart
Alto Flute - Rob Maxwell Jones
Steel Guitar John Stuart
Bass Flute Rob Maxwell Jones

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Andrew Browne Redfern, Australia

Andrew is a songwriter and carpenter from Redfern in inner Sydney and Yarramalong, 100 km north. Andrew has worked in many roles including film caterer, serial house-renovater, actor, singer, tradie, jazz tour-manager, AV technician and cook.
Every Sat he plays at LifeBoat Café at Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River. He also plays in bars and cafes in inner Sydney.
Twisted Roots is his 2nd album.
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