Gasoline (b-sides & rarities), by Robert Connely Farr

Gasoline (b-sides & rarities)

by Robert Connely Farr

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©ough©ool This man is blues personified Favorite track: Ain't Nothing I Can Do #fuckcancer.

Strange Wayfaring Stranger He just really exemplifies the south blues, and this album is a reflection of all that and his experiences. This is music you can relate to, and I do on a personal level.

bradtherin For me Farr captures life struggle. Struggle against nature and other people. A struggle that produces unique solutions, not all righteous ones, and most never to be spoken. This is the blues.

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Autographed - Limited Edition / only 100 CDs printed - comes in eco friendly cardboard case - non shrink wrapped - Photos by Robert Connely Farr taken in Bentonia Mississippi - home of the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues !

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1.	Gasoline* 03:13	lyrics	buy track
asked her for water she gave me gasoline asked her for water she gave me gasoline thats the damndest woman thats the damndest woman i ever seen if you dont like my apple dont keep shakin my tree if you dont like my apple dont keep shakin my tree thats the damndest woman thats the damndest woman i ever seen
2.	Catfish* 02:17	lyrics	buy track
lord i wish i was a catfish swimmin down in the deep blue sea id have all ya women fishin after me fishin after me i went down to my womans house i went out back to stay got down on the steps lawd she said her husband just left husband just left husband just left lord husband just left i went down to the churchhouse i went up front to pray i got down on my knees i aint had no words to say aint had no words to say
3.	Cypress Tree Blues (revisited) 03:12	lyrics	buy track
lord i saw my woman last night lord i saw my woman last night take me down under that old cypress tree rest my bones this life is botherin me you see my woman lord tell her dont wait up for me oh my lord oh lord im comin home oh my lord oh lord im comin home na the whiskey na the whiskey aint workin no more
4.	Jam In D Minor 02:59	lyrics	buy track
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5.	Baby What Ya Want Me To Do* 03:55	lyrics	buy track
You've got me runnin' You've got me hidin' You've got me run, hide, hide, run Anyway you wanna let it roll Yeah, yeah, yeah You've got me doin' what you want now A-baby what ya wanna me do ya got me creepin ya got me hidin ya got me' creepin, hidin, hidin, creepin now Anyway ya wanna let it roll Yeah, yeah, yeah You've got me doin' what you want now A-baby what ya wanna me do You've got me peepin' You've got me hidin' You've got me peepin, hidin, hidin, peepin now Anyway you wanna let it roll Yeah, yeah, yeah You've got me doin' what you want me So baby why ya wanna let go.
6.	Gimme Yo Money* 03:29	lyrics	buy track
gimme yo money baby gimme yo money and take it on down the road gimme yo money and take it on down the road tell me oh now tell me where ya go gimme yo money and take it on down the road gimme yo money and take it on down the road
7.	Hold Her Close 02:45	lyrics	buy track
got a open road and a tank of gas whole lotta time going nowhere fast over the hill and burnin out my days cancer didnt bottle went dry wife's still here times i dont know why cause i aint always been the angel i am now hold her close take me home where i belong where i belong sitting here with my wife tryin a figure out the rest of our life gotta a whole lotta time and we're going nowhere fast yeah they're saying to hunker down there's a devil riding straight for our town no joke man said hes heading your way too hold her close take me home where i belong where i belong
8.	Ain't Nothing I Can Do #fuckcancer 02:39	lyrics	buy track
i met the devil down highway 49 down near hinds county line no mercy no turning back i'm not the same man that i was aint nothing that i can do got me down on my knees yeah ya got me screwed momentarily it's been a good one it's been a long run i've had my time boys i've had some fun aint nothing that i can do got me down on my knees yeah ya got me screwed momentarily aint nothing that i can do aint nothing that i can do
9.	Saviour 02:35	lyrics	buy track
i'm on a run i can't get off everybody's bettin' everybody's on yeah i'm a man i ain't that strong yea i'll keep going until i'm gone Trucker's playin on the radio scared shitless I'm going home angels in the trees waiting for me saviour going down going down saviour going down going down come and save this goddammed town saviour going down going down saviour going down going down come and save this goddammed town

about

Robert here - a few years ago I was up in Vancouver BC when I got a call from my brother telling me to get home asap, my dad had an inoperable tumor behind his heart. I spent a few weeks home with my father & one of those days we took a father son road trip from our home in Edwards, Mississippi west to Vicksburg and then up into the delta, through fields of corn, cotton & rednecks. We ended up in Clarksdale, had some ribs & catfish and from there, I suggested we head across 82 then back down 49 through Yazoo City and on to Edwards from Flora. As we were passing Bentonia, I suggested we go see this little building I had been taking pictures of for years - a little blue and white juke joint (with a big coca cola sign*) called the Blue Front Cafe. We pulled up in front of the old building, next to a cotton gin, across the street from the railroad tracks and pretty much in the shadows of the town's witch-hat water tower and I seen the front door open, so we step inside, a conversation ensued & then Jimmy "Duck" Holmes played the most haunting rendition of "Devil Got My Woman" that I had ever heard. My hair stood on end. It was just me and my dad in there. Later, at home that night in the dead silence of our living room, my dad looked at me and said "something happened in there today didn't it?" Yeah dad, it sure did.

Jimmy has been teaching me for a few years now, not just music, but about life in general. But with regards to music, one of the things Jimmy constantly preaches is the immediacy of the song - how it doesn't have to be known so much as it has to be felt. Through these years our music and style of playing has transformed dramatically. It's shifted band members, band set up, how we write & how we record - with all of it becoming increasingly more minimal.

"Gasoline" is a collection of b-sides & rarities that is a kind of record of what I'm talking about here. A snapshot of a process maybe? An exploration? Isn't that what all of this is anyway?

Stay safe friends!

PS - we have a new album coming out in a few months!

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released June 26, 2020

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Robert Connely Farr Vancouver, British Columbia

“Thunderous back alley blues”
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“menacing, guttural”
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Robert Connely Farr is from Bolton, Mississippi, home of Charley Patton, Sam Chatmon & the Mississippi Sheiks. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC. A friend & protege of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, his music is rooted in the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues - a style originated not far from his home in rural Mississippi. ... more

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