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Jesus (if ya want me) (single)

by Robert Connely Farr

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this song is an unreleased b-side from the #CountrySupper sessions. it’s recently been placed on the upcoming season of TNT’s Snowpiercer


Hear the critically acclaimed #CountrySupper album at Bandcamp


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“electric guitar blues stripped back to it’s essence. I’ve heard no better example of it this year.”
Post To Wire (AUS) on ‘Shake It’


“a gritty, distortion-fueled adrenaline rush of an album... reminiscent of early Black Keys, Tab Benoit and R.L. Burnside”
Americana Highways on ‘Shake It’


Robert Connely Farr is a songwriter from Bolton, Mississippi - hometown of musical legends Charley Patton & the Mississippi Sheiks. Farr is a friend & protege of Jimmy Duck Holmes, one of the original Bentonia bluesmen who learned directly from Henry Stuckey (who also taught Skip James).


His 2019 “Dirty South Blues” & was released to immediate critical acclaim. KEXP named it as one of their top albums of the year & earned Farr nominations for both Songwriter of the Year & New Artist of the Year by Canada’s prestigious Maple Blues Awards. After an emergency cancer diagnosis & surgery, Farr hit the ground running & 2020 saw Robert release 3 albums culminating in “Country Supper” generating sustained buzz & landed on numerous Best of 2020 lists. Farr’s music has been used on Netflix (Snowpiercer), SYFY (Resident Alien) & TNT . He currently resides in East Vancouver Canada.


“Shake It” - Farr’s ninth studio album - is Indie / Delta / Blues / Hard Rock - its Southern and rooted in the teachings of Jimmy Duck Holmes & his Bentonia Style. We hope you enjoy.


Preview Farr’s discography

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lyrics

jesus if ya want me if ya want me if ya want me
come and get me
jesus if ya want me if ya want me if ya want me
i'm comin' home
i don't know where i been going
all i know
i been going wrong

jesus if ya want me if ya want me
open up them pearly gates
take me where them streets are
paved with that solid gold
i don't know where i been going
all i know
i been going wrong

jesus if ya want me
baby come and get me
take me where them streets are
paved with that solid gold
i don't know where i been going
all i know
i been going wrong
i don't know where i been going
all i know
i been going wrong

credits

released April 7, 2023
Drums : Jay Bundy Johnson
Bass : Tom Hillifer
Guitar : Robert Connely Farr & Jon Wood
Songwriter / Vocals : Robert Connely Farr
Recorded at Hipposonic Studios in Vancouver BC
Tracked / Engineered : Liam Moes
Mixed : Jon Wood

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Robert Connely Farr Vancouver, British Columbia

“Thunderous back alley blues”
Guitar Player

“menacing, guttural”
Smithsonian

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.
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