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Standin'
at a Crossroads
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• Passionate groove,
the smoky vocals of Erika Luckett, and the luscious Jazz Trumpet
of John Capobianco
• Upright Bass:
Todd Sickafoose,
Drums: Michael Israel
• Jazzy Vocal Blues visiting a different plane.
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I’ve
been a wanderer my whole life. There are all these spaces
in the margins where people who fall through the cracks end
up.
It’s pretty intense out there. The view from sidewalk level
can get pretty bleak, but there’s a certain freedom from not having any
illusions to uphold.
I wrote this song to give a face to all
those we render faceless.
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Out to the
Woods
Full
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Solo Acoustic Mix
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•Creamy, dreamy
fingerpicked guitar, gorgeous lyrics and the soulful flute
of Matt Eakle
• “O the great and patient rugged joys, my soul’s
strong joys unreck’d by man”
—Walt Whitman |
I
was lucky enough to grow up in a place where we could play
outdoors. As a kid I could run right out the back door and
be in beautiful New England woodlands.
A few hundred yards into the forest it became dense and quiet,
the sunlight dappled beneath the leaves shifting colors in
the wind.
When I was around fifteen developers came in and took out
a huge section of the forest for housing tracts. Suddenly
places where I had my secret spots were someone’s back
yard. I took to crossing through people’s yards by covert
routes to reach my various destinations.
The countryside constricted around me and not long after I
dropped out of school and left home in search of somewhere
I could regain that feeling of freedom.
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Pick up the
Pieces
Full Band Mix
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Solo Acoustic Mix
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(56K)
• Holy Apocalyptic
Folk Pop!
•Instrumentalist
Mark Growden lets loose on Sax
• Mokai’s licks and lyrics combine on a stunning
statement of defiance
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I
think the people who have hurt me the most didn’t even
realize what they were doing.
How do you get through to these people? It must be a rush
to game the system but it’s really not a game when people
are getting hurt.
I have to claim my life for my own and dare to fly free of
the scenarios others try to impose on me. Writing this song
was kind of like being a detective putting the pieces together
and realizing I could unlock the trap that’s been laid
for me…
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