From the recording Leaving Key Member Clause
Leaving Key Member Clause Liner Notes
Title: Leaving Key Member Clause
Artist: David Lowery
Catalog PAT2020-1
pitch-a-tent records
Song Titles
1. Europass (5:37)
2. We Hate You (3:14)
3. Everybody Get a F****** Day Job (2:18)
4. Leaving Key Member Clause (3:15)
5. Piney Woods (6:08)
6. Let it Roll Down That Hill (3:01)
7. Pretty Girl from Oregon Hill (3:31)
8. Father Sons and Brothers (4:59)
Produced and Recorded by Velena Vego and David Lowery
1,2,3,7 Mixed by Drew Vandenberg
4,5,6,8 Mixed by David Lowery
Additional recording by Bryan Howard
Mastered by Jason NeSmith at Chase Park Transduction
All songs written by David Lowery
Bicycle Spaniard Music (BMI)
© and Ⓟ 2020 David Lowery
Management: Velena Vego Management, VelenaVego@gmail.com
Booking: Jerry Lima, Madison House, Jerry@madison-house.com
Artwork by Jeremy Fetzer
pitch-a-tent records PAT2021-1
This is the second in a series of albums that are autobiographical. This mostly covers the period 1989 to 1996. I do this not so much to tell my story but also tell the stories of others who have shared their lives with me. This is a limited edition of 1,000 CDs. Please do not make copies or upload to SoundCloud, YouTube, etc. Think small. Ubiquity is overrated.
Released Jan 1st 2021
Performed by David Lowery and the COVID 8. All backing musicians were paid union scale. However, if you feel so inclined you may tip the musicians. Paypal or Venmo is listed below.
Leith Fleming-Smith: Organ (Track 8) PayPal: leithfs@gmail.com
Bryan Howard: Bass and electric guitar. Venmo: @Bryan-Howard-bjh
Jeremy Lawton: Organ and piano (Track 4)
David Lowery: Vocals, guitar, tambourine and banjo
Luke Moller: String arrangements, fiddle, violin, viola, cello. Venmo: @Luke-Moller
Carlton Owens: Drums. Venmo: @Carlton-Owens-2
Matt “Pistol” Stoessel: Pedal steel. Venmo: @Pistolpedalsteel
Velena Vego: Hand claps, castanets, percussion and vocals
Lyrics
Let it Roll on Down that Hill
On the first night in Oregon Hill
was a hootenanny on the porch
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
On the second night in Oregon Hill
there was a brawl out in the street
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
People took sides one corner or the other
while the streetlight lit the scene
Big bearded man with a knife and shovel
and the skinny man got a chain
On the third night in Oregon Hill
well I finally got some sleep
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
(Hooo Hooo le bon temps roulez etc)
On the fourth night in Oregon Hill
well I finally wrote a song
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
On the fifth night in Oregon Hill
I met two brother both named Fred
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
They lived in an unheated warehous space
down in the Shockoe Slip
played guitar with their band one time
but the rats they ate my cords
On the sixth night in Oregon Hill
I met my future ex-wife
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll down that hill
(Hooo Hooo le bon temps roulez etc)