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Mean Old Town No. 2

from Leigh's Spider Jam by Andres Roots

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Sideburn Slim with manic grin
Inside his beady eyes
He took a swing, said it's a sin
A doggone dirty crime

Mudhole John on his front lawn
Can do his greasy slide
He waits alone until the dawn
And goes out with the tide

Bright lights, big city
Drives me out of my mind
A mean old town don't need me around
Its plastic neon signs

Hambone Bo went down the road
Said won't be back no more
My motor's hummin', I'll leave here runnin'
Cuz walkin's most too slow

Bright lights, big city
Drives me out of my mind
A mean old town don't need me around
Its plastic neon signs

Bright lights, big city
Drives me out of my mind
I'm goin' back where I belong
& leave it all behind

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from Leigh's Spider Jam, released July 25, 2011
Vocals - L.R. Phoenix; slide guitar - Martin Eessalu; guitars - Andres Roots; harmonica - Indrek Tiisel; piano - Ahti Bachblum; drums - Raul Terep.

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Andres Roots Tartu, Estonia

Listed in the book "100 Years of Estonian Music" as the country's "internationally best-known player of pure blues", Andres Roots is a slide guitarist based in Tartu who has performed everywhere from Clarksdale, Mississippi to Hell, Norway. In 2016, his "Roots Music" LP topped the official Estonian album chart – the first and only time a blues album has claimed the #1 spot in the Baltics. ... more

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