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The last of the lockdown-era songs by the Estonian-American-Finnish trio, recorded 2021-2022.

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Retirement Blues

No one’s buyin’ records
No one’s playin’ gigs
Music has no meaning
Or meaning’s all there is
I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys

Everybody’s haunted
Everybody’s blessed
I’m trainin’ to do nothin’
And worry about less
I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys

No postcards of the hangin’
They’ll stream it to you live
The revolution’s televised
If you can find the time
Me, I’m makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys

I was plannin’ to retire
Grown tired of the dream
But overnight, retirement
Became way too mainstream
So I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys

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released September 1, 2023
Vocals - Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt; harmonica - Jantso Jokelin; guitar - Andres Roots. Written by Andres Roots. Vocals recorded by Alexander Bowling & Luke Wright at Mystery Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. Harmonica recorded by Jantso Jokelin in Helsinki, Finland. Guitar recorded by Jaan Tamm, mixed & mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo at White Room in Tartu, Estonia. Cover design by Siret Roots. For more Red Mouth: redmouth.bandcamp.com

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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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