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In The Shadow of the Bull (Bonus Edition)

by David Lowery

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    In the Shadow of the Bull
    David Lowery

    The CD DOES NOT CONTAIN THE BONUS TRACK. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LIMITED EDITION CD. LESS THAN 50 REMAINING.

    This is the first installment of a multi-disc musical autobiography. I do this not so much to tell my own story but rather to pay tribute to my mother, father, sisters, family, friends, and those 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.
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    released June 21, 2020

    Songs
    1. Frozen Sea, 1963
    2. Plaza de Toros, 1967
    3. Super Bloom, 1973
    4. Disneyland Jail, 1977
    5. Mom, I’m Living the Life, 1981
    6. Mexican Chickens,1989
    7. Yonder Distant Shore, 2010
    8. Everybody Get a Fucking Day Job, 1991 (BandCamp Bonus Track)


    © 2019-2020 David Lowery
    All songs written by David Lowery
    All songs Bicycle Spaniard Music (BMI)
    Produced by David Lowery and Drew Vandenberg
    Executive Producer Velena Vego

    Recorded mostly at home
    Mixed at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA
    Mastered by Jason NeSmith

    Bass Guitar: Bryan Howard
    Castanets and Handclaps: Velena Vego
    Guitars and Banjo: David Lowery

    Management: Velena Vego, Velena Vego Management velenavego < at> gmail dot com
    Agent: Jerry Lima Paradigm Agency Jerry <at> madison-house dot com
    pitch-a-tent records, PO Box 655 Athens GA 30603
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    all rights reserved
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First thing I remember I'm looking out at the snow In some english seaside town People out on their front steps laugh smoke cigarettes look out at the frozen sea say it ain't happened here since '23 I go down into the kitchen strange man in a uniform holds my mother hand she kisses his cheek my sisters all down at his legs hug and call him pa reaches down lifts me in his arms puts a silk ball cap on my head Vietnam we go down to see the frozen sea my sister on her crutches father and me the boats they lay upon their side at Margate harbor at low tide we look out at the frozen sea braces and crutches my sister climbs the ramp into the c-130 cargo plane two airmen get to their feet lift my sister in the air put her in the seat between the two of them my sister laughs my mother still looked grim we flew out across the English sea over southern France across the Pyrenees To an airfield just outside Sevilla La Guardia, they greeted us My mother muttered fascist under her breath 50 years later again at Margate bay In the JMW Turner Gallery Someone lights a cigarette "Mam you can't smoke that in here it was the artist Tracy Emin in the flesh In the main gallery her famous bed We went out across the margate high street Into the old market for cornish pasties My sister bummed a cigarette we went back out into the sleet the sky was like a JMW Turner painting
2.
Plaza De Toros 6/8 Key of C C C F C Amin G F F CC F C Amin G F F I remember [C]waking up To the [F] bright [C} sunlight [Am] Streaming [G] through the [F]blinds From the [C] courtyard rose [F] Sevillian[C]as And [Am] American [G]Rock and [C]Roll My father in his Sunday best Played records for his friends I tasted Sangria from a half full cup And my sister slapped my hand Then we followed on The swelling crowd To Plaza de Toros CHORUS I [F] Now come the [G] picadors The [Amin] crowd gets to their [D]feet and roars [F] Papa do they [G] really kill the bull? [F] Then comes the [G]matador Behind his [Amin] back a [D]gleaming sword [F]Papa do they [G] really kill the [Amin]bull? VERSE II In the ancient streets Of the old city Comes a marching crowd In unison They chant and sing Hold their placards in the air The shopkeeper motions Quick come inside Then he rolls the shutters down (And then) the shots ring out The men run and shout The old man gives me a coke Chorus II We emerged at dusk And the water in the street was pink Mama do they really kill the bull? Then I thought I saw the matador He held up high a gleaming sword Papa do they really kill the bull? VERSE III Dug a Hole in the ground as boys often do And we found a bandolier A German made hand grenade From the Spanish civil war Older boys came along Said go back into the wheat Too much danger to be near And the Romany men Looked on holding piles of sheets And my mother’s blue green blouse Chorus 3 Then came the base MPs The Romany slipped back into the wheat Papa do they really kill the bull? And always the Matador Behind his back a gleaming sword Papa do they really kill the bull?
3.
Superbloom The storm clouds came up from mexicali Cast Shadows on the Salton Sea Here with my fathers family has settled from arkansas to the coachella valley like grapes of wrath in the 1970s My grandfather packed dates Near the polo grounds He sometimes mowed people’s lawns Grandma was a housekeeper in palm springs or the Bermuda Dunes country club One summer I went to stay with cousins in Indio they were fleeing poverty in Arkansas My uncle was a hellfire Baptist minister My cousin Norma Jean that's her name she was sweet But her twin brothers trouble for the law The twins stole a car And they took me to watch them burn by the aqueduct Then they robbed the neighbor’s house I was frightened ran away. Never told my grandfather what they doen Dark-haired Mary in 8th grade Her mother was from Mexico Her father was a soldier She asked me to the dance Sat in the bleachers just held hands One slow dance at the end It rained and snowed a lot that winter And in the spring came the Super Bloom The desert was a sea of purple and orange flowers From Cabazon on down to Mexico
4.
Never ride dirt bikes tripping on mushrooms through the Dangermond's orchards in the middle of the night Never climb the water tower drunk as shit on vodka you just might end up in the county morgue We ate all the mushroom in the Disneyland parking lot Dale had a puffy coat put the vodka up one sleeve Looked like a body builder but only on one side so, we rolled up a t-shirt put it up the other sleeve Never take mushrooms and ride on space mountain you just might end up in Disneyland jail Never drink vodka pass out on the monorail you just might end up in Disneyland jail Solo Then you get older have some teenagers you think “omg please don't do the shit that I did” Stay in the chess club Run for student council Keep playing clarinet in the marching band Never take mushrooms and ride on space mountain you just might end up in Disneyland jail Never drink vodka pass out on the monorail you just might end up in Disneyland jail
5.
Packed up my clothes my acoustic guitar in the trunk of the Ford Galaxy My father came out checked the oil and the air and said son you can always come home My mother made a joke about being far away like I was soldier away at the war Acted like I didn't notice when she brushed away a small tear said son you'll be fine Found the worlds tiniest beach bungalow in the San Lorenzo tidal flats The sea here is always so cold and so grey The sun it doth rarely shines I'll study hard get a good job come and meet my girl she might make a good wife and daughter in law I'll study hard get a good job a technology company out somewhere near Moffett Field When I went to go do my first job interviews knew my suit it was cheap and out of style And the man looked at me like I was trailer trash and I considered proving him right The sea here is always so cold and so grey And the sun it doth rarely shines Found a job working down Watsonville way on a farm packing produce in trucks I met the boss he was a geek we got along soon he had me writing Dbase routines for the farm I had a band it was joke then it was not we got some real gigs in San Francisco Went next door to the old grocery store bought some refried bean and fresh tortillas Heated them up on the flame of the stove whispered “mom I'm living the life”
6.
Lyrics Mexican Chickens C C C C F F C C Amin G F F F F C C Amin G F F went out the door Into the morning darkness gravel underfoot heard the screen door gently close I Slid across the seat the steering wheel was cold tiny icicles on the glass in the corner of the windows The desert air was dry they were melted in the instant I pulled on to the highway and I began to cry I was leaving her behind was really for the best I had something deep inside boundless anger without reason CHORUS [F] We all got someone we [C] left behind cause we're [G] just weren’t right in our [Amin] hearts and our minds yeah we [F] all got someone we were [C] lucky to find in the [G] first place [G] We [F] all got someone we [C] never treated right we were [G] selfish and the drinking staying [Amin] out all night we [F] all got someone we were [C] lucky to find in the [G] first place [C] [C] VERSE When she [F] awakes I hope she's not sad loved her from the first time laid my eyes upon her got a little house drove a truck played in a band got some Mexican chickens and we raised them on our land Talked of having little girls they’d have their mother's little curls it was more than a dream yeah one day they'd be real I played out on the road at first she came along sang the harmonies mixed the sound sold the albums and the singles I hung out in the bar drinking until the closing time I was foolish I was selfish I'd find her sleeping in the car CHORUS [F] We all got someone we [C] left behind cause we're [G] just weren’t right in our [Amin] hearts and our minds yeah we [F] all got someone we were [C] lucky to find in the [G] first place [G] We [F] all got someone we [C] never treated right we were [G] selfish and the drinking staying [Amin] out all night we [F] all got someone we were [C] lucky to find in the [G] first place [C] [C] VERSE She went back to our house to feed and raise the animals we slowly grew apart and I was growing meaner I drank when I got up cause motel room was hot or something stupid I had done I was lonely for my girl there was always someone else and then there was another I could barely stand myself I was stoned all the time when I finally came back home she said something changed inside you I smashed a glass against the wall went walking in the desert When I come on back she was sleeping peacefully I knew that she was better better off without me The little girls were there I saw their faces in her hair but now it was clear I would never be their father I put on my coat and hat slid the deadbolt in the hasp took one last look back at her stepped across the threshold.
7.
Yonder Distant Shore We live upon this island for a brief uncertain time The sea may rise a storm may come and drown us in the waves I walked along the dock one night my father he was frail the ferryman said “father I'd be glad to take you home” Saw your brother who was murdered twas not the devils trick I swear he waits there with your mother on yonder distant shore I was away in the Spanishtown when the ferryman returned he took away my father left my mother in the church My mother she was lonely she slowly slipped away her memories fled across the sea to yonder distant shore Then returned the ferryman he promised her life returned to take her to my father in his army uniform We live up this island for a brief uncertain time the sea may rise a storm may come and take us by and by
8.
Everybody Get A Day Job Key Amin Tempo 160 <Riff> [Amin] Everybody get a fucking day job [F] None of you are better than the rest [C] Everybody get a fucking day job [E] Wait tables, Tend Bar Push a broom, Wash a Car Everybody get a job Apple Store, Genius Bar [Amin] Everybody get a fucking day job [F] Sorry man no one gives a shit [C] Everybody get a fucking day job [E] Paint houses, Spread Tar Web Design, Teach Guitar Everybody get a job Apple store, Genius Bar <Riff> [Amin] Everybody get a fucking day job [F] In the universe you’re just a tiny speck [C] Everybody get a fucking day job [E] Wait tables, Tend bar Push a broom, Wash a car Everybody get a job Apple store, Genius Bar [Amin] everybody get a fucking day job [F] You are not as good as you all been told [C] Everybody get a fucking day job [E] Paint houses, Spread tar Web Design, Teach Guitar Everybody get a job Apple store, Genius Bar <Riff>

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In the Shadow of the Bull
David Lowery

This is the first installment of a multi-disc musical autobiography. I do this not so much to tell my own story but rather to pay tribute to my mother, father, sisters, family, friends, and those 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.

credits

released June 21, 2020

Songs
1. Frozen Sea, 1963
2. Plaza de Toros, 1967
3. Super Bloom, 1973
4. Disneyland Jail, 1977
5. Mom, I’m Living the Life, 1981
6. Mexican Chickens,1989
7. Yonder Distant Shore, 2010
8. Everybody Get a Fucking Day Job, 1991 (BandCamp Bonus Track)


© 2019-2020 David Lowery
All songs written by David Lowery
All songs Bicycle Spaniard Music (BMI)
Produced by David Lowery and Drew Vandenberg
Executive Producer Velena Vego

Recorded mostly at home
Mixed at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA
Mastered by Jason NeSmith

Bass Guitar: Bryan Howard
Castanets and Handclaps: Velena Vego
Guitars and Banjo: David Lowery

Management: Velena Vego, Velena Vego Management velenavego < at> gmail dot com
Agent: Jerry Lima Paradigm Agency Jerry <at> madison-house dot com
pitch-a-tent records, PO Box 655 Athens GA 30603

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David Lowery is the lead singer and guitarist for the critically acclaimed groups Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. He splits his time between Richmond VA and Athens GA.

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