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  • In the Shadow of the Bull Limited Edition CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    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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lyrics

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

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from In The Shadow of the Bull (Bonus Edition), track released June 21, 2020
David Lowery: guitars, harmonica, and vocals.

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David Lowery Athens, Georgia

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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