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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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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?

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from In The Shadow of the Bull (Bonus Edition), track released June 21, 2020
David Lowery: Guitar 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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