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The Soft Sound of Sundown: Carpetbagger Years (2011​-​2015)

by Greg Loftus

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The Lowlands 03:58
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New Orleans 03:56
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Santa Ana 04:38
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The moon is hanging low, low in the sky I hear that whistle blow and I hear that engine wind I don’t know if I’ll come home But I’ll be damned if I don’t try I may die if I go but if I stay I won’t survive I made five dollars for a twelve hour day Can’t feed myself never mind my family So I’m waiting on a train Ten days north I’ll ride I may die if I go but if I stay I won’t survive Now I dream of border towns I can almost hear them now I think about my girls with food in their mouths If I make it to the states I’ll send home every dime I may die if I go but if I stay I won’t survive So I’ll trade my wife my faith For ties and rails and stakes If I say I’m not afraid then I’m a liar Now I ran along the side, I timed it just right To the top of the car I climbed and we rode into the night El tren de muerte Ten days north I’ll ride I may die if I go but if I stay I won’t survive So I’ll trade my light my speed I’ll pray my soul to keep If I say I’m not afraid then I’m a liar This land of hope and dreams and opportunity I’ve come to understand it ain’t exactly how it seems No I am not a man I’m a number, a common thief I may die if I go but this is no place for me I may die if I go but this is no place for me
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Highway 59 04:01
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Tracks (1, 2, 7, 8, 10) taken from 'Far Off the Daybreak Call'
Self recorded on Romeria Drive in Austin, TX during the the spring of 2013
Mixed by Greg Loftus
Mastered by Carl Saff

Tracks (3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12) taken from 'The Shenandoah Banks Sessions' (unreleased)
Recorded at Ramble Creek Recording Studios in Austin, TX during the winter of 2014
Recorded, Engineered, and Mixed by Britton Beisenherz

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released April 13, 2020

Greg Loftus - Guitar, Vocals
Cody Brown - Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar
Kevin McCann - Drums, Backing Vocals (1, 2, 7, 8, 10)
Bobby Blegen - Drums (3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12)
John Tranum - Bass
Ben Ballinger - Backing Vocals (2)
Christy Hays - Backing Vocals (10)
Pete Weiss - Keys (3, 4, 6), Accordion (9, 12)
Nick Richman - Steel (5, 6, 12)

All songs written by Greg Loftus and performed by Carpetbagger

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Calloused road-worn Americana from southeast Massachusetts. Greg Loftus spent the better half of the last decade living in Austin TX where he spent his time honing his songwriting skills and fronting the Alt-Country outfit Carpetbagger. Greg is currently working on his forth full-length solo record 'No Kings in the Wild' which is due out during the Spring of 2024. ... more

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