Southpaw Jones

It’s Tuesday.
Music Day.
Kanye vs. 50 Day.
Sad anniversary day.

I don’t have a new recording to share, so how ‘bout one that’s almost eleven years old? Yes, I released my first CD, In Front of People (out of print!), at the end of 1996. I was a sophomore in college. I borrowed money from some wonderful friends and recorded a live performance in a lecture hall on campus.

As I was mixing it with my friend Dave Wallingford, we decided to add one more track to the magic. I performed Something to Fall On in a basement apartment, while microphones outside captured the ambient sounds of a Nashville neighborhood. Planes, dogs, and automobiles. I liked this sound so much that I used it a few years later for an entire record, One in the Door, One in the Grave.

Attached are the lyrics, if you’d like to follow along with my try-not-to-wake-up-the-neighbors imitation twang.

Sittin’ in this ol’ border town café
Knowin’ that it just ain’t my day
Fearful of the words she might say
Watchin’ while our love goes away.

And I’m havin’ an extravagant meal
Sinkin’ my teeth in this tasty veal
Hopin’ to forget the whole deal
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

And I’m eatin’ my heart out tonight
My hunger is strengthened by fright
And I’m feelin’ that something ain’t right
I’m fillin’ my stomach
So my heart’ll have something to fall on

Soon she’ll sit here and tell the bad news
So bring me a bucket of them ol’ salted cashews
Lookin’ at the menu I’ll choose
To eat my way out of these blues

And I realize that her love just can’t be won
So I’m spreadin’ my grief on this kaiser bun
I feel so empty, but I must weigh a ton
My heart burns in more ways than one

And I’m eatin’ my heart out tonight
My hunger is strengthened by fright
And I’m feelin’ that something ain’t right
I’m fillin’ my stomach
So my heart’ll have something to fall on
And I’m eatin’ my heart out tonight

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
Eric Hoffer

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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
8:00 PM
Bruce Hughes & Southpaw Jones
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
Austin, TX
(512) 380-0097
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