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Whisky & Gin

by Lazy Eye

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1.
Whisky & Gin 04:39
Staying out late, been out on a date Slept right through the alarm but just wait There’s more, old land lord at the door She said pay your rent boy by the end of the week Or you're out on the bones of your but in the street Called up a few of my friends that can play Johnny Guitar & Harmonica Ray It’s true, here’s what we’re gonna do We’re gonna have a rent party it’s starting at eight Pay that old landlord the money that’s late With a whisky and a gin Everybody’s welcome in Just put a dollar in the tin Everybody’s gonna win
2.
Game Over 03:30
Spent the best years of my life devoted to you Cried blind tears of faith what we been through When my heart broke hard I woke I’m coming to Like a fool in love I spoke but we both knew The rain was coming down The pain was all around The wind began to howl But it’s over now All day working back late on into the night Come back home to you waiting up ready to fight Love ain’t a thing and it don’t see black and white Matter how you take, it just don’t add up right The rain was coming down The pain was all around The wind began to howl But it’s over now
3.
You left me in the morning On the early train Standing on the platform in the summer rain I tried to keep from crying, will we meet again If you were to come home would it even be the same You said you’d always be my lover That you’d love me to the end Now you want to be just friends You say can still be friends Who was I to love you? Who was I to try? Who were you to leave me standing there to cry All that I could give you, all that you could take Was leaving on that early train and I watched you pull away I never saw this was coming Blind to the writing on the wall Now that you’re gone, guess I’m running Running on faith, and faith is all All you left me when You said can we still be friends Can we still be friends
4.
You were the best thing that ever walked through that door Now we hurt each other, don't want it anymore I know dam well you don't give up without a fight Like you said it, two wrongs don't make a right Please don't leave me like this tonight Walk out angry into the night I was wrong but I don't want to fight Don't leave me like this tonight We been down this road too many times Missed the turnoff hit the detour sign Never seemed to bother us we love to ride the line Never gonna let go, I do believe I'm blind Please don't leave me like this tonight Walk out angry into the night I was wrong but I don't want to fight Don't leave me like this tonight
5.
No Nothin' 04:51
When I got home my baby was gone When I got home my baby was gone No note, no lovin', no nothin' How could I know that my baby she' go How could I know that my baby she' go No note, no lovin', no nothin' Whoa____ Whoa____ No note, no lovin', no nothin'
6.
Lay It Down 05:01
That girl is going to leave you If you don’t lay that bottle down You’ll wake up all alone And find your baby’s not around Told you once, told you twice You better quit that vice I give you this advice now stop. Get up and lay it down Man I’m going’ crazy Thinking how you done her wrong Everybody suffers And it’s gone on much too long Told you once, told you twice You better quit that vice I give you this advice now stop. Get up and lay it down You’re really going to miss her When your good thing can’t be found Stop before it’s too late Got to lay that bottle down Told you once, told you twice You better quit that vice I give you this advice now stop. Get up and lay it down
7.
Early in the morning I'm giving you this warning Don't come knock on my door I don't want to hear you callin' Want to hear your ballin' Ain't going to take it no more Tonight my babe we're going to get it on Don't call the doctor ain't nothin wrong Early in the evening You better be believing We're gonna have ourselves a good time There's going to be romancing Maybe even dancing A bottle of Barossa red wine Tonight my babe we're going to get it on Don't call the doctor ain't nothin wrong Early in the morning I'm giving you this warning Don't come knock on my door I don't want to hear you callin' Want to hear your ballin' Ain't going to take it no more Tonight my babe we're going to get it on Don't call the doctor ain't nothin wrong
8.
Soulship 04:53
Been out walking in the rain I guess some things stay the same So tired of wandering, when will I catch that old train out of here. Lord I'm a long way from home But I know deep down that's where I'm from Where I belong Lord I'm a long way from home But I know deep down that's where I'm from Where I belong
9.
Close 03:30
Come closer to me babe I wanna feel you next to me Come closer to me babe I wanna feel you next to me When I feel you up close I'm as happy as a man can be Come closer to me babe I wanna feel you by my side Come closer to me babe I wanna feel you by my side I want to slip it in to first, drop the clutch and let it ride Come closer to me babe I wanna hear you cry my name Come closer to me babe I wanna hear you cry my name My name on your lips, enough to drive poor me insane Closer to me baby Closer to me baby Come closer to me baby Closer to me baby Closer to me baby Closer to me

about

It was a time of prohibition and segregation. A product of the great migration. From hundreds of thousands of African Americans migrating north and then being subjected to unfairly high rent, came the tradition of the rent party. Faced with two problems, where to go on a given night and how to pay the rent, lubricated with bootleg liquor these underground house parties solved both. They also provided a source of steady income for blues and jazz musicians who were hired to draw in and entertain paying revellers with the remaining proceeds keeping the landlord at bay. Whisky & Gin is a tale of such.

credits

released November 1, 2019

Recorded April 16th & 17th by Gabriel Agostino live at Chapel Lane Studios, Adelaide, South Australia. Mastered by Joseph Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne, Victoria. Produced by Lazy Eye. Artwork and design by Postamama. © 2019 All rights reserved.

Evan Whetter - Vocals, Hammond
Erica Graf - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Mario Marino - Drums & Backing Vocals
Dustan Cox - Tenor Saxophone
Josh Chenoweth - Trumpet
Alex Taylor - Trombone

Special thanks to our family for their inspiration and support. Thanks also to P.J. Murton, Marie Gudic, John Ward, Gabs Agostino, Zoran Paovic and everyone else who is part of the Lazy Eye family. With you we all walk a little taller.

© 2019 All Rights Reserved

“Guitar licks, picked over tremulous Hammond organ chords and shuffling blues beats are the core of this retro blues collection, which manages to emit authenticity despite the obvious legacy of its influences.” - The Sydney Morning Herald

Think B.B. King sharing a scotch with Booker T at the crossroads after midnight.

With more awards than you can poke a mojo hand at, what started as a hair-brained idea between two friends medicating their way through jazz school over a bottle of red has taken them on an adventure that spans the globe. A multitude of gongs suggest Lazy Eye delivers some of the best original blues Australia has to offer.

All has not been smooth sailing for the Adelaide band however. While broken down on the side of the highway in their well-worn tour van, Lazy Eye learned they had been named Group Of The Year at the 2015 Australian Blues Music Awards... where they were due to perform! But regional Australia, where the act cut their teeth is a long way from the famed B.B. Kings Blues Club in Memphis where they played to a packed house just one year later.

When talking about their latest album Whisky & Gin, guitarist and founding member Erica Graf explains "It's a rent party... the 1920s may have been roaring for some, but in Harlem times were tough. People got creative, hiring blues and jazz bands to play at their house. The money raised by passing the hat around would pay the band and hopefully the rent." Graf continues, "The album opens with the title track 'Whisky & Gin", about just such an occasion; 'With a whisky and a gin, everybody's welcome in...'".

And welcome in they are! Inviting some new friends into the studio, the 2019 Australian Blues Group Of The Year added a three-piece horn section to the regular line-up. Lead by Grammy-nominated tenor sax player Dustan Cox, the horns feature on all tracks and will be touring with the band. Front-man and chief songwriter, Evan Whetter relates "It's always been a dream of mine... get the trio cooking first and then bring in the horns."

Lazy Eye will be taking their house party on the road late 2019 and on into 2020. This time you bet they won't break down and miss all the fun!

"That these funky greens are being produced by the Australian band Lazy Eye somewhere in the southern Australian climes is just the international gravy made by the music” - All About Jazz (USA)

“Fine album from a band that I’d soon want to see play on the European stage.” - Rudolf’s Music (Netherlands)

“Un petit tour en Australie pour découvrir un trio remarquable... A remarkable trio” - Blues Again (France)

“To quote Renee Zellweger, this album “had me at hello” - Blues Matters (UK)

“It’s a pleasure to see a weather-beaten Hammond fronting a band and even more so when it’s wielded with style.
Such is the case with Adelaide blues outfit Lazy Eye” - The Australian

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Think B.B. King sharing a scotch with Booker T at the crossroads after midnight. With more awards than you can poke a mojo hand at, what started as a hair-brained idea between friends medicating their way through jazz school over a bottle of red, has taken them on an adventure that spans the globe. A multitude of gongs suggest Lazy Eye deliver some of the best original blues Australia has to offer ... more

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