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Whisky & Gin

from Whisky & Gin by Lazy Eye

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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.

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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

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from Whisky & Gin, released November 1, 2019

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Lazy Eye Adelaide, Australia

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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