Name: Atlas
Duration: P00H04M46S
Description: Russell Wolf caught some sort of virus that hospitalized him for 10 days and almost killed him. Andy World asked me (and a bunch of others) to record one of his songs as part of a get well card. I saw it as a great chance to experiment with the dulcimer; the results came out much better than expected. I play all the instruments on this one.

Atlas

from The Moonshiner's Atlas by Butch Ross

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Russell Wolf caught some sort of virus that hospitalized him for 10 days and almost killed him. Andy World asked me (and a bunch of others) to record one of his songs as part of a get well card. I saw it as a great chance to experiment with the dulcimer; the results came out much better than expected. I play all the instruments on this one.

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Pulled into town this afternoon,
Stopped into the club
Asked if we might get a bite to eat
He said son,
this’a lesson in tough love

//I got my road atlas,
I feel like Charles Atlas
Though I’m not new at this,
Neither are you

Pulled into town this afternoon,
rained the same way it rained in every other town
Made friends with all the local hooligans,
the freaks and the geeks
Invited them all to come down//

Would you like to drive the car,
would you like to hold my hand
Would you like to run this world for a minute and
Will you be sorry when I go,
Would you stop me if I tried
Or were you just along for the ride?

Next stop Orono, Maine
I-95
500 miles of rain
And I ain’t thinking about the last town
No, I ain’t thinking about Bridgeport, Connecticut//

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from The Moonshiner's Atlas, released May 1, 2005
Butch Ross: Mountain Dulcimer, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Vocals

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Butch Ross Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. His music is born from his respect for its abilities, a respect born from the years he's spent prying apart its pieces and discovering new sounds where none existed before. ... more

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