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Moonshiner

from The Moonshiner's Atlas by Butch Ross

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McSpadden Dulcimer tuned CGD
I cooked up this version of this song during a little down time at the Cork Dulcimer Festival 2003, I played it minutes later to Robert Force, Dan Evans and a class of beginner students. I was going for a Nickel Creek vibe, but is probably much closer to the version Uncle Tupelo did on “March, 14-16”. Their version still kills me. This is the first thing we tracked for this record, at Tony O’Flaherty’s studio in Killarney, Ireland.

lyrics

Well I am a moonshiner
For 17 long years
And I spent all my money
On whiskey and beer

And I go to some holler
And set up my still...
...If drinking don’t kill me
Lord I don’t know what will

And I go to some barroom
To drink with my friends
Where the women, they can’t follow
To see how much I spend
God bless them pretty women
How I wish that they was mine...
...With breath as sweet as
The dew on the vine.

Let me eat when I’m hungry
Let me drink when I’m dry
Two dollars when I’m hard up
Religion when I die
The whole world is but a bottle
And life is but a dram... .
..When the bottle is empty
Lord it sure ain’t
worth a damn.

credits

from The Moonshiner's Atlas, released May 1, 2005
Butch Ross: Dulcimer, Vocals
Larry Johnson: Guitar
Maggie Marshall: Bass

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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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