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POWERLINES

by Old Hat Stringband

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Troy Moon
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Troy Moon I saw your performance at Maine Craft Distilling this afternoon. Bravo - what a fun show. Now I can keep listening.
Vaughn Abbott
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Vaughn Abbott Warm hearted and well played. These songs feel like a simpler time in life, when the view from a back porch was all you needed to put a smile on your face. This band is the soundtrack to all of that. Favorite track: LET'S GET OUT.
39lafayette
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39lafayette Great vocals, harmonies, songs and tasteful accompaniment. It's got it all. Favorite track: LOOK AT ME THAT WAY.
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    we're printing a smaller batch of our debut album on vinyl!


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1.
LITTLE PONY 03:31
see the sunlight in the morning kiss the tops of all the trees slowly turn the world to golden melt the frost down at your feet ( trot along now little pony keeping steady on your way never mind what's rough and stony many miles to go today ) when the raindrops peck the gravel gust of wind brings on a chill the road is straighter than an arrow but the end's a long way still ( trot along now little pony keeping steady on your way never mind what's rough and stony many miles to go today ) when the moon brings on the evening feel the nighttime set the dew when the time has come for leaving and the way is up to you ( trot along now little pony keeping steady on your way never mind what's rough and stony many miles to go today )
2.
ON THE ROAD 03:29
they said those two won't pass through this way again we searched the dial for something we could understand we saw the moon rise with our dry and dusty eyes as the hum of the road drowned out the bass to graceland ( i'm not drinking let's go driving out on the road tonight we both know the time is right for us to roam headlights and highways are calling moonshine is falling our love is all that we call home so let's go driving out on the road tonight ) there's an exit coming up in five more miles and the needle's been on empty for a while I think we need a change this station's out of range check and see what else is on the dial ( i'm not drinking let's go driving out on the road tonight we both know the time is right for us to roam headlights and highways are calling moonshine is falling our love is all that we call home so let's go driving out on the road tonight ) let's go driving out on the road tonight
3.
BUMBLEFOOT 02:17
4.
don't look at me that way- when I have to look away don't ask me things you know the answer to 'cause there's someone coming 'round with a mind to settle down something I could never do for you ( remember when you whispered in my ear when they were all asleep and could not hear and that long car ride I hoped would never end you never could remember what you said if I could only get inside your head it seems we're bound to break and not to bend but if you call i'll let you in again ) don't look at me that way- you've said all you can say and I am getting tired of giving in 'cause I don't have the time to make your troubles mine and fall into this world you're living in ( remember when you whispered in my ear when they were all asleep and could not hear and that long car ride I hoped would never end you never could remember what you said if I could only get inside your head it seems we're bound to break and not to bend but if you call i'll let you in again ) don't look at me that way don't look at me that way don't look at me that way don't look at me that way don't look at me that way don't look at me that way
5.
CUMBERLAND 03:16
saw us leaving on an airplane to catch a ferry out to cumberland saw us leaving in the van again to someplace that we'd never been we should be putting coffee on but we're still looking at our phones when I think back to last year never thought i'd still be living here ( when birds fly in the ocean and fish swim in the sky if we ever get to cumberland we're never coming back again ) you've been waking up too early you just couldn't stay in bed took a walk to the treeline you couldn't stop your head cat's staring at the woodstove begging me to start a fire she can wait just a little bit i've got something on my mind ( when birds fly in the ocean and fish swim in the sky if we ever get to cumberland we're never coming back again ) when we all slowed down it meant that it's time to find a friend and when this world turns around again when we make it to the end ( where birds fly in the ocean and fish swim in the sky if we ever get to cumberland we're never coming back again ) we're never come back again
6.
when you get lonely you won't leave me alone say you got a wild hair, and you pick up the phone we're both feeling thirsty, we got to get off the line i'll pick you up in thirty, if I can make it in time ( so if you want to run around with me, baby let's go we could go downtown, hit every place we know or we could find a little dive bar and stay out of the light let's get out of ourselves tonight ) baby I know that i'm not your number one but I don't see nothing wrong with a little fun I've got a little feeling that this won't last long but we might as well ride it out to the end of the song ( so if you want to run around with me, baby let's go we could go downtown, hit every place we know or we could find a little dive bar and stay out of the light let's get out of ourselves tonight ) I can let my hair down and I can handle a fight I can go all night and make it home alright I like it when you call me baby but I don't get down when I wake up in the morning and you're not around ( so if you want to run around with me, baby let's go we could go downtown, hit every place we know or we could find a little dive bar and stay out of the light let's get out of ourselves tonight ) let's get out of ourselves tonight
7.
BIG BRAY 02:31
8.
highway signs don't point to town no more well it's time to go, get up off the floor but where will we go? anywhere I don't know can't go back to how it was before ( I want to go out on the town don't want to feel so up and down i'd like to see your face around out on the town and if you feel the way I do then we can throw away these blues we'd be all over the news out on the town ) well i'd shine up my favorite pair of shoes i'd dust off my hat and fetch money to pay our dues no one would be looking for the door 'cause you and i'd be tearing up the floor ( I want to go out on the town don't want to feel so up and down i'd like to see your face around out on the town and if you feel the way I do then we can throw away these blues we'd be all over the news out on the town ) we'd be all over the news out on the town
9.
i'm taking pieces of what they said where do they go if they can't stay in my head, in my head i've made my mind up, what I should do keep my ears open and just push right on through, right on through ( 'cause when you think it's your heart, but it's really your head it could tear us apart i'm falling for you instead ) until we figure this whole thing out you can't come upstairs I keep looking out my window I swear I see you there, see you there ( 'cause when you think it's your heart, but it's really your head it could tear us apart i'm falling for you instead ) i'm falling for you instead
10.
EMILINE 02:50
emiline we got caught beneath the powerlines catching fireflies and telling lies as the time flew by are you mine? are we just meeting up and killing time? trading stories over stolen wine? did I read things right? ( can you come outside to play if you're Ma says it's okay there's so much I want to say could you just let me know before we get home am I feeling this alone? ) emiline as i'm driving past those powerlines thinking about our time and wondering why I missed all the signs ( can you come outside to play if you're Ma says it's okay there's so much I want to say could you just let me know before we get home am I feeling this alone? )

about

Whitney Roy - guitar, vocals
Steve Roy - mandolin, guitar, vocals
Amanda Kowalski - bass
Carolyn Kendrick - fiddle, vocals
Matthew Arcara - clawhammer banjo (tracks 1,3,7)

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released August 12, 2022

all songs written by Whitney Roy + Steve Roy.

recorded March 2022 at The Noise Floor, Dover NH.
mixed and mastered by Chris Chase.

artwork and photo by Nikolai Fox.

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Old Hat Stringband Maine

Old Hat Stringband is based out of Eliot, Maine. Fusing tight vocal harmonies with a lively rhythm section, Old Hat creates a sound that draws from bluegrass, old time, folk, and country traditions. The band is comprised of Whitney Roy (Guitar, Vocals), Steve Roy (Mandolin, Fiddle, Vocals), and Amanda Kowalski (Bass). ... more

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