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Live Free or Die

from Charlie Stevens by Charlie Stevens

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    This album draws from the instrumentation, and the storytelling traditions of bluegrass, and presents these elements with a modern spin, as digested by a current artist.
    This album takes the listener on a journey through some of the sub-genres, and influential genres, of bluegrass. This record features: a Celtic-inspired fiddle tune, a progressive jam with shifting time signatures, folk-ballad inspired love songs, and a beautiful instrumental waltz. Not to mention straight-ahead, driving, bluegrass! These styles, combined with exciting instrumental solos, and hard-hitting vocals from the heart, make this a record you’ll want to hear for yourself!

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This hard-driving tune, outlines the adventures of an outlaw.

lyrics

There's a stream from the mountain
that flows through the canyon.
Many miles must that water roll.
But this part of the creek,
has run dry and I can't sleep.
I've been riding this range for too long.

The sheriff was a-chasin',
but I was scared to face him.
My time will come when called home by the Lord.
In the canyon I was waitin'
without a moments's hesitation
I shot him dead 'fore that lawman could draw.

Now when the deputies
finally caught up with me,
I was camping out beneath the Double Arch.
Well they found me while I's sleepin'
I was taken, I was beaten.
My captors hummed a lonesome funeral march.

Then I heard the gallows bell
ringin' outside of my cell.
Them deputies would like to see me hang.
But I busted myself free
when I stole the jailhouse key.
By nightfall I was on the northbound train.

Well I rode that track for days
through the hills and far away
dreaming about my old home place.
But an outlaw, he must roam
with nowhere to call his home.
My memory's the only time I see your face.

When that train reached it's end
I got out and rode again.
It don't matter where I go, it's all the same.
But I'll miss you when I'm gone
that's why I'll sing this lonesome song.
Well, thankfully, your memory remains.

Now, when I'm dead and gone
don't mourn for me too long.
Well, I'll find my resting place among the stars.
Well, I'd rather be way down,
six feet beneath the ground
Than spend my life behind those prison walls.

In the next world, may I find
a way to live a better life.
Promise only that which I can keep.
So, say a prayer for me,
but darlin' don'tcha weep.
Just burn some candles by my head and feet.

Burn some candles by my head, and feet.

credits

from Charlie Stevens, released August 7, 2020
Charlie Stevens - Guitar and lead vocals
Jan Peterson - Upright bass and harmony vocals
Ron Lynam - Banjo
Scott Catalano - Mandolin
Bridger Dunnagan - Fiddle
Tad Smith - Dobro

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Charlie Stevens Fort Collins, Colorado

Charlie Stevens is a guitarist and music instructor based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Charlie graduated from the University of Northern Colorado, in May of 2019, earning a music performance degree, with a dual emphasis in classical, and bluegrass guitar. ... more

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