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THE ABYSS
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uncle steve plays acoustic rhythm guitar & sings the lead vocal. uncle andy plays a great violin solo, over a tasty keyboard track. uncle dave holds it all together on bass; and, the lovely kaia supplies the 2nd voice.
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Uncle Steve is a Canajun Blues musician out of Providence Bay, Ontario, Canada, on Manitoulin Island, featuring the work of singer/songwriter, Derek Stephen McP
"Uncle Steve" is a Canadian singer/songwriter, who plays with an extended family of various musical buddies. Inspired by the Canadian comedians, "the Mackenzie Brothers" & their jokes, about the "Mercans" south of the border & us "Canajuns" here in the "Great White North"; Uncle Steve describes his music as "Canajun Blues"...
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #109
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Derek Stephen McPhail / Aaron Bewza
Rights
Socan
Uploaded
October 27, 2007
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MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:30
Story behind the song
after aaron & i discussed collaborating on a song; i focused on his lovely piano melody, that he calls "desert highway". the tune & the "desert highway" image reminded me of "the eagles" & carlos castaneda's wonderful books. once i started with the desert image, overlaid on an urban landscape; the lyric wrote itself.
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THE ABYSS lyric by Stephen McPhail & music by Aaron Bewza DRIVING DOWNTOWN CRUISING A DESERT HIGHWAY... TUMBLE WEED HOMELESS CURLED UP ON THE SIDEWALK... STRIP MALLS & BILLBOARDS LIKE CACTUS & SAGEBRUSH... FAR AS THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE HORIZON... DESERT HIGHWAY... SUN GOING DOWN... DESERT HIGHWAY... LUNAR ECLIPSE... DESERT HIGHWAY... I'M GOING DOWN... THAT HIGHWAY INTO THE NIGHT... TRYING TO AVOID ARMADILLO ROADKILL... HONKING AT BUZZARDS CIRCLING OVERHEAD... COYOTE DJ HOWLING ADS & NEWS BITES... BUG MUSIC DRONING IN BETWEEN... DESERT HIGHWAY... SUN GOING DOWN... DESERT HIGHWAY... LUNAR ECLIPSE... DESERT HIGHWAY... I'M GOING DOWN... THAT HIGHWAY INTO THE NIGHT... STALKING A JAGUAR WHO'S STALKING ME... WEAVING THROUGH CANYONS OF CONCRETE & STEEL... WIND DEVIL IN THE ALLEY BLOWING GARBAGE ABOUT... CHOPPER GHOST RIDER GIVING A TRAFFIC REPORT...
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kwedvik
Jan 31, 2008
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