Name: Dustbowl Days with Charles Masteller
Duration: P00H05M27S
Description: Original musical idea by Charles Masteller of Hawaii. Just put me in mind of the dustbowl and depression in Oklahoma last century.

Dustbowl Days with Charles Masteller

from 2020 Visions by Barry Kingsbeer

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Original musical idea by Charles Masteller of Hawaii. Just put me in mind of the dustbowl and depression in Oklahoma last century.

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DUSTBOWL DAYS

VS1
DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GONNA DO , I WORKED MY FINGERS DOWN TO THE BONE
JUST TRYIN’ TO TAKE CARE OF HER, AND GIVE THE KIDS A HOME
MY PATCH OF LAND HAS TURNED TO DUST, TOOLS ARE GONE PLOUGHSHARE’S BUST
CROPS ALL FAILED NOTHIN’ FOR US ON THE TABLE
LORD PLEASE HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND
AFTER ALL THESE HARD YEARS OF TOIL, WHY DID YOU TAKE THE SOIL?

VS2
WE USED TO BE HAPPY HERE NOTHIN’ VENTURED NOTHIN’ GAINED
DAYS OF LAUGHTER AND HAPPY TEARS WHEN WE HAD THE RAIN
THEN THE SUN DRIED THE LAND, THE WIND TOOK AWAY THE DIRT
BOTTOMLAND WAS THE LAST TO GO I GUESS THAT WAS THE WORST
LISTENNI’ TO MY WOMAN CRY AS THE STOCK ALL DIED OF THIRST - MMM MMM

SOLO

VS3
PREACHER SAID WE BETTER PRAY, JUST MIGHT BE THE JUDGEMENT DAY
COMIN’ DOWN THE ROAD TO BRUSH AWAY THE POOR
BUT WHEN THE RICH STARTED JUMPIN’
WE ALL FIGURED THERE WAS SOMETHIN’ EVIL AT THE DOOR -YEAH FOR SURE
DIDN’T THINK IT COULD GET MUCH WORSE NO FOOD NO WORK IT WAS THE DEVIL’S CURSE
THEN MY WOMAN FELL SICK COULDN’T GET NO NURSE - MMM MMM

VS4
THEN WE GOT FORECLOSED BY THE BANK COULDN’T LEAVE HAD NO GAS IN MY TANK
WE BURIED MY WIFE BENEATH THE TREE DIDN’T GIVE NO SHADE
NOW MY BOYS AND ME WALK A LONG HARD ROAD
EACH OF US HAS A HEAVY LOAD ANYONE CAN SEE
AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT ENDS FOR THEM OR ME

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from 2020 Visions, track released October 16, 2020
Original idea and rhythm guitar by Charles Masteller. Melody/lyrics, vocals and all other instruments and drum prog Yours Truly.

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Barry Kingsbeer Stratford Upon Avon, UK

I've played bass and sung since I was 13. Pro back in the sixties for a while doing the beat group thing through to some spectacularly unsuccessful recordings. Over the years I've been lucky to have worked with some great players. I started writing songs in the 70s but not seriously until a few years ago. I write to please myself but if anyone likes anything that they hear here - that's a bonus. ... more

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