wrote a new song this week, on acoustic, called "Moonshine"

i wrote a new song this week, on acoustic, called "Moonshine"


have you ever had moonshine?
i have.
wow.
it's been many years, though....

i got somewhat inspired to write it, after watching a documentary about this dude:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Sutton

Can I play bass on it?

Well.... moonshine is a substance that one can get here in NC with some money and a connection or two. Some local counties are well known for bootlegging and they catch one or two a year with a still in the old tobacco houses. One guy even had the still in a cellar hidden under the floor of his barn. It's generally well made stuff.  There are some dirt paths in parts of the counties, where it's best not to trespass where you don't belong without permission. 

I've had a few tastes of shine and bootleg from time to time. It tends to be very expensive. One guy had some home made apple brandy that was $100 a quart and this was back quite a few years.  A taste was $5 and man was it good. 

Our ABC stores (state run liquor stores) were selling some straight corn liquor. I forget what it was called..... but man, it was like taking a drink of liquid electricity..... and it even came in a mason jar with a twist off  canning lid.  That was some tough stuff to drink.


Oh.... sorry.......I forgot..... this is about a song..... I'd love to hear it. 

GH
 that's cool man, i was interested in the back story...
the thing with sutton is, it's similar to what you describe in NC..
i lived in Charlotte for almost 10 years, so i'm kinda familiar with the local availability there....
and yea, to me, the corn liquor the ABC sells, just aint the same thing.
not by a long shot!
LOL




robert
yes, i saw the whole piece about 3 years ago, and saw it again just recently, that's what inspired me to write the song.
i just liked the guy.
when i saw the show, and got a vibe on the dude, i just liked him.
maybe i'm totally wrong about that, and maybe he was a real bastard...
but he sure didn't seem so on the documentary...

i've always been fascinated by the idea of 'prohibition' and the moonshine days (hell, we would not have Nascar, if it were not for moonshine)

i mean, at one time, alcohol was the devil.
it was treated like heroin is today.

and now, they sell it at the 7-11.

LOL



my idea for the song, was to write something that did NOT have that element of being illegal, or sinister, but rather, an 'out in the country' experience (which is how it was for me, the first time)....
fairly naive, with only a good time in mind.
the idea that you have a private stash, that you rarely ever get into, except at the right time, just to have a good time with some close friends.


here's the lyric:

(bold is sung, italic is spoken:)


MOONSHINE
OOH OOH OOH (X3)
MOONSHINE, WE GOT SOME OUT IN THE BACK,
SITTING ON THE BACK PORCH
_________________
NIGHTTIME, WILL COME AROUND SOON.
UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT,
_________________
WATCHING THE FIREFLIES, FLY THRU THE YARD
WATCHING THE FIREFLIES, CATCHING ONE IN A JAR
(OH MY GOD, DON'T USE THAT MOONSHINE JAR)
POOR LITTLE FIRE FLY FADES AWAY....
__________
OHHH, OOOH, AH AH AH AH AH
_______________
YEA YEA YEA, IT'S THE MOONSHINE, OOHHH,
IT'S THE MOONSHINE.
________________
I PUT A CAR IN THE DITCH,
JUST A DAY AGO.   (OH NO)
BLAMIN' IT ON THE MOONSHINE,
THE MOONSHINE,
MOONSHINE-MOONSHINE
 
MAKES YOU WEAK IN THE LEGS,
WEAK IN THE HEAD
_____________________
MOONSHINE, MOONSHINE
 
SOMEBODY BRING IT OUT NOW,
I THINK WE'RE ALL READY
__________________________________________
HEY MAN, HOW 'BOUT THIS RIGHT HERE?
NO, DON'T BRING OUT THAT...... JOINT.
ALRIGHT  HOW ABOUT SOME WHISKEY THEN?
LEAVE THAT WHISKEY.... RIGHT THERE, ON THE COUNTER.
AW MAN, OK, HOW ABOUT A CIGAR?
NO, HELL NO! DON'T BREAK OUT NO CIGAR....
AW MAN, I LIKE ME A GOOD CIGAR, NOW AND THEN......
 
The MOONSHINE…… IS ALL WE NEED...
IS ALL WE NEED.
__________________________
LOOK AT IT....IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR.
HAVE NO FEAR
 
KEEP IT AWAY FROM AN OPEN FLAME.
 
MAKES YOU WEAK IN THE LEGS
MAKES YOU SCARED OF....... EVERYTHING MECHANICAL.
WHERE DID THE NIGHT GO NOW?
______________________________
MOONSHINE
MAN, IT'S CLEAR AS THE DRIVEN SNOW
NOW IT'S TIME FOR A SWIG.
OH MY GOD.
YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD STUFF. GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE.
OH, MAN.
WOO........WOO-HOOO-YEA!
MOONSHINE!!
YEAH, YOU TAKE SOME RIGHT HERE, COME OVER HERE---RIGHT HERE.
DRINK IT UP.
MAN, THAT STUFF'S STRONG. IT'S TOO STRONG.
THAT'S ENOUGH, NO THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
GOD, MY LEGS HAVE GONE OUT ON ME ALREADY
THAT'S IT, PUT THE TOP BACK ON THIS
SET IT BACK UP ON THERE......UP THERE...
PUT THAT **** AWAY
OHH, I'M DONE.