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Lonesome Lake EP

by Nat Johnson

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) Yes, obviously I'm buying various items from Nat Johnson's back catalog right now. This comprises "Monkey Swallows the Universe", "Nat Johnson & the Figureheads", and, of course, her solo works. The triplet of songs on this EP also appears on the live album "Roving Women: Nat Johnson plays Connie Converse (live at the Lexington with Cornerstone Brass)", besides lots of great Connie Converse covers in addition to "Talkin' Like You". The brass arrangement on "Condor" simply sweeps me away, and I can tell you that the live version of this song is just as amazing. Favorite track: Condor.
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1.
Condor 03:35
So, the fire dies and the rest of the world sees by candlelight You'll be gone tonight, all the colours of you (So, the fire dies and the rest of the world sees by candlelight) Where's the spray? There's none - just the prow of the boat pushing on through the foam (Going where?) Where this current pulls, getting ready to start to retrain as river, come back as condor Keep that love in your sights; it's the rolling of thunder, mysterious lights And row until it's time to retrain as river Retrain as river, come back as condor
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In between two tall mountains, there's a place they call Lonesome Don't see why they call it Lonesome - I'm never lonesome when I go there See that bird sitting on my windowsill, well he's saying whip-poor-will all the night through See that brook running by my kitchen door, well it couldn't talk no more if it was you Up that tree there's sort of a squirrel thing. Sounds just like we did when we were quarrelling In the yard I keep a pig or two - they drop in for dinner like you used to do I don't stand in the need of company with everything I see talkin' like you Up that tree there's sort of a squirrel thing. Sounds just like we did when we were quarrelling You may think you left me all alone, but I can hear you talk without a telephone I don't stand in the need of company with everything I see talkin' like you See that bird sitting on my windowsill, well he's saying whip-poor-will all the night through Just whip-poor-will all the night through In between two tall mountains, there's a place they call Lonesome Don't see why they call it Lonesome - I'm never lonesome now I live there
3.
How I'd like to drink with you in your kitchen late at night How we'd talk Don't be lonely in the dark I see you in that chair Come to life, come to England Well the squirrel leaps on the sycamore bones And in my nose is the gentle sting of winter And I picture you on a walk in the hills Were your fingers red when you walked in England? Well the man in the sky might be married now The wind may have carried your bonnet down But now you're unburied we won't forget That you lived alone, you lived alone How I'd like to drink with you in your kitchen late at night How we'd talk Don't be lonely in the dark

about

A nature-charmed, country-folk triple, and a leafy love letter from one songwriter to another.

See ‘Roving Women: Nat Johnson plays Connie Converse’ at the Lexington, London N1 on Sunday 25 October 2015, featuring Cornerstone Brass and short film ‘We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary’ by Andrea Kannes. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/event/329857

More info: www.natjohnson.co.uk/lake/

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released September 18, 2015

‘Condor’ written by Nat Johnson:
Nat Johnson (vocals, guitar, piano), Hannah Browne (vocals, flute), Katherine Jackson (vocals, violin), Oliver Allchin (banjo), Chris Loftus (bass), Neil Piper (drums), Cornerstone Brass Band (led by Damian Wileman)

‘Talkin’ Like You’ written by Connie Converse in 1951 (this arrangement by Nat Johnson and band):
Nat Johnson (vocals, guitar), Hannah Browne (vocals, flute), Katherine Jackson (ukulele), Oliver Allchin (musical saw), Neil Piper (percussion)

‘Lonely in the Dark’ written by Nat Johnson:
Nat Johnson (vocals, guitar), Hannah Browne (flute), Katherine Jackson (violin)

Produced by Dave Sanderson
Recorded at 2Fly Studios, Sheffield, UK
Straw & Hay Records 2015
Cover image by Andrea Kannes

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