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Dixie Paradise

from AMERICAN TALES by Johnny Bee

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    Johnny Bee, a New York-born singer/songwriter now living in London, takes a proud look at his American roots with these tales of swamp voodoo, punk New York, brave soldiers, barefoot summers, subway love, no-hope bars, shootin' Redcoats, families at war, a prayer for Dixie and the ever-hazardous pursuit of happiness. Genre: Americana/Alt Country/Blues

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Current events look bad for the South, but I am convinced that despite the actions of a few evil idiots, it is a much better place than it was before. Plus it's the birthplace of Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams, Dr John, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, etc, etc -- can't be all bad!
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Goin’ down to Dixie
Where the water
tastes like beer
Down to West Virginia
Where the mountain
streams run clear
Drinkin’ moonshine
in the sun, playin’ banjo
in the shade
‘Strummin’ to the rhythm
That the drivers made’
They’re shootin’
revenooers,
We better get outa here

How low can you go
How high can you fly
How slim can you swim
How wide can you slide
It’s a Dixie Paradise

Down to Carolina,
Alabama, Georgia,
Tennessee.
No more burning crosses,
no more Robert E. Lee.
Yes ma’am, no ma’am
Come on in my kitchen
Eat your ham and grits,
boy, while momma does
the stitching
There’s a new South
a-risin’, so quit yer
bitchin’ right now.

How low can you go …

Down the Mississippi
on a raft with
Huck and Jim
Tom Sawyer
and the pirates
always after him
Chased down the river
by the Angel of Death,
Scarred old slaver
Breathin’ down his neck
‘ain’t nobody ever ever
ever gonna sivilize me’

How low can you go …

Down to Lousiana
Where the gumbo
tastes like fire
Ridin’ around on a
Streetcar named Desire
The Wild Tchapitoulas
play the Mardi Gras
Dr John, ma cher, ca va
Ain’t no hurricane
Gonna bring this city
down

How slow can you go
How quick can you blow
How fast can you blast
How long can you last
It’s a Dixie Paradise...

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from AMERICAN TALES, track released March 15, 2015
Vocals and guitar: Johnny Bee.Recorded by Sean Read at Famous Times Studio, Hackney, London. Photographs: Michael Donald. Design: Johnny Bee. Songs copyright 2015 John Rogers Belknap aka Johnny Bee, PRS, PPL, all rights reserved.

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Johnny Bee London, UK

Johnny Bee is a newspaperman and songwriter. His New York band played at CBGBs in the 1970s, supporting the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads while he worked for the Village Voice. He moved to London, worked on Fleet St, and played with psychobilly band the Highliners at Glastonbury and Endorse-It-In-Dorset. He later formed Johnny and the Bees (also on Bandcamp). This is his first solo album. ... more

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