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Underway

by John the Revelator

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Diego's Drive Music: John the Revelator Lyrics: Tom Huissen Here comes Diego well you can’t ignore Big man driving Fleetwood 74 Driving all night driving all day All you chicks better make your way Powerful engine bluesy radio Driving like blind on the cruise control Rocking all night rocking all day Great bluesy driver and he is coming your way Big blue Cadillac Fleetwood 74 The chicks go wild for those automobiles A bluesy devil on a set of wheels You don’t have to line up, you don’t have to queue ‘Cause all he wants a bluesy woman or two Coloured all blue well inside and out Original Cadillac without a doubt Strong bluesy horn it will warn you chicks Diego’s coming down to show you some tricks He don’t care you’re black, brown or blonde Stretch out flat if that’s what you want Jump the limousine Diego’s on your side In to the black night for a crazy long ride You can hear those wheels when he starts to turn All of a sudden smell that rubber burn Don’t be nervous and don’t be shy Diego will make you come and fly Big blue Cadillac Fleetwood 74
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Dreamtime Music: John the Revelator Lyrics: Tom Huissen There is a bright morning dawning Lost in the gloom of dust and sand Back and face your destiny Seek no haven in this land Hollow below ground Dreamtime passes many stages Waterfalls on the rocks Magic fingers in the air Crow spirit became man Take this crystal to bear Rising up from the plains Slumbering for countless ages Don’t you cross the dreaming track Cause of sadness and distress Ignorance kills every year Falling into a world A world of fear Ancient heroes roaming Digging water, hunting prey As it was done in dreamtime So must it be done today Hollow below ground Dreamtime passes many stages
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Why would you cry for me? Music: John the Revelator Lyrics: Tom Huissen I’m here alone in my room I still feel you in my skin It was time to let you go No use crying we’d better move on You need someone to lean on Someone to count on too I am so sorry baby Turning your world upside Why would you cry for me baby? I don’t know, I just don’t know I was looking for some shelter One night love baby bye bye
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One shot away Now tell me baby Where do you wanna go? Now tell me baby Where do you wanna go? Still sucking on a 40, Yelling for a “five- one -o” Going 24/7 Drinking, dope and smoke Going 24/7 Drinking, dope and smoke The make-believe of money Out of means, always broke You don’t write You don’t call Always one shot away You don’t write You don’t call Always one shot away Going for a hand to hand No piper no play
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Where are you? Mucis: John the Revelator Lyrics: Tom Huissen I know that you’ve been hiding You’ve creeping around You rely on your own timing Buried in the ground I feel like I wanna lie down Buried head to head Sleeping with a triple crown Forever in my woman’s bed Feels like someone’s walking over my grave Where are you? Mr. So and So Where are you? Will you come in my sleep? Will you hit me in my wake? Will it cut skin-deep? Like a bite from a crawling snake? When will you make a stand? A sharp pain in the heart Will you let me shake your hand? You tear my world apart Forever and never crying Holy doom I came in this world dying Shallow room Black shadows running down the track Time just passing by A cold wind blowing at my back Silence in the sky Where are you?

about

When you are reading this you probably just bought, borrowed or maybe even downloaded the new John the Revelator album Underway (including the artwork of course).
This album is quite a different matter from our previous album “Down in the mud” where many friends contributed to make for a worthy celebration of our 35 years gigging and recording.
One of those friends was young Erwin who decided to stay on for musical creativity and big money. His ace keyboard stuff is an extra dimension to our music.

The biggest difference is that Underway mainly consists of self penned songs.
Instead of recording arranged and worked out songs we started toying around with lyrics and rough melody lines both made by Tom who is our only full time musician at present and therefore the most suitable guy to deliver the goods.
This often resulted in quite unexpected things. One or two songs however proved too unexpected and were therefore directed to our ever growing collection of outtakes.



I wanna thank our friend and engineer Henk (who never wore more than two pairs of spectacles during recording) who was great as ever. With a hell of a lot of patience and tolerance he listened to our sometimes crazy ideas and suggestions and incorporated them into the music.
Finally I wanna thank friend of the band Mr. Snowy White who directed me to out of phase playing.

Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it.

See you at your place


Frans “Mr. French” ten Kleij

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released September 29, 2012

John the Revelator:

Erwin Aubroeck: piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, magic sounds, vocals
Paul Dammers: slide guitar, acoustic & rhythm guitar, plectrum bass parts on ‘Diego’s drive’.
Cor Dijkhuizen: drums & percussion
Tom Huissen: vocals & bass guitar
Frans ten Kleij: lead & rhythm guitar

Henk Suurling plays the bass guitar on ‘Dreamtime’.

All songs produced & arranged by John the Revelator & Henk Suurling
All music composed by John the Revelator, all lyrics by Tom Huissen;
With the exception of the songs: ‘Underway’ (Peter Green), ‘Shakin’ all over’ (Fred Heath), ‘The great gig in the sky’ (Richard Wright, Clare Torry).
Album recorded, mixed and mastered by Henk Suurling.
Album co-ordination: Tom Huissen

Recorded at the Pop bunker studio IJmuiden, the Netherlands (www.popbunkerstudio.nl)
2009/2010

Photography: Yara van der Velden
Art Direction: Bas Huissen

www.johntherevelator.nl

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John the Revelator Haarlem, Netherlands

Welcome to the bandcamp site of John the Revelator, a bluesband from Holland Formed in 1968, this band has remained alive and kicking, touring all over Europe and Australia for 55 years and releasing more than 15 albums.

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