 Classic SMOOTH TOAD
in which we explore “twisted roots & cast-iron croonin’,” raucous song by ANDY DINSMOOR (lead guitar), BOB ERNST (blues harp, percussion) & G. P. SKRATZ (rhythm guitar). For what we’re up to now, in the wake of Andy’s move to Connecticut in 2007, visit the “regular” SMOOTH TOAD page right here in the cozy Arundo Salon or buckle up & zip off to www.myspace.com/smoothtoad. Andy remains with the group as “Toad Emeritus,” continues to write songs with the current configuration, & will one day return to play with us as well!
BITTER OLD MAN o i'm a bitter old man, thrown from my home, the youngsters fawn & procreate o i'm a bitter old man, the earth beneath my feet, Hear this piece performed (from the CD, Smooth Toad):
BALLAD OF JIMMY COE jimmy coe shot a man down in florida, chorus:well, he ran by night, & he slept by day, across what was massive wilderness. he rode shotgun on a stagecoach to get himself further west. he wound up in oregon’s rogue river valley, more dead than alive choruswell, ya never seen him, but he always seen you especially what you left behind people began calling him the “raccoon man” cuz he would always steal ya blind till he threatened someone with that useless gun & like that, his life was done. chorusif there’s a moral to this tale, & i’m here to say there is, keep in mind there’s a ratio between taking & what gives, & stop runnin away from yourself before your life is through & don’t ever let them insults get the best of you. chorus Hear this piece performed (from the CD, In Shape for the Inevitable):
DOWN THE ROAD ghosts of old beatniks, another form took form: they said what they said, some saw the ghost train, * met up with a woman lift yr pretty chin up, Hear this piece performed (from the CD, In Shape for the Inevitable):
ALTER KOCKER ROCKER* gonna go down to the pawnshop chorus: don’t need no whiskey, don’t need no pot chorus i been playin this SHIT since before you were born cuz i can hardly hear a thing chorus_______________ * alter kocker, Yiddish for “old” (alter) “fart” (kocker). ** cf Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex (St. Martin’s Press, NY, 2005-- pp.37-39) Hear this piece performed (from the CD, In Shape for the Inevitable):
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