Music River Dream

by The Kevins

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The seventh album by The Kevins features 11 original rock and roll-styled songs as well as covers of Neil Young and the under-appreciated Rank Amateurs.

The songs spin true stories of soul-sapping psychquakes and aftershocks (Leaving Nothing But Sorrow, Music River Dream) and finding your feet again after the fall (Thank My Lucky Stars, Practicing History).

Musical travelogues detail a new reality ride into a brighter world (This Must Be The Place, I Go Back To Tulsa). Plus there's a shooting star (Song For Forest), funky uke-driven instrumentals (After The Rain At Seedhouse, We're Building The Future!), and a very rockin' take on a little-known Neil Young song (Bandit).

Enough selling, jump into Music River Dream by The Kevins!

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credits

released 20 December 2011
Played / Produced by K. Dennis for Slowfist Productions

Guest Kevin: Austin McLoughlin - bass & production wizardry on After The Rain At Seedhouse

Mastered at Derryberry Audio, Westminster CO

Recorded 2009 - 2011 at The Box and Chase Drive Basement

Thanks to Andy, Tim, Derice, Dave, Chuck, Sam

Dedicated to LLL

(c) 2011 K.Dennis / Slowfist Productions

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tags: arvada rock acoustic rock alternative rock americana roots rock indie rock instrumentals neil young originals rock and roll singer-songwriter ukulele Denver

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The Kevins (Denver, CO) have been conjuring up home-made rock music since 1998: original songs by K. Dennis, tunes by ... more friends & colleagues, and covers (Steppenwolf, Blondie, The Delfonics, Husker Du, The Banana Splits, more). Inspired by Neil Young, John Fogerty, Paul Westerberg, Ian Hunter and many more, The Kevins' continuing quest is to create the perfect single - or at least some cool b-sides. less

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Track Name: Thank My Lucky Stars
THANK MY LUCKY STARS by K. Dennis

Buying dollar tacos with nickels and dimes
Man oh man I've seen better times
Ready for adventure but there's a hitch
Paying alimony I'll never be rich

Then I remember to thank my lucky stars
I've got a job for now and pretty good old car
I can drive away my troubles and retreat
There's so many folks who just can't make ends meet

Visit my mailbox once a week
Nothing but threats and junk I don't need
Ready to be starting something new
But first I gotta pay for years of crazy blues

Then I remember to thank my lucky stars
I'm a speck in time and space but I've got a car
I can drive away my troubles, stay out late
There's so many folks with no hope and no escape

Homeless guy on the highway ramp
Playing guitar trying to make contact
Singing "Hey driver can you spare some change?"
I hand him the quarters I keep in the tray

Then I remember to thank my lucky stars
I've got a roof over my head and a pretty good old car
I can drive away my troubles and unwind
I know folks are falling down, falling behind
I remember to thank my lucky stars
I'm just one bad break from being where a lot of folks are

I remember to thank my lucky stars
Track Name: This Must Be The Place
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by K. Dennis

We started down this road once before
We laughed, we loved and then I fell
Treading time, the years fly by
But one song would always take me to you
"This Must Be The Place"
I'd sing softly...this must be the place

Driving old streets made me push the send button
You replied "We could try it on and see"
Gotta lotta miles but we're runnin' fine
And home is where we all want to be
This must be the place
I'd sing softly...this must be the place

Now we're standing next to
A lake two miles closer to the sky
There's nothing here to match you
A face with a view...

I'd sing softly
This must be the place
Track Name: Ain't Gettin' Younger Standin' Here
AIN'T GETTIN' YOUNGER STANDIN' HERE by K. Dennis

You're predisposed to sit in repose
TV blarin' while you decompose
Moanin' over some imagined slight
Man oh man I can't take another night

I don't make the rules, I don't get a say
Got some time left before I'm on my way
For all I know I could die today

And I ain't gettin' younger standin' here
Don't need your anchors or your fears
Ain't gettin' younger standin' here
Minutes with you feel like years

You've settled into a regimen
Hours on the email flame-throwin'
Pointless battles and squandered time
There's better things to do I ain't gonna fight

I don't make the rules, I don't get a say
Got some time left before I'm on my way
For all I know I could expire today

And I ain't gettin' younger standin' here
Don't need your anchors or your fears
Ain't gettin' younger standin' here
Minutes with you feel like years

You're predisposed to sit in repose
TV blarin' while you decompose
You say I'm a loser and you've wasted your life
Then we'll both be free when I get out tonight

I don't make the rules, I don't get a say
Got some time left before I'm on my way
For all I know today's the last day

And I ain't gettin' younger standin' here
You can stuff your anchors and your fears
Ain't gettin' younger standin' here
Minutes with you feel like years
Track Name: Music River Dream
MUSIC RIVER DREAM by K. Dennis

Pushed off the merry-go-round, holed up and tied down
Colored lights sway on a windy winter night
Stumbling bad, can't quite find my feet
A Christmas party's breaking up down the street

Numbers are circling, no bluff in my hand
Win and lose more in a pointless last stand
Days are cold and short, can't get off the line
Haven't had a dream in a long long time

Frisell's cascades, that punk kid Wavves
Sounds of M. Ward hush the chill from the room
Music is a river flowing every day
Rivers into oceans into seas of endless dreams

Music is a river running through my days
I go down to the banks when I can't dream
Music is a river flowing through my days
I wade in the water when I need to dream

Wade in the water...
Track Name: I Had This Dream
I HAD THIS DREAM by K. Dennis

Rolling down the highway to the old salt mine
Two hours driving plus the nine-to-five
Head down, mouth shut - flourescent cubicle day

Insurance benefits I can't afford to lose
So commute, punch the clock, focus those blues
Head down, mouth shut - make it through today
Every other Friday, collect the pay
I had this dream...

Ten years on the job and there's nowhere to go
There's guys out there who'll work for less dough
Head down, mouth shut - don't ever make a scene

Can't relax, we can all be replaced
Keep turning out the work and don't stare into space
Head down, mouth shut - folks depending on me
Every other Friday, I feel a little free
I had this dream...

Heard this suit on tv say it's all up to me
Work hard, bootstraps, crap mythology
Without a helping hand you get stuck
Or shoved out the door

I had this dream...
Track Name: Leaving Nothing But Sorrow
LEAVING NOTHING BUT SORROW by Bergey/Dennis/Aldridge

The movers are coming tomorrow
Taking the furniture away
Leaving nothing but sorrow
With palms up and ready for pay

But I don't have the money
I guess I'll be in more debt
They won't think it funny
But they've seen nothing yet

Nothing I can call my own
No place I can call my home
No one I can call my own
No place I can call my home down home

A worker flips a switch tomorrow
Disconnects the phone
Leaving nothing but sorrow
Their pay will be more to owe

But I don't have the money
I guess I'll be in more debt
Ma Bell won't think it funny
But she's seen nothing yet

Nothing I can call my own
No place I can call my home
They won't even give me the dial tone
No place I can call my home down home

The lawyer is coming tomorrow
My wife wants everything I own
Leaving nothing but sorrow
From a love that started so bold

And I don't have the money
I guess I'll be in more debt
The judge won't think it funny
But they're asking more than they can get

Nothing I can call my own
No place I can call my home
No one I can call my own
No place I can call my home down home
Track Name: Practicing History
PRACTICING HISTORY by K. Dennis

I've got to practice my history
Before I get involved with you
I've got to practice my history
I've had too many Waterloos

I'm gonna check out my past and all the lovers I've known
Check out my past and see where each love went wrong
Check out my because I want to be strong

And I can't repeat my history
When I look back it's clear to see
I can't repeat my history
There's certain scenes I can't believe ever happened to me

I'm gonna practice my history
Don't need no personal Vietnam (or Iraq/Afghanistan)
Something that's costly and hopeless
And just refuses to be won

I'm gonna check out my past and all the lovers I've had
Check out my past and see where each love went sad
Check out my past because I want this one bad

And I can't repeat my history
When I look back it's clear to see
I can't repeat my history
There's certain scenes I can't believe ever happened to me
Track Name: (I Go Back To) Tulsa
(I GO BACK TO TULSA) by K. Dennis

When the distance between us
Feels like endless space
When there's distance between us
My mind floats to a place

I go back to Tulsa
Taking in the wonders of the ancient route
Pops, the Round Barn and the broken brick street
Driving up the road with a walking dream
I go back to Tulsa

When the time between hearts
Beats at a glacial pace
When there's time between hearts
My mind floats to one place

I go back to Tulsa
And an all-star downtown hotel room
The National singing about pigstands
At Cain's Ballroom

I go back to Tulsa
Looking for Asian in old Brookside
Streamline museum
Kissin' that dream in the garden green

When the distance between us
Feels like endless space
I go back to Tulsa
I go back to Tulsa
Take me back to Tulsa
Take me back to Tulsa
Track Name: Song For Forest
SONG FOR FOREST by K. Dennis

He was a live wire
Throwing sparks of light
Burned up the backyard once
A kid just gone awry

He had an energy
Touched with fire and light
Making everyone
Feel more alive

He had the kind of laugh
Was better than the joke
And he wouldn't wear
Anybody's yoke

He had an energy
Touched with fire and light
Making everyone
Feel more alive

Forest knew what to do with crazy
Powered it with love and curiousity
Forest knew what to do with crazy
Standing at the front
Saying "Let's have fun, follow me!"

He was a live wire
Throwing sparks of light
Burned up the backyard once
Experiment gone awry

He had an energy
Touched with fire and light
Making everyone
Charged and more alive

Forest knew what to do with crazy
Powered it with love and curiousity
Forest knew what to do with crazy
Standing at the front
Saying "Let's have fun, follow me!"

Forest knew what to do with crazy
Everybody's got to sing his song
Forest knew what to do with crazy
Everybody's got to carry him on...