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Live at the Hanging tree

by JOHNNY CASINO

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1.
Galvaston 02:13
Galvaston is another performed originally by Glen Campbell in keeping in form with my Glen Campbell addiction , in this one it was really just a warm up to check some sounds in the studio and we decided to keep it for this live in the Studio Album.
2.
Take me down to your river and let me get in I taste your cool cool water and i wanna swim It´s time i got a drink from your loving cup Take me down to your river and let me in Lyrics and Music by John A Spittles
3.
TREATIN ME KIND (John A Spittles / Grahame Spittles)
4.
BROTHER GRAHAME SAYS (John A Spittles) Sweet May wontcha pour me a drink in a long tall glass Antonio Maria Gerardo Laura too lets make the goodtimes last Brother Grahame keeps saying i keep falling in love Brother Grahame keeps saying i keep falling in love Wednesday night Sala Carabel , in Palencia i found A heart so big a smile so warm and eyes so brown Brother Grahame keeps saying i keep falling in love Brother Grahame keeps saying i keep falling in love Somedays time keeps slippin away and every once in a while you hoped it would stay
5.
NOTHING LEFT TO HIDE (John A Spittles)
6.
I CAN´T BE WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE (John A Spittles) I´ll walk when you run i cant be who you want me to be I´ll go left and you go right and we´ll see what we wanna see all day long and into the night we both dance to a different drum for you and me the innocence has gone what are you waiting for i cant be who you want me to be i told you 1000 times before i cant be who you want me to be bags are packed ready to go all kindsa girls all kindsa shows you oughta know i aint coming home I cant be who you want me to be.
7.
YOU´VE STILL GOT NOTHING TO SAY (John A Spittles) I hear you talking but you ´ve got nothing to say After all these years there´ll be a price to pay On and on you go, but you got nothing to say Now our mate Mark can tell a tale or two A tale wasn´t told talking about Frenchie and you On and on you go, for so long so long and it shows That you got nothing to say Talk talk talk talk and you talk talk talk But you got nothing to say
8.
THIS CHRISTMAS TIME (she´ll fly away)(John A Spittles) Tonight I’d like to hide, from you him and them and be by her side Tomorrow she´ll fly away, and right here in Sydney I’ll have to stay And just for a little while but more than a day This Christmas time she´ll fly away She swims through my tide, when I’m drunk tired and surly she winks and smiles She comes in colours so bright, and I dress in black and never quite right And with one smile, she makes my day But this Christmas time she´ll fly away
9.
I AM WHO I AM, NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE (John A Spittles) I am who I am not who you want me to be And I stand where I stand and you see what you see I cut and I bleed you find that so hard to believe I am who I am not who you want me to be You see me stand and fall you seen this before Yeah i stand and fall and you have seen that before I cut and bleed cut and bleed yeah I am who I am not who you want me to be I AM
10.
COWBOYS AND INDIANS (John A Spittles) Fly the plane into the west they say the time is now Cowboys and Indians are gunna make the sound Well i cant see in front of me cant stand up from falling down But i believe in truth and a certain sound Killer Ken made the call and he told me how Blazin Brad and Mister Hall are gunna lay it down We turned em up it turned us on , we drove to the river town We made em move their feet with that certain sound Twist and shout into the night and play it loud and proud I´ll sing my song and make that sound thats gunna shake em down There was a kiss from Emily that drove and spun me round She said we made her more with that certain sound

about

From the second Johnny asks the engineer if the tape's rolling, you feel like you're right inside this album. It's live in every sense – slammed down to tape by Johnny and his Spanish band, on a day off between dates on a hit-and-run Aussie tour in August, 2012. It's presented as it was recorded with minimal polish – you can hear the grill of Johnny's quad box rattling to those big, meaty tones, if not feel the air it's pushing – and bristles with electricity.

There are just two newies here among a set of Casino staples but don't let the thought that he's going over old ground deter you. These are live arrangements, probably partly worked out on the fly, so even if you have the studio albums, you'll find something to love here.

Johnny's guitar partner, Aitor Ochoa, conspires with him to kick up a helluva storm. Cop an earful of "Nothing Left To Hide" when they lock in on the target with unerring accuracy. Importantly, the Spanish engine room of Julian Marco (bass) and Isidro Ochoa, is nothing if not formidable. Home grown stalwart Jeremy Craib adds the necessary lighter touches on keyboards.

You might be surprised by the (half) cover of "Galveston". Yes, that one. Jimmy Webb-via-Glenn-Campbell and it's a warm-up sans full band that sets the tone. Things get serious as a monstrous take on "Take me Down To The River" rumbles along next and there's no doubt in the world about anyone's commitment levels.

The good-time ode to love, "Brother Grahame Says", sounds sunny as a clear November day with its chirpy background vocals. Ya gotta give Johnny his due as a singer - for a guy who seemed reluctant to think of himself as more than competent when he started this solo band stuff, he sounds totally in control.

Of the newer ones, "This Christmas Time" sounds faltering and a worthy work in progress, while "You Still Got Nothing To Say" (aired on a double 7" vinyl single) is withering in its delivery.

Ten tracks, all worthy your investment of time and money. - The Barman

credits

released March 1, 2013

Recorded live at The Hanging Tree studios in Sydney Australia by Tim Dunn
All songs written by John A Spittles
Painting and Sleeve design by Rick Chesshire from GEELONG!!

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JOHNNY CASINO Spain

Classy, rocking and cinematic, with sweeping vision, individualism , big, bold and brassy sounds occasionally bitter and always engaging. I-94 BAR

Johnny Casino should be playing upper-middle-class booze orgies to loosen up and wreck soon to be career women. VILLAGE VOICE New York City

Johnny Casino, anywhere, anytime.This man has one musical fault – he’s too fucking good !BEAT MAGAZINE
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