Willis Fireball
Secret Grey City
© 2005 Willis Fireball (837101132640)
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Songs of a roadside minstrel in various guises with help from many a fairbanks passerby
tracks
- 1 All Roads Lead to Butte, Montana
- 2 Driver 9
- 3 Gori
- 4 Naked Miles
- 5 Passing Through Roswell
- 6 You Can Be My Water Jug
- 7 Dogie
- 8 The Dying Embers
- 9 Coffee Song
- 10 Demon Song
- 11 Going to Tallahassee
- 12 A Sleepy Tune
- 13 I Am the Landing Gear
- 14 The Wheel
- 15 ¡michelada!
- 16 Everything in Kartuli
- 17 Paris Lullaby
notes
from university hill, overlooking the interior city of fairbanks and south to the white peaks of the alaska range,
then onward in all directions...
we think of ourselves as travellers, yet it's been twelve years since we settled here. twelve calendars filled by northern days and all that comes with the territory. with the occasional jaunt to the lower 48, the even lower americas, the countries of former czechoslovakia, the caucasus, zimbabwe, thailand, australia, and new zealand. all these times wander their way into song and story here and there.
Secret Grey City is infused with the northlands --- the spirit, the music, and the musicians --- but the subject matter is largely elsewhere. and most of the songs are not actually rooted in a particular locale, even when a particular locale may be named.
this is a collection of 17 songs from the last 5 years of songwriting. we've written about a hundred songs since 1995, and many of them were recorded in one form or another and gathered together in about 6 other "albums." but this collection has been polished for a wider public presentation: rearranged, professionally recorded, mastered, and packaged. a good song shines without such things, but the improved sound quality certainly doesn't hurt. and the scope of the recording allowed the beautiful contributions from many of our local pals.
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jesus on my mind
author: aerokeg""""""more like pita bread than a ride on lawn mower, more like ghandi than bush, and more like mother theresa's dreams than the back street boys""""""
fireball contributes to global warming...
author: don johnthis album is hott - a true taste of of the FIREbanks' vibe. a stellar group of musicians combined with a great songwriter make for what is destined to become required listening in physics labs everywhere. fairbanks loves you, fireball!
It's awesome-go Willis!
author: BunnyI love Secret Gret City... so many great songs, enjoy the transpotation theme, I see it as kind of a metaphor for traveling through life. I found Demon Song and Paris Lullaby to be the most homehitting. Thanks, "Dad!"