Give 'Em Enough Hope

by Rich Jones

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MattBastard Great tracks and I am eager to hear more! I’ve been following Rich’s career for nearly 25 years and I am a big fan of his songwriting . Thanx, Rich 🤘🏽 Favorite track: Shinola (home demo).

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1.	Death Of A Salesman (home demo) 05:32	lyrics	buy track
Outside there’s a blue light Could be mornin’ or night Am I sleepless or sleepy? 50% of alright Cause I’m High and lonesome again Packed up and motorin’ Boarding passes and taxis I got my world in a bag I’ll call you back when I get there And get my shit unpacked Cause I’m High and lonesome again To the end The wheels turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Put the world on hold Til I get back home again I’ll grab an hour of sleep now To get me through to the show Quick smoke and a coffee Don’t need no line of blow Cause I’m High and lonesome again To the end The wheels turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Put the world on hold Til I get back home Turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Put the world on hold Til I get back home But I can’t stay gotta pack my bags again Gonna turn my key in the lock and say goodbye to all my friends I know it’s hard to understand The life and death of a traveling salesman It’s everything to me but this ain’t what you wanted There ain’t nothin’ else I could let myself be Once you’re in the life you can’t turn your back on it Livin’ and breathin’! I live and breathe! Livin’ and breathin’! You gotta live and breathe! The wheels turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Put the world on hold Til I get back home Turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Put the world on hold Til I get back home again Turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ The wheels turn like the seasons As natural as breathin’ Turn like the seasons Until I stop Until I stop breathin’
2.	Shinola (home demo) 02:37	lyrics	buy track
When they brought you home from the hospital Well it made your father sick So you grew up hard and you broke some bones And you learned your lessons quick Now you’re an angry little fucker with an axe to grind the devil on my shoulder You’re a small time bet on a highball roller But you don’t know shit from Shinola Well the teenage years came wild and fast And you did your share of harm And you squirmed your way on up despite Your distinctive lack of charm Now you’re an angry little fucker with an axe to grind the devil on my shoulder You got a brain that’s buzzin’ like coca cola But you don’t know shit from Shinola Now the sunset’s getting longer And your friends are all long gone It’s a lonely ride from the middle down It’s the end of your long con Cause you’re an angry little fucker with an axe to grind the devil on my shoulder You got a head that’s spinning like a Victrola But you don’t know shit I said you don’t know shit You know that you don’t know no shit From Shinola Shinola Shit from Shinola

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During the pandemic I spent my time at home writing and demoing a LOT of songs, just trying to do something positive with my time. A bunch of those songs ended up on the Michael Monroe & Black Halos albums but quite a few of them didn't find a home. Some just didn't fit with what we were doing musically, some just didn't work with the band, some were just straight-up rejected. I recorded and mixed all of this stuff myself at home and played everything on it, except for a few songs where my friend Karl Rockfist played drums. I've written a little about each song on their pages if you're interested in that sort of thing. These are home demos with mistakes and sometimes questionable singing (sorry!) but I hope it'll give an insight into my writing and demoing process for both of those bands (and more). So I'm gonna be digging through the songs and posting the ones that I really like. Hopefully you like them too.

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released November 4, 2022

Rich Jones - Guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals, piano
Karl Rockfist - drums, sometimes

All songs written by Rich Jones. Recorded and mixed at Rich's house, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Karl's drums recorded at Karl's house in Stockholm, SE.

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Rich Jones Hamilton, Ontario

Guitarist and songwriter with Michael Monroe and The Black Halos. Been thinking about making my own record for about 10 years...

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