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Down and Out in Reno (The Loving Cup Blues)

from BLACKMAIL by The Redlight District

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High in the Sierras among the neon sands, three lovers went-a-riding looking for a fix and a room for the night; I’m going down to the Loving Cup baby, thoughts tremble beneath a wearied prayer; baptize my bondage in that whiskey, I’m gonna howl with the haunted there (those Moondogs sure do know how to take care of a brother now, don’t they) Turn back you cannibals – repent and you shall become the trees, this snow has got us fevered – save us from these starved arms, love obscene in a renegade city, a furied voice, alive, escaped, midnight, locked-out in the lobby, naked and so afraid, you see we burned an angel in that room – entwined she bled, she lashed me with her dying flail and ourselves we made to sleep for our sins to hide, she resurrected on a Sunday morning, rose through time like fissured ice, her gift was one last communion, O sweet ecstasy in flesh, lithely, she parted the silent snowfall, then to forsake the depraved, she drove-off into the pale and left me here – left me here to die, die; Hitchhiker nowhere – everybody passed me by, now I’m at the station waiting for my line, got me out in Oakland, now I’m sleeping in the cold

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from BLACKMAIL, released November 22, 2017
Vocals/Harmonica: Stephan Sams
Guitar: Ravi Lamb
Organ/Rhodes/Bass-Keys: Dan Leiter
Drums/Tambourine: Keoki Thompson

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The Redlight District Santa Cruz, California

The band is Stephan Sams (vocals), Ravi Lamb (lead guitar), Dan Leitner (keyboards), and Keoki Thompson (drums). Their frenetic live performances blend elements of delta blues, jazz rock, and soul, weaving meticulously embellished, percussive guitar lines with dynamically intricate rock-organ. These provide a backdrop for Sams' baritone croon, which moves from tranquil melody into manic wails. ... more

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