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Holy Rollin'

by The Grape And The Grain

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1.
WELCOME BACK TO MY TRIP, THIS TIME IT’S TO THE TOP. AS IT TURNS OUT, I ONLY NEEDED ONE DROP TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THESE TREE’S ARE ON FIRE, THERE’S A WOLF IN THE TRUNK. SHE’S SKETCHING BEHIND ME DOWN THERE ON THE FLOOR. WE SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. ANYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, ANYTHING, ANYTIME. I THINK I’M READY NOW. FACES IN THE CLOUDS TALKING TO ME NOW, CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUND? I’M READY NOW. STEP INTO THE GATES OF HELL, YOU’RE FADING FAST BUT FEELING WELL. WE SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. ANYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, ANYTHING, ANYTIME. I KNOW I’M READY NOW.
2.
THIS WATER IS WARM BUT IS IT MAKING ME CLEAN? THERE’S BLOOD IN THIS BATH AND I’VE SEEN THINGS I CAN’T UNSEE. I SHOULD OF KNOWN THAT WHEN I CAME HERE THIS IS HOW IT WOULD BE. THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE SHE CAME AROUND, BEFORE I HAD TO PUT THESE BODIES UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. BEFORE THEIR GHOSTS STARTED TO FOLLOW ME AROUND. TELL ME ARE THEY REALLY THERE OR IS IT IN MY MIND? I’M LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER, I THINK THAT THEY’RE RIGHT BEHIND US. I TRY TO ACT LIKE I DON’T CARE, BUT I THOUGHT I SAW ONE RIGHT OVER THERE. I THINK THEY’RE COMING FOR ME NOW.. MAYBE I’M CRAZY? I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE DEAD, NOW I KNOW THEY’RE ALIVE. SOMETIMES THEY LOOK LIKE MY BROTHERS, SOMETIMES MY BROTHERS WIVES. THEY KEEP ME UP UNTIL THE MORNING, I CAN’T SLEEP AT NIGHT. TELL ME ARE THEY REALLY THERE OR WAS IT IN MY MIND? I’M LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER, I THINK THAT THEY’RE RIGHT BEHIND US. I TRY TO ACT LIKE I DON’T CARE, BUT I THOUGHT I SAW ONE RIGHT OVER THERE. I KNOW THEY’RE COMING FOR ME NOW.. MAYBE I’M CRAZY?
3.
Fountain 05:22
I ONCE WAS TOLD OF A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE AND IF YOU DRINK FROM IT, THEN UP TO HEAVEN YOU‘LL FLY. I WAS TOLD THIS AS A LITTLE CHILD. THEY SAID THIS WATER WOULD BLESS ME AND WASH AWAY THE SINS OF MY MIND. SO I WENT OUT TO FIND THIS PLACE WHERE THAT COOL WATER MIGHT WASH MY FACE, BUT I’VE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG AND THERE‘S TOO MANY TURNS IN THIS GOD DAMN MAZE. I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN KEEP UP THIS PACE, BUT THEN I HEAR THOSE VOICES SINGING “COME AND DRINK WITH ME”. WHEN I ARRIVED, FIVE MEN BROUGHT ME INSIDE. THEY HANDED ME A CUP AND I DRANK IT UP BEFORE I KNOW WHAT WAS INSIDE. THE WATER WAS KOOL-AID, THEY LIED. THEN THEY LOCKED THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE. THEY‘RE SINGING “HALLELUJAH” - I’LL BE HERE TILL I DIE.
4.
Holy Rollin' 03:57
I WASTED YEARS LIVING THE LIFE, NEVER LOOKIN’ TOWARDS THE FUTURE. SOMETIMES I GOT SO MUCH TO SAY THAT I’D REALLY RATHER SHOOT YA. BACKS AND FORTHS AND UPS AND DOWNS YA KNOW A CHANGE WOULD REALLY SUIT YA. NO BACKS AND FORTHS, I GOT TO PUT IT DOWN.. YA KNOW I GOTTA TELL THE TRUTH, CUZ. HOLY ROLLIN’ THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. WIPE THAT SAD LOOK UP OFF YOUR FACE, CUZ YA KNOW IT’S ALL GOOD, AND IF YOU EVER FALL FROM GRACE, JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE. HEY YOU, GREASY CASH, YA GOT TO FIND YOUR SELF ANOTHER. IT WONT KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT, YA GOT TO FIND YOURSELF A LOVER. BACKS AND FORTHS AND UPS AND DOWNS.. MY FAIR SHARE OF STORMY WEATHER. THICK OR THIN, LOSE AND WIN, I GOT YOUR BACK LIKE A BROTHER. HOLY ROLLIN’ THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. WIPE THAT SAD LOOK UP OFF YOUR FACE, CUZ YA KNOW IT’S ALL GOOD, AND IF YOU EVER FALL FROM GRACE, JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE. WHAT’S THAT? TURN YOUR EAR. THE IMAGE IS HAZY BUT THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. RIGHT NOW, STARTING RIGHT HERE, YA GOTTA SPREAD THE LOVE, DO AWAY WITH THE FEAR. HOLY ROLLIN’ THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. WIPE THAT SAD LOOK UP OFF YOUR FACE CUZ YA KNOW IT’S ALL GOOD, AND IF YOU EVER FALL FROM GRACE, JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE.. JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, BILLIONS OF DREAMS. COULD WE ALL DREAM OF THE SAME THING? COULD WE ALL DREAM UP BETTER DAYS? COULD WE DREAM UP A CHANGE? HOLY ROLLIN’ THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. WIPE THAT SAD LOOK UP OFF YOUR FACE, CUZ YA KNOW ITS ALL GOOD, AND IF YOU EVER FALL FROM GRACE, JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE.. JUST LOOK INSIDE AND CHANGE.
5.
I WASHED MY HANDS IN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI, DOWN BY CASINO QUEEN. I WAS CHASING A MURDERER THAT FOR YEARS NO ONE HAD SEEN. SHE WAS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD THEY SAID, BUT I HEARD SHE HEADED SOUTH. THAT NIGHT THIS GIRL SHE CAME DOWN TO MY SHORE, SHE SAID “I’M WHO YOU’RE LOOKIN’ FOR”. SOME HOW SHE KNEW I WAS COMING, SOMEBODY MUST OF SQUEALED, AND SHE KNEW MY WEAKNESS FOR PRETTY GIRLS WITH BOTTLES OF PILLS. SHE SAID “I KNOW WHY YOU’RE HERE MY DEAR, AND THAT’S NOT GONNA FLY, BUT IF YOU PROMISE THAT YOU’LL WALK AWAY I’LL MAKE YOU A VERY HAPPY GUY”. OH MY MY, OH HELL YES, I WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE GIRL IN THE PARTY DRESS. YEAH, BUT I DIDN’T MIND. NO, WE HAD A GOOD TIME. WE WERE UNDER THE ARCH IN ST. LOUIS. THERE WERE NO SAINTS IN ST. LOUIS. THERE WERE NO SAINTS TO SAVE US.
6.
World Ahead 04:13
COMING TO YOUR CITY, HAD ENOUGH. I’M RUNNING FROM RENT AND PAIN (I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY). LIFE IS AN ENDLESS HIGHWAY, GOTTA COME OUT OF THE RAIN. UNTIL THE DAMAGE DONE, UNTIL THE PAIN IS GONE. BACKSLIDE INTO YOUR CITY, MANY MOONS HAVE COME AND GONE, BUT IT STILL FEELS THE SAME, DON’T FEEL LIKE NOTHIN’ CHANGED AT ALL. OOH, NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME, GOTTA GIVE ME JEWELS AND FURS, POUR WHISKEY IF YOU MISS ME, CUZ YOU MIGHT NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. UNTIL THE DAMAGE DONE, UNTIL THE PAIN IS GONE. WE GOT EVERYTHING WE EVER WANTED. POP THE BOTTLE UPON YOUR PROBLEMS, DRINK IT DOWN AND SAY “I GOT THE WORLD AHEAD OF ME”. I GOT PILLS, I GOT CHEAP THRILLS, I GOT EVERYTHING. I GOT THE WORLD AHEAD OF ME.

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Holy Rollin’ was engineered and mixed by D James Goodwin who owns and operates The Isokon Studio in Woodstock, NY. Goodwin (who actually plays saxophone on the album as well) has helped push the band’s sound to a new and exciting place. Lead singer and songwriter Daniel Grimsland states:

Making this record was a whole new experience for all of us. We recorded most of it live, all playing in the same room together. So a lot of what you are hearing are full performances. None of us had made a record like that before, but we had the songs tight, and D. James Goodwin has such a comfortable, and creative spot up there in the mountains of Woodstock, that we fell right into it. We set out to make a record that felt and sounded different from the last one. New band, new studio, new sound. I’m very lucky and excited to have three other singer/multi-instrumentalists/songwriters in the band with me now. They all have so much to bring to the table, I can’t wait to see what happens next.

credits

released October 28, 2016

DANIEL GRIMSLAND
VOCALS / ELECTRIC GUITAR / ACOUSTIC GUITAR /
FENDER VI / UPRIGHT PIANO / HAMMOND M3 / PERCUSSION

MO KELLY
BASS GUITAR / VOCALS / PERCUSSION

DANIEL MARC
GUITAR / VOCALS / MOOG SYNTHESIZERS / FENDER RHODES

STEVEN MARKOTA
DRUMS / PERCUSSION / FENDER VI / VOCALS

SAXOPHONE AND TROMBONE BY D. JAMES GOODWIN

ALL SONGS WRITTEN, PERFORMED, AND PRODUCED BY THE GRAPE AND THE GRAIN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

RECORDED AND MIXED BY D. JAMES GOODWIN AT THE ISOKON RECORDING STUDIO
MASTERED BY JOHN NACLERIO AT NADA RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF BISTI
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIOBHAN SCHNEIDMAN AND THE GRAPE AND THE GRAIN
ALBUM LAYOUT AND DESIGN BY BONESHAKER MMXII

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THE GRAPE AND THE GRAIN is a Rock and Roll band from Kingston, NY.

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