Name: BROTHER FRANKLIN
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: I was messing with the arpeggio fingerpicking pattern and the words came in a half hour. That was what it was like every night in that bar I worked at. Wrote it in Albany about Syracuse and recorded it in Austin, a free man.

BROTHER FRANKLIN

from BIG AS LIFE by HAMELL ON TRIAL

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I was messing with the arpeggio fingerpicking pattern and the words came in a half hour. That was what it was like every night in that bar I worked at. Wrote it in Albany about Syracuse and recorded it in Austin, a free man.

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Hey Brother Franklin do you wanna go, down to the festival? Hey Brother Franklin do you wanna go, down to the festival, Brother Franklin, do you wanna go?

They don't care how you wear your hair, I heard Rosalee'd be there...I smell peppers in air, I will pay the taxi fare, to the festival...do you wanna go?

I've got money from last night, I lost you during the fight, couldn't find you to give you warning, you didn't come back until the morning, Brother Franklin, do you wanna go?

All my life I looked to you, admired all those things you do, you took me under your wing, said you's teach me everything, Brother Franklin, do wanna go?

Tonight's the night for dance and fun, there's no need to bring your gun, leave it in it's hiding place, there's no need to show your face, brother Franklin, do you want to go?

All this hatred and revenge, I feel this life's not my friend, the morning bus I'll catch and go, but tonight we'll do, the festival...
Brother Franklin, do you wanna go?
Brother Franklin, do you wanna go?

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from BIG AS LIFE, released October 7, 2013
Hamell: Guitar, vocals
Susan Voelz-strings

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HAMELL ON TRIAL Austin, Texas

Hamell on Trial is loud, fast music informed by politics, intelligence and a wicked sense of humor.
1995-Mercury Records-Big as Life, The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword.
1997- Choochtown
2003-Righteous Babe Records-Tough Love
2005, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs.
2007-“The Terrorism Of Everyday Life,” (Edinburgh Fringe Herald Award)
2012-New West Records -The Happiest Man Alive. ... more

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