"The Day Deserved" backstory booklet features lyrics and credits, along with extra photos, poetry, and dialogue from Doug Hoekstra on the making of each track. Full color, 10 pages, measuring 6 x 8 ,this was also designed by Bob Delevante in tandem with the CD. Special pre-order - just add $5 to your order for digital download or CD to cover shipping/handling) and will go out with the release. Limited supply
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about
When there’s a news report about somebody gone missing, there’s often the inference that something terrible has happened to them. But, people go missing all the time in day to day life, invisible to others, not fitting in. This is the story of such a person, a woman in a little seaside town; an artist, she wants something more. She is missing in her environment, but then she goes missing on her own terms, which is a sort of, redemption and of course, the last line is from the Tao. This song also calls attention to the characters in the album, throughout.
Writing the song began with the crows and vultures, which was inspired by Van Gogh’s later paintings and the chord progression which began as sort of an Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova vibe, sliding chords up and down the neck. Of course, it wound up going different places
This was also the first track I cut with the band that comprises most of the record; I’d worked with Paul Slivka (bass) before, but not Chris Benelli (drums) or Dave Coleman (guitar) and we were able to work quickly and with verve. The basic backing for most of the tunes went down in two or three takes, with overdubs added later.
lyrics
Seaside Town
A painting of an autumn field
Gold and charcoal brown
Crows and vultures in the sky
Trains breaking down
She studied every brushstroke
Until meaning hit the ground
Somebody went missing
In this seaside town
A storm was rising in the west
Nothing built to last
Ego trippers on the dime
Ghosts rising from the past
Good people working day and night
Never gaining ground
The winners kept on losing
In her seaside town
In this seaside town
Up and down
Sometimes she couldn’t sleep at night
Sometimes, sometimes
Watching from the sidelines
Wasted by the clock
She stole somebody’s schooner
Tied up to the dock
Took a trip around the world
With her last love
Nobody looked too hard for her
In that seaside town
She landed on an island
In the ocean of her mind
Her lover stroked her naked back
And they lost all track of time
A painting of an autumn field
Patterns on the wall
Those who speak will never know
In her seaside town
In this seaside town
Up and down
Sometimes she couldn’t sleep at night
Sometimes, sometimes
credits
from The Day Deserved,
released April 30, 2021
Chris Benelli – drums
Dave Coleman – lead guitar, vocals
David Henry - violin
Doug Hoekstra – rhythm guitars, organ, piano, vocals
Paul Slivka – bass
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