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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This debut solo double album features one album of ten original songs and another album, comprising ten covers of Bruce's favourite folk songs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    A double CD with one CD of original songs and one CD of Bruce's interpretation of the folk songs which inspired him in his youth.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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A wonderful ragtime/blues originally by Jesse Fuller in the 1950s, which went on to become a signature tune by 'Ramblin' Jack Elliott in the 1960s.

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I got the blues when my baby left me
Down by the Frisco Bay;
An ocean liner came and took her away
Didn't mean to treat her bad,
She was the best gal I ever ever had;
She said good-bye, made me cry
I wanna lay down and die

I ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime?
She don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
She ever comes back to stay,
it's gonna be a brand new day
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Lookin’ from my back door
wonderin’ which way to go;
The gal I'm so crazy about, she don't love me no more
Think I’ll catch me a freight train,
cause I'm feelin' blue
Ride all the way, to the end of the line,
thinkin' only of you

Meanwhile, in another city, Just about to go insane
Sounds like I heard, my baby,
The way she used to call my name
If I ever come back to stay
It’s gonna be a brand new day
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

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from The Word is the Music the People are the Song, released February 26, 2021
Words and music by Jesse Fuller

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Bruce Hearn Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Hearn has fronted the iconic Melbourne ska band, Strange Tenants, since 1981, with a back catalogue of 8 albums.
At heart however, he is a masterful singer/song writer, guitarist, banjo and harmonica player, and 2020 sees him releasing not one, but 2 double albums of original and iconic folk songs. His motto has always been 'if you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing'! ... more

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