HARD WORKING AMERICANS
Rest In Chaos
Label: Melvin Records / Thirty Tigers
Released: May 13, 2016
1. Opening Statement
2. It Runs Together
3. Half Ass Moses
4. Dope Is Dope
5. Burn Out Shoes
6. Roman Candles
7. Ascending Into Madness
8. Throwing The Goats
9. Something Else
10. Massacre
11. The High Price of Inspiration [w/Guy Clark]
12. Acid
13. Purple Mountain Jamboree
Todd Snider: vocals, guitar
Neal Casal: guitar
Jesse Aycock: guitar
Chad Staehly: keyboards
Dave Schools: bass
Duane Trucks: drums
ANGALEENA PRESLEY – American Middle Class
BARR BROTHERS – Sleeping Operator
BETH HIRSCH – Love Is For Everyone (EP)
BILL FRISELL – Guitar In The Space Age!
BOB SEGER – Ride Out
DANIEL LANOIS – Flesh And Machine
DEVON ALLMAN – Ragged & Dirty
ELISA AMBROGIO – The Immoralist
ELLIOTT BROOD – Work And Love
FRAZEY FORD – Indian Ocean
HARD WORKING AMERICANS – The First Waltz
JACKSON BROWNE – Standing In The Breach
JAMES FARM – City Folk
JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER – Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour
LARKIN POE – Kin
LILY & MADELEINE – Fumes
PEGI YOUNG – Lonely In A Crowded Room
THURSTON MOORE – The Best Day
VASHTI BUNYAN – Heartleap
WILLOWS – Amidst Fiery Skies
HARD WORKING AMERICANS
The First Waltz
Label: Melvin Records
Released: October 24, 2014
1. Blackland Farmer
2. Another Train / Working Man Blues
3. Play A Train Song
4. Mission Accomplished
5. Run A Mile
6. I Don’t Have A Gun
7. The Mountain Song
8. Straight To Hell
9. Stomp And Holler
10. Guaranteed
11. Wrecking Ball
12. Come From The Heart
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Todd Snider (vocals), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chad Staehly (keyboards), Dave Schools (bass), Duane Trucks (drums)
HARD WORKING AMERICANS
Hard Working Americans
Released: January 21, 2014
1. Blackland Farmer
2. Another Train
3. Down To The Well
4. The Mountain Song
5. Stomp And Holler
6. Straight To Hell
7. Welfare Music
8. Mr. President Have Pity On The Working Man
9. Run A Mile
10. I Don’t Have A Gun
11. Wrecking Ball
Todd Snider (vocals), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chad Staehly (keyboards), Dave Schools (bass), Duane Trucks (drums)
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Little Johnny caught a bullet last night running from the guitar store
He took a left down the alley, guess he should’ve gone right, now he ain’t taken nothing no more, no more
Everybody knows it’s a hard time livin’ with hate and the greed
Most folks earn what they get for a livin’, others steal what they need
Down on the corner, already talkin’, how they’re gonna cut that take
I’m out here just workin’ for a dollar, all I wanna do is stomp and holler
Eighteen years, eighteen years, that’s a long-old time to be
Sittin’ face down, stoned in the alley, wonderin’ how to get to that shinin’ sea
Everybody knows it’s a hard time livin’ on the minimum wage
Some people just gonna sneak on through, others gotta rattle that cage
One of these days I’m gonna find my way or else I’m gonna disappear
I’m out here in the filth and squalor, all I wanna do is stomp and holler
Rock and roll, ache and moan, listen to the young girls scream
Every time I get a little bit lucky I gotta wake up from a poor man’s dream
Heaven only knows how we get there after all this trouble and strife
From all I’ve seen, you only get one shot at what your’e gonna do in this life
Ah, what the hell, I guess I might as well take a chance and try my way
I’m like James Brown, only white and taller, all I wanna do is stomp and holler
