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Flowers By The Roadside

by Jan Dylan Hunter

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Originally written in 1996 in Boise, Idaho especially to play with the band Gypsy Flames, its a folk-rock fantasy based on impressions of driving down the wild, remote sections of Highway 12 in the north of the state.
The third verse went through a few evolutions over the years to be written as it stands in this on the day of recording it in 2022.
The basic strum was done on a mitchell 12-string. The electric lead was a Dean Boca 12-string through a MXR Timmy pedal and Bugera tube amp.

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Well Cool was the morning as I drifted down
The curves of Idaho 12
Sun showers shrouded the misty mountains
In prisms of rain and light
The car held tight as I cruised right by
Flowers on the roadside
Flowers on the roadside
Flowers on the roadside yeah

Hey hot was the going as the day wore on
I pulled over for a drink
I drank from the mountains and I drank from the stream
I looked out up from my dream
To a small white cross and a woman’s name
In the flowers by the roadside
Flowers by the roadside
Flowers by the roadside yeah

Who was the gal could it be the same?
Mourned in the valley town?
When she ran away with the gypsy boy
They found the meaning of joy
Now their lives only bloom inside
The flowers by the roadside

Now seven sisters weep as one
Down into Hell’s Canyon oh
Seven sisters weep for one
Why am I the lucky one oh Lord?

Hey the sun went down in a ball of flame
The moon came up all full
It shone ahead and it shone behind
Painted pictures in my mind
All in all in the circle of life
Like the flowers by the roadside
Flowers by the roadside
Young lovers by the roadside yeah

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released February 2, 2022

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Jan Dylan Hunter Santa Rosa, California

I play all the instruments on all my recordings unless otherwise noted, my main tools being guitar, keyboard and percussion.

I grew up in the Virgin Islands where I learned steel pan, percussion and clarinet.

Since then living in other states like California exposed me to more culture. Recent trips throughout Europe and the US have also really widened my musicabulary.
-Still taking it all in. ... more

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