Melodium Rag, by Tiny Legs Tim

Melodium Rag

by Tiny Legs Tim

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1.	Religions Serve The Devil Well 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Religions serve the Devil Well I don't pray to Jesus Religions serve the devil well ain't no hard luck or trouble ever gonna change my ways on my dying day I don't expect no saving grace no afterlife no heaven just a final resting place Been on the look out for heaven All days of my life If it's somewhere to be found I believe it's here and now
2.	Hard To Admit 03:13	lyrics	buy track
hard to admit I try to do the best I can Don’t judge too soon I don’t condemn But it’s hard to admit Hard to admit It’s hard to admit I might be wrong sometimes I lost my face just the other day Before my eyes rolled out I saw my own mistake Still it’s hard to admit hard to admit Hard to admit I might be wrong sometimes Yesterday I had a lot to learn I’ve smartened up Today still I’m right about almost everything most all the time please try to understand It’s hard for me to say I’m sorry baby, my mistake I know of a man He’s out of reach serving the devil to the lord he prays he finds it hard to admit hard to admit hard to admit he might be wrong sometimes once had a friend always hanging around she only loved the way my music sounds She found it hard to admit Hard to admit Hard to admit she didn’t love me right Yesterday I had a lot to learn I’ve smartened up Today still I’m right about almost everything most all the time please try to understand It’s hard for me to say I’m sorry, my mistake
3.	Death Letter 02:45	lyrics	buy track
Death Letter Blues (Son House) I got a letter this mornin', how do you reckon it read? It said, hurry, hurry, yeah, your love is dead I got a letter this mornin’, I say how do you reckon it read? You know, it said, hurry, hurry, how come the gal you love is dead? So, I picked up my suitcase, and took off down the road When I got there she was layin' on a coolin' board I grabbed up my suitcase, and I said and I took off down the road I said, but when I got there she was already layin on a coolin' board 10, 000 people standin' at the buryin' ground I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her down ten thousand were standin' at the buryin' ground You know I didn't know I loved her 'til they damn laid her down I love you baby, better than I love myself If You don't have me, don’t want you to have nobody else I love you baby, better than I love myself if you don't have me, I don’t want you to have nobody else
4.	Love Is Worth A Fight 03:44	lyrics	buy track
Love Is Worth A Fight Do you remember The night the reaper knocked upon our door He'd been, staked out so long messing up our happy home Sometimes I wonder How in the world you come to be so strong? You live your life by simple truth Never done no one no harm You showed the world around us Love is worth a fight Stood up against the devil To save your baby child Ooh Mama Side by side we saw it through Look at here Mama The last years have been so good to me When lookin' my direction I hope you're proud as can be
5.	Evil 02:56	lyrics	buy track
Evil you got all your matches broke and all your bridges burned you say you got no reason to get up from your chair don't tell me it's evil you don't know the way evil sounds you'll have to go back where I came from just to find out what I'm talking about you're walking in the drizzle you end up in the rain you broke the heart that loved you I hear your sad complaint but don't tell me it's evil you don't know the way evil sounds you'll have to go back where I came from just to find out what I'm talking about you say you got in trouble the day she ran away I don't think you cam blame her for the things you lose today so don't tell me it's evil you don't know the way evil sounds you'll have to go back where I came from just to find out what I'm talking about
6.	Melodium Rag 02:35		buy track
7.	Hardcore Blues 02:44	lyrics	buy track
Hardcore Blues Ain’t got a job Ain’t got a wife I can do Whatever I like But if you wanna stand in my shoes You gotta live with the hardcore blues Ain’t got a watch Don’t know the date I live it up It is my fate But if you wanna stand in my shoes You gotta live with the hardcore blues I don’t settle I don’t stay I don’t beg I don’t pray But if you wanna stand in my shoes You gotta live with the hardcore blues You say you love me I love you too You think I want Spent my time wiht you But if you wanna stand by my shoes You gotta live with the hardcore blues
8.	Little Bit Of Lovin' 02:43	lyrics	buy track
Little bit of loving I got a little bit of money Spent it all on you Buy you drinks all night ‘Till the mood is right Hopin’ that will do I got a little bit of honey Fed it all to you got a little bit of honey Fed it all to you Treat you oh so kind You’re always on my mind Hopin’ you’re sweet to I got a little bit of loving Saved it all for you Got a little bit of loving Saved it all for you It will drive me crazy If you don’t need it baby But I’ll save it till you do I’m a little bit worried Worried over you A little bit worried Worried over you You don’t give me anything Still want to be your lover man Ain’t it clear to you
9.	Happiest Man In Town 03:05	lyrics	buy track
Happiest Man in Town: You better leave me Sitting here by myself blame it on a bad mood Can’t stand nobody else It’s half past six in the morning Dark clouds rolling in Then the rain starts a-fallin’ evil finds a way back in I better get moving The sky is tumblin’ down It’s a minor complication I’m still the happiest man in town
10.	Second Round 03:08	lyrics	buy track
Second Round I got a black cat bone working like a charm Got the sweetest girl In the whole town but I don’t sit on my hands holding up a second mirror To see what’s crawling up my back. It’s been an uphill struggle Swimming against the tide Now I crossed the river to a brand new life I don’t take my rest I don’t need your opinion To know what suits me best There’s a view up here Almost hurts my eyes When you get here too You will love your life Careful not to tumble down It makes me determined To make it to the second round I’m on the look out now Stay clean in my head I’m gonna be in shape When the chance gets there I’m ready as I can be And before you know it I move up to level three
11.	Down To This 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Down To This I see through your lip gloss your ornaments and bells Your smile it is fake that’s one thing I can tell In the evening you need booze in the morning still need some It’s a loop in your mind, don’t even know when it began And it all comes down to this You shake your moneymaker and pretend that all is well But a dazzling mood is bubbling out of hell You swallow a martini, light a cigarette in the ring of smoke you’re trying to forget when it all comes down to this The bartender comes up to you said you have had enough Said you had better leave before it gets too rough Your eyes turn dark, blood rushing to your head You start to make a scene and wish him to be dead And it all comes down to this back on the street with a head full of rage A mini skirt and boots and makeup that fades You’re haunted by the thought you’ve been treated unkind And screaming like a little girl by her parents left behind when it all comes down to this The tale will repeat itself tomorrow and today Except when you reset your brain, that’s not the easy way I can assure you one thing I really know You will have to do what needs to be done And it all comes down to this
12.	Victory 03:38		buy track

about

Tiny Legs Tim is one of the most important names in the contemporary Belgian roots scene. Following his successful studio-album ‘Stepping Up’ (2015), his fourth album, ‘Melodium Rag’, is going back to basics.
‘Melodium Rag’ is a stripped-down album on which Tim, armed with an acoustics Martin 017 guitar from 1943, searches for the essence of music. Steven Troch (on harmonica) adds accents and shines at just the right moments, while creating an energized atmosphere. Tiny Legs Tim comes across most powerfully when his songs are stripped to their purest form, as they are on this album. The resulting music is deeply honest and his talent unmistakable.
One take, no overdub: an analogue vision without any further intervention predominates on ‘Melodium Rag’. ‘Melodium Rag’ was recorded directly on tape and with one microphone only: a Ribbon Melodium from the 1950’s (the type also favoured by Edith Piaff and Django Reinhardt). No computers were used during the recordings. Due to the use of only 1 microphone, ’Melodium Rag’ is an overcut mono- recording; but as if by magic, the stereo-effect is spacious. This allows the album to sound both vintage and modern.
‘Melodium Rag’ is an authentic album that even in 2017 stands its ground. Tiny Legs Tim is inspired by acoustic duo’s like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods. His own distinctive voice is however found here in the refreshing mixture of ngerpicking, Delta blues, shuf es, country, folk and rag time.
Alongside his own work, Tiny Legs Tim also has one cover on ‘Melodium Rag’ - ‘Death Letter’ - a tribute to Son House. The old black and white lms of Son House not only engaged Tiny Legs Tim’s imagination qua sound, skills, dynamics and performance, but also inspired him.

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released February 3, 2017

Tiny Legs Tim: Guitar, vocals
Steven Troch: Harmonica

All songs written by Tiny Legs Tim exept Death Letter Blues, written by Son House
Recorded at The Yellow Tape
Mixed at The Yellow Tape
Mastering at Ängstrom mastering

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Tiny Legs Tim Belgium

As fingerpicking virtuoso, talented slide guitarist but above all as rock solid lyricist, Tiny Legs Tim knows how to make strong and unique blues and roots music. The name Tiny Legs Tim is a nod to his thin legs: a consequence of surgery and a battle for survival spanning years. This Belgian has the blues. ... more

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