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Father's Day

by Gerald Dowd

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Tulsa 02:29
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Learned a lot from my dad, some good, some bad And if shades of gray were grades, I say, that I'd be a college grad Yeah I'd be a college grad Learned a lot from my mom, a trumpet blast to a gentle psalm And if rolling tires were grounding wires, then I'd be a nuclear bomb Yeah I'd be a nuclear bomb Learned a lot from my wife, turned this dull edge into a knife And if my skin and bone had never met her stone Well I'd have one lonely life It'd be one sad little life Learned a lot from my kids, grew me up real quick, yeah they did And if an auctioneer tried to sell those years, well I would not be outbid No, I would not be outbid, I'd never be outbid
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'Frisco in the spring, Boston in the fall Sea to shining sea, yeah we saw it all
 Hand in hand, we took it in together
 Louisiana rain, heavy Denver snow That’s when the winds began to blow
 We knew right then there was something we might not weather Not sure why, it was the same old us, just with a little more bite Let’s stop for the night, it’s time for a postcard re-write Cuz I wish you were there, or anywhere but here
 Where the visions of a lifetime with you, now a little less clear And I'll always think back fondly, to when our love was still brand new But those good ol’ days are now long gone, and I wish you were too All the car rides and the planes, so many confined spaces Almost daring us to hate each others' faces
 That open road showed us things we didn't wanna see The funny little laughs, the easy back forth All but dried up on our way back north I knew I should have left you in Missouri Cuz once we got back behind our front door Is when our hearts hit the floor Same old song, but now the words all feel wrong And how I wish you were there, or anywhere but here
 Cuz this house is more a home without you in it, anytime of year Yeah I'll always look back fondly, on a love still brand new But those good old days are now long gone, and I wish u were too And I'll always look back fondly, on a love still brand new But those good old days are now long gone, and I wish u were too Yeah those good old days are now long gone, and I wish u were too
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Postcards 04:57
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Good Bad One 02:18
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released August 13, 2023

FATHER’S DAY - GERALD DOWD ———————————————————————————————
1. Safe And Sound
2. Tulsa
3. Just Another Broken Heart
4. Minister Of Loneliness
5. Father’s Day
6. Wish You Were There
7. Postcards
8. Good Bad One
9. Not Enough Gin
10. Must Have Heard It Wrong
11. Look Back And Laugh ———————————————————————————————
GD : vocals, drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, harmonium, kazoo
Steve Dawson : bass, drums, guitars, harmony vox, keys, harmonium
Scott Stevenson : keyboards (3, 4, 6, 7)
Anna Jacobson : fiddle, harmony vocals (9, 11)
Grant Tye : electric guitar, Mule Mavis resonator (7, 11)
Robbie Gjersoe : National resophonic guitar (5, 9)
Diane Christiansen : harmony vocals (1, 4)
Freda Love Smith : drums (10)
Nora O’Connor : harmony vocals (6)
Lloyd Maines : pedal steel (6)———————————————————————————————Produced by Gerald Dowd
Co-produced/recorded/mixed by Steve Dawson @ Kernel Sound Emporium, Chicago IL
Mastered by Alex McCollough @ True East Mastering, Nashville TN
Painting by Mike Fredrickson
Photo by Ryan Bennett
Design by Steve Hashimoto ———————————————————————————————
All songs written by Gerald Dowd © 2023 All rights reserved
Pee Wee League Music, BMI ———————————————————————————————
More info, go to: www.geralddowd.com ———————————————————————————————
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Gerald Dowd Chicago, Illinois

This "hardest working drummer in Chicago” (WXRT) has played on over 100 albums, including 3 of his own. He's held 3 benefit concerts (DAY OF THE DOWD 1, 2 + 3), raising over $40,000 for local food banks and the SPLC by playing drums/guitar for 13 hours straight. In addition to Grammy nominees ROBBIE FULKS and JUSTIN ROBERTS, he's played with Mavis Staples, Rich Little and Clyde Stubblefield. ... more

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