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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
hollowbelly sent me

I write, I don't sing, I listen. I don't play

3 chords and the truth
That's all you need
For the music to soar
And the words to take seed

From Hendrix to Hollowbelly
From Johnson to Speal
They play from the heart
Singing songs you can feel

Born out of poverty
The Diddley and Drum
Gave birth to the cigar box
And its strings you can strum

The Blues have come home
Its roots we can reach
Our lives are a lesson
Through song we can teach

3 chords and the truth
That's all you need
for your music to soar
And your words to take seed

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At 10:19am on October 8, 2010, beStillroy said…
Red Wings are Boots / Shoes for the WALKIN' Blues
Sparrow...
thanks
HI
At 4:03am on October 8, 2010, Laurie Lee Campbell said…
Thanks so much for your kind comments, and I forgot to say : welcome, here--a great place for inspiration,...:-) my writing is slowed for some reason my pages stall here, that is why I left a short note last night...letters trickled onto paper, slowly....! have a sunny weekend, or if not, at least a music filled one!
Laurie
At 6:38pm on October 7, 2010, Laurie Lee Campbell said…
Excellent songwriting, !!! so busy as to just pop in --your post at backyard farminton romeos was great........some are just writers,...some would like to be writers, and
cannot,..we all contribute to the musical kitty! ....
 
 
 

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