My take on Leon Payne's The Lost Highway. Played on my Cadburys biscuit tin guitar through my little suitcase amp.

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost
When I pass by, all the people say
"Just another guy on the lost highway"

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine
Oh, the day we met, I went astray
I started rollin' down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now I'm lost, too late to pray
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway

Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway

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Comment by Gary Deemer on August 26, 2012 at 11:54am

very nice. sounds great

Comment by RTZGUITARS on August 17, 2012 at 3:22pm

Its on my version Vinyl I'm sure I wasn't the only one loading all the songs. Oily you can post it on the download                  page easy to add. That thing does sound like a metal banjo 

Comment by Uncle John on August 17, 2012 at 5:01am

This is so good.!

Comment by Vinylhed on August 17, 2012 at 4:13am

Oily, don't worry mate. I was a more than a little uncomfortable with having 3 tracks on the album, and to be honest I only recorded it for the guys who were involved. I assure you that if I was in the least bit peeved I'd have said something at the time. 

Cheers for your comment on this tune, it's much appreciated. 

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 17, 2012 at 4:05am
Vinyl,

Did I forget to put Black Widow Blues on the album??? OMG!!! I'm so sorry if I missed it...gonna go back and look through the submissions again. Shitshitshitshit...

BTW, great tune, git, playing, singing on this one!
Comment by Vinylhed on August 17, 2012 at 3:23am

From Shadwell to Crossgates, thanks, Mark.

Comment by mark andrew hiley on August 17, 2012 at 3:12am

sounds grat man, love the guitar.

Comment by Vinylhed on August 16, 2012 at 11:42pm

Cheers, RTZ. Cigar boxes aren't so easy to come by in the UK, so we make do with what we've got. And we've got biscuits as an accompaniment for a nice cup of tea.

This was the second guitar I've made, and still my favourite to play. It was the same guitar I used to record my version of Black Widow Blues for the Townes Van Zandt tribute album, but it didn't make it onto the album.

Black Widow Blues

Comment by RTZGUITARS on August 16, 2012 at 7:58pm

You U.K.'s with your biscuit tins. Did you make it Vinyl it sounds great? I like the Aerosmith cover too good old Leo.

Comment by Vinylhed on August 16, 2012 at 1:58pm

Stop it Anders, you're making me blush.

Cheers, Billy, for your kind words.

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