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Live at the Wheatsheaf

by Max Savage

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1.
I never liked the preachers Oh so I don't want to preach It's a secret history you know every word And I don't have time for Sentiment or heartfelt appeal So I'll spare you everything between the lines Well Freddy Brooks was just a trapper In the year of twenty eight Never paid up for a trade and stole a woman Well they found him lying dead And there his body lay for days Until the law saw fit ride out and avenge him This is a journey to the stone country To write the wrongs that we all know Too many stories in an old country Too many stories to be told The women fled the men stood strong The rifles cracked like drying skin Well seventeen were killed in summer heat And fourteen more were hunted down Before the week had reached its end You couldn’t see the sand But for the bleeding This is a journey to the stone country To write the wrongs that we all know Too many stories in an old country Too many stories to be told And oh, Blood down by the water Running to the sea Things may be forgotten But forgiven they will never ever be This is a journey to the stone country To write the wrongs that we all know Too many stories in an old country Too many stories to be told
2.
Douglas 04:27
Ross McHenry (Bass) Kevin Van der Zwaag (Drums) Brenton Foster (Hammond) Steve Salvi (Pedal/Lap Steel) Lachlan "Randy" Ridge (Guitar) Max McHenry (Vocals and Guitar) Tara Lynch (backing vocals) Naomi Keyte (backing vocals) Laura Knowling (backing vocals) All songs written by Max McHenry except Douglas written by Max McHenry, Ross McHenry and Lachlan Ridge Produced by Ross McHenry All tracks recorded live at the Wheatsheaf International Hotel, May 28th 2011 by Tom Barnes. Mixed by Tom Barnes at Mecca Studios, Adelaide SA Mastered by Pete Maher, Topfloor Music, Brighton UK
3.
Never was one for heartbreak or silent emotion Never could tell why she looked at me with such betrayal I'm not saying I'm strong, But when push comes to shove I can keep my head down But leaving this town Got me just holding on Well the river's as battered and bruised as a heartbroken lover And the pubs are all bursting with men, til the two o'clock bell And the ranges burn red But the grass is still greener than copper in rain Leaving this town Got me just holding on Pretty as lies She's the girl that I never held onto At the back of the bar Playing careless to those who still stand And she's better than that Playing covers to lovers Who won't understand That we're grieving this town And we're just holding on
4.
Chains 05:26
I may be blind But I can see And I'm as helpless As you'll leave me be One thousand voices Won't make a sound These chains Won't keep me down And I'll be scorned Be named a fool And I'll be broken By what I do I may be owned I may be bound But chains Won't keep me down Well you can bind me to my labour You can bond me to your will But every man’s a brother Made with bonds of blood and sin Well these shackles are the product Of a thousand hands at work Well the man who lights the fire And the man who digs the earth And you can drag me to my sorrow You can lay me in the ground And you can cut me from my kinship For my soul will not be bound And you can scourge me with the lashes Oh of misery and shame But you’ll never hold me down Not with anger not with chains Oh these chains Won’t keep me down And when I’m tired And when I’m hurt Chains take me higher Chains are my worth Oh for this fire Can never burn Oh the freedom For which I yearn Well you can turn me on my brothers You can cut me with your steel But I’m righteous and unyielding And I’m master of my will You can pity me or hound me For my sorrow brings no shame For my spirit’s flying freer Than my ill-begotten name Oh Chains Bring me down
5.
Home 05:17
Small town blues has got me down again Time to hit the open road For when your heart's the only thing that burdens you Memory can only share the load Took my chances on contentment Gave out holding out for your embrace Sold my soul out for the easy life But it takes so long to turn and face the change And I know some day I'll be home And I know some day I'll belong And if I find it, I'll find it alone Cos I know some day I'll be home Bruises fade with passing days Scars will stay until your grave And don't believe the friends you meet along the way This road is only ever walked alone Like taking leaves from an acorn Only time can tell the path I lead Like looking for a lover in a crowd of strangers Where every back that's turned looks like a friend And I know some day I'll be home And I know some day I'll belong And if I find it, I'll find it alone Cos I know some day I'll be home And when I get there When I get there darling I won't be blue no more And when I get there When I get there darling I'll come running straight through your door Small town blues has got me down again Time to hit the open road For when your heart's the only thing that burdens you Memory can only share the load When the broken have been healed When the friend speaks her betrayal When there's nothing left to keep me none This road I walk will still remain And I know some day I'll be home And I know some day I'll belong And if I find it, I'll find it alone Cos I know some day I'll be home

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It was a very special evening when, on the 28th of May, friends and music lovers braved the cold and the rain to come and show their support for the Idols' live recording at the Wheatsheaf International. The Idols have been making a name for themselves over the last nine months and have gained a reputation for stunning live performance, consumate musicianship and beautiful songwriting.

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released September 4, 2011

Ross McHenry (Bass) Kevin Van der Zwaag (Drums) Brenton Foster (Hammond) Steve Salvi (Pedal/Lap Steel) Lachlan "Randy" Ridge (Guitar) Max McHenry (Vocals and Guitar) Tara Lynch (backing vocals) Naomi Keyte (backing vocals) Laura Knowling (backing vocals)

All songs written by Max McHenry except Douglas written by Max McHenry, Ross McHenry and Lachlan Ridge

Produced by Ross McHenry

All tracks recorded live at the Wheatsheaf International Hotel, May 28th 2011 by Tom Barnes.
Mixed by Tom Barnes at Mecca Studios, Adelaide SA
Mastered by Pete Maher, Topfloor Music, Brighton UK

Artwork by Ankles

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Beloved by fans and relatively unknown beyond their hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, Max Savage and the False Idols have developed a reputation for explosive live performances and thoughtfully assembled recordings over more than a decade of music. ... more

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