Funeral Songs for George Wallace

by Heavy Water

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1.	Chattanooga Death Song 02:27	buy track
2.	When Disneyland Burns 03:19	buy track
3.	East Grand Forks 04:22	buy track
4.	Slacks Hang in a Vacant Macy's 03:10	buy track
5.	Frontier Days 03:57	buy track
6.	Through the Smoke Came Locusts (Instrumental) 01:48	buy track
7.	Janet 03:20	buy track
8.	We Ate Mutton 06:47	buy track

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"In 1597 the icebound and shipwrecked Dutch explorer Willem Barents was forced to overwinter with his crew in wretched circumstances at the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya. They awaited the return of the sun in a state of deep anxiety. More than the cold they hated the darkness; no amount of prolonged twilight could make up for the unobstructed view of that beaming star. They quoted Solomon to each other: 'The light is sweet; and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.' When the sun finally did appear it came twelve days earlier than they expected. They acknowledged a divine intervention. They gestured toward it with joy and disbelief, and took courage against their difficulties from its appearance.

What they saw that January day, we know now, was not the sun but only a solar mirage–the sun was still 5° below the horizon, its rays bent towards them by a refractive condition in the atmosphere. Such images, now called Novaya Zemlya images, are common in the Arctic. They serve as caution against precise description and expectation, a reminder that the universe is oddly hinged.”

-From Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez, 1986

* "We Ate Mutton" set to footage of an old beauty pageant here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fm9DIq5CDo

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released October 24, 2017

All music and lyrics by Don Primo

All instruments and vocals by Don Primo

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in Don's bedroom in Minneapolis, MN

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Heavy Water Minneapolis, Minnesota

I make songs and albums at home when I have time. I like Warren Zevon, Elvis Presley, and others.Thank you for listening.

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