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The Sun Session

by Border Blasters

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1.
Riding Down The Canyon 03:12
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2.
On The Borderline 03:51
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The desert sun is going down Santa Elena winds are calm I walked all day in the Texas sand I knew that she'd be there Sun brown skin and coal black hair Her eyes are calling across the Rio Grande I have seen her there before On the shore in Mexico I've always turned my eyes away in time I've been holding back so long I don't care what's right or wrong Today's the day I cross the borderline Chorus: On the borderline I'll trade away the life I know Swim the Rio Grand and lose myself in Mexico I've been dreaming of her brown skin touching mine And her dark eyes waiting for me there Across the borderline As I ease out from the shore :) I won't turn around no more Though I'm leaving everything behind The river's safe and slow And once I cross I know There's no returning across the borderline Repeat Chorus
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Next Time You See Me 02:29
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Moonlight In Ojinaga 02:26
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When it's moonlight in Ojinaga Where dear ones wait for me That's where I long to be Where the river Sings it's sweet refrain I hear her calling Back home again Chorus: When the day is done And the work is through Then the moonlight comes And skies are blue, so blue When it's moonlight in Ojinaga My heart grows lonely just for you only (Instrumental break) Chorus 2: When the day is done And the work is through Then the moonlight comes And so do you. Me too When it's moonlight in Ojinaga My heart grows lonely just for you only
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Cold Memory 02:43
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(In The) Next Life 02:12
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In the next life gonna do things right Gonna make things better less trouble and strife I'll be just right with another chance Gonna stay skinny and learn to dance In the next life I'm gonna call my mama Twice a week, maybe tomorrow In the next life I'm gonna get it right next time Chorus: And all I gotta do to know what to do in the next life Is look at everything that I'm doing now 'n' not do it again Tag: In the next life I'm gonna love my baby A little bit longer and a lot more lately In the next life I'm gonna get it right next time Repeat Chorus Tag 2: In the next life I'm gonna call my mama Twice a week, maybe tomorrow In the next life I'm gonna get it right next time
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Don't Worry Baby 02:50
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Ain't Hurtin' Nobody 03:01
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about

In the tradition of so many musicians - famous and obscure - who have walked through the doors of Sun Studios in Memphis with a few hours of studio time booked, The Border Blasters laid down these 8 tracks one evening in that hallowed room. Beneath the photos of Johnny Cash, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, even Bono, vintage mics were set up and we just did it acoustically, with only Matt Ross-Spang, the studio recording engineer, as our audience.

These are mostly single takes. We had just finished our last showcase performances at the International Folk Alliance Conference so we just decided to go to Sun and knock 'em out live. I think we did a second take on two of them. Then we got a rough mix, bought a T-shirt and took a cab back to the hotel.

It was a little intimidating, honestly, to be in that room where so many iconic songs had been recorded; so much music history made. If you told me there were ghosts there I'd believe it. "Little Red Rooster" kept going through my head. For "On The Borderline" I used one of the studio guitars: a well-played Martin that Marty Stuart had written "If found please return to [some address]" in Sharpie on the top. Probably a story there...

In our haste to get to the studio after our last show at Folk Alliance I forgot to take my camera, so the album photos inside were taken with my iPhone.

This is how music used to be done. This is how it should be done, I think. It's real and unpolished. There's an immediacy, an intimacy, a personality - and I think that's a good thing. We hope you do too.

Happy Trails,
Todd Jagger
& JR Harrell
The Border Blasters

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released May 10, 2011

Todd Jagger: vocals, mandolin, guitar
Jimmy Ray Harrell: vocals, guitar
Mark Rubin: upright bass, tuba

Matt Ross-Spang: studio recording & engineer, Sun Studios, Memphis
David Sinko: mixing engineer, Sound Emporium, Nashville
Eric Conn: mastering, Independent Mastering, Nashville

Produced by Todd Jagger & Jimmy Ray Harrell

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