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Motel

by Julia Kasdorf

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Tony Magliero
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Tony Magliero The songs in Motel range from plaintive introspection (Cold Saturday) to an angry and anthemic protest (Blue Veil) and everything in between. If you find much of the music labelled “Americana” nowadays to be a bit contrived, stilted, and unconnected to true traditions, Motel is the antidote for you. Motel is very authentic in expressing its love for traditional music and capably demonstrates the range of expression in these forms.
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    Julia's most recent and most killer album. 11 solid tracks that stomp, slide, and purr. All original tracks and/or arrangements. Julia's band kicks a*s, and her voice is like midnight velvet Original artwork by legendary Dick Bangham.

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    Raging cool Motel T shirt featuring album cover art by legendary Dick Bangham. Soft, comfy 100% cotton by Bella Canvas. Free sticker with every t-shirt!
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    Great looking B&W t-shirt with iconic Motel sign on the front, and cryptic original lyric on the back. 100% breathable cotton by Bella Canvas. Includes free Motel sticker!
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1.
The Minute I'm Gone, You Want Me Back (Julia A. Kasdorf, 2008) You kick me out again from our love shack You’ve had it with this girl, that’s a natural fact I heard you slam the door, I saw the paint crack But The minute I'm gone, you want me back. And so I hit the road like you do, jack I could set my watch, I’m keeping track Then you call me up, I just have to laugh The minute I'm gone you want me back Chorus Ooooh, you want me back Ooooh, you want me back, Ooooh, you want me back, Ooooh, you want me back, You oughta take a look at our love tracks You ought check it out all our zig zags And maybe I should check my head for cracks The minute you call, i come runnin' back Chorus Ooooh, runnin’ back Ooooh, runnin’ back Ooooh, runnin’ back Ooooh, runnin’ back Bridge I wish I had a nickle, I wish I had a dime, I wish I had a man to love me all the time. Mama gave a nickel Daddy gave a dime And I took me a man But I’ll give you back that nickel I’ll give you back that dime I’ll give you back that man Cause I’m losing my mind. Y’all pull up your chairs and have a sit-back We’re gonna do our dance ‘round the same track It ain’t exactly love but it’s a fact The minute you call, i come runnin' back.
2.
Cold Saturday ( Julia A. Kasdorf 1996) 1. Weekends come around Momma packed us up for gettin' out of town We was fussin' and whinin' and missing cartoons To a beautiful place with a curious name My grandma's farm was called Cold Saturday. 2. Too young to know we were blessed Mama knew what was best She seemed to know somehow It couldn't last forever Horses hooves on the road, smell of leather. 3. This old wooden door used to mystify Tucked in the garden wall, cross over the threshold And find that you were still Crackin’ walnuts on the flagstones where they’d fallen. 4. Horses graze on the hill Ride as far as you will and you'd never see No high tension wires It must've hurt my momma bad Wantin' us to have what she had in a world on fire. 5. This water's swimmin' with shadows Leap off the dock in the summertime And hopin' that i'd never touch the bottom In the winter time we'd skate over the frozen face of the lake Over leaves of autumn. 6. Twilight and fireflies Hide and seek in the dwindling light Grass stains on my knee. Earth and grass, ice in a glass and company. 7. Father plays his guitar Music calls us in from the dark to the circle of people And farm dogs twitching and dreaming Fall alseep at my mother's feet Nothin' could sound as sweet as my daddy singing. 8. Now the place is gone And we must all carry on thanking God for the treasures he sends our way Other places come and go The sweetest memories that I know come from Co-o-o-old Saturday 3x + out
3.
Girls Gotta Know (Julia Kasdorf, 2010) Heard you tell her everything’s alright Don’t you worry, I’ll be around sometime But while you walk around You’re losing your shine Girls are different, just part of the plan We need to know where you stand Chorus Girls gotta know Girls gotta know If you love her, man, tell her so Girls gotta know You say “Girl, why can’t you let it be” You’re always calling. Badgering me I’ll be there when I get there Why the third degree? Girls are different, there can’t be no doubt Are you in or you out? No one’s gonna bust in on your fun No one has to tell ya how to get things done But Sometimes I think you can’t count higher than one Girls get tired of the way that you do We’re done waitin’ on you We’re done waitin…8x
4.
Motel 03:38
Motel (Julia A. Kasdorf, 2008) I wanna hide in a motel No one knows where I’m goin’ I won’t ever tell Gonna hide in my own shell Mmm On dirt road, on a dark night Dusty neon flashing by the road side Slide a dollar, get my long night Mmm Ain’t no one calling Ain’t no one on my mind No one here to tell me If Im doing right Off the road Stepping out of my light Mmm I want my own little door To my own little world Give me a number, I don’t need a name I wanna hide in a motel Mmm Won’t be smoking And I won’t be drinking With any luck at all I won’t be thinking Cut the line and just go driftin Mmm Hey the world turns without me tonight.
5.
Cool Water 04:28
Cool water (Julia Kasdorf, 2016) I been pushing so hard against that rock Sweat pouring down but I don’t stop Been chasing that road all day long Over the hill, but it just goes on And I fall down I always do When I fall down I reach for you I reach for you I always do You’re cool You’re my cool water Well you might think That I might learn From all my scrapes and bumps and burns But I’ve got a hunger I’ve got a stone-hard head And any warning I soon forget If anyone could talk me some sense Before I drive my car into that fence It would be you but you let me go You don’t roll your eyes Or say I told you so Cause I need to fall down I always do Its just my way But thank got for you Through all my wild and desperate moves You’re cool You’re my cool water.
6.
Long Chain 03:35
7.
Walk Your Dog (Julia A. Kasdorf 1992) Sitting in the blue light waiting to pass out My mind is making dust my soul is checking out Sleeping doesn’t work, drinking doesn’t pay Its that half-light feeling at the corner of the day But right now I just wanna walk your dog. There’s a letter on the table a knock upon the door Lisa loves the feeling yeah she’s coming back for more Tim owes me money and Doug wants a date Brian’s got a broken heart but that’s all gotta wait Cause right now I just wanna walk your dog. Maybe it’s a Friday, I’m sitting in the bar Maybe it’s a Monday, I’m sleeping in my car Maybe I’m from Venus, cause baby you’re from Mars Where the meter comes out better on a stolen guitar.
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Reservations 03:54
Reservations (Julia Kasdorf © 2015) Verse 1 You glow like a neon cocktail sign in the barroom You shine like a row of Teles in a guitar showroom You glitter like the chrome on a tailpipe, a gleam that can't last You burn like a sun headed for collapse Verse 2 Your body is the kind I’d design if I had my own choosing The way that you kissed me, boy, it felt just like the movies And a lifetime of lessons slipped off me like clothes in the summertime When I saw your green eyes, I couldn't believe my luck. Chorus But the closer I get, the more damaged I get When I see you up close you're a mess For the first time I’m wonderin bout what I want Am I strong enough for this? I have reservations. Bridge But how can I live inside a conflagration How long can love last when you're living on a pyre And you handle any bit of friction with gasoline and matches And you blame your bridges for catching on fire Verse 3 You're too young to see that you're causing all your own disasters And I’m too old to pretend I want the crazy things you're after I'm not taking this on, I'm not charging in to put out your fires There was a time that I would but now, I'm just tired.
9.
Old Coat 03:19
Old Coat (Stooky, Travers, Mezetti) arr. Julia Kasdorf, 2004 I looked to the east I looked to the west A youth begging fate to be rewardin’ But fortune is a blind god Flying through the clouds Forgetting me on this side of Jordan Chorus Take off your old coat And roll up your sleeves Life is a hard road to travel Golden spoons to some mouths Silver spoons to others Dares a man to change the given order Though they smile and tell me All of us are brothers Never heard it none this side of Jordan Like a ragged owlet with its wings extended Nailed to some garden gate or bordin’ Thus I will to some man all my life be branded Never heard it none this side of Jordan Chorus Take off your old coat And roll up your sleeves Life is a hard road Life is a hard road Life is a hard road to travel I believe (folked-out)
10.
A LOVER'S FAREWELL (AP Carter, arr Julia Kasdorf) We have met and we have parted We have spoke our last goodbye You have proved to be falsehearted You may now forever go You have wrecked the heart I've cherished You have done me day by day You are false, but I’ll forgive you To forget you, I cannot say For I love you, dear, I love you More than all this world I know You have proved to be falsehearted You may now forever go among the trees and bushes Where the dark green willow waves In the cold and silent marshes There you'll find my lonely grave
11.
Blue Veil 05:18
Blue Veil (Julia Kasdorf, 2007) I’m gonna say some things you ain’t gonna wanna hear But its something that we can’t ignore We’re burning through this earth like we could just pick up another The next time we go to the store Everything we buy costs more than what we pay If you follow all the chemicals through Landfills fillin’ up, pcbs turning up Because of stupid things we do We never give a thought when we’re jumping in our cars To the drilling that’s killing the ground Don’t blame the president for wrecking the environment When we’re the ones sucking it down When it gets too cold we run Arizona And turn our air conditioner high When it rains too much we head to California And drink the Colorado dry. chorus Outside there’s a thin blue veil Between us and the dark of space These systems are starting to fail We’re losing the human race. Buying junk from asia cause we think we’re saving money But how much does it really cost To exploit the kids of china and wreck their land and rivers You know it’s everybody’s loss We blow the tops off the mountains Cause we’ve got to get the coal To get the power pumpin right to our door But we could find a better way if we took a bit today Of all that money that we blow on war bridge If not now, when, if not us, who You now it’s really up to me and it’s up to you How much house, how much stuff How will we know when we have enough? (We have enough) Pull yourself back way up in the sky High above the atmosphere You can’t see the guns, you can’t hear the crying Earth sure looks good from here Its lonely out in space you can’t even breathe No other life as far as we know Looking down from up above the little planet that we love Our fragile blue-green home All the stuff we gotta buy New stuff we just gotta try When its old don’t throw it out Make it do or do without Take a walk don’t drive the car Find out who your neighbors are Teach your kids to play guitar Sit outside and watch the stars Melting snow, hurricanes No more Olympic winter games Coral reef, ocean zoo When they go then we go, too Arctic glaciers need the frost All the fish are getting lost What about the polar bears Come on man, I know you care I’d love to change the world...

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This is my dream-come-true album. I wanted to say what i wanted to say, and mostly, I did. Its got the drive and stomp I love, plus some sweet reflections. And killer musicians.

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released July 14, 2017

Julia Kasdorf - vox, rhythm guitar "Leon" Kasdorf - bass, pedal steel, backing vox Buddy Dunlap - flat top rhythm, lead, fiddle, backing vox Gary Ferguson - telecaster, flat top, mandolin Dwayne Nitz - drum kit, mike ault - electric guitar brian symmes - organ Walter Tates - saxaphone Jon Carroll - keys, guitar, backing vox, percussion

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Julia Kasdorf Waterford, Virginia

Julia's songwriting has been called "wickedly catchy" & "top-notch" by reviewers. Fans just say "Julia's songs really connect with people."
After playing in "a million bands", including One Horse Town, Julia plays solo these days or as a duo with her pedal-steel playing husband, Lynn Kasdorf, who is featured on both albums.
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