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Old Coat

from Motel by Julia Kasdorf

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    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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    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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about

Long ago, we were flooded out of our home by Hurricane Isabel, and spent the night at our friends' house. There were 4 us crammed like the refugees we were in a guest room. On a morning when I should have woken up dreading the nightmare hassle confronting our lives, I found a new version of "Old Coat", a dismal old Peter Paul & Mary song, playing in my head. In spite of the crazy year that followed, I was able to powerfully realize the vision I'd awoken to by showing it to my bandmates in One Horse Town. It kicked then, and still kicks now.

lyrics

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)

credits

from Motel, released July 14, 2017
Julia - rhythm guitar, vox, backing vox
Lynn - bass
Dwayne - drums
Buddy Dunlap - fiddle
Gary Ferguson - electric guitar
Ranger, Stephanie - claps and stomps

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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. ... more

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