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about
Alice is a bluegrass / rockabilly tune that features Sammy Rae & the Friends and Kathleen Parks on fiddle. Some 11 years ago, I took my first road trip ever with Chris Burns and this song was inspired by those events. It's got everything from meeting your muse to alien encounters.
lyrics
Take Highway 55 to Memphis
Go to a bar named Tripoli
Ask the bartender for Alice
Pickin' a guitar on her knee
Well I'm 12 long miles from Memphis
I can see the lights on Tripoli
So I called the bartender for Alice
Said she was waiting on me
Play Alice, play
Play your song for me
Play it soft and play it sweet
You already know what I wanna hear, Alice
You even know my favorite key
Alice was sitting in the front seat
When the flashing lights came from behind
So I pulled off the road, no cop in sight.
Just them goddamn martians on the Arkansas line!
Play Alice, play
Play your song for me
Play it soft and play it sweet
You already know what I wanna hear, Alice
You even know my favorite key
Alice and the wind
Are the two things in life
That I know to be free
Alice and the wind
They always seem to leave...
Oh they're blowing like the breeze.
credits
released March 18, 2022
Written by Will Leet & Chris Burns
Will Leet - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tack piano
Sammy Rae - vocals
Kathleen Parks - fiddle
Jimmy Coberly - drums
Eric Messihi - bass
Pat Stone - backup vocals
Jordan Alleman - banjo
Choir: Kate Yeager, Lucas Scott, Micah Cowher, James Quinlan, C-bass Chiriboga, Max Zooi, Kellon Reese, Kaya Kulu, Myra Moon, Dane Scozzari, Eric Messihi
Recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios, Dirt Floor Studios, Bearded Cat Production, and Seizure's Palace
Vocals recorded by Garrett Eaton
Mixed by Anthony "Rocky" Gallo
Mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound
Will Leet is a Brooklyn-based folk rock artist, also known as guitarist for Sammy Rae & the Friends.
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