A Sad Song.

I've been a moonshiner,
For seventeen long years,
I've spent all my money,
On whiskey and beer,
I go to some hollow,
And sit at my still
And if whiskey dont kill me,
Then I dont know what will,

I go to some bar room,
And drink with my friends,
Where the women cant follow,
And see what I spend,
God bless them pretty women,
I wish they was mine,
Their breath is as sweet as,
The dew on the vine,

Let me eat when I am hungry,
Let me drink when I am dry,
A dollar when I am hard up,
Religion when I die,
The whole world's a bottle,
And life's but a dram,
When the bottle gets empty,
It sure aint worth a damn.

Bed is for sleeping
Love is for making
You know love I am yours for the taking

My eyes are for seeing
The wind is for blowing
And you see love I am yours for the knowing

And night is for dreaming
Sleep is for bedding
I will dream with you the night on our wedding
You have a splinter, and I have a thimble
I will pull it in with movements so nimble

And tears are for falling
Smiles are for breaking
Houses for burning
And kisses for faking

And where are you going?
And why are you leaving?
Left on the walkway
To swallow my grieving

If you didn't know already, my band The Illegitimate Sons, is going to be playing a benefit concert at the historic Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne. Here's some details...

Down the Line 3
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 7PM
Embassy Theatre
$10, all ages

• Lee Miles & The Illegitimate Sons perform the music of The Band
• Ty Causey and band perform the music of Marvin Gaye
• Brian Lemert and band perform the music of Jimi Hendrix
• Left Lane Cruiser performs the music of Led Zeppelin
• Fatima Washington performs the music of Aretha Franklin
• Unlikely Alibi performs the music of Bob Marley

This could very well be the highlight of my (musical) year. This is by far the biggest show i've ever played. You should go! and bring all your friends...

Tickets are on Sale NOW!!
you can purchase them at ticketmaster.com

covers

My new favorite past time is looking up cover versions of my favorite songs on Youtube. Here's a gem i found.. it's a cover of Scott Walker's 30 Century Man. this guy is hilarious and awesome.

Beatles

So in light of the beatles concert that oakbrook church is putting on in a week or so, i decided to try and figure out what my top ten favorite beatles songs are. what a dumb thing to try and do. I first compiled a list of possible candidates... there were about 40 or so. so then i narrowed it down to this:

1. A Day In The Life from Sgt. Peppers
2. For No One from Revolver
3. I'm Looking Through You from Rubber Soul
4. Tomorrow Never Knows from Revolver
5. Only A Northern Song from Yellow Submarine
6. Hey Bulldog from Yellow Submarine
7. I'm Only Sleeping from Revolver
8. We Can Work It Out Single
9. Here, There, and Everywhere from Revolver
10. Rain Single


Close Cuts:
I will, Because, It's All Too Much, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Long, Long, Long, I'll Follow the Sun, I've Just Seen A Face, In My Life, She Said She Said, Yesterday, Blackbird, I've Got A Feeling, Paperback Writer

France Gall

Can I just say that i love the music of miss France Gall? I do. I especially love this song... Avant La Bagarre. I was surprised to find a video of her performing it on a french television show in 1968. I don't know if the whole world danced like this in 1968, or if it was mainly in france, but i love it.