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This is another tune from the time I was working with guitarist Ken Shima, featured on this track with some low down and dirty slide guitar.

And if you'd like to see a live version of the tune, from 2011, when I was working with Ken, check it here....

www.polarityrecords.com/this-old-man.html

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This Old Man

this old man
he never came rolling home
this old man
he left me an old dry bone
this old man
he did not know his son from sin
told me the same old lie for years
told it over and over again
this old man

last night in my dream
someone asked his name
asked was he blessed
asked was he cursed
maybe it's all the same
but now like the man on the radio
i don't know my hat from my glove
and i can't quite put my finger on
whatever it was he called love
this old man

i'm going down to Alabama tonight
but i ain't gonna visit his grave
now sister, i ain't no coward
then again, i never said i was brave
i'm gonna go sit by the river
i'm gonna watch the water flow by
watch it flow on by
and if i should happen to see his reflection
i'll just close my eyes
this old man

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released April 21, 2020
Samm Bennett: vocal, walking drum, 1-string bass (aka diddley bow)
Ken Shima: slide guitar
Recorded at Polarity Studio, Tokyo, Japan
All Words and Music Copyright Samm Bennett - All Rights Reserved

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Samm Bennett - Polarity Records Tokyo, Japan

Singer and songwriter, player of unusual string instruments such as 3-string and 1-string guitar, plus jaw harps, mouthbow, electronics and junk, plus all manner of drums and percussion.

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