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Low And Meddlesome Sound

from People You May Know by Greg Humphreys

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My friend Brian Ashley Jones and I wrote this one together in Nashville TN one cold January afternoon. He provided the title; it sounded like an ancient murder ballad title to me, so we worked off of that and came up with a gem. I recorded it the next day with Gibb Droll, Eric Fritsch, and Aaron Oliva at Eric's Eastwood Studios.

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I heard a low and meddlesome sound...
heard a low and meddlesome sound.
High and lonesome, close to the ground...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.

I hear the shouts of men as they run...
hear a whip and the crack of gun.
Rustling leaves and the bay of a hound...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.

I found a man alone with my wife...
struck him down, and ran for my life.
My ear to the wall as they lay the ground...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.

I hear them now they’re coming for me...
when i’m found, I’ll hang by a tree.
They’ll string me up, and they’ll drop me down...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.

I heard a low and meddlesome sound...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.
High and lonesome, close to the ground...
I heard a low and meddlesome sound.

© Greg Humphreys BMI / Brian Ashley Jones BMI

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from People You May Know, released September 1, 2011
Greg Humphreys - Guitar, Vocal
Gibb Droll - Guitar
Eric Fritsch - Wurlitzer Piano
Aaron Oliva - Upright Bass

Recorded by Eric Fritsch at Eastwood Studios, Nashville TN
Mixed by Greg Humphreys

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Greg Humphreys New York, New York

Humphreys’ projects have shared some common elements: His distinctive soulful rasp, channeling Sam Cooke; his tight, imaginative guitar work; and his gift for writing melodic, catchy, deceptively simple tunes. — Eddie Huffman, Winston-Salem Journal

Effortless and alluring… building his reputation cautiously but deliberately… his good fortune is all but inevitable. — Lee Zimmerman, No Depression
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