“London based US bluesman Stephen Dale Petit has a new single coming from his acclaimed album “Cracking The Code”, an album that I gave 5/5 to in April when I described it as a “Musical Tour de Force”.
The latest offering is no different quality, one of the stand out tracks from the original record, My Friend Bob the story of a mate who was always either in trouble, causing it or borrowing cash to get out of a jam.
Perhaps not typical of Petit’s style, the track is a piece of thoroughly bouncy Americana; an ultra-catchy, pedal-steel soaked country rock ramble that is one hundred per cent toe tapping. A great pop number too and one that should be on radio stations as once heard, it never fails to bring a smile.”
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My Friend Bob
Lyrics ↴
My friend Bob is cocaine crazy
No he ain’t lazy
He’ll lend you five dollars
So that he can collar you for fifty more
My friend Bob is Ginsberg trippin’
His iceberg is slippin’
Into hot water you’d think that he oughta swim for the shore
He’s got a frayed cloth Guthrie hat
A back pocket full of excuses that
He’ll tender at a moment’s notice
He’s got a boot lace mandolin heart
Torn & tattered from playin’ the part
Of a dust-bowl clown livin’ on promise
My friend Bob
A vagabond genius
A little bit fiendish
Subscribes to the theory of Timothy Leary 1966
My friend Bob
A hobo icon
Yeah, he’s so right on
You’re thankful to be in the presence of his guru peasant’s hippy tricks
He’s got a frayed cloth Guthrie hat
A back pocket full of excuses that
He’ll tender at a moment’s notice
He’s got a boot lace mandolin heart
Torn & tattered from playin’ the part
Of a dust-bowl clown livin’ on promise
Copyright © 2013 Serious Delta Papa Music
Appears on "My Friend Bob (Radio Edit)" (Single Version) © 333 Records Ltd
Also on "Cracking The Code" and "The BBC Sessions" (Live Version) © 333 Records Ltd
No he ain’t lazy
He’ll lend you five dollars
So that he can collar you for fifty more
My friend Bob is Ginsberg trippin’
His iceberg is slippin’
Into hot water you’d think that he oughta swim for the shore
He’s got a frayed cloth Guthrie hat
A back pocket full of excuses that
He’ll tender at a moment’s notice
He’s got a boot lace mandolin heart
Torn & tattered from playin’ the part
Of a dust-bowl clown livin’ on promise
My friend Bob
A vagabond genius
A little bit fiendish
Subscribes to the theory of Timothy Leary 1966
My friend Bob
A hobo icon
Yeah, he’s so right on
You’re thankful to be in the presence of his guru peasant’s hippy tricks
He’s got a frayed cloth Guthrie hat
A back pocket full of excuses that
He’ll tender at a moment’s notice
He’s got a boot lace mandolin heart
Torn & tattered from playin’ the part
Of a dust-bowl clown livin’ on promise
Copyright © 2013 Serious Delta Papa Music
Appears on "My Friend Bob (Radio Edit)" (Single Version) © 333 Records Ltd
Also on "Cracking The Code" and "The BBC Sessions" (Live Version) © 333 Records Ltd
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