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    This is a recording for WPKN, done live in my living room. We played 7 songs on the radio, but added one extra on here that we recorded just because we still had the gear set up. Buy the album, get the bonus track! These songs span the 3 albums we currently have in production. Yeehaw!
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1.
You 02:50
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In a dim-lit room I shake the snow from my hat, in the glow of a candle, you sit and this is where it’s at, love. this is where it’s at. I check my coat to a hook and cut a look toward you lost in the music, you’re there, and i know, this is where it’s at some may gussy up in diamonds and pearls but i chuckle at these silly girls. others may don a fragrant perfume but you know it only clutters a room but here at the table in the glow of a wick I pull up a chair beside you, because this is where it’s at, love, this is where it’s at.
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Mellow Lagoon 03:10
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Honey take me by the hand and we can dance in the light of the moon at the mellow lagoon drinkin’ margaritas in the sand drinkin’ margaritas with our friends in a real good mood at the mellow lagoon stars are fallin fog’s comin’ quick but our evenin’ ain’t licked we’re feelin the groove at the mellow lagoon ego don’t know how to get down so we let ours drown now it’s a party mood at the mellow lagoon the world crumbles in its jealousy but there’s no time for envy there ain’t no gloom at the mellow lagoon it’s easy for us to get along grab a hand and sing a song beneath the cool blue moon at the mellow lagoon so honey take me by the hand and we can dance in the light of the moon at the mellow lagoon
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Cut Loose Lovers 05:42
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what mama don’t know don’t hurt er so keep it down, baby don’t wanna spoil the thrill no news is good news for papa so let’s let ‘im assume the way he always will goodie-two-shoes got the blues, baby that’s why we’re goin out t cut loose in a tight spot gotta stand up for somethin at some point, honey i’m ready to taste freedom, now let’s see what she’s got but what mama don’t know won’t hurt er and no news is good news for papa let’s get out from under the gun, take the money and run hit the open road with the motherload, honey let’s take a saw to the top half of this damned old boring car and let the sun reign down on our holy riot a ribbon of shattered bottles may lead em to us but we’re too far ahead to concern ourselves with em anyway and what mama don’t know won’t hurt er and no news is good news for papa barrelin along the wide open highway with the wind in our hair and the smoke streamin behind we don’t fight, we drive , you gotta catch us but you won’t lest you get lucky some damned old night we’re just gonna drive ahh yeah now wrap your lovely little neck in a driving scarf, baby there’s a chill in the air tonight roll me a smoke and hand me that bottle, gonna need all our intentions if we’re to make it overnight we can check in when we’re across the state line, play like everything’s fine, and sleep tight off a dark country road but what mama don’t know won’t hurt er no news is good news for papa we’ll drive til the gas runs out, ditch this car wash ourselves at a motel and go grab a drink in a bar we’ll head south, how’s that sound? nice and warm, and make a livin down round oaxaca, honey livin on goat meat, mangos, and mezcal, baby
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Rugged Livin' 03:41
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My hearts inside out like pockets a diary’s worth of emotion won’t put the right words in my mouth my clothes have all been eaten by moths it’s cold in here and my patches have all worn out it’s rugged it’s rugged livin it’s rugged livin with you sweet baby now that you don’t love me anymore the bed’s so big it barely fits in the room but i’m for some reason sleepin out on the couch you let the dog come in and sleep next to you what the hell am i doin out here in the damed ol dog house?! it’s rugged it’s rugged livin it’s rugged livin with you sweet baby now that you don’t love me anymore things were goin so seeminly fine and dandy cept when i said that one wrong thing now you ain’t seemin to me so friendly i guess i’ll let you sleep with the dog i’ll be here layin like one big bump on a log maybe tomorrow you’ll come back around but right now my smile’s upside down and i’m feelin a bit like a frog you didn’t have to go and order up that movin truck i was thinkin maybe we could work it out then you went and hauled my things out to the yard i don’t even know what the hell you keep carryin’ on about
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Drinkin' From The Udder 04:23
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set me on a dandelion, blow me away! feel a tickle in yer nostril and maybe have a sneeze dong the bell and fill up yer plate tell the joke you tried t tell all night long say it out loud sit up come outta your cage blow the note no one else thought to blow blow another and another and then resolve tap the cow's belly and keep us hungry sip the straw danglin from the tummy settle down settle the sound tip tit tat go the drums mama didn't raise me up in a barn, boy! never take for granted all that farm noise sittin on a tire swing under an oak tree nuts fallin down from the squirrels above me birds flittin all around lookin for worms everything in the sun gettin burned and the sounds of the summer so good thatcha gotta sing along country gals wearin their sweet spring dresses and i'm always goin round makin messes take yer pick of the chickens crossin the road pick a bushel of okra, say 30 or so bring it all together and batter it good slather it with gravy, baby, like you should play a fiddle after dinner dance around and then hit the hay drinkin from the udder got me fresh like linen i'm in love with this country livin'
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Guess We're In Love 04:55
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I didn’t choose you You chose me so I can still leave if I wanna You didn’t choose me I chose you but I can still leave if I’m gonna Yet every night when the sun goes down i go n put on my pajamas Tonight I choose you And you choose me I guess you can say we’re in love I brought you a steak on a paper plate over to the condiment station You grabbed a ketchup bottle squeezed it full throttle and doused it into damnation oh my oh my, how you made me cry don’tcha know that’s how my mama died but i’m still here although you’re crazy, dear I guess you can say we’re in love We sit in this house on this old saggy couch I lean over my tv tray I ask you my dear is the remote near and you tell me that you just couldn’t say but after this re-run and the dishes get done we’ll put our pjs on and we’ll each doze off watching burgers of bob i guess you can say we’re in love
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Dirty Rotten Driver 05:10
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I’m gonna stretch my tie around my collar, squander my last dollar on a pint of pricey vodka Take a cigarette out of the ashtray and light it up with a dirty idea Imagine if you were the rat sleepin in the pallets behind the bar on the river You can’t look this good and goof around with a lunar eclipse screwball kinda notion But if the cabby needs to find ‘imself a speedball then i guess i could get ya where yer goin just keep your eyes out the window and make no mention of the stain on my tie hey fella don’t be scared you gotta dirty rotten driver taken you around ya gonna learn somethin ya mama never wanted you to know you can learn soon enough to take a tip from the alcoholics teetering down at the pier you can take your time and ignore all the wisdom the man on the bench has to share you can kiss a made up gal on the way home together or become a man with one of the nightly women betty’s gotta get her mornin paper from the man passed out in the lightless cubby hole read all the headlines that blew around the city yesterday when folks were too busy to wanna know gotta check the weather to know what tonight’s gonna hold and if she oughtta stick around hey fella don’t be scared you gotta dirty rotten driver taken you around ya gonna learn somethin ya mama never wanted you to know ya smell that smoke? that’s the smell of sulfer if you didn’t know and now the sirens start flyin and lightin up the deals goin down in the alley but they just cruise on by, cause they’re headin downtown to push homeless folks up the road i like to keep my car clean, it may smell like cigarettes or a room at a musty motel but when i pick up a rider i wanna look neat, i like a good suit and combed hair and now i’ll get you where you wanna go, cause i’m just a driver baby, i don’t lie

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Here's a great sample of the songs we've worked on since Quarantine began March of 2020.
A LIVE performance for WPKN and a big thanks to Sam for having us on!

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released May 5, 2021

BrianSGore: Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar, Arrangements
Landon Elliot: Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Banjo, Slide Lyra Guitar
Jaime Duquette: Bass
Garrett Starasinic: Trumpet
Angela Strafaci: Vocals

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Brian Gore & The Tender Fritters

Songwriter Brian Gore, with his rotating cast of players, the Tender Fritters, blend Country, Folk, Rock, and Jazz to create a dynamic accessible while original that carries his tales of the world’s back pages.

"A mix of John Prine and Bob Dylan." ... more

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