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Bad Road Good People

from Wheel of Life by Boris McCutcheon

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Bad Road, Good People
I didn't realize it at the time but "Bad Road, Good People," was really a double album. "The Wheel of Life" could almost be thought of as part 2 to the previous album. This song is the title track to both albums. It's a song of experience, with a lighthearted and painfully honest commentary about trying to raise a family in old Spanish Land Grant New Mexico. "Orcs" refer to the young natives who burn abandoned cars in my remote valley for fun. "Orcs" are a bad creature from the Tolkien Hobbit trilogy. Hell, Zeppelin did it. Why can't I?

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Well I went down to Albuquerque to try to raise some dough
We've been eating too much spam eating too much crow
Well I came back from Albuquerque through the pitch fork blinding snow
I missed my wife and my apple trees but I didn't miss my road
bad road good people, bad road good people
It's a no trespasser it's an oil pan disaster
But that's the way we like it, uh huh
It keeps all the riff raff out, the tourists and the Orcs
Gets worse by the day and we're very proud to say
Bad road good people, bad road good people
I was talking to Fred Kasinski and to me he did explain
If you ain't got a number if you ain't got a name
Well they won't ever find you they won't have a clue
they won't know the bad road things that you do
bad road good people, bad road good people

It's a real ball buster but I've "learned to love the road"
But it's rare if we see humans anymore
Oh it keeps all the riff raff out the grandmas and the Orcs
So we raise our kids alone in the twilight zone
Bad road good people, bad road good people
It's a good place to burn a car or shoot an old washer or dryer
Lollipop cedars water wars and barbed wire
Bad road good people(4x)

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from Wheel of Life, released January 1, 2010
WHEEL OF LIFE
Copyright 2010 Cactusman Records/ASCAP

All songs written by Boris McCutcheon except:

"Lee Harvey was a Friend of Mine"
Written by Philip Edward Bennison (Homer Henderson) and Jay Cotton (1985)
Bennisongs/ BMI

"No Place to Fall"
Written by Townes Van Zandt (1978)
Katie Bell Music c/o Bughouse % Bug Music Inc., /ASCAP

"Mark Twain"
Written by Mark Ray Lewis (2006)
Outside Agitator/ASCAP

Boris McCutcheon: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica
Brett Davis: electric guitars, tenor banjo, lap steel guitar, baritone electric, harmony, vocals
Susan Hyde Holmes: electric bass, upright bass, harmony vocals
Kevin Zoernig: wurlitzer, piano, casio, clavinet, xylophone, accordion, organ, harmony vocals
Paul Groetzinger: drums, tambourine (California, What Ails You?, Peeler, Gila, Bad Road, Good People, Boxspring Plow)
Jason Aspeslet: drums, eggbeater, wall (Mullein People, Clan of the Sunflower, Mark Twain, No Place to Fall)
Jeff Berlin: drums (Lee Harvey Was A Friend of Mine)

Guest Musicians:
Kristen Zoernig (Kevin's sister): double bass
Lawrence Zoernig (Kevin's brother): cello
Adrienne Inglis (Kevin's sister-in-law): pan flutes
Chris Schultz: handclap enabler, harmony vocals
Stephanie Hatfield: harmony vocals

Produced by Kevin Zoernig and Boris McCutcheon
Sessions at the World College in Montezuma, NM recorded by Michael Grimes
Sessions at WaveLab Studio in Tucson, AZ recorded by Chris Schultz and Craig Schumacher
Additional guitar tracks recorded by Mark Lewis at his home in Albuquerque, NM
Additional backup vocals recorded by Bill Palmer at Frogville Studio in Santa Fe, NM

All songs mixed by Chris Schultz and Craig Schumacher at WaveLab Studio except "Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine", recorded live by Jos Goverde at In the Woods, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands.
Mastered by J.J. Golden at Golden Mastering, CA

Artwork by Brett Davis
Layout and Art Doctor, John Treadwell
Photos by James Hart, Jennifer Guerin, Jessica Garcia, aturnintimephotography.com

Thanks and love to Laura, Jack and Neve. Melissa Totten, Jennifer G. and Leland, Ron
Maltais, Jessica, John Treadwell, Pat Toomay, Michael Grimes, Mark Lewis, Leopold,
Dara Lee, James Holmes, Tyson Reed, Pappy, Joy and Geoff. The Mullein People.
Sandra and Luciano. Alberto and his animated wisdom.

This album is dedicated to the memory of David Bindler –drummer, friend, and
musical mentor. I love you too, Dave.
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© 2017 Boris McCutcheon/Cactusman Records.
All Rights Reserved.

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Mother Ditch (2001) When We Were Big (2003) Turbulent Amusement (live) (2004) Cactusman vs the Blue Demon (2006) Lost Sessions and B-Sides (2006) Bad Road, Good People (2008) Wheel of Life (2010)Utrecht (live) (2011)Boris McCutcheon Sings the Songs of Townes Van Zandt (2012)Might Crash! (2013)I’m Here Let Me In (2017)• 2004 Boston Music Awards best male singer songwriter• 2004 ... more

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