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After the McCutcheon family uprooted from their modest off the grid bad roads situation and relocated to Albuquerque for new career purposes for Laura “her turn to shine“, we used to go out to Ojito Mesa with the kids and explore for entire day at a time. I swear to the crypto gods that we found an entire skeleton of a dinosaur once, and couldn’t relocate it later. The kids used to step on the crypto bio crust, and Laura would chide them for not being more careful . We would walk sometimes for a mile to avoid the bio crust, ”don’t bust the crust!”, she was the “Protector of the Cryptobiotic dirt“ I wrote the song as a joke while we were going around a big patch of Cryptobiotic dirt. Later the song stuck in the car on the way home. It was the first song I recorded on a DAW (on my own) with a decent vocal microphone that I bought a Grandma‘s music in Albuquerque. I believe I recorded the guitar and vocals into the one mic. I sent the files to Chris McGandy to play pedal steel. He sent me back what I call “porn steel”. The song was put on ice for many years until it was rediscovered by little Feebo, Jeff Berlin, the greatest drummer on earth and short dog, Steve Mayone, the greatest guitarist/producer on earth. Jeff recorded his drums with two overheads. Steve added a Credence flare with his electric guitar. It reminds me of the “loose” sounding rock band in that played on the porch in the movie “Sling Blade.”

And remember kids..”Don’t bust the crust!”

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Lyrics: Cryptobiotic Dirt

Cryptobiotic dirt cryptobiotic dirt
She don’t like walking on cryptobiotic dirt
She don’t like walking on cryptobiotic dirt
Step on some dirt she’ll hit you where it hurts
She don’t like walking on cryptobiotic dirt
Me and Jackie were walking down there
Jackie heard a crunching sound she grabbed him by the hair
She don’t like walking on cryptobiotic dirt
Step on some dirt she’ll eat you for dessert
She’s the protector of the Cryptobiotic dirt
I’m wild about her she’s wild about the dirt
She don’t like walking a Cryptobiotic dirt
She don’t like walking on Cryptobiotic dirt
She’ll hate you if you hurt the Cryptobiotic dirt
She’s the protector for Cryptobiotic dirt
Now she’s so pretty that it’s not funny
She could pass as a playboy bunny
But she is the protector of the crypto biotic dirt
Step on some dirt she’ll hit you where it hurts
She’s the protector of the Cryptobiotic dirt
It takes two hundred years to grow upon the earth
She don’t like walking on cryptobiotic dirt

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from Cryptobiotic Dirtbags, released October 9, 2023
Cryptobiotic Dirt

Boris McCutcheon - vocals, acoustic guitar

Steve Mayone - electric guitar, bass

Jeff Berlin - drums, percussion

Chris McGandy - pedal steel

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Boris McCutcheon Dixon, New Mexico

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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