This band literally came out of nowhere this past year and hit many of the top 10 album lists on multiple blogs and polls by year end with the latest album- Furr. Today, I found a great LIVE video of BT doing an amazing cover with Stephen Malkmus "Funky49" a James Gang song. One of my favorite album hits from last year's, Furr, has a newer video, one of thier first professionally produced. They are expert story-tellers as you will find in this song, Black River Killer,off the same album.
Black River Killer
It was just a little while past the Sunset Strip
They found the girl’s body in an open pit
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide
Gazing through the fog to the other side
They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail
With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail
Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall
Remembering the music of my lover’s call
So you make no mistake
I know just what it takes
To pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates
I’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
But they say it’s never too late to start again
Oh when, oh when
Will the spirit come a-callin' for my soul to send
Oh when, oh when
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
It was dark as the grave, it was just about three
When the warden with his key came to set me free
They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit
A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute
So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande
And I shot a man down on the edge of town
Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around
Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down
He said, you make no mistake
I know just what it takes
To pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates
I’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
But they say it’s never too late to start again
Oh when, oh when
Will the spirit come a-callin' for my soul to send
Oh when, Oh when
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song
So I took the first train up to Oregon
And I killed the first man that I came upon
'Cause the devil works quick, you know it don’t take long
Then I went to the river for to take a swim
You know that black river water is as black as sin
And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe
And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade
Oh when, oh when
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send
Oh when, oh when
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
Oh when, oh when
Will that black river water wash me clean again
Oh when, oh when
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
-Blitzen Trapper
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As you can see they are on tour and selling out fast!
Upcoming Shows
Apr 12 2009 8:00P
Crystal Ballroom w/ Fleet Foxes!! -- SOLD OUT Portland, Oregon
Apr 13 2009 8:00P
Arcata Community Center w/ Fleet Foxes Arcata, California
Apr 14 2009 8:00P
The Filmore w/ Fleet Foxes -- SOLD OUT San Francisco, California
Apr 16 2009 8:00P
Rio Theatre w/ Fleet Foxes Santa Cruz, California
Apr 18 2009 8:00P
Coachella Fest Indio, California
Apr 20 2009 8:00P
The Hub @ UCSB w/ Fleet Foxes Santa Barbara, California
Apr 21 2009 8:00P
Fox Theater w/ Fleet Foxes Oakland, California
Apr 22 2009 8:00P
McDonald Theatre w/ Fleet Foxes Eugene, Oregon
May 25 2009 8:00P
Sasquatch Fest George, Washington
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Pickathon Pendarvis Farm, Oregon
MP3's
Black River Killer
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