Musicians | 1st Street Bar Encinitas, CA | 5.26.2023
* Dan Greenbaum
* Mike Hunt
* Mark ODonnell
* Mike Pritchard
LyricsAin’t no right ain’t no wrong when you sit and watch a new day dawnAin’t no wrong ain’t no right been sittin’ since the dark of nightWalked myself to the edge of townMade damn sure no one follow me downYes and to keep myself a little companyWell I gotta little hipper from the whiskey family
But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straight
Just cut the cable and the TV screen just a rabid dog barking back at meSo many voices chiming through my head can’t put a face to the words just saidGet more listening to the wind and rain r the rumble of a diesel trainCause a mans a man and a facts a fact, bBut those are lies and we can’t be lied to like that
But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straightYou cant tell a lie through a song and expect folks to listen all that longGuitar note catch a breeze and off it go, and whos gonna catch em I don’t knowWay over top a voice gonna hit that note and you know it’s coming from a blueman’s throat.Thats my version of a TV screen, you see it don’t have to be all obscene.But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straight
About the SongOne morning in Upstate New York found me on a rooftop drinking a little wine, and smoking some weed with the surviving members of a party from the night before. It was the day my cousin Salty graduated college by Lake Seneca in western New York State.
Ain’t no right, ain’t no wrong, when you sit and watch a new day dawn!
Visiting any college town was always an irresistible proposition during the years I went to university. Each college town was a new group of people of the same age group, making something out of nothing. Little else mattered back then. Every time I sing this song I laugh about the policeman who tried to talk us down from that roof. First threatening us, almost slipping off himself, then cussing us as he departed into his frustrated morning duties of crushing doughnuts.About the DayIn a previous life, my friends and I got together, formed a band, and shared the bill with the legendary Witches Tit. We played a bunch of shows over the course of a few years from Solana Beach, Encinitas, to the Redlands. At the time, I lived near D Street and surfed the area’s local breaks. Our regular haunt was First Street Bar in Encinitas, CA.
It’s the same stage I performed my first original songs. Flash forward to this show, the night before I scoped out the sound man Isik (cool guy, drives an Ambulance), saw that he had the same PA that I own, so I asked what I needed to bring, and if we could record the following night. He agreed, all was cool, so I went out, had a tri tip sandwich and smoked a mini jay with the owner of the food truck out front. Good times.
We didn’t promote this night’s gig too widely as it was a warm up for another night on the weekend. To our pleasant surprise, the entire crowd (friends, family, neighbors) from the Camp Store came down and partied hard. Ended up a big night after we played down at the Roxy. I think I had just gotten that cream SG Custom Shop, huge tone.
About the RamMark "The Ram" O'Donnell is an independent American composer, producer, filmmaker, multi-instrumental performer, designer, and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired rock-and-roll music on the West Coast.
For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.comSong MetadataNew Day DawnThe RamUPC: 196864168335ISRC: QZHNC2213764Release date: October 20, 2023ASCAP Work ID: 916553332ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159
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