Robert Cline Jr.’s third studio album, Troubadour Songs, Vol. 1., is a troubadour’s tribute to the songwriter’s songwriter. As “one of Willis Allan Ramsey’s favorite Texas singer songwriters”, Robert, tips the hat to the “Northeast Texas Women”. And featuring other songs written by Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, George DeVore, Kevin Welch, John Hyett, Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn, Gary Nicholson & Dewy “Spooner” Oldham. This album, captures the spirit of the people and places that paved the road to a life of writing, touring & performing with true legends of the craft.
This nine (9) song collection of “Troubadour Songs, Volume 1”, presents an acoustic mix of folk, country and alt country classics. Ranging from solo performances to accompaniments by James LeBlanc, on guitar, David Hood on Bass & Spooner Oldham on B3 Organ. Robert Cline Jr’s, “Troubadour Songs Volume 1”, pay tribute to the writers and the stories they tell.
Description of Touring Career/BIO Robert Cline Jr., began his music career collaborating with members of The Subdudes, with his debut album, “All The Right Reasons.” Cline’s sophomore release, "American Mojo,” is an “homage to Muscle Shoals,” “oozing with spirit and feel” “through various musical styles” that “reflect Robert’s journey across America”– Americana UK. Since the release of “American Mojo,” Robert has logged four successful European tours and hundreds of thousands of miles across the US, gaining national and international reviews.
lyrics
Won't say I love you, babe,
Won't say I need you, babe,
But I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong.
Living's mostly wasting time
And I'll waste my share of mine
But it never feels to good,
So let's don't take to long.
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the earth to lie upon.
Days, up and down they come
Like rain on a congadrum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away.
Everything is not enough
And nothin' is to much to bear.
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep is the getting there.
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes.
Goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low
And the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think to much
On things you leave behind.
I will be gone
But it won't be long
I will be a'bringin' back the melodies
And rhythm that I find.
We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real.
Some fall on you like a storm,
Sometimes you dig your own.
The choice is yours to make,
Time is yours to take
Some sail upondive into the sea,
Some toil upon the stone.
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes.
credits
from Troubadour Songs Vol. 1,
released August 1, 2022
Written by Towns Van Zandt
Copyright Jtvz Music, Will Van Zandt Publishing, and Katie Belle Music
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jimmy Nutt, at the Nutthouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. www.robertclinejr.com
Mockingbird Records
Robert Cline Jr.’s third studio album, Troubadour Songs, Vol. 1., is a troubadour’s tribute to the songwriter’s songwriter.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jimmy Nutt, at the Nutthouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. Troubadour Songs Vol. 1, features the multi-talented, James LeBlanc & members of the Muscle Shoals, Swampers’, David Hood & Dewy “Spooner” Oldham. www.robertclinejr.com...more
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