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Fixin' fence and cuttin' hay, workin' in the sun all day, pray to God that it won't rain 'til the bailin' through.... That's how it started, making up songs to keep my mind off the Texas heat and the dust and the bugs and the deafening rumble of the tractor. I really never intended to leave the family Dairy, but I got married and needed a decent job. Day man bartender at the Dixie Chicken was not that job and after getting kicked out of Texas A&M for spending more time on Northgate than in class, I joined the US Air Force to do my patriotic duty. My assignment wish list was full of Texas bases, so of course they sent me to Okinawa, Japan. I hate Asian food, but was able to live off fried rice at Mickey's Billiards. I got to study more night life in Korea, Thailand, the Philippines before heading back to school for the third time. I found a job with a research drill ship and so got to study even more night life in Rio de Janerio, Brazil - Guam - Guayaquil,Ecuador - Valparaiso, Chile - Balboa and Christobol, Panama - Bremen, Germany - Gamagori and several other ports, Japan - Galveston, Mobile, San Diego, ... you get the point. After going all over the place I end up back in Texas, and back on Northgate spending a lot of my time a beer tab throw from Bottle Cap Alley, next door to the Dixie Chicken, in front of the wooden Indian at Duddley's Draw. I'm still making up songs, and it's still hot. You can listen to more of my stuff at DeanFerrell.com if you're are so inclined. Thanks, Dean
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Murder in the Desert
Mostly true story. The names have been changed to protect the guilty.
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Story Songs
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I Knew Better Than That
A lot of things are funny looking back, but that doesn't mean they were good ideas.
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Texas, Alternative, Red Dirt
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Bottle Cap Alley (Duddley's Draw)
There's a place I hang out in at in College Station on the North side of Texas A&M. Back in the day, all "Northgate" beer joints were just that, beer only. Duddley's Draw had Guinness on Tap and a tradition formed, as they tend to do in Aggieland, of slamming small glasses of Guinness, as a fill in for shots. For some reason these were called "Raws" (nobody seems to remember why). Unfortunately times change and the rules on Northgate changed and Dudd's brought in liquor, which changed everthing.
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Texas music
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Out on the Island
In a way this is a morning after song. It makes me feel the same way as "Sunday Morning Coming Down" makes me feel. It makes me feel like I wish I would just keep my mouth shut sometimes, and it makes me fell sometimes like it's time to move on down the line.
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Texas
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Dry County Blues
Believe it or not, there are counties in Texas where they don't sell beer. This usually leads to a Friday night ritual of making the trip across the river to the county line liquor store. It's strange that just across the county line, nobody seems to recognize their neighbor.
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Workin' in the Sun
When you grown on a farm, sometimes all you want to do is get away from there. Just like a Holstein cow, you think the grass is greener outside the fence, along the bar ditch or maybe a little further down the road. You have to find out for yourself.
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Red Dirt, Texas
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Stumble
It's a simple song, but it's hard to keep from stumbling sometimes. Life is tough, even if you are trying to live right.
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Christian Country
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