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Just Another Passerby
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #114
Peak in subgenre #13
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
September 11, 2012
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.3 MB 128 kbps 3:36
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Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
In the course of life, as you offer up your soul, there are moments when love can seem lost. That's when we have to hold onto faith and believe, treasuring what comes our way.
Lyrics
Just Another Passerby by Reggie Miles NOBRO RECORDS NR-021 © 2011 All rights reserved Used to see you On the street We would meet And share moments so sweet Now you’re not there Do you still care? Or are you just another passerby? We used to play Give love away Every day And say we’d never stray It’s been so long Since you’ve been gone Are you just another passerby? Love’s always strolling by us Wanderin’ who knows where Love seldom seems to find us Treasure your love affairs I was naive To believe You’d never leave And now I grievin’ I’m so damn blue Because of you You’re just another passerby Love’s always strolling by us Wanderin’ who knows where Love seldom seems to find us Treasure your love affairs I was naive To believe You’d never leave And now I grievin’ I’m so damn blue Because of you You’re just another passerby
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