The Trestle core group consists of Jeff Owens, Mike Franks, Mark Peter & Randy Johnson. We are located in the Southern California area and we are primarily an a
Lyrics
Red Neck Gourmet by Trestle
Words & Music by Mike Franks & Jeff Owens
This song was written and recorded remotely during Covid19.
Down by the river in a trailer my mother gave to me
She won it in a di-vorce - I think it was her husband no. 3
I been sittin on this sofa - where the cushions - reach up & touch my ears
Shaped like the letter U, from my sittin' here - all these years
One day I changed the channel; and there I saw this food cooking show
and I said to myself, Hey, right there's the way I oughta go
So I dug out Grandma's cookbook, and her secret - homemade ingredient
Ev'ry recipe she cooked, had her liquid refreshment
Well, I'm the RedNeck Gourmet; on the TV ev'ry day
You can catch me on channel 53
& ev'ry time you watch the show
I get this envelope
With a check - they call a royalty -Made out to the RedNeck Gourmet (that's me)
So, I entered this big contest - way up there in downtown New York
The judges were all ravin', (You'd think they'd) never had squirrel before
Gotta hit show on the T V, even wrote me a best-sellin' book
(It's) Coming out in paperback, called, If it Ain't Fried, It Ain't Cooked
Well, I'm the RedNeck Gourmet; on the TV ev'ry day
You can catch me on channel 53
& ev'ry time you watch the show
I get this envelope
With a check - they call a royalty -Made out to the RedNeck Gourmet (that's me)
Now you might think it's strange
(But) I got tired of all the fame
And the more that things would change, it drove me more insane
Got no one else to blame
So There's no use to complain
I just packed up all my bags at the top of my game
Bought a ticket; went back - to where I came
Yeah, I made a lot of money, & I up & gave most of it away
But I bought a double-wide, with slidin' doors,(It's) mostly in the shade
And I bought this brand new sofa, & an icebox - I packed up full of beers
I'll be sittin here and drinkin, 'til the cushions- reach up and touch my ears
Well, I'm the RedNeck Gourmet; on the TV ev'ry day
You can catch me on channel 53
& ev'ry time you watch the show
I get this envelope
With a check - they call a royalty -Made out to the RedNeck Gourmet (that's me)
Life is good when things go your way
It's real good when you're the RedNeck Gourmet
Mike Franks (Vocals), Jeff Owens (Guitar/Banjo), Randy Johnson (Bass)
Recorded remotely during Covid-19
