From big towns and small towns, each spring and summer, thousands of Americans gather at a local blues festival of some sort. This song is about traveling to one.
Chicago influenced indie blues band
Lyrics
Pack up the car, empty out the change jar, grab the sunscreen and a change of clothes.
Gonna cruise down the road, try to lighten the load, see firsthand what a lotta folks know.
Don't be shy, cause you know you'll get by without putting on those fancy airs.
Won't be no twenty-year-old "divas", no designer martinis, just some music to get rid of your cares.
Drums and bass, some guitar in your face, a little harp to help fill out the sound.
It's the best thing going for miles around, don't you know that we're bluesfest bound.
There won't be any rap, or that Top 40 crap, nobody singin' 'bout bitches and hos.
Don't need a fancy SUV or a plasma TV, kick off your shoes and feel the grass on your toes.
You know that old I, IV, V, really makes your feel alive, laid down by a player with soul.
Blues can make you cry or shout with joy to the sky, but in the end it just makes you feel whole.
Make it old, make it new, just be sure you make it blue, and shout it out on every street in this town.
It's the best thing goin for miles around, tell your mama that you're blues fest bound.
