Name: Volcano Blues
Channel: Doug Roberts
Description: Free MP3 download. The blues song I wrote after Mt. St. Helens erupted. Acoustic guitar with bass and silly vocals

Volcano Blues

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The blues song I wrote after Mt. St. Helens erupted. Acoustic guitar with bass and silly vocals

electric guitar acoustic guitar mandolin 12 string acoustic bass guitar

Doug Roberts

Old rock band guy from the '60s. Bass player mostly in bands. Play guitar, piano & mandolin for fun. These recordings are things I've made at home.

I'm a semi-retired musician who has been playing music since the 1960s. I have mostly played bass in the bands, but I also play guitar, mandolin & piano.

Song Info

Genre

Blues • Acoustic Blues

Charts

#7,170 today Peak #138

#518 in subgenre Peak #17

Author

Doug Roberts

Rights

2003

Uploaded

November 27, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

In 1980, the Mount Saint Helens volcano in Washington state blew its top.  It rained ash on us, covering everything in sight.  We were cooped-up in the house for three days until the streets got cleared and could we could all go back to work.  I hung around and wrote this song on my acoustic.
...ashes on my guitar, ashes in my booze,
     ashes on my music, ashes all over my blues.

Lyrics

Well I looked up last Sunday,
  I looked up at the sky
I saw a black cloud coming
  and I thought that I would die
there were ashes falling on me
  and ashes on the news,
Ashes in my kitchen
  and ashes in my booze
Ashes all around me
  and ashes on my blue suede shoes.

They say the mountain blew-up
  a big catastrophy
the whole damn mountain blew-up
  and it's headed right for me.
Now the ash is fallin' on me.
  the Sherrif's on the news,
they're roundin' up the looters,
  they're callin' out the crews.
Got ashes on my music
  and ashes all over my blues.

Now my grass is all a-dyin'
  the kids can hardly breathe.
My wife is inside cryin'
  says she wants to leave
but the ash is all around us
  we're covered near and far,
I'd like to get away now,
  if I could find the car!
I'd have myself a brandy but
  they're closing down the bar...
    (it's an emergency, you know)

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