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Tonopah Inn
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Offbeat little song loosely based on the 'Lady in Red' ghost at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada.
alternative country mg frisbey mike frisbey frisbey
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Original alternative country
While I am not really a band per se, I do get together with friends to work on music that I have created. Most times you will find me slogging it out in the studio by myself trying to get a guitar or drum track down that sounds decent. I am not too much of a singer but have people that keep pushing me to do that. As with anything it takes a lot of practice to be good.
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #47
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
MG Frisbey
Rights
2006
Uploaded
October 29, 2006
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MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:25
Story behind the song
This song got it's start based on the "Lady in Red" ghost that supposedly haunts the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada.
Lyrics
Tonopah Inn © 2006 Mike Frisbey/Susan Jeffries V1 I'd been driving all day On that desert highway So I pulled it over at the Tonopah Inn The dang place it seemed bare Nothin’ but a lady in red there When she floated over like the devil’s sin She was talkin' to me all breathless About life and love in Vegas And would I help a lady in despair? Her little web she spun was woven My resistance it seemed was broken I was sensing danger in the air (Chorus) She said, Ooh my with a sigh Let’s take a walk just you and I We’ll go and have ourselves a good time Please mister hold my hand Get me past that night doorman I want to feel what it’s like in the daylight (bridge) I just don’t know where to begin There were ghosts at the Tonopah Inn V2 I started looking around me But the room was dark and empty Except that lonely stool at the bar I swear I saw her wink And say won’t you buy a girl a drink And maybe we’ll go up to my boudoir She was starting to act all restless I was thinking depart would be best So I looked for exits out of there But the buzzing inside my head From this lady all dressed in red Man don’t you know you best beware (Chorus) She said, Ooh my with a sigh Let’s take a walk just you and I We’ll go and have ourselves a good time Please mister hold my hand Get me past that night doorman I want to feel what it’s like in the daylight (bridge) It doesn’t matter where you’ve been Stay away from the Tonopah Inn (Chorus 2) ‘Cause she’ll say Ooh my with a sigh Let’s take a walk just you and I We’ll go and have ourselves a good time Please mister hold my hand Get me past that night doorman I want to feel what it’s like in the daylight
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Vlad Pogrebinski (solo)
Mar 11, 2008
Another favourite! You really have an ear for those off-beats, don't you, Mike?:))) You are a hell of a producer, Mike! Great idea! Wonderful guitar work! Personally, I could see how a bit more power in the bass line (some nice and heavy straight pump) would spiral the drive even higher up into the sky but it is perfect as as...