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The Healer (Brooklyn Voodoo new version)
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This is the remake of our song The Healer (Brooklyn Voodoo), firstly recorded in 2008. In May 1975 people in Brooklyn went crazy when Steve 'the healer' Taggart was arrested. He was the Healer, treating everyone for just one dime.
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WELCOME IN THE BLUESBOX ------------------------------------ Thank you all for the support and the interest shown in our music since we started out in December 2006. BLUESBOX is a group of friends playing together, recording and uploading their stuff in the internet. It's not a traditional band ..... maybe it's more like an independent recording label. Everything is done without profit being involved, though. It costs us no big money to do it. I tell you: we would buy our instruments and use our time to play them anyway, wouldn't we ? There you go, as silly as it can be ..... we just do it for the sake of music. Unluckily we can be very lazy: most of the things are totally improvised ..... and recorded in a very basic way ..... but does it really matter ? Nobody's perfect ... right ? Thanks for your visit ..... we appreciate it. And remember .... you can listen, download, broadcast everything for free. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's who is who ..... _________________ - T-BONE MUSTANG a.k.a. Henry Lou Zanetti (Andrea Cremona): drums, electric, acoustic guitar & (sometimes) bass guitar - MAGIK MIKE (or Magic Mike) a.k.a. Da Roosta (Michael Lyzenga): voice, acoustic & electric guitar - JAMES "SMOKING GUITAR" JACKSON a.k.a. Al Troja (Alessandro Romanello): electric guitar - D.D. KING (Davide Devoti): electric & acoustic guitar - The DUTCH a.k.a. Frank Defax (Fabrizio Defacqz): keys & voice - JEAN "JEANS" a.k.a. Jean "byrd" (Gianluca Polenghi): bass guitar - PAUL KNOTS (Paolo Groppi): bass guitar - GOLD-TONE (Chris Sutton): voice, electric, acoustic & slide guitar - STEVE "THE HEALER" TAGGART (Marcello Cremona): bass guitar, acoustic guitar & keys Brass: - ROD BLOUSET (Sandro Camisa): voice & tenor saxophone - JOHNNY CRASH (Angelo Paganini): trumpet - RICKIE BROWN (Dario Antenucci): slide trombone - JUAN CARLOS MORENO (Giancarlo Groppi): alto sax - ED DEVILLE (Edo Mazzoni): alto sax & flute - GLENN VENUE (Marco Villa): trumpet - MR. FUNK (Ciro De Biase): alto sax A special thanks to: - SAM LITTLEWORLDS (Sandro Mondini): voice - RAQUEL DONOVAN (Elena Bozzarelli): voice - AARON FRESLEY (Stevan Branch): voice - MATT NEVER (Matteo Maj): voice, acoustic guitar, electric & slide guitar - THE MAILMAN (Rey Hensley): guitar & vocal (2006 - 2012 bluesbox independent label - all rights reserved) --------------------------------------------------------------------- all material can be listened, downloaded and broadcasted for free but it cannot be used for commercial purposes without our permission ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Blues General
Charts
Peak #46
Peak in subgenre #24
Author
Andrea Cremona & Alessandro Romanello
Rights
2011 bluesbox independent label
Uploaded
February 22, 2011
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MP3 11.0 MB • 320 kbps • 4:48
Story behind the song
May 1975 Police cars arrive at The Healer's house, that was more properly a voodoo temple rather then a common home. The Authorities ordered him to stop from treating people with his voodoo, as he never attended any school of medicine. Steve "the healer" Taggart, though, couldn't let his folks down and continued secretly to practice his voodoo healing people, unitl he was arrested. People made up this song and you could hear it in every corner of the high streets. The Smoking Guitar Band made its own version of it.
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HERE WE'VE GOT A STORY OF ORDINARY GLORY BASED UPON SOME RUMORS GOIN' ROUND BROOKLYN TOWN HIS VOODOO KEPT US SAFE TAKING CARE OF THE ONES IN THEIR HARDEST DAYS YOU HEAR WHAT I SAY BUT THIS KIND OF THING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IS AGAINST THE LAW IS AGAINST THE LAW THEY SAY WITH NO DEGREE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TREAT DESPITE OUR PRAYERS THEY SAY NO WAY 'CAUSE THIS KIND OF THING AS WELL IS KNOWN IS AGAINST THE LAW IS AGAINST THE LAW BUT HE WAS THE HEALER WE SAY OUR HEALER I SAY THE HEALER HE USED TO CLAIM A DIME AND NO MORE OF YOUR TIME YOU COULD AFFORD AND I SAY NO MORE THAT WAS THE PRICE FOR BEING GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE FOR A BETTER DAY YOU HEAR WHAT I SAY BUT THIS KIND OF THING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IS AGAINST THE LAW IS AGAINST THE LAW IT'S USE TO THINK IS SAFE WHAT'S DONE AND TESTED TO OBEY YOUR RULES AS WELL YOU KNOW BUT ALL OF YOUR RULES WILL CRUSH US ALL AND WE BET YOU KNOW BUT HE WAS THE HEALER WE SAY OUR HEALER THE HEALER ------------------------------------------------ Music: Alessandro Romanello Lyrics: Andrea Cremona Arrangement: Andrea Cremona Magic Mike (Michael Lyzenga): voice James "smoking guitar" Jackson (Alessandro Romanello): rhythm and lead guitar Henry Lou Zanetti (Andrea Cremona): drums, rhythm guitar & bass Rod Blouset (Sandro Camisa): tenor saxophone Glenn Venue (Marco Villa): trumpet Rickie Brown (Dario Antenucci): trombone Mark "the harp" Capbell: harp
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