[sunday] Damien De Souza—Hey There, Sailor

Originally published in 2014. One of my favorite pictures.

Sky full of moon
The night owl was born
Gabriel was blowin’
On a little foghorn
The prince in his own bed?
Going vulture culture
Walking with the queen
To a hoodoo dream
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know you want to holler
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Know you’re going down on a dollar
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know you want to holler
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Why you want to holler when you know you want to swallow
The Loop Garoo
Goin’ down to junk anew?
The Loop Garoo
I’m goin’ put my hook to you
That bayou water
Running through my vein
Pot lentils burning
Holes in my brain
Coming back home
To the oyster bays
Didn’t leave nothing behind
But some old crawfish heads
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know you want to holler
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know you’re going down on a dollar
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know you want to holler
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
But you want to holler when you know you want to swallow
Loop Garoo
Goin’ down to junk anew?
Loop Garoo
Goin’ put my hook to you
Mind keep on keeping on
And a-rolling on
West wind be blowing my sail
Down on Bayou Pompom?
See the green grass growing
Down by my liquor still
Ain’t seen nothing like a greenback
On a dollar bill
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
You know I’m going down on a dollar
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Don’t you know that I want to holler
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
I’m goin’ down there for a dollar
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Wonder why you want to holler,
No, then you want to swallow
Loop Garoo
Goin’ put my hook on you
Checking out Loop Garoo
Goin’ down to junk anew?
Loop Garoo
Goin’ down to junk anew?

Happy Sunday.

Dr. John—REMEDIES full album.

He was one of a kind. Had a couple hits in the late sixties and one huge one, Right Place, Wrong Time, in the seventies. I had never heard this album before. He really reminds me of  Captain Beefheart here and there. I guess great minds and all that. He had a long career and worked with tons of other great artists.