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    Riding with the Juke Joint Kings is the band's second album, following on from their highly praised debut 'Live at the Stonemasons'.

    The influence of the pioneering electric Chicago blues of the 40s and 50s is clear from the opening track, Riding With The Juke Joint Kings (telling the story of how the band was formed) through to the closing track 'End of the Line' (a fictionalised account of the singer's struggle with vices in his formative years and ongoing battle with temptation).

    Soul and rock influences can also be heard, but not such that the band moves away from electric harp and guitar driven blues and remains true to its influences from the golden period of Chess, Veejay and other great blues labels.

    CD comes in card wallet featuring photography by Paul Laybourne of a storm brewing over the train station of the band's home town.

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lyrics

Some People

Some people, say we shouldn’t play the blues,
Some people, say you shouldn’t play the blues
We had our share of trouble;
I know we’ve paid our dues.

When I was just a little boy,
I didn’t understand,
I saw my father on the corner,
With a suitcase in his hand;
The blues stole my childhood,
And I became a man

Some People

Some people, say we shouldn’t play the blues,
Some people, say you shouldn’t play the blues
We had our share of trouble;
I know we’ve paid our dues.

Working in the stoneyard;
body’s aching every day,
Got babies of my own to feed,
I got my bills to pay,
But I’ve been walking with the blues so long,
I don’t know no other way

Some people, say we shouldn’t play the blues,
Some people, say you shouldn’t play the blues
We had our share of trouble;
We got nothing left to lose.

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from Riding with the Juke Joint Kings, released September 23, 2018
Written by Stephen Lawley
Additional Lyrics Chris Saunders
Arranged by Brian Williams, Graham Hyde, Sara Saunders

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