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Side Attraction - Samson

from [SAMSON] by Farewell Friend

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One column that falls might be called the blues. In “Side Attraction—Samson,” I felt like I was listening to one of those roadhouse bands that so often brought the episodes of the final season of Twin Peaks to a close. The genre here is indeed blues, but like David Lynch’s subversive selections for the reboot, Farewell Friend is not just another blues band. “Side Attraction” tantalizes the audience with seductive licks and the image of a woman dancing close to the fire, a second-person point of view that “lets you unzip her dress.” And yet. This is no mere striptease atop the twelve-bar blocks. “Side Attraction” is a sly meditation on the blurry line between the fool and the fooled, the prostitute and the prophet, the dance between deceit and conceit. This is the band reclaiming Samson from Hollywood protagonism and reminding us of him as failure and everyman, the one who both was and wasn’t the one. In the Bible, of course, Jesus Christ is the main attraction. The keystone. The frontman. The superstar. Choose your rock and roll analogy. Samson, banished to a few pages in the Old Testament, is really, in the end, just like a blues band at a club on the outskirts of Anytown, USA. “Get yourself in line,” Troyer spits at the man who thought he was the hero. “Take a number. You were lamb for the slaughter.” While Delilah dances on, leaving Samson spinning with doubt.

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There you go. Drunk again.
There you go. Drunk again.
You made a promise to your mom.
You made a promise to your dad.
Practically born in a church.
But you won't let that hold you back.

When she walks like that
When she walks through the fire
lets you hold her hand lets you unzip her dress
but you know better

I know Jesus has his plans.
You've been howling all the way like a hound on a trail.
And I know you've been asking what's he got for you.
You the side attraction - Samson
Get yourself in line take a number.
You a lamb for the slaughter.
Couldn't help it if you tried

When she walks like that
When she walks through the fire
lets you hold her hand lets you unzip her dress
but you know better.

credits

from [SAMSON], track released August 13, 2021
Tom Troyer - Songwriter
Mark Byerly - Bass and electric guitar
Aaron Cummings - Drums
Recorded, mixed, mastered by Tom Troyer - Black Rabbit Audio

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Farewell Friend North Carolina

Farewell Friend is a North Carolina based folk rock band. Farewell Friend’s music is first and foremost an exploration of poetry and narrative

Tom - singer, songwriter, guitar
Evan - upright bass, moog, rickenbacker
Caleb - violin and telecaster
Zac - drums
Featuring Kevan Chandler on harmonica and Galen Clark on mandolin.

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