FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/16/2022
CONTACT:
The Ram
ASCAP Songwriter: 375350750
OD Soul, Inc
ASCAP Publisher: 375351159
7040 AVENIDA ENCINAS STE 104-464
CARLSBAD, CA, 92011-4652 United States
phone: 760-476-0170
email: ram(at)odsoul(dot)com
SUBJECT:
“Ragtop Car” New Music Release August 19
My new single “Ragtop Car” is a laidback funky homage to car cruising.
Official Release: August 19, 2022
THERAM.IO
Ragtop Car Release landing page on theram.io:
https://www.theram.io/ragtop-car
Artist Press Kit
https://www.theram.io/epk-electronic-press-kit/
Listen now on Bandcamp
https://therammusic.bandcamp.com
Other Streaming Platforms
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theram2/ragtop-car
Press Release:
My latest single “Ragtop Car” is a laidback funky homage to car cruising. The beat follows the footsteps of a street musician playing to an audience of pedestrians, passing vehicles, and street traffic. He daydreams out loud about cruising through the night with his baby in his decked-out convertible.
About this song
Ragtop Car is the last of a series of songs recorded in the spring of 2022 in a studio-live setting with minimal overdubs. We played the song two times back to back. The extended take was the second take where we stretched our legs a bit and explored some ideas while jamming the song out. Our normal tracking workflow leaves the drums & bass untouched, then we sparingly overdub the rest to achieve a sound true to our live performances. No click tracks were used, no quantization, just a legendary local drummer, Mike Hunt whom I played with years ago in another band. Local San Diego musician and engineer, Mike Butler takes care of the mixing and mastering.
The featured musicians are also among my closest lifelong friends.
It is a gift to be able to record and perform with such talented people.
Mike Pritchard on Keyboards
Dan Greenbaum on Bass
Mike Hunt on Drums
Mixed & Mastered by Mike Butler
Mark (The Ram) ODonnell on Guitar & Vocals
Official Video
Lyrics
Some say that the love of the wanderlust
Is just a life that won’t amount to much
A man born with rambling shoes
Is just another man born to loose
I want to set the record straight
Before I hit the road today
Got a ragtop car
Enough gas to take us far
Enough away
Because I plan to drive all day
When the evening comes
We’ll be like loaded guns
Out in the night
Shooting stars out the sky, baby
When the blue sky’s lost in a concrete maze
I get the feeling, I wanna get lost for days
Lace up my rambling shoes
Get a chance to beat the 3rd street blues
Race up the Taconic Parkway
Drive until the break of day
Got a ragtop car
Enough gas to take us far
Enough away
Because I plan to drive all day
When the evening comes
We’ll be like loaded guns
Out in the night
Shooting stars out the sky, baby
I got myself a roadie in my hand
Talking a cool Pabst Blue Ribbon in a can
I’m not trying to be tough
Just priming up the motor of love
Gotta loosen up
Here come my baby just a strutting that stuff
She got a ragtop car
Enough gas to take us far
Enough away
Because I plan to drive all day
When the evening comes
We’ll be like loaded guns
Out in the night
Shooting stars out the sky, baby