FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/01/2022
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:
“New Day Dawn” New Music Release July 1
WHEN: Official Release: July 1, 2022
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Press Release:
My new single, “New Day Dawn” was written years back when data integrity and misinformation had not yet sunk to the lows in which we see it today. When it comes to home life, I’m relatively reserved, and I don’t care for other people’s drama. So the idea of inviting vitriol spewing idiots into my own living room through the cable TV, was as attractive as hiring out a pyromaniac to handle my gas and electricity.
It’s a homage to a time when a man was only as good as his word. It’s also is a nod to an upstate New York college dorm house party where I saw the sunrise on the rooftop while drinking from a massive jug of cheap wine. Good times had by all.
About this song
Consistent with past singles, I’m releasing two song versions with an additional instrumental mix. Once again, the single was tracked in our Carlsbad, California home studio during a live session recorded in early 2022 with a live drummer, bassist and minimal overdubs.
This particular song highlights the playing of my friend and bandmate Mike Pritchard on keys. If I had to choose one musician that has brought me closest to my own creative voice, it’s Mike. I’ve always loved the great jazz organ players of the classic era like Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Charles Earland, and new school players like Joey Defrancesco. Whenever I play with Mike, be it in the studio or live, I’m placed deep in the emotional source of the song. It makes my job as easy as breathing.
Along with Mike, are featured musicians who are also among my lifelong friends. It is a gift 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
Ain’t no right ain’t no wrong
When you sit and watch a new day dawn
Ain’t no wrong ain’t no right
Been sittin’ since the dark of night
Walked myself to the edge of town
Made damn sure no one follow me down
Yes and to keep myself a little company
Well I got a little hipper from the whiskey family
But it don’t
No it don’t
Yes it don’t
Matter much now anyway
All alone
All alone
One and only
Let me get my thinking straight
Just cut the cable and the TV screen
Just a rabid dog barking back at me
So many voices chiming through my head
Can’t put a face to all the words just said
Get more listening to the wind and rain
Or the rumble of a diesel train
Cause a mans a man, a fact’s a fact
Those are lies and we can’t be lied to like that
But it don’t
No it don’t
Yes it don’t
Matter much now anyway
All alone
All alone
One and only
Let me get my thinking straight
Can’t tell a lie through a song
Expect folks to listen all that long
Guitar note catch a breeze and off it goes
Who’s going to catch them I don’t know
Over top a voice gonna hit that note
You know it’s coming from a bluesman’s throat
Thats my version of a TV screen
You see it doesn’t have to be all obscene
But it don’t
No it don’t
Yes it don’t
Matter much now anyway
All alone
All alone
One and only
Let me get my thinking straight