High Notes

by S. Lois

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Five rusty hinges on an old guitar case
Six dead strings hanging lifeless from the neck
Flat-top covered in a dusty layer thick
It seems to me the good times won’t be coming back

Can’t hit the high notes like I used to
Can’t fret these fingers like before
O-thirteen strings are digging deep into my skin
This guitar will do me in
Can’t hit the high notes like I used to

Cracks in the woodwork, blisters on my hands
Worn off the finish to the 4th fret on the neck
The old cow bone saddle sunk into the bridge
It seems to me the good times won’t be coming back

I heard the words to that oldtime song
That high lonesome sound is not where I can go

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released April 30, 2020
S. Lois is Wijtze Valkema on guitar, vocals, bass and mandolin. Dobro by Bertolf. Mixed and produced by Theodoor Borger. High Notes is the single off S. Lois' album The Quarter which will be released later this year.

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S. Lois Meppel, Netherlands

S. Lois is a folk singer laying down no-nonsense – nonchalant even, if you will – vocals on a layer of up-tempo guitar flatpicking, influenced by the boom-chicka sound from Americana legends Maybelle Carter, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Martin.

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