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Columbus Zoo Blues

from Little Black Flies by Eddie 9V

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    With 'Little Black Flies,' there’s a sense of an artist coming full circle, and at the same time coming of age, the kid who once loitered outside the clubs of Atlanta now leading some of Georgia’s greatest players into the studio. Indeed, these recordings gave much-needed catharsis to the musicians who created them. But perhaps Eddie’s ultimate aim is to pass that spirit on to everyone who hears the record. “It makes my day to please someone after they work all day,” he says. “My job is to make them smile and let the music make them forget – or remember.”

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Eddie says, “A Junior Wells/Buddy Guy-type song that takes you back to Theresa's. Featuring a great harmonica solo, this one goes out to all the animals suffering in zoos all around the world.”

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[ Talking ─ I’m gonna tell you a story
I went up to Columbus, Ohio
Up to the zoo

And I maybe did a little drugs, ya know
A little green stuff, ya know
Nothing too serious

And I thought it would be fun, ya know
But it wasn’t at all
It was the most depressing thing I’ve ever seen
Seeing all them animals in cages
Seeing cheetahs running around, with…
Ya know, my damn bathroom is bigger than that
And I think that’s worthy of singing some blues

I wouldn’t say I’m an animal person
But this one goes to all the animals at the Columbus Zoo
It’s called The Columbus Zoo Blues
So just imagine that I’m a hippo or something ]

I sit here baby
Lord, in this lonesome cage
I sit here baby
Lord, in this lonesome cage

All by myself
And, you know, all I do is I sit here watch all these people watchin’ me

And it just builds up
I got so much rage
Don’t you think, Chad?

I can’t go further than these fences, baby
I can’t go no further
I just have to sit here and wait

I can’t go no further than this fence
Lord, I tell ya, I can’t go further
I just gotta watch these people looking at me

I want somebody to take me out of this bottom
Take me out to this bottom, baby
I just wanna go free

All right, baby
Make it funky
I want to hear some harp

One day I’m gonna bust out of this zoo
Lord, I’m gonna go far away from here
You know I ain’t… I ain’t a toy
You can’t just toy me around

I’m gonna one day bust out of this zoo
Lord, and I tell ya, I’m gonna go back to where I’m from

I don’t care how long it takes me
But I’m tired of feeling like a waste down here at the zoo

Alright, baby
Hambone, bring me up!

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from Little Black Flies, released May 28, 2021
Written by: Eddie 9V, Lane Kelly
Published by: Little Big Beat Musikverlag (GEMA) aka Bad Love Music (BMI)
Produced and Mixed by: Lane Kelly
Mastered by: Pauler Acoustics

Eddie 9V – lead vocals, lead guitar
Cody Matlock – rhythm guitar
Brandon Boone – bass
Aaron Hambrick – drums
Chad Mason – keys
Jackson Allen – harp

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Eddie 9V Atlanta, Georgia

Eddie 9V has acted on instinct all his life. At the age of 15, this longtime soul artist turned away from the path of college and jobs to go all guns blazing on the roots and blues circuit of his native Atlanta, Georgia.

Now, released in 2021, 'Little Black Flies' is the 25-year-old's most impulsive move yet, which catches everything that went down at a session that felt more like a party. ... more

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