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Historic Knoxville High

by Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes

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TIGERMIKE
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TIGERMIKE short n sweet ;) Favorite track: Historic Knoxville High Alma Mater.
Georgann Hill - Terry’s sister
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Georgann Hill - Terry’s sister Love these “Old Knoxville High” boys!
Don’t call it a COMEBACK!
Randall Brown
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Randall Brown It’s a dream come true. You’ll believe that Daves can smoke again — smokin’ bass, gitter, and drumz, that is. This historic taste of Knoxville will make you feel high on life. It’s a heart warming visit with old friends, and they brought treats.
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johnnydelfuego Like a fine wine, the Dopes get better with age. Where’s my corkscrew? Favorite track: Brain Drain.
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Brain Drain 02:14
Why am I in engineering? I'd rather be hard on my hearing It feels as if I'm profiteering Perhaps it's poverty I'm fearing I can make the change Major re-arrange But will it matter to my mother 3 and 3 is 5 I don't know about that jive We can talk about forces 'Cause I've had all those courses But I can't think at all If I'm on social call This won't do at all Brain Drain go away Don't come again Some other day Swirling circuits swamp my brain Erosion from the education rain From all fun I must refrain It's why I sing this song of pain Let Todd explain... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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I wanna feel like I never been felt before Don't need to be a slammer But I ain't gonna be the door Only thing to want Is to want no more Ever feel like a dear in the headlines Wake me up when we reach the springtime Turn all the crap into behinds Turn it off (that turns us on) No mark to make (before we're gone) Nothing to prove (can't play it wrong) Talking heads have left all of us burned The kids were right We live and not lurn The Fort's still there But it's about to burn So tired of the dude in the headlines Wake me up when we reach the sunshine Don't laugh til we cross the Rhine, stone cowboy Turn it off (that turns us on) No mark to make (before we're gone) Nothing to prove ((can't play it wrong) I wanna feel like I never been dealt before Scammers not in slammers Right at the door Fight 'em with a heart They never seen before Ever feel like a dear in the headlines Wake me up when we reach the springtime Turn all the crap into behinds Turn it off (that turns us on) No mark to make (before we're gone) Nothing to prove ((can't play it wrong)
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Kudzu 06:56
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Beer 02:49
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Gato Negro 02:38
Gato, Gato Negro Gato, Gato Negro Gato, Gato Negro Gato, Gato Negro Gato Negro Gato Negro Gato Negro Gato, Gato Negro La suerte que traes no es mala Gato, Gato Negro No traes suerte, tu eres solo un gato Gato Negro Tu tambien eres un vino Gato Negro Gato, Gato Blanco Esta canción no es sobre ti Gato, Gato Blanco Esta canción es sobre Gato Negro Gato Negro Gato Negro Gato Negro
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Gone Bee 02:23
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Orange Day 03:54
Have we passed a tipping point Throwback to a smoky joint Robots comin' to take your space One more wheel slips into place Life goes by on glowing screens Hackers waitin' behind the scenes Soon you'll be a number in line Buttons click you'll be alright Mother Nature's fightin' Father Time Run from the past future's blown your mind O.M.G. can we be saved We have dug a beautiful grave It's so hot it's so hot It's gettin' hot out here It's so hot it's so hot Swim in pools of sweat and fear People rise up woke From a dream Devil's forgiven he's on the team Scroll your feed throw some shade Droning voices in your head Look around for a clear spot You can have get outta the hot Oasis shimmers in a blur Mirage maybe I'm not sure There's a world out there everything's so green It's cool baby but roaches might win Underground is so not my thing Siri said no Planet B It's so hot it's so hot They said that it's not real It's so hot it's so hot Hey we got the other deal It's so hot it's so hot It's gettin' hot out here It's so hot it's so hot Swim in pools of sweat and fear It's so hot it's so hot When they said that it's not real It's so hot it's so hot Hey we got the other deal
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Vitamin Sea 02:02
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Grass Canyon 13:06
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credits

released April 2, 2021

All songs written and arranged by Smokin’ Dave and the Premo Dopes

Smokin’ Dave and the Premo Dopes are:
Dug Meech - drums, vocals, percussion, Friday night tacos
David Nichols - bass, vocals, trombone, cornet, Hammond, guitar, euphonium, alto sax, percussion, ciabatta
Todd Steed - guitars, vocals, pedals, percussion, spanakopita

Guest Artists:
Kelle Jolly - lead vocals on Kudzu
Will Boyd - flute on Check Them Balances, bari sax on Kudzu
Stewart Cox - trumpet on Check Them Balances and Orange Day
Jeff Bills - percussion on Beer!
Jason Thompson - bass sax on Beer!
Waclaw Koneczny - accordion on Beer! and Gato Negro
Kristen Weber - fiddle and vocals on Gone Bee
Dave King - tenor sax on Orange Day
Pj Andersson - trombone on Orange Day
George Middlebrooks - vocals on Grass Canyon
Katie Nichols - flute on Historic Knoxville High Alma Mater
Emily Parker - bassoon on Historic Knoxville High Alma Mater

Recorded September 2014 thru December 2020 at:
Top Hat Recording, engineered by John Harvey and Mary Podio
The Arbor Studio, engineered by John T. Baker and Gray Comer

Additional tracks recorded at:
Apeville Musics, Amoebatuba Sound Studio, 1Horse, and Poole’s Sweat and Fear

Mixed at: Top Hat Recording and Apeville Musics

Mastered by: Jim DeMain at Yes Master

Cover Design by: George Middlebrooks

Original space audio recordings courtesy of NASA and The University of Iowa. space-audio.org

Produced by Smokin’ Dave and the Premo Dopes Bucky/Samsara Records © 2021 All Rights Reserved

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Formed in 1982 under cloudless circumstances, this band is here to serve your musical needs. Unless, of course, they've got bowling league night.

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