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Big Red

from Volume 1 by Brothers and Sons

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A song about a very unsavoury and rude man who sat in front of Mark on his connecting flight from Chicago to Memphis.

Recorded by MMOB mobile unit at the Juke Joint Chapel in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Mike 'MossMan' Myers (guitars), Stevie Myers (bass), Mark Cole (vocals & harp), Eugene 'BJ' Stokes IV (drums). Mixed and mastered at MCLR, Gloucester.

lyrics

Lyrics:

I can’t understand how they got you on this flight
You only got half your as in the seat, and Lord that just ain’t right
If the back of your chair can’t take no more and gives in
I’m gonna have two broken legs and your red head under my chin

Big Red, Big Red
Your neck is fatter than your head
Big Red, Big Red
Please don’t break my leg

“Chair upright for take-off” is what she said
You yelled at her “it is upright” and her pretty face went red
It ain’t her fault that you weigh four hundred pounds
You should be damn thankful that the plane got off the ground

Big Red, Big Red
Your neck is fatter than your head
Big Red, Big Red
You should have took a train instead

It’s a good thing I decided not to eat
Coz if I did my food tray would be somewhere near my feet
And I’m glad this flight is only for one hour
Coz you’re soaking wet and I know you ain’t had no shower

Big Red, Big Red
Your neck is fatter than your head
Big Red, Big Red
You smell like something dead

credits

from Volume 1, released January 31, 2017
Written by Myers / Cole / Myers
© & ℗ 2016 Rawtone Records / Frozen Delta Records

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Brothers and Sons Ottawa, Ontario

Trans Atlantic Alt-blues & roots project featuring Mark Cole (Sons of The Delta - UK), and Mike & Stevie Myers (Myers Brothers Band - Canada)

They met back in 2005 and since then they have performed and recorded together regularly. They have guested on each other's albums but this ongoing project will bring you fresh new collaborative music from their collective hearts and minds. Enjoy!
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