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While working on this album, Cowboy
Boots & Bathin’ Suits, Jerry Jeff took a moment to reflect on the
pieces that make up the mosaic of his 28th album:
COME AWAY TO BELIZE WITH
ME (by Jerry Jeff Walker)
"I wanted to show the life
of a day in San Pedro--all the stuff I like."
BAREFOOTIN’ (by Robert Parker)
"Everybody goes barefoot in
Belize (at least in San Pedro). I mean everybody."
GRINGO IN BELIZE (by Dennis Wolf)
"Since I first got to San
Pedro, Dennis Wolf has been very helpful. He is a real survivor in the Cayes, and
he’s seen ‘em come and go."
CHAMPAGNE DON’T HURT
ME BABY (by Eric Von Schmidt)
"I’ve sung this song
for years at parties, and we decided to swing it!"
WANTED FOR LOVE (by Bob Livingston and Lane Bybee)
Captain Lane Bybee and Cosmic Bob
made this up while flying around America. There are many wanted men (and women) in
Belize."
BOATS TO BUILD (by Guy Clark)
"It would be hard to do an
album about an island in the Caribbean, where the main mode of transportation is by boat,
and not do this one."
SLOOP JOHN B.
(Traditional, arr. by Jerry Jeff Walker)
"Every young man dreams of
going to sea and having great adventures, but their stories don’t always have happy
endings."
RHYTHM OF THE RAIN (by John Gummoe)
"From the first time I hit
the Caribbean, I have found that rain on a thatched roof and palm trees is the perfect
afternoon nap soundtrack, and also the perfect accompaniment to reading a book or playing
guitar."
FRED NEIL MEDLEY (by Fred Neil)
"This is a medley of Fred
Neil songs--’The Dolphin,’ ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ and ‘Little
Bit of Rain’-- all in the key of D. If anybody can express the feeling about tropical
life in song, it’s Fred."
THE MOON IS STILL OVER
HER SHOULDER (by Hugh Prestwood)
"The full moon in Belize is
so big and so clear on the water. We’re closer to it there; it is magical."
COWBOY BOOTS &
BATHIN’ SUITS (by Jerry Jeff Walker)
"I was watching some guests
from Texas pack up and go home one morning; as I drank coffee, I wrote down how I knew
they felt."
THOSE WERE THE DAYS (By Keith Sykes)
"This paints a pretty good
picture of the late Sixties and early Seventies. These days will be those days too, some
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