MR. BAR OWNER (THE STORY OF MY LIFE)SPAN> |
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Last call's been served And it brings me a smile Hey, mister bar owner Well I downed my last drop Hey, mister bar owner Won't you let me strum her once more on your stage
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CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion, Bass, Percussion - Mark Greenawalt BEHIND THE MUSIC: I wrote this song while living in Nashville and frequenting all of the NSAI meetings and songwriters nights at the local bars. The song was intended to have a Spanish flair and the feel of a Mexican mariachi band playing a melancholy waltz. The lyrics are a story about a man who had a passion for music and played guitar in his younger years, but then lost the dream to alcohol. He see's his old guitar that he sold up on the stage and wishes he could go back to those days. I was in a band with a singer/musician named Terry Michael and he sold me a beautiful 8-string mandolin that I learned to play enough to feature in this song. Years later I bought an accordion which also added to that mariachi feel that I was going for. TECHNICAL: UPC - Recorded on Digidesign Session 8 using CAD Equitek microphones, Epiphone 12-String acoustic, and Franciscan mandolin, and Jackson bass. In 2019, Mark updated the recording by bringing the original tracks into Logic X and adding accordion. PLACEMENTS: Official Music Video - Filmed 5/27/19 at Scorpion Gulch, Arizona and the Greenawalt kitchen. Produced, directed, performed, and edited by Mark Greenawalt. Camera operators Zane Greenawalt and Sage Greenawalt using a Canon 5Dmiii and iPhone. Edited with Premier software. I bought the Jose Cuervo bottle for the video, but rest assured that it was just iced tea in the shot glasses that was splashed and wasted...no alcohol was harmed during filming. Sage did all of the slow motion video in the kitchen and Zane did all of the on-site video at Scorpion Gulch. |
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