Alligator Baptism

from Blind Spot by The Lucky Losers

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The man in the sharkskin suit with alligator shoes is the one you have to watch out for--a cunning animal with a sweet tongue, who will talk you out of your money and your soul.

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ALLIGATOR BAPTISM

Woke up this morning with a clearer head
Tryin’ to find a better sense of time
With respect to my true love layin’ in bed
Between desire & deceit, I walk the line
Tired of being lonely & naked
Tired of livin’ a life in despair
Like a baptizing alligator salesman
Reborn from the ruins of a night on the tear

A little more soul & a lot less jive
What’s gonna stop me from diggin’ in too deep
Who’s to say what it takes to survive
Let the muse play the song for your soul to keep

See the guy standin’ in the dream corner
Dealin’ a losin’ hand at Solitaire
Circlin’ the drain…hidin’ from his pain
Tangled in the web of truth or dare

Bridge:
Soul of a man…a dreamer in disguise
A perfect plan conceived in your own eyes
Baptism of fire on the river of tears
To wash away the pain and rise above your fears



You kept it inside…went along for the ride
I gotcha covered…now, step aside
Redemption waits on a dead-end street
Where the alligator salesman, still walks the beat

credits

from Blind Spot, track released May 18, 2018
Written by Phil Berkowitz & Danny Caron

The Lucky Losers (with Cathy Lemons & Phil Berkowitz)

Special Guests:
Kid Andersen, Laura Chavez, Annie Staninec, Nancy Wright

The Lucky Losers are:
Cathy Lemons: vocals; Phil Berkowitz: vocals/harmonica; Ian Lamson: lead & rhythm guitars; Chris Burns: keyboards; Endre Tarczy: bass; Robi Bean: drums

Additional Musicians (on tracks):
Kid Andersen: lead guitar (3,10), acoustic guitar (4, 6) rhythm guitar (8,11); percussion: (4, 6) sound effects (1,6,8)
Laura Chavez: lead guitar (2, 5)
Annie Staninec: violin (6)
Nancy Wright: saxophone (3,7)
Jack Sanford: Baritone Saxophone (3)
John Halbeib: Trumpet (3)
D'Mar: drums (7), percussion (2, 3, 4, 5, 9,10)
Lloyd Meadows: washboard (1)
Tim Wager: bass (7)

Produced by Kid Andersen, Phil Berkowitz, & Cathy Lemons

Recorded at Greaseland Studios, San Jose, CA
Mixing & Mastering: Kid Andersen
Vocal Production Assistance: Raz Kennedy (track 7)
Horn Arrangements: Kid Andersen
All other arrangements: The Lucky Losers
Additional Engineering: (track 7)
Dave Bell, Bellboy Studios, Richmond, CA

Graphic Design: Maurice Tani
Photography: Nino Fernandez | @onino.fernandez

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Winners of 5 Independent Blues Awards in 2021 for "Godless Land". Blues, soul, old school retro, genre bending sonic films with political and social subject matter as well as great male female lead singing with harmony.

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