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Dead Reckoners — Rocky Road
Album: A Night Of Reckoning
Avg rating:
6.3

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Total ratings: 293









Released: 1983
Length: 6:01
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Each step I take is in darkness
Since we've been apart
No flowers bloom on my pathway
There's no joy inside my heart

I'm going down, way down
Where no love is found, I'm going down
A rocky road, rocky road

Stream has dried up in the meadow
The grass is parched and brown
Green fields we used to walk through
Are just stones upon the ground

I'm going down, way down
Where no love is found, I'm going down
A rocky road, rocky road

Ah, I'm going down

I'm going down, way down
Where no love is found, I'm going down
A rocky road, rocky road

I'm going down
I'm going down
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I’ve never heard this one 🙂
Posted 3 months ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
 amoreena wrote:
Not fade away.....
 
Yes, both songs are basically using 3-2 Clave patterns as did "Hey Bo Diddley", "Willie & The Hand Jive", and many other tunes.  It's from an Afro-Cuban rhythm style that's over 100 years-old.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I gave it a 4 initially, but it keeps dragging on and on, and now there's an a capella section at the end. Dropped it to a 2.
Posted 12 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Heh - the ol' David Lindley trick of sneaking scales into a solo.  Excellent!
 
Excellent observation.

Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 davin wrote:
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I gather you sit in the legislature.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Where'd that Power solo come from?
Posted 12 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Dang, this is good stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
Draws you in real slowly, then BAM — off into electro-hillbilly... kinda cool. 
Posted 13 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
 CyberCoyote wrote:
9:44 pm - Dead Reckoners - Rocky Road
9:41 pm - Canned Heat - On The Road Again
9:39 pm - Ray Charles - I'm Movin' On
9:36 pm - Damnations TX - Unholy Train
9:33 pm - The Boxer Rebellion - Semi Automatic

Great set for mellow road trip at night in the country!
 

I bet!
Posted 13 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
Dead Reckoners is to Nashville what Radio Paradise is to Clear channel
Posted 13 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
I really, really like this! Never heard of em, but I will be sure to get acquainted!{#Music}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
9:44 pm - Dead Reckoners - Rocky Road
9:41 pm - Canned Heat - On The Road Again
9:39 pm - Ray Charles - I'm Movin' On
9:36 pm - Damnations TX - Unholy Train
9:33 pm - The Boxer Rebellion - Semi Automatic

Great set for mellow road trip at night in the country!
Posted 14 years ago by CyberCoyote    [ Reply ]
 Giselle62 wrote:
i like the sound of it—may be meandering too much for me (what too much meandering?) never.
  

 

At least it's meandering down a rocky road! Think of it as an exercise in building charachter.


Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
It reminds me of a song from O brother where art thou, I'll fly away maybe? i think it's a traditional
Posted 14 years ago by Keeganhow    [ Reply ]
i like the sound of it—may be meandering too much for me (what too much meandering?) never.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 14 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Stay tuned for the Dead Reckoners' next big hit: Mint Chocolate Chip.
Posted 14 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
Wow, that was nice!
Posted 14 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Heh - the ol' David Lindley trick of sneaking scales into a solo.  Excellent!
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
YEEHAW!  Bluegrass-flavored vocals!  I dig it, too.

Posted 15 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Nice at first listen.  Little bit of everything going on.
Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Not fade away.....
Posted 15 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
I like it.  More of this group please!
Posted 15 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
It just started, and I'm already digging it!
Posted 20 years ago by MikeWC    [ Reply ]
ladyj wrote:
pretty cool. look forward to hearing it again. something you could do that crazy hand jive to 8-<
Hey, Bo Diddley!
Posted 20 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
pretty cool. look forward to hearing it again. something you could do that crazy hand jive to 8-<
Posted 20 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
So glad this is on the playlist!
Posted 20 years ago by DownHomeGirl    [ Reply ]