JAMES WALTER "Old Town Blues" ©PA74 Music Publishing

 

Old Town Blues is a song about escapism and the desire to leave behind a tired old world to seek new adventures. It was written in 2016 while I was travelling through Mexico. It was produced and recorded at the Chamber Studios in Edinburgh in 2018. Marty Hayley produced the song and provided the instrumentation, as well as mixing and mastering. I wrote the lyrics, ,melodies and sung vocals on the track.

Verse 1

Play me a new hand

An ace for a grand plan

The Joker I can’t stand

Oh save me from this blues town

 

Then take me to bright lights

And drunken street fights

And new love and new sites

Oh save me from this blues town

 

I’m tired of this same tune

Save it for an old croon

Change should come soon

Oh save me from this blues town

 

Oh will you fix my future

Mend it with a suture

Oh any time that suits you

save me from this blues town

 

Chorus

Oh will you save me from this Blues Town (Save me from this blues town)

I’m crazy, crazy for sticking around (Save me from this blues town)

Oh will you save me from this Blues Town (Save me from this blues town)

I’m crazy, crazy for sticking around

 

Verse 2

We’re all heading south bound

I’m tired of these sad clowns

Their angry cartoon frowns

Oh save me from this blues town

 

Oh it’s a brand new serenade

I’m ready for the grand parade

A marching cavalcade

Oh save me from this blues town

 

Oh will you fix my future

Mend it with a suture

Oh any time that suits you

save me from this blues town

 

Chorus 2

Oh can you save me from this blues town (Save me from this blues town)

I’m crazy, crazy for sticking around (Save me from this blues town)

Oh will you save me from this blues town (Save me from this blues town)

crazy, so crazy for sticking around

James Walter is a Scottish based singer-songwriter who has been writing songs for over fifteen years. His musical influences are wide and varied from Lou Reed and the Femme Fatales to early David Bowie, Radiohead, Rodriquez and the Doors. He writes songs across a number of genres from Blues Rock, Electric rock/pop and Acoustic. He has a passion for lyrically driven songs that tell a story in an interesting and unique way. Rodriquez and Dylan where the masters of weaving stories with words.

 

In 2018 James collaborated with Producer Marty Hayley from Metro Studio 13 on his first album entitled 'Polestar' recorded and produced at the Chamber Studios in Edinburgh.  

 

Marty is an award-winning producer who has worked with the likes of Jimmy Somerville, Human Nature and Ronan Keating. In 2018 he was nominated as Best Rock Producer at the IMAs in New York. Polestar can be bought here https://jameswalter1.bandcamp.com/alb...​ or streamed on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/jameswalter-15...​. 

Since recording his first album, James has been busy developing a series of new singles for digital release, the first of which is a song called ‘Cain and Abel’ a brutal analysis of betrayal. Cain and Abel can be streamed here https://soundcloud.com/jameswalter-15...​ and will be available via all good digital streaming channels from the 20th May.