(Lyrics included at bottom) My 4th CD, July Snow, is a testament to the land, it's creator and how it shapes us. The subtitle is 'mesas, prairies, wheat, and backroads', which places all the action out west. I was raised on a ranch in South Dakota and lived all my life either there, in Oklahoma or in New Mexico, and those landscapes are the bedrock I have used to build these songs. It all started with a photo of an old, isolated stone and adobe farmhouse. Whoever lived there had taken dabs of adobe mud and painted a trim around one of the rooms. Simple, plain, beautiful. I wondered about who did it, and why? Boredom? A need to add something? A frustrated artist? That art became the album cover in my mind even before a note was recorded. I hope this album does her, or him justice. During church the next day, the preacher quoted a scripture from Psalms 85, '...truth shall spring out of the earth... and the land shall yield it's harvest'. That settled it. I was going to do an album of songs about the LAND. The songs 'And The Wind', 'Big Lake, Texas', 'Red Sky In The Morning', 'I Know Where Nowhere Is', 'Mighty Mo', and 'Mighty Fine Day' have taken scenes that I have seen and lived over and over, and tried to make the listener feel the same. 'Just Blew Into Clovis' and 'New Road' are late-night driving songs, which come in handy considering the distances we travel out here. 'Up On The Mesa' and 'See The Wonder' are based on scriptures from Isaiah and Matthew, respectfully. The title song is about dreaming and doing- they can happen at the same time. Just look at the painted trim in that old house. The other songs tell the story of the people who live here. The wheat part came about when I noticed that it was mentioned in three of the songs. Must be important. I've always thought one definition of a good song is that it will fill your mind with images that remain. That said, these are good songs. Thank you for listening. I probably should have dedicated it to 'drifters, dreamers, farmers, and other fools'. That may be for the next album. You can contact me at RogerDale1@aol.com Thank you and God Bless Album: July Snow, by Roger Dale ljd3377 lazy jd records. All 2012 handyman roger music (ASCAP) vocal, drums, percussion, accoustic guitar, harmonica, bass, harmony: Roger Dale telecaster, mandolin: Randy Jones harmony, fiddle: Renee Parsons harmony: Carl Parsons blues harp on Mighty Mo: Angus Siren mastered by Dick Orr at John Wagner Studios, Albuquerque, NM The Songs : 1. There's Work Today (2:56) 2. July Snow (3:47) 3. I Know Where Nowhere Is (3:08) 4. See The Wonder (4:11) 5. Up On The Mesa (3:58) 6. Red Sky In The Morning (3:20) 7. Just Blew Into Clovis (3:47) 8. Mighty Fine Day (2:06) 9. Going Somewhere Better (3:59) 10. Except For You (3:42) 11. And The Wind (3:19) 12. New Road (1:35) 13. Big Lake, Texas (3:08) 14. Next Year Here To Stay (3:02) 15. Mighty Mo (3:53) Song lyrics to Roger Dale's CD 'July Snow' on Lazy JD Records, ljd3377. All songs were written by Roger Dale, except track 14 by Roger Dale and Jim Coble. All are2012 HandyMan Roger Music.(ASCAP) Track 1: There's Work Today, We'll Eat Tonight The dustbowl blew our soil away The Bank it closed with all we'd saved. Sold our plow, bought some fuel. Headed west where there was work to do There's work to-day, we'll eat to-night Didn't I say every-thing will be all right In the fields by the morning's light There's work today, we'll eat tonight. We hoed the corn, we picked the fruit. No work is too low for us to stoop. My back is willing, got two strong hands. Work until we make it to the promised land. See the birds the Lord has fed But He had no where to lay his head. I know he's watching over us All we need is hope, and faith, and trust. Track 2: July Snow Times are getting rough for us dreamers. Not much need for fools like me That speak in verse and rhyme A wiser man might of quit, a long, long time ago. But he has never seen.... July Snow. So I took a turn to try to earn by working. Be the chosen few that know the use of the tools of the trade. For a forty hou
