Event
Cory Branan with Michael Claytor
Wednesday November 9
7pm
$12 adv // $15 dos
Cory Branan
I pulled these songs from a batch of fifty that mostly predate the pandemic, and all of these felt kin. Theyre about doubt, loss, depression, general stir-craziness.
But I knew I didnt want to make a record that pondered itself, I wanted it to have motion, so I gave this record an overarching rule: The sadder the song, the more it had to move and groove. Thats how the country weeper That Look I Lost got the Motown treatment. I wanted you to nod along, then after listening ask, Wait, what am I shaking my ass to?
When I Go I Ghost is Cory Branans sixth full length release. His first was 20 years ago: He aint banging out pulp here. A writers writer, Corys lines grip like a page-turner, giddy with interior rhyming and wordplay:
I took a shower but the shower didnt take
O Charlene
the kinda wreck I recognize
CMon If You Wanna Come
You post a picture, notice the mixture
The camera captures
That before and after look in your eye
CMon If You Wanna Come
When shes staring down the bad end of the barrel
Of yet another long and loaded night
That Look I Lost
One propulsive song that jangles with hope is Come On If You Wanna Come, with lyrics about being too depressed maybe too hungover to venture out, accompanied by music that catches the buoyancy one feels after recovering. Come On is about as optimistic as I can get. We did all the fun Simmons 1980s drum samples on there, and added concert toms, putting reverse gated reverb on the drums an old 80s Cars-era trick. Theres Rickenbacker and a 12 string guitar. Its a respite in the record. It evokes the Traveling Wilburys, though maybe a meth-y Wilburys.
https://www.facebook.com/corybranan
https://www.corybranan.com/
Michael Claytor
Local legend, honorary cowboy, lyrical gymnast and one of earth's best kept secrets. Michael Claytor is the songwriter so, so many songwriters aspire to be. Clever and quippy, thoughtful and evasive, thought provoking and crystal clear in his message- there is not a Michael Claytor song you won't like.
https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Claytor-His-Friends-176094351474
See y'all at the show!
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LocationLoosey's Downtown Gainesville (View)
120 SW 1st Ave
Gainesville, FL 32601-6243
United States
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