Feeling Lower Than a Cold Duck's Instep (I'm Not Hitting the Bottle Anymore)

First up, I definitely want to share this. Two posts ago, I shared two insane songs about dancing and Cupid. And I pointed out that the song-poet had written a third Preview release about Cupid, as well. Well, Sammy Reed has laid his hands on a copy, and posted it (and a few other Gene Marshall tracks, including the entertainingly silly "It's Clock Time", here. It's just was mind-numbing as the two I posted. Thanks for sharing that, Sammy!

And now for a couple of.... well, it is a song-poem records, but I don't actually think there are any "songs" here, so maybe "-poems" would be a better descriptor.

I guess maybe these fit into the category of "Cowboy Poetry", but really, the A-side sounds like the nearly random, Idaho-obsessed observations of a man who is losing his ability to think straight, and the B-side sounds more like an audio letter to a gal-pal than it does like poetry. But these are stellar examples of the more whack-a-doodle edge of song-poetry, and more than worth a share. 

Lance Hill was one of the lesser lights at the Globe song-poem factory, and he does an adequate job here of putting the team of song-poets who wrote these two pieces into action. Up first is "Without the Wind", which consists of nearly random western clichés, with a few odd turns of phrase thrown in. There doesn't seem to be a story here, or even a common thread, aside from "Me Like Idaho". Maybe I'm just not familiar with Cowboy Poetry. Maybe someone out there can tell me if this would get a performer applause or boos. 

Download: Lance Hill - Without the Wind

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As mentioned, "Bit of Idaho Haven" strikes me as an audio letter to Suzie Bell, who has left Muskogee, OK to come to see her former (and future?) sweetheart who has moved to Idaho. He extols the many virtues of his new home state, making sure Suzie (now named Ida Bell, after her own new home state) pays attention. More than anything, he wants her to know that he's not hitting the bottle anymore. 

What a weird record. 

Download: Lance Hill - Bit of Idaho Haven

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