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All Songs, Lyrics & Arrangements by HDE
Recorded at Red Light Studios in Los Angeles 2017-18
Engineered & Mixed By: Steve White
Produced By: Steve White & HDE
Mastered by: James Murphy @Safehouse
Front Cover Photography: Reggie Thomas
Art Layout: Samantha Wallschlaeger
HDE Booking and Contact Info: www.henryderekelis.com
Email: totheboyelis@gmail.com
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Bandcamp: henryderekelis.bandcamp.com
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lyrics
Don’t Look
As a man, I got four walls and a jail to keep me in
With these hellhounds on my trail, It’s so hard to make a friend
I’ve got troubles up ahead, I’ve gone and lost my way
I sold my soul for Rock & Roll and now it’s trouble everyday
I’m doing time, but I’m doing fine, This time
Lord I’ll be willing, I ain’t calling you mine
I ain’t calling you mine, This time just keeps on telling
Don’t look too close, cause you might see a ghost
I ain’t no one that you’d ever want to know
But you could be a lover that I could get used to
I’m restless and unraveled cause I’m out here on my own
I take the road less traveled and keep searching for a song
I’m crawling down the highway with a gun up to my head
If it’s God’s plan then I’ll be goddamn, I’m dead here where I stand
credits
from Don't Look,
track released September 20, 2018
Players: HDE - Vocals, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitars / Jessy Bender - Saxophone / John Schreffler Jr - Pedal Steel / Brian Whelan - Organ & Piano / Aubrey Richmond -
Background Vocals / Steve White - Drums
Henry started creating acoustic based folk music under the moniker : To The Boy Elis, a reference from the Austrian born poet Georg Trakl. His love for roots & folk music eventually inspired him to take on a more sophisticated approach to the craft.
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Invisible Oranges had it right calling this record "shimmering." Light glinting off the leaves of the Appalachian foothills suffuses this record. Great songwriting that keeps you engaged even in repeating verses, and emotional chord choices that invoke that special, yearning kind of good melancholy. And kudos to the synth/keyboard work for being right on point, fleshing out the sound without taking over and getting corny. pinkytheent