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Chessman

from Tiny Chair by Wolverton

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    The first of two releases recorded live with Joe Reyes at his home studio, December 2010 - March 2011. The 23 songs of this album and Shores of Erewhon were recorded spontaneously in groups of two or three with Hills on guitar and vocals and Joe on guitars. Some tracks have added instruments and many were single takes.

    "Wolverton’s got some potent, quiet music, and the recordings make you feel like they’re right there, reckoning the quirks of our heritage right alongside them. What it leaves out is as important as what it throws together but is gloriously free of twang or self-conscious neo-traditionalism. Contemplative, affectionate, warm and gently flawed, it’s roots music sans self-importance, and Hills Snyder’s songwriting is witty and doleful and full of unexpected touches; as in 'Guts,' a small song that sounds like deeply personal footnotes to the human epic. You know how in 'Tangled Up In Blue,' you can’t tell whether the time frame is 19th century or Now? Kinda like that."
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Chessman

you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you pick me up and you put me back down
on the square where you think I ought to be

you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
don’t matter if I’m black or white
you rip my rook and you knock my knight

you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you pick me up and you put me back down
on the square where you think I ought to be

you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
you keep trying to make a chessman out of me
don’t matter if I’m queen or king
you decide if I sink or sing

you keep trying to make a chessman out of m-a-ay
you keep trying to make a chessman out of m-a-ay
you pick me up and you put me back down
on the square where you think I ought to stay
don’t matter what square I’m on
you bitch my bishop and you punk my pawn
you keep trying to make a chessman out of me

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from Tiny Chair, released August 31, 2012

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Wolverton Magdalena, New Mexico

The core collective is Kate Terrell, Caralyn Snyder, Hills Snyder, our key collaborator, Joe Reyes, and others who come and go, sit in or otherwise join the Wolverton musical family.

Lyrically, Wolverton is unanchored, very visual and moving equally through memory, story, and association, with dark streaks of tradition. ... more

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